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Show MYSTERY OVER A MAN NAMED CLARKE With the arrest today of a man who claims to be Emiuett C Clarke of Ottawa, Ot-tawa, Ontario, ujon advices received from the chief constable of that city, has come a puzzle that will not be solved by the police until tbe arrival of a later telegram According to the constable, Emmett C. Clarke is in Ottowa The man arrested claims to be Emmett C Clarke Which one Is the Impostor the police do not know The arrest was made after the police po-lice had received telegrams from New York and Canada, to tbe effect that a man signing himself Emmett C. Clark had written for money from Ogden Og-den when Emmett C. Clarke Is In Canada. Chief of Police W. I Norton and Detective Charles Pincock were surprised sur-prised this morning to r- eive the following telegram from Otto "Telegram received by D R. Mulligan, Mulli-gan, Hotel, Bresllng. N Y . signed Emmett Clarke Is fraud Emmett Clarke is in Ottowa Kindly visit tel egrapb office. Find who the sender Is and prosecute If possible. (Signed) A M ROSS, "Chief Constable." The two paid a visit to the telegraph tele-graph offloe. but their questions put to the clerks cast no light upon the subject Both were puzzling over the matter, when Harry Beckett, manager of the Reed hotel, came to the office of tbe chief with an almost similar telegram but dated New York, as follows- Received telegram addressed lo me and signed Emmett C Clarke, asking ask-ing to forward $50 to your hotel be fore noon. Party is not Clarke, but some Impostor Try to grab him. (Signed) "D B MULLIGAN. "Manager Hotel Bresllng W hile the hotel manager was notifying no-tifying the chief that the fellow was ii the hotel, the third telegram came from L. B Mulligan and was in ef feet the same as the telegram re celved by Mr Beckett, but stating In addition that Clarke Is In Ottowa and requesting the police to hold the l larhe or this city. 1 Detective Charles Pincock proceeded proceed-ed to the hotel and arrested Clarke upon the authority of the constable at Ottowa At the station Clarke told the detective that his name Is Em. mett C. Clarke, that he Is a real es tnte man of Ottowa and that he knows Mulligan to whom he wrote for the $50. H- Is beinR held, however, to await further Information A telegram has been sent to Mulligan, Mulli-gan, the hotel manager, giving the de scrlption of the Clarke under arrest The police believe that the answer from that telegram will determine whether Clarke is an impostor, or the man in Ottowa. Clarke is 36 years of age, of aver j age build and Is medium complex-I complex-I loned He has a black eye but he ex- plained to the arresting officer that he had been playing baseball and bouncing grounder caused the discoloration dis-coloration With regard to the telegram from both New York and Ottowa, the police believe that Mulligan, upon receiving tbe telegram asking for monev had wired Ottowa to learn if Clarke was away Upon receiving the answer, that Clarke had not left th city he had the authorities notified at Ottowa and Ogden in |
