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I TIRED OF WANBERVKaj ,*M,t liiif (Mimifpil, it (iii.nlimOlti. ih! \\ ho S|«i|« n 150.000 from tti«j lt;**v«*rtnii»-tit l«ter«kiiiffi to lift urn autf i Far* t It* l ujfcic.J Mixnkatoms, (K t %2 August Iul*I in agt \ for in any yea rs crown timber agentat liat Portage, Ont who disappeared last npring *ith SI50,00(1 belonging to the ( armdian govern merit, \**s diseov* erned in this city Sunday night by I* A. Phelps,of Pat Portage When overtaken by PLt Ips the fugitive almost fainted from fright Questioned about his movementssince his disapiH aranre from lhit Portage, Du Image said he had twin to China, where he lost considerable money in a speculation He arnv*«l mMinneapolis a month ago and has since been In hiding He tog almost out of I money hr said he had about concluded to go to Ottawa and stand trial for hi*crime■Ilin voluntary surrender to the Cana* diati authorities he said, would result inthe arrest lt;*f veral person* high in thegovernment service who had cmmpellfidhim to steal and had taken the lion’s ah arc* of the spoils Du Image s that W dter Rice dan • x • hief of p e of jRat Portage*, and his alleged .con feci rate, *is in Minttea|»olis also and will returnwith him to Canada Riordan gavo lul-mage the tip to leave Canada and subsequently broke into the Hudson Ray Company’s \ arehuuse, stole a lat goq..ua» jtity of vulualdi fumand cvapcdacroM the* border
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Dunkirk Observer Journal
Dunkirk, New York, US
Wed, Oct 23, 1889
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