1 J JI I The The Lying Tribune Butcher Fails to Destroy a Salt SaIL Lake Bank I CHRONOLOGY OF KEARNS BULLDOZING Tribune March 13 IL 13 It was sas President McComick who reported the tho ro robbery if it It was a n z robbery to time newspapers s The newspapers did not force the story from him bim Ho lIe ave it up voluntarily a 0 Co President Pres Pres- ident ca caus caused the to make make a statement that tho the amount stolen was ras Tribune TrIbune March 29 Will VII Will the tr truth th of the bank Lank robbery ever be made matle public Yes The Tribunes Tribune's word for it An And If IC there Is justice to be had in Utah If the tho judges are arc un unbiased Jl or uninfluenced fluence b by political or ecclesiastical power 1 both oth principals and conspirators will so some u go to jail jaB The Tribune Is looking carefully into the time entire transaction It is making such stick hea headway wa as to feel confident con con- of its ability to soon Jay bare the crime AND NAME TH I CRI CRIMINALS These will be name named regardless less of or cost of investigation or character of the tho offenders And the public will not be obliged to walt wait many days for important disclosures disclosures' Tribune March 31 Escape Escape is impossible No crime of this character was ever eyer IQ lg concealed It will be impossible to forever hide it IL For a time those directly Interested In discovering the guilty ones could be numbered on omm one ono hand hantl Now not fewer than n ten thousand men and ud women in Salt Lal Lake Lako o are 10 looking for some means to uncover the crime or to protect the guilty guin ones cues Alid And the guilty ones arc arc known u. The rhe proof ma may not as yet l be e convicting g lint hut It is convincing The fhe remaining facts will come cometo to hand as certainly as night follows the time day ay And when they are given to the public by the lie Tribune they will be the lie substance t of oC a bold and ami cleverly leverly planned theft of a banks bank's funds and of or a conspiracy the like e of which has not been uncovered In iu this stained crime-stained state Tomorrow the lite Tribune expects to show how the Utah National was r relieved cd c of that vast fist sum of or money A few Cew details only are wanting this morning It will be the first time the public will have bave been given these particular facts And the narrative will bo be intensely interesting April 1 Mi l All Fools Fool's day There appeared In the Tribune a rambling story with no more snore facts than were contained In ha the Republican the lie Herald and News long before i iM Moneyed M need men uC the time East from f o n. n whom an emissary of or the tho TrIbune has bas been been trying tr ing to t borrow money to put the pa paper er on its feet should be anxious to contribute to su such Ii a warfare as as this Sane people In Salt lIt Lake Lako have regarded e the course pursued by the Reams paper as a most mot most shocking shocking shock shock- ing most depraved attempt to ruin a financial Institution and besmirch the fair name of tho the federal c eral judiciary Those who are acquainted with tho time facts see sec in it only another effort of or Tom Torn Kearns to club W W. S. S McCornick Into the time American party parly au and to fasten upon the Mormon church time the guilt of or the time Utah National Na Na- lIonal bank robbery because some men of that faith wp worked Je In the time bank at the time the th theft ft was dis dis- covered Those who know that the Tribune never ne keeps any promise It makes have bave looked upon Its treatment treatment treat treat- ment of the bank robbery roLLer as another scurrilous attempt to serve servo Its own en ends s and to Increase the sale of papers by pledging ging from day dar to day the only real revelation April and May 1 a have passed and amid the Kearns paper has s not kept its promise to lo name the criminals By Innuendo It has bas smeared libel over o President McCornick l and others In the time 1 bank and has lias smacked cd Its chops over O the luscious fact that it was fooling the people and fooling them badly If all any newspaper in Salt SaiL Lake should have c been friendly to President McCornick it is the tho Salt Lake Tribune Every ery newspaper man In Salt Lake Lako conversant with the affair and every official cial of or tho the bank and every cry detective e working on the time case and every man on the Tribune l knows that th the Kent Kearns paper lies lies boldly ics ics-bol boldly l shamelessly lies lIes hen when it says sars that President ent l reported the robbery volun volun- JI Ho He t did report it to the tho Tribune and if b he hadn't do done e s so that paper would have havo b been eu scooped on the bf biggest gest story of oC the year rear The fhe Republican and the Herald knew of the robbery in a general v. v way da days 8 before it was announced The Republican literally beg begged etl for the stor story at the tile bank but was put off orr from time to time because only bank officials knew tho the facts and from them only could the story be legitimately le Ie- procured On On the Saturday that the ho bank banI decided to accede acce e to tIle the demand for