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Show MIFOHil IS flUDfURBEST Late yesterdav afternoon Detect Ives Pender and Pincock arretted Benjamin Benja-min Akerman on an Inbound train from California on a warrant charging blm with a felony alleged to have been committed in Nevada City, Cal. That there is some mistake In th? issuing of the warrant and the suspicion suspi-cion placed upon the man l.s the linu belief of the police officials who have bandied the case locally. It appears. that Akerman, who is a mining man in the gold bills of California Cali-fornia town with Mrs Akerman to draft lor $H.m on the Bank oi Nevada Clly, giving his brother, also a mining min-ing man. as security. i Tuesday Mr. Akerman left the C.fti- j fornlla town with Mrs. Akerman to visit tho latter's relatives in Denver, and when tho bank olllclals on which the draft was drawn learned of his departure tbey became frightened and immediately swore out the warrant, VWenlly lea ring that Ihe man was trying to get out of their reach. At Ogdeu ho was taken in charge and lie at the station lor advices from the coast. Mrs. Akerman, who was much concerned and w-orrled over lier husband's detention, secured a room in a hotel and Is awaiting the adjustlug of the affair. Akerman declares that at Ihe time of his departure fiom Nevada City bis brother was off in the hills, and last night he undertook to locate him by telegraph to have the matter adjusted. ad-justed. Owing to the early closlmj time of tho little telegraph offlc In the mining town, however, it wa impossible im-possible to receive a reply before morning. Akerman asserts that bis arrest is the result of a misunderstanding, and that when the brother con be reached reach-ed and the bank officials spoken to, he wlil be released. The railroad ticket In iros session of Mr. and Mrs. Akerman were arranged ar-ranged ko as to alluiv them to continue con-tinue their Journey on the. former's release. |