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Show TAKE STEPS TO ! i FREE PEDERSON I , Brighton Appears Today for Arraignment in Murder Case SALT UAXB, Feb. 14.- Habeas corpus cor-pus proceedings to obtain the release 1 ' i Levi L. Pedersen. the street ear conductor arrested in connection with i the murder Of Charles A. Faus. on the night of February 3. wis to bo heard bt Core District Judge L. B. "Wight to-day, to-day, At practically the same tlmo. ; Gilbert L. Brighton, charged with first degree murder was to appear before 'ii .Indi;. Bell Johnson for arraignment. arraign-ment. Angelhie Wacustcr, the housemaid house-maid employed at the Faus home, who with Brighton, confessed to being Implicate. Im-plicate. I .in the murder, will be ar-nie,ne, ar-nie,ne, tomorrow afternoon. Sho Is also harged with first degree murder. I I I N l I . SEARCH Peace officers are continuing their earoh for Roy E. DonndH, said by Brighton to be the man who was with him on the night Of the murder and to have tired the fatal shot. They are also searching for Charles, C'Chlck") ii t hi-rbec. said to have roomed with Uonnell, In the hope that he may be j able tn lead them to Donncll. Although Urighton and the Wacas-j Iter girl have been formally charged .with murder, and their cases now arc i in the hands of the county officers,' Ithe local police hae not ceased th'-lr' investigations. The arrest of Pederson I Sunday night by the sheriff was unex-pected unex-pected by the police, and for a tlnv yesterday. there was considerable speculation as to tho exact reason. 1 Sheriff Bmery and Chief of Police Burbidge are working In complete harmony, however, both stated yes-1 terday W ANTS PART OF REWARD j "We arsoonylnced that Pederson land Butcher have told us all tho know about tho Faus murder." Riley ,M. Beckstead, chief of detectives, said .yesterday "Thep ga o us the information infor-mation they hadtWllllngly and without hesitation, and I believe they played fair with us Tho general impression that Pederson withheld the Information Informa-tion is wrong Butcher brought us the Information and ws met with no opposition op-position from Pedersen." It developed yesterday, however, thnt Pedersen, now that It has become public, that he was the principal 'source of Information may insl9t upon 8 division of the reward He said that I under the circumstances he felt ho had la right to claim a share. Had hl.j name been kept out of the case until the trial of Brighton, ho said ho mlRht ! not have given the matter of reward a thought MM c I'nsi RY Pedersen, on the night of the Fauj 'shooting, did not place much credence i In the statement of Brighton, because.: Ihe said, the latter had made state-,1 merits In tho past that sounded fool- 'ish and unimportant Pedersen agreed that the police should have all the in-; formation he possessed, he said after, I ho had consulted with Butcher and; jthe lattor's daughter. Ruby Graham. It Is duo to tho fact that Pedersen Ipossessed the Information glen him by Brighton on the night of the shoot-! ling and failed to give It to the police that County Attorney Moreton will base his charge of accessor) after the, ifact, if he decides to file such a complaint, com-plaint, he explained. Pedersen's Information Infor-mation about the attempt to stage n fake" robbery for the purpose of 'frightening' the Faus family. In the opinion of the county attorney, Is not sufficient to charge him with being an j accessory before the fact |
