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Show ALLEGED SWINDLER CHTJIMTTLE H B Mulhn, Wanted in This City, Arrested by Pmkerton Detectives TO BE BROUGHT BACK Fraudulent Operations in Salt Lake Said to Have Netted Hra $850 H B Mull n, the man who a charged wth ha et sw ndled Salt Lake banks out of an aggregate amount of $So0 bj means of a system of savings account depos ts and w thdrawals was ar rested yesterday in Seattle by P" Icerton detect ves who have been on h a tra 1 since the disco erv of h s alleged ope at ons in Salt Lake Mullin as was told n The T bune s exclus ve story ot the defraud ng of local banks is suptosed to ha e a lon record of operat ons He s sa d to ha e defrauded banks u Chcago Cleveland bt Lous Ietrot Kansas City Omaha Denver and bait Cake us nr the san e method n each ase When arrested Mulhn gave the name of Harry Anderson but h s true name s said to be Grant S Parrj He is about 33 years ot age anl was bom in Oshkosh is Iorraer Bank EmDloee Mull n is said to have been for merly an employee in the savings de partment of a Chicago bank and it was while in that pos tion that he be came famil ar with the general plan of operation of savings departments The plan of operation by wh ch the man s ace sed of hav ng swindled the salt Lake institutions was a comparat velv s mple one The man 0 oned sa ngs accounts with five Salt Lake banks making rep ular but small weeklv deposits F na 1 after ho had become known to the 01 ficers of the departments he presented cbecka for u cou6 derable amount ask id; that a port ou of the check be gi n h n in cash and the balance deposit.-1 to his savings at. ount In e erv n stance loeallv the plan worked and Mulhn Is sad to have cleaned up n the neighborhood of $Sa0 in one morn ing Discovery earns with the return of one of tie checks from another bank The detectives were called into the cae and paying tellers from one of the local banks wont to the depots to trv and identify the man if he attempted to board a train He was not seen Pinkertons Spread Net In the meantime the Pinkerton agency, through W L Willsie its local head determined that the man had n all probability gone west, as officers i is the eastern cities that he had worked were on the lookout ror him With this idea in mind a com plete description of the man and sam pies of hu handwriting were sent to all the Pacific coast cities of tbe agency with instructions that the banks be notified Yesterday, according to the adv ces received by Mr Willsie last night Mul hn abas Anderson went to six at tie banks and in each case openei a savings account The ar ous tellers noted the man s description and b s haodwr ting In each bauk the account wad carr ed in the name of J T Ab bott. The handwriting n each nsti tution was identical The Pinkerton operatives were notified and the n at was arrested and held on a telega ph complaint charging him w th istiu ug bad checks and w th obtaining mone under false pretenses Detect e Oeorge Cleveland of the local departure t s goed the compla nt To be Extradited Extradition papers are be n prepared and it is expected that Detecti e 1 e land will leave to la to get the man M 11 n s local operat ons were brought to a head on Thursday morn ng Septcn ber 3 The Tribune pr nted tbe story exclus velv the next morn ug The two afteri oon and the morniug nowspaper t ru ted urporte 1 state uents from tho pol po deiart ent to tie of feet that Th Trib no orv had t p ed Mull n and that as a result he mado h s os ape It developp 1 es terdar accord ng to inforn a re ce e I h Dcte t ve Wills e that M 11 n real t left the eltj some t p o thp aft rnoon of "ei tcmber J tl am dn he s a sed of eaih nj. the I to s n I tv el e or f ft e In sic fo The T I une it r an ea f |