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JOm;K IS IN PEEP TROfBLEWill Bo Tried for Pud riff Himself Off a* a Government Official.Charged wtth Imperannntlng a Government official. F. fv Dodge will be _gtven n preliminary examination before United State* Comm tael oner Marsh today. Dodge «m aircsied by Deputy United State.* Marshal Griffith near Greeham. whore he wan living with Mrs. O. B. Connor, wife of the man whom he f* alleged to have fleeced out of about J$W. The woman lt;n the cn*e may be required to defend her* self of a statutory charge ,Connor la a mall carrier. living at Shbdd. Linn County. It wo* there that Dodge appeared and. apparenlly. won the affection* of the wife. whom Connor suspect* of forming the conspiracy by which he waa relieved of about $lt;6W. Dodge represented to Connor that Mrs. Connor had acquired a timber claim in Eastern Oregon trre*rularly. but explained that If the hurhand would give him 1600, he, At an Inspector In the aervicc of the Government, could fix matter# with the proper authorities. In order to raise the necQSMiy funds. Connor mortgaged his home at Shedd and turned the proceeds, J600, over to .Dodge Shortly afterward. Dodge left Kh-dd and it wax not lone until the wife also informed th* husband that she wlahotl to visit relative* In Canada. and followed Dodge.That WM the last Connor heard of the wife, although ho frequently received letter* from Dodge, who did not want to lose a good thing- In these letter* Dodge demanded more money from Connor. The demands became ao Insistent that Connor finally ixmfided lua troubles to a friend. Who advised him to place the matter before the United States Attorney, which was done. An Investigation was conducted. resulting in the discovery ofDodge and tho woman near Gresham, where they were living together- Connor
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Portland Morning Oregonian
Portland, Oregon, US
Fri, Jul 16, 1909
Page 4
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