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Show SUSPECT ARRESTED 0 f, TROOP Til William S. Steel Charged With Passing as Government Gov-ernment Employee. TAKEN IN THIS CITY Deputy Sheriff Finds Wanted Man Traveling With Soldiers. j AMeycd to have operated fur two weeks I hp a pret.-mded employee of the United Sl.'Ucs ecological survey and thereby to have cashed numerous worthless checks in Gi'pn Itiver, Moah, Grand Junction and along the route hot ween these places. William Wil-liam 8. Steel was lotf-ed in the city Jail here yesterday upon the order of Deputy Sheriff K. n. l:i!ey of Kmery county. Steel was taken from a Denver & Rio Grande uain Innt'e-t with soldiers on tho way to the Pacific c aa'. The arrest here was made i-y Police Serjeant D. B. Ked-d'nA'toii Ked-d'nA'toii on the descrip; iun foniishcd lV !f-pnly She-iff Riley, who nrr;vcd in Salt j Ialje lute lat nigln neenmpa nied by John F. Riciia rdpon. enmer of the L'nited States vc la nui t inn servii:c. Richardson identified $tel at i!' -ity jail la?t .night as the man wlm had cume to him at Green River and represented himself as a hydro-graphic hydro-graphic assistant in tho water resources burc.-i.i of tlie seolocieal survey, working under the dire lion of E. A. Porter, dla-trki dla-trki engineer at HnH Lake. Steel will be taken hack to Green River today by Deputy Dep-uty Sheriff Riicy io answer to charges of obtaining money under false pretenses. Riley said last night he had reason to believe be-lieve the government would bring action against Steel on a charge of impersonat-in impersonat-in a government official. Makes Good Showing. t'p.-m arrivini: at Gren P.iver, Sieel i- said to have Fhnwri ?uch familiarity wRIi the v ork cf t!ie survey that Richardson wa? not suspicious of hini at first and assisted as-sisted him. Steel said he was pent to determine de-termine the beet place for a stream gauging gaug-ing 8iation on Green river. Instructed hy Richardson as to the way to get to the government drill camp at the junction of the Green and Grand river?. Stef 1 employed em-ployed Harry Talker as n finite and boatman boat-man arsd outfitting a ha at the Pohitino Mercantile cjinpanx". pa.d for the provisions provi-sions with a check, pocketing the surplus i-dsii in excess of the amount (hf tho hill. Thtr hoat tor ti'e J'cimey wan utitaincd from ne Hiilvcr?iin ran-h about ven riiilcy b'dow Green River, u here Htcc l ?a.d to rave represented iii in Be' f aa a governnieiu ''mplo) ca Arninc at the ddil camp PteH is aid t n have reprrsen t ed to i ii fornmn n. J. llcizr. that Ri'-harltson had raid that He iicr won id lend ptv a i" lata t ice to Stel In prosecuting h r.ork. Supplies wer gi'cn hitn rrliicantly. Aftr goirm to tho head of the first rap!d Ht1! returned re-turned to the drill camp lust Tuesday. Given Further Assistance. A:rcn he preva'ld upon Helzer to lend atsij-tince, luvmt; t'oat Richardson had pr-mmed It. Jfe 'Aaa ir.vrri a nn-tr h.at and proi. Is lor. a, anl a- -om pa mei l v T;t m-kpr, m-kpr, w.'-m lie h-id agreed to pav J't.-iO per dav for his S'Tvl' r? n guhh-. :;ii-t:: H'arfd uo the rU t tor Mnab. Thern he said to have canhed a t. cck at a drug j tor' Fftm ?.Tnab Steftl werit hy autmobdo cn?- to T'iinnips"rrn Sprint arid from t'rr-re hy trah to Grand Jun-tlm. In tlie meantime I:ichaiil'-o:i I'cnnie Rnr.;!'';e':s and had started Deputy Sh- rlff 1'dlev on t'riA trail. At Grand .lanction Steel n Ka:d to have applied ct th" re-ciamaiinri re-ciamaiinri otfi'- for lnirjct ion, and pi e-f e-f mi;0 ed to ma k me a surnnn tn of water, afterweid c?thtnr chckn ou the strength i-f n!H being a e-ivemmnt 'inploe. Toe niBft of Ht'l in hoarding a troup train et Grand Junction as a im-an-. of Io-Iik' htfi trail tn pfiKlidi puru'ifl proved lii" undoing. l.ieputy 1-ihrlff Hll-y Mirrt Just "ich a move Hnd the. arrcut flf 8lrd reiuP'ri. Stl recognized Fi'hardson Inst nif;.:t St the etv (all. |