Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 131, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1915 — EUGENT PURTELLE IS ARRESTED ONCE MORE [ARTICLE]

EUGENT PURTELLE IS ARRESTED ONCE MORE

Traction Wizard Accused of Trying to Jump Board Bill in ChicagoHeld Under $3,000 Bail.

Eugene Purtelle, who was going to build the Northern Indiana Traction road, found himself somewhat embarrassed Wednesday by a Chicago hotel bill for S6O. The bill was held by the Hotel Sherman and the insistence of the management had reached the police court stage. It wasn’t hard to find Purtelle when he was wanted. He had, in fact, just been arrested and turned over to the sheriff on an indictment charging him with operating a confidence game. In the confidence game charge, W. A. Miller, a lawyer, appears as complainant. Miller caused the arrest of Purtelle April 8, last. Purtelle, he asserted, had/ represented himself as president of the Tip-ton-Frankfort Traction Co., and had sold him stock. Purtelle was indicted a week ago and the bond put at $3,000.