Show PECULIAR employment AGENT HAS MEN AR RESTED AND THEN REFUSES TO SWEAR TO A COMPLAINT charges a man with attempting to sell a pass with which he could have had nothing at all to do W L humphreys who is in charge of dansons hansons Han sons employment agency on lower street became involved in an action last evening which may yet re suit in a suit being brought against him for false imprisonment it seems claude dee who is acting for carcy corcy bros had a crowd of fifteen men to to the improvement work in nevada on the train which left ogdan at 10 this morning about five minutes before the train left humphreys appeared on the scene and caused the arrest of edward harris the man who had the pass for alie men on a charge of attempting to sell the pass another man named ed west humphreys caused to be detained as a witness both men were locked up in the comans womans corridor at the city jail over night this morning humphreys refused to swear to a complaint as he had promised to do when he caused the arrest last evening and city attorney backy ordered that the men be discharged the city officials as well as mr dee and the two victims of arrest were indignant over the affair and the latter promise that alie affair is not ended yet they would have taken action this morning if it was not for the fact that they are needed on the improvement work and mr dee gent them out at 1115 alie cause of the action is apparently that the employment agent who gets fees of from 1 to 2 for each roan shipped did not like it because air dec shipped these men free men for this work are scarce and there is quite a rivalry in obtaining them the event of last night for this reason caused corey bros considerable embarrassment barras as it lost them the work of these men for a day or two the peculiar part is that even if harris bad sold the pass the corey bros were the aggrieved parties west whom humphreys had detained as a witness said he could see no reason at all for the ar reat |