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Show COLORED IN ED FOR DESERTING HIS WIFE James Wilson, giant colored man, educated and dressed-up, was taken off the Overland Limited at 12:55 this afternoon by Detective J. L. Hobson and Patrolman I. C. Canfield and lodged in tho city jail. The arrest was made in response to a telegram received at 12:05 this afternoon from William Shur, county attorney at Grand Island, Neb. The telegram stated that the negro was wanted for wife desertion and for taking tak-ing $900 of her money. It is a notablo fact that within 50 minutes after receiving re-ceiving tho telegram, Wilson was in custody. Sergt George Carey, upon searching search-ing the prisoner, found $742.88 in money. He also had a gold watch with a Masonic fob attached and was otherwise displaying an appearance of unusual prosperity. He offered no resistance re-sistance when the officers arrested him, although he stands 6 feet 2 inches and weighs 222 pounds. The Nebraska authorities have 'been notified. They probably will arrive in Ogden the latter part of the week to return the man to Grand Island for prosecution. oo- |