Vancouver Barracks Soldier Arrested for Embezzlement
After serving two weeks at the Vancouver barracks, A. L. Miller was apprehended and returned to Tacoma to face charges of larceny by embezzlement.
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A. L. Miller, wanted in this city for larceny by embezzlement, was arrested in Vancouver, Washington, yesterday after two weeks' service at the Vancouver barracks. He was put in jail and turned over to Deputy Tom Desmond, who was sent after him. The deputy and his man arrived in Tacoma this afternoon. Miller has strenuously resisted the arrest, saying that if he does owe any bills here they are very small ones and that he can settle everything. He will be given a preliminary hearing in a justice court this week.
“Miller has strenuously resisted the arrest, saying that if he does owe any bills here they are very small ones and that he can settle everything.”
The practice of using military enlistment as a way to evade local warrants or 'skip town' remains a recurring feature in local police reporting, though today's inter-agency digital tracking has largely rendered such methods obsolete.
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