Show Sf lE E MILEAGE A AND O SCRIP BOOKS Short Line Company Lands Two Dishonest Operators in Jail FROM PROMINENT FAMILIES 1 J Mat Iut lods S Their RIc He H I for Thousand of Miles The triteness of or the saying It U Is h letter better to have Uncle Undo Sam Ham after atter you ou than Ihan ft a t railroad company has again ti hen en demonstrated with tho the arrest of ot K F 1 and Wallace Mat Ial Mattocks Mattucks tocks tucks two t 0 operators who w ho were In the ho I employ of ot the I he Oregon Short Line company com company pany ranI and who vho have havo confessed to tho the dealing of ot mileage books tickets and books hooks i iThe The Tho two young men are arc members member of at prominent pro Kansas families ami and their th t arrest created n a great stir In their vl vi i city The Kansas City Star and tho the kcal loial pipers papers of ot their homo home towns In Indulged Indulged in divers fireworks over what they termed the tho of ot the tho sus BUS pe ted men menThe menTho The Tho story of or the operations and nub Mob Sequent arrest of ot the two by b Special gent Agent Joe Jones Joncs of ot the tho Oregon Ore on Short Shot Line makes maltes Instructive reading and comes as a n warning to young men mell out ut on tho the wrong track on lifes ures road toad now HOW THEY TIlEY George G or Pittman and ant Wallace Mat Mattocks tocks locks came camo west lust last tall fall over ov r the Rio Grande Both Doth were telegraph operators and both were heading for Salt Sail Lake Lako with the tho object In view of ot bettering their condition While on tho thu train they the met ruet another operator so the writ written written written ten and signed confessions set forth who ho told them chant how hol ho traveled nil all over the country simply by b getting work mid and then stealing mileage books from the station agent These he ho either sold said or used lined himself ant and thus thug was on 1 Easy U street On arriving In III this city they the went to Oregon Short Line Lino headquarters and applied fur for jobs Jabs In duo dUI season Pitt man was assigned ne to Fayette lQ tte and Mat Mit tocks locks to Shoshone depot Ida They thO subsequently worked respectively 19 days and 35 ST days and Improved the tho shining chining hours by stealing mileage books and tickets After thoy they left their work worl was vas dis discovered discovered covered and It was up to Mr r Jones Jonea to get gel the tho young men and make mako an ex example example example ample of ot them It was List last la t November when he took up the tho cn rases es Yesterday he returned from Idaho after having placed d both In joll and passed their up to the till Grand jury now sitting In Caldwell mn n 11 the tho he assas assassination ra ras LIKE BLOODHOUNDS W v h the tho barest clues to work upon Jones divers trails like a had gone Ione to San Fan Francisco and was heading for tor Mexico Eventually Pittman was located locate at Kf Ef I t Kan lIn and Mattocks at Medi Medium um sIn n lion Kan an Both were working as aR night operators on the Missouri ourt Tactile Pitt Pittman Pittman Pittman man wins was First nr t brought back coil and then Mr r Jones left lett a week ago alo Wednesday for Mattocks In both cases the young men rn n were Induced to 10 leave without no nor their friends ns na Mr Ir Jones con ed them that tha t It would ouM he better to gt get 1 out of or town quietly without having hn n road nt at t the depot lepot to 10 see poe them ott off offIn ottIn ottIn In tho the case caso of or Mattocks some very cry work wor wan Willi done This Thill youn oun man irati al In is a brother of ot the cashier of ot the National bank at nt the l d drat dent nt of or which la is h chief ehler counsel for tor the Pacific Mattocks was In III to leave leavo his kev board In tho the north yard ctr 1 mill anti ro hurriedly hUrll I was the thel departure l p made that Mr Janes pro provided provided vided an no extra e overcoat for tor him From l rom there he ho waR taken to the tho Kansas sloe sid of ot Kan Kansas aa City It and kept k for tor Memo hours heun after which n u tong long lon street tr H car e r ride was nas taken and the tho stub train to To pek hoarded boarded Prom From there the officer with his prisoner over Oler the Union Pacific to Denver In n th the meantime of or Mattock took action and the th wires wireR were tl kept 1 pt hot In an no effort to heal bend bendoff off of Mr Ir Jones but he landed funded 1 11 his hlA man mat In iii Sho hon a on Monday Manley Both Boll men torn who nr ar only 22 2 find and 21 24 years of or age nce res tot Sat the th brat best of ot treatment en rn r ulo nod and wore were ted fed In the dining car carTho cn carThe The Tho Th result lOS that before they had h reached their thelt th 11 both mad written confessions of ot their GAiOS AT The Tho Oregon on Short Line In conjunction thin lien with other oilier lineR line h Is to la 1101 up the organized gangs whIch trail In stolen and In III Ini i 1 liking aking of ot the thu matter this morning morn In an stated staled that the railroad com coin I puny pony win 1111 run rim down parties g no matter ma where they thoy thc go Joe Joc Jones chief of ot the tho secret crot service ser service 01 vice department of or tho the road who made madeth th those e Important captures Is one OM of or the tho th best men In III the west In III his particular lie He lie has hns been with the Short Line for 11 It years prior to which time he was sheriff of at Hear Bear Lake Illk county Idaho Muho I During 1905 1 5 ho he traveled on an nn average aCra o of or miles a n mouth month or nines mills during the year ear In guarding the tho Inter Intel Interests Interests ests of the tho railroad and running down criminals It was as ho who was nn on Im In Important portent factor In the arrest of ot lie tha Kemmerer express C holdups hol lups and on nu no occasions has hus he shown that lib hb libIs h hIs Is both f and untiring In his cf ef efforts forts torts to tn bring criminals to I I II |