Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-04-08 | Page 3 | Swindler Gets out of Ogden before He is Trailed

SWINDLER GETS 00T OF OGDEN BEFORE HE IS TRAILED A Pinkerton detective from Montana appeared In Ogden yesterday afternoon, after-noon, post haste, Bfter K Miner, alias A. F Read, whom the detective detec-tive said had secured money on bad securities from a Montana bank bus the officer was a little late Miner was in Ogden Tuesday, deposited and withdrew 81000 and departed for parts unkno w n Miner. after securing $200 from the Montana bank, went to Rock Springs Wyo . w here he deposited the money, pretending that he intended 111 vesting In roal lands In the course of s tew days, however, he withdrew his money. saing he was going to Evanston where he could better at tend to his business affairs He did not stop at Evanston, but came through to Ogden In Ogden he de posited $rnn in the Utah National bank and the same amount with the Commercial National bank, presumably presum-ably carrying the balance of the $2"o'i thai he had after leaving Wyoming with him. On Tuesday, shortly after noon, he drew his money from th. Ogden banks and has not been seen since. The Montana transaction is said to be a clever swindling, and Minor is .in adept In the business.