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Show A Smart Englishman Arrested. A dispatch dated Pueblo (Col.), December De-cember 9th, contains the following : Alfred C. Hammond, a tall, smart Englishman about 28 years old, was arrested ar-rested on the Denver & Rio Grande train from Salt Lake this evening, by Marshal Hahn, on the charge of embezzlement. embezzle-ment. The marshal had received a telegram tele-gram from Sheriff Becker, of Leadville. authorizing the arrest. It seems that Hammond had a lease on a mine, and the charge against him is supposed to be that he 6old the mine and absconded with the money. He had a large sum on his person and was well dressed and well, equipped. When arrested he attempted to pull a gun, but the marshal made him drop it. Hammond was accompanied by a yerv handsome young woman whom he acknowledged to be his mistress She refused to get off the train, and went on to Denver. It is supposed she had a good part of Hammond's money. He is in jail awaiting the arrival of the officers from Leadville. |