Show TOOK YOUNG RAILROAD MAN INTO TROUBLE he rectified his own misdeeds but is wanted as witness against ging of drafters grafters Gr from mondays standard chief of detectives jones ot the oregon short line company arrived in tho city yesterday afternoon from perth north dakota having in charge P D who is want edat palisade nevada for complicity in the bobbing lobbing of freight cars at that place while be was employed there aa transfer clork during the month of october the young man was taken to the county jail be will be held until the arrival of superintendent manson in the city today when a con ference will be held between the detective mr and mr manson in regard to the matter according to the atory told by saw ser during the month ol 01 october ot th present year he was employed by the short line at palisade aa transfer clerk and being in need of some ready cash he took borne goods from a freight car and sold them to a man by the name of Sasa erno for which he received he was beine pressed for money at the rime and being aware of the operations of other employed emp loyes of the wad along the same line took the goods and disposed of ahem as stated later feeling his guilt and wishing to rectify the matter so tar as was possible he went to the merchant to whom the goods were consigned and paid to him the value of the goods that he had taken believing that that action on his part would close the matter soon after he left the employ of tho short line and went to perth norih dakota where ne was employed as station master of the great northern and was working there when detective jones asked him to come here the young man came without warrant or extradition papers as he believed that he could straighten the affair out without beine prosecuted conre time ago it was discovered by the railroad detectives that a quantity of goods were being stolen somewhere along the alne ana at last found that at palisade where goods are transferred from the standard guage short line cars to the narrow gauge eureka and palisade line wholesale thefts were being made and that a conspiracy existed among the railroad em aloyes to defraud the road of goods which were disposed of to the man massemo Sas semo it is understood that is wanted as a witness in the case as he though not a member of the gang was familiar with their operations and it was this knowledge that tempted him to take the goods he retained bavis aud de vine to represent him in any actions that may be brought against him |