The Daily News
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2019-10-07
issued: 1910-03-17
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note: Tie Mr *w GtaulfM Ms. I iroWliMrs. Try Om, per word \Q }. ®Ijc iailfi atf 8 Pun—kbscrlbe for PA Tie Nm. Per MoM 3UC VOLS NELSON S C. /THURSDAY MORNING. MARCH 17, Win NO. 283 I EASYJWONEY Defrauded Government of Wolf Bounties . i. i Swindles Ontario of Thousands of Dollars Wide Conspiracy Unearth' at Fort Frances PORT FRANCES, Ont., March 16.— One of the biggest conspiracies to defraud the government that has been unearthed for some time developed today when Detective Greer ot Toronto and Provincial Constable Campbell brought into town nine Indiana from the reserve near Barwlck, and two white men M. *r. CatHcart *% Barwlck and George Westcott of Rainy River. The informa- i tlon was laid before Police Magistrate Hollands and was to the effect that the persons charged were guilty of obtaining money from the province of Ontario under the "Wolf Bounty act," knowing \that they had no right to do so. When brought before the magistrate they waived examination and asked to be tried summarily before bis honor Judge Fitch. This-was granted, by the crown and the case Ib expected to come up this afternoon. , , ■ Easy Money According to the police the plan was a most successful one to make easy money. The method was for one of those In on the game to go to. Winnipeg and visit the fur buyers and fur houseB and buy up all the wolf skins they could get which had been caught in Alberta or Saskatchewan paying from $2 to. $2.60 for each skin. TheBe were then shipped to Rainy River and there divided up among the gang. In order to deceive the authorities, a number of skins were scattered among the Indians, -who in turn went before the local magistrate with the fur clipped arid made the usual affidavits that they and made the usual alfidavit that they had personally killed the wolf in a certain place. This was forwarded .to the department at Toronto when a cheque would be sent back for the. amount of ' the bounty to -fhe extent of $15 for each wolf supposed to have been killed. Government…
note: The Nelson Daily Miner was purchased by F.J. Deane in April of 1902 and renamed The Daily News. It changed hands again in May 1908 when it began to be printed by the News Publishing Co. managed by W.G. McMorris.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Nelson (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0383497
language: English
lat: 49.493333
long: -117.295833
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Nelson, B.C. : News Publishing Co.
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
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