Salt Lake Tribune | 1902-09-30 | Page 7 | Bridgeman's Theft

BRIDGEMANS THEFT Indian Agents Peculations Will Probably Reach Ten Thousand Thou-sand Dollars Butte Mont Sept 29 Morris L Brldgeman former Indian Agent at the Fort Belknap reservation who was Indicted In-dicted by the grand Jury last week for alleged fraud practiced upon the United States Government while he was Jn office of-fice did not respond when his name was called In the Federal court this morning I Former United States District Attorney Attor-ney W B Rogers who has been retained re-tained to defend MaJ Brldgeman slated that his client was obliged to remain in Great Falls where his wife is seriously Ill Mrs Bridgoman was terribly shocked over the arrest of her husband and has been confined to her bed over since Counsel for the Government and limo defense agreed to continue the dale for the arraignment of the accused Judgo Knowlcf transferred the case to Helena Hele-na where Maj Brldgeman will bo arraigned ar-raigned at the earliest possible time Brldgeman Is believed lo have defrauded de-frauded the Government out of about 510000 through fraudulent entries