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Show STAGE IS SET FOR EXTRADITION TRIAL Phoenix, Ariz., March 1. Nicholas G. Morgan, assistant county prosecutor prosecu-tor of Salt Lake, arrived here this morning after a week's absence in Los Angeles, where he went in regard re-gard to the suit filed in behalf of C. W. French, Pacific Development company promoter, against the Hotel Utah and others for 5100,000 damages dam-ages for alleged conspiracy in attempting at-tempting to secure the extradition of French to Utah on a charge of passing pass-ing bogus drafts. Oliver O. Clark of Collier & Clark of Los Angeles reached here Saturday, and will be associated with Robert S. Fisher or this city In opposing the extradition of French. The stage is set, the actors are lined perfect and all Is in readiness for the curtain to go up at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning in what promises to be one of the most thrilling one-act one-act dramas -ever produced in the executive ex-ecutive chamber of the state capi-tol. capi-tol. Each side is confident and French seems the least concerned ot all. He is even now planning business busi-ness engagements for tomorrow afternoon, af-ternoon, as he believes the whole case will have been settled before noon. Neither' Fisher nor Morgan today had any statement to make with regard re-gard to the case. Morgan spent several sev-eral hours today studying the brief filed yesterday by Fisher and incidentally inci-dentally had a conference with Assistant As-sistant Attorney General Hardy on some of the law points Involved. He did not see Fisher or French today. French spent the day at Attorney Fisher's country home not returning to his private car until late tonight He had no statement to make, except ex-cept to express entire satisfaction at the work his attorneys are doing In the fight against extradition. In the event that extradition is denied French and Fisher promise some of the most sensational developments devel-opments so far brought out by reason rea-son ot the action ot Utah. The nature na-ture of these developments neither would reveal. oo |