Ogden Daily Standard | 1891-09-09 | Page 1 | An Enormous Embezzlement

la in enormous ail t kan sept 8 E E wise treasurer of the its hutchison southern railroad has been arrested and a warrant issued lor for W A christie president of the road on the charge of embezzlement embezi lement two years ago a party ly of railroad men started a scheme of building b alladi a road south from this city chartering chart erine it as the mcpherson texas gulf railroad reno county the city of hutchison and nd other points subscribed largely to the stock and leaned issued bonds the company built thirty two milos miles of road and mortgaged it tor for per mile and the bonds donds were then hypothec bated to be the union pacific company tor a certain earn sum there has been a dispute between the creditors sod aa as a result the c of this county swore out warrants ch charging charring arring wise and christie with the embate clement of which they allege should bare have been on band hand bat is not christie is supposed to be in chicago and a requisition w will III be made upon the governor of illinois for him