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Show SHTt OFFICIAL III EMBEZZLES M ELENA, Mont.. lee. 2o Samuel W. Ivinghorn jr., chief clerk In the tstjte board of commissioners, wus ur-rcsted ur-rcsted this afternoon on the charge ot" forgery, the specific allegation being be-ing that Langhorue, to whom was given a check for $74, was made payable, pay-able, to Frank Sutton, against the " stray" account, forged Sutton's name to the check and cashed It. 1-iug-horne was held In $.:,0ni ha. I, which he was unuble to furnish. Experts are now checking up his accounts and it Is expected his defalcations may run as high as $30,000. They are allege, I to have extended over a period of Heveu years. |