publication tion Presa Pres- Pres a i. i N nick nick- I Issued J ed ij e l l J p I nn J 1 une J a and l r d cO y f U O statement t. t o e v. v o his tB J ol U g Into lujo Hie lie b L Had Mr 11 away fro tb tho rr b Ii o onice that 1 would Woul not have known of or tho bank banI robbery until Sunday morning when it app appeared are In In two o other 1 er morning morning morn morn- morn ing papers Shortly after arLer the star story was published L by all the time p papers stating slating that the amount stolen was The Republican printed a story plainly stating slating that the actual amount stolen was between and The Tho Tribune denied enle this titiS f story lory vehemently and amid assailed The Republican for faking Later the Tribune opened its e eyes cs and learned the truth President McCornick did not t mislead the Tribune Ho He meral merely stated staled that the amount lost by the bank was l which was correct The dunderheads on to see sec the point the Kearns paper didn't have bayo sense ene enough When the Kearns Ol organ all pu published the reflection upon tho ju judges no one on that paper bad had the tho Intelligence In in- to lo understand that lint the bank investigation so fco far as it was held legally affected only the federal federal fed fed- eral crai court and anti not nol the civil ci or criminal courts of oC Utah So far it has been the time aim to point out the time reeking rottenness of oC tho the Tribunes Tribune's fight and aull show to a certain degree how far Tom Kearns has bas sent sont his paper out of or Its Us way war to injure a a. banking institution McCornick Nor the Iho Tribunes Tribune's scandalous attack confined and find to to- wreak a personal vengeance upon Mr 11 was alone to the bank roLli robbery c 11 While that thai institution was receiving all the time condemnation that sympathizing could heap upon It It nn on American party parl lawyer lawer gave to the Tribu Tribune c a stOl story that a safet safety safet deposit box had been robbed in iii the bank batik Title This was immediately traced b by the Tribune to tho the same person who stole the time m Ridiculous upon tho time face of or it the stor story was good enough for the Tribune Tho The bank was directly charged with responsibility for for the time alleged disappearance of a few hundred dollars which the time lawyer said had bad been left lert in the box b by A Adrian rian a saloon keeper died dle leaving his estate to his com corn mon-law mon wife Anna Reinhart Long after his death an and without notice to tho the bank officials her lawyer S. S P P. Armstrong gave the story to tIme the Tribune that the money was missing Not until it appeared in the Tribune did the bank officials know there was any pretense of or a loss In Iii making his complaint com on ou the this da day of or the storys story's publication Cashier Rodney T T. T Badger explained to tho the manager of or the Kearns paper how utterly impossible the story was The Time manager called tho reporter report report- er who had written the time story and told him to state stale the time following morning that In view of oC tho the explanation ion tion made by Cashier Badger the Tribune ba had been misled Then to the tho vast astonishment of the cashier and other lank bank officials the time Tribune appeared next morning with a story to the effect that at a special meeting of or directors of or the bank the alleged rob rob- bery of the time safet safety deposit vault was roundly discussed No such discussion took place Like Liko its predecessor cessor the second story was a rauk rank an and palpable fake On April 3 Anna Reinhart signed a release sa saying ing all the tho valuables in the tho safety deposit box in question ques tion had been accounted for Now to show shoVe just how much weight there is Ss In the time characteristically dirty campaign con conducted b by bythe bythe the Tribune The bank went through the time tr trying investigation of the robbery and survived the pinched money market saw tho tIme da days s 's come como and go without any loss of patronage minded its own business treated treat ed cd Tribune reporters as courteously as representatives es of honest newspapers were treated an and sailed through it all with flying colors At the end enil of it all the bank responded lo to the government call can for a statement May lar 1 H with the tho following fol lowing showing RESOURCES CES S S Loans and anti discounts United States Stales bonds bond's w Bonds warrants arrants etc 11 I Real Ilea estate l Furniture fixtures and surd safe deposit va vaults Cash and sight exchange w i 1 LIA LIABILITIES I j Capital 1 Io Surplus and undivided profits ri S Circulation j 4 Deposits ts 7 tG S No more eloquent example of the effect of or a fight waged by the Sa Salt tt Lake Tribune din be e found round than that reflected by br those figures The bank Is still sUII doing business President McCornick has not yet ret announced an an- Bounced his Intention of or joining tho the American party The grand jury has has the whole matter under Investigation gaLlon gation and antl the Tribune painfully silent hasn't yet cl kept Its promise and named the man who stole tho the mone money t