A. M. KNIGHT SHUFFLED THE CARDS THEN HIKED; HIS DISAPPEARANCE WAS TOLD BY FORTUNE TELLER; FIRM $40,000 SHORT
FARGO MAN WAS THE UNCONSCIOUS VICTIM OF HIS SAD PLIGHT — FORTUNE TELLER TOLD HIM THAT HE WOULD DISAPPEAR TWO WEEKS BEFORE HE LEFT FOR NEW YORK.
World Special State Service.
Fargo, N. D., May 23.—That A. M. Knight unconsciously disappeared disappeared {sp} from this city is the statement made by his wife today, who said that a fortune teller foretold his disappearance two weeks prior to his leaving for New York. After he had learned the future Knight went to his home, shuffled the cards and the result was the same as that shown him by the fortune teller. Two weeks after he left for New York and has not been heard from since.
J. H. Colis, a member of the fir mof {sp} Colis & Knight, stated today that his partner was short in his accounts with the firm to the amount of $40,000. Investigation of the Red Men lodge made here by the auditing committee, Knight being the secretary of this organization, show that he too k$400 {sp} of their money.
Fargo, N. D., May 23.—Although I have sent a number of dispatches to New York, no definite nor encouraging word has arrived here," said Mrs. A. M. Knight to a newspaper representative this afternoon. "I am as much in the dark about him today as I was yesterday."
"I am completely broken up over all this," she continued. "In fact, nobody knows how wretchedly I feel because I know what people are saying. I cannot think that Mr. Knight has done anything intentionally wrong, but that he is laboring under some mental delusion, and I find that I am not alone in that opinion, as many business men with whom I have talked are resting under the same profession.
"All of the business men I have talked to say that Mr. Knight's business dealings with them were always honorable, and I am sure that it will be found that his disappearance is due to some sudden mental derangement. Further than this I know nothing and do not like to discuss the affair at all..."
Devils Lake Weekly World, 1/15/1916
A. M. KNIGHT WAS ARRESTED IN R.I.
Wanted in Fargo and Louisville on Charges Alleging Embezzelment.
ALSO TO BE TRIED ON BIGAMY CHARGES.
Has Been Sought and Found and Lost Again. Now in Toils One More.
Louisville, Ky., Jan. 14—Arthur M. Knight, a former broker of Fargo, N. D., who is alleged to have embezzled $525.72 from Dakota Tribe No. 1 of the Redmen in Fargo, deserted his wife, formerly Miss Daisy K. Collis, and came to Louisville, where for years he lived under the name Fred G. Thomas, was arrested last night at Providence, R. I., just one year from the day when he was first taken into custody here.
Admits Identity.
Knight admitted his identity and will come here, waiving extradition. Louisville detectives, who trailed him all over the country, after he had jumped $1,000 bond here, have been sent for him. He will be tried here, first, on charges of jumping his bond and embezzling $300 belonging to the insurance company for whom he worked.
Jumped Bail.
He secured a low bond when church people went to Police Judge Boldrick and Governor McCreary and told them how pious "Thomas" was and how he was a victim of mistaken identity. When he jumped his bond he left behind him here another wife, whom he married in Asheville, N. C., two years ao {sp}, and who was in ill health when he was arrested.Bismarck Tribune, 1/15/1916
