Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1916-12-13 | Page 12 | Reward Fund Trial Drags On

REW ARD FUND TRIAL DRAGS ON Evidence Submitted in i. i Disputed Case in Ogden J Courts Spat to o Th The Herald Ogdon O don Dec 1 12 Several Several dens days must claim claim- the twenty-one twenty relapse yet et before rants of the reward rear mone money of offer offered of- of fer d for the arrest and conviction cOn of ot the tho blackmailers rs who terrorized Ogden Ogen Og- Og den en for Cor several months preceding the arrest of ot Joseph Henry Henr Martin In De- De ember 1913 learn whether the they will or r f-r X will not receive a share The case ll bo be taken up again Friday Frida In n j A. A Howells Howell's s 's division of or the district 1 r Ralph Smith postoffice In Inspector who vho came from Denver yesterday and gave his evidence at a night session In Judge Howen's Howells court was ert ed to be bo the last laet witness but hut his tes- tes ma may result In the recalling of other witnesses by bomo somo of the seven even the many representing attorneys a claimants Of the waiting distribution to tho the proper parties 1000 Is offered b bythe by bythe the dt city 1000 b by the county and 1500 by bv local citizens through tho the Ogden Interests offering the The amounts thought the problem 0 of dis- dis too great so the they shifted tho burden to the court by bringing suit against the claimants forcing forcin them to show cau cause o wh why they should receive t the tho e reward mone money Inspector Smiths Smith's testimony Smiths testimOny seemed l to be a bombshell to tho the hopes of or some claimants According to his testimony th the postoffice department received Its first reliable lead lad that Martin larlin was wn the tho guilty man through R. R E. E BoaS HoaK of the he Utah National bank and it devel davol- developed that Hoag received his tip from John Cook a relative b by marriage of Martin When hen the po postoffice inspectors obtained ob obtained ob- ob evidence to Justify Martins Martin's arrest ar- ar I ar-I rest the Inspector testified that his department had difficulty In Inducing inducing In- In the police to make the arr arrest st on a state warrant