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DODGE IS IN DEEP TROUBLEWill Bo Tried tor Passing Himself Oft a.lt;4 cv GoYentnnml Official,Charged with tmpefSOaittlR* a Govern -meat offlclul, F K. Dodge will tot _*tv*n l a preliminary examination before United State* Commissioner Marsh today. Dortgu was arreted! toy Deputy United States Marshal Griffith near Gresham, where he was living will! Air*. O. B, Connor* wife of the man whom he fa aHegad to have fleeced out of about SfiOP The woman in the rasa may bo required Jo defend herself of a statutory charge. tConnor 1» a mall carrier, Ifvin# atSh*4d. Ltnn County. It waa there thatDoder* appeared and. apparenf.tr. won theaffection* nf tin- wife, whom Connor »u*-pcoit* of forming the eon/iplracy by which toe wh raftered of it bout Sdtoft, Dodge representetl to Connor thfti Mrs. Connor had acquired a limber claim In EaatsmQrtjvoit irregularly, but ?aplaln*d that If the husband would sire him tfOft, ho, am an inspector in the service of the Government, coil Id fix matter* with the proper authorities, in order to raise the necoasmy fundn. Connor mortgaged hit* iHitno at Shedd and turned the proce^d5.*got. over to .Dodge. Shortly afterward. Dodge left ghedd and 11 was not loneuntil the wife also informed tlv husband that stoo wished lo visit relatives in Canada. and followed Dodge*That wmm the last Connor heard of Ibe wife, although toe frequently received letter* from Dpdfr, who did not want‘to Ion* a (rood thing In these letter* Dodge demanded mon* money from Connor. The demands became so insistent that Connor finally nt?ulM«4 his troubles to a friend, who advised him to place the matter before th« United States Attorney, whichwas done. An fnveeLigation was conducted, resulting in the dinenviwy of Dodge and th* woot'ia near GnHtbam,wHert ibejf A*ew ltvinfi together. Connor
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Portland Morning Oregonian
Portland, Oregon, US
Fri, Jul 16, 1909
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