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The St. Paul Daily Globe, July 18, 1884, p. 2

A SKIPPER.

An N. P. Express Agent Takes Cash and a Fair One and Flees the Country.

Not many miles from the wicked village of Minneapolis in Anoka county, is located the little town of Fridley, the reference to which so far as this veraelous narrative is concerned has to do with the operations of a gay young blade named Geo. H. Stanboro whose recent escapades at that place are the only reasons for bringing it or the other hamlet mentioned into the conspicuous publicity afforded only in the columns of the GLOBE. For this boon the towns named are no doubt truly thankful.

Stanboro was up to recently the agent at Fridley for the Northern Pacific Express company.

Last Friday he skipped out with a fair charmer and in the neighborhood of $1,500 of the company's money. The auditor of the company happened along the next day and let the cat out of the bag by discovering the shortage. The solution was found in the flight of the agent, and the wire was set clicking in all directions.

On Monday a gentleman returned to St. Paul from Winnipeg and, calling on Supt. Hall, of the company, he informed him that he had seen Stanboro and his lady in that city, and that they were having a regular picnic, and Mr. Hall telegraphed the police of Winnipeg to take him in custody, and they carried out the instructions. On his person was found the sum of $300, all that remained of the ill-gotten wealth.

Supt. Hall started for Winnipeg on Monday and an effort will be made to bring the culprit to St. Paul for trial.

In conversation with one of the officials of the company last night, the latter informed a GLOBE reporter that the amount Stanboro got away with was small, consisting, he thought, of only one or two days' receipts. "He just grabbed all the ready money he could lay his hands on," said the official, "and skipped."