Show FiANCEE flAN Ef WEEP AS DEFENDER OF f FATHER I Is JAILED I Hearing of Charge harge Again Supposed Inventor c 01 Wonder Craft Reach Reache Climax With New ArreT Arre Arres EIE hearing heming yesterday ve lerda aft c TH T 1 noon before Unit United cl Stal Commissioner 11 U. V. V Van Fan Pelt 0 John fohn V Van bran n alley inventor ill L' L and aud erstwhile master 0 the all all' and elements element nt culminated li In Insl sl and sensational climax wl wb be beE E Roland Lesser old year flan of tiC Van an laughter daughter iv arrested In the courtroom on a char cha charof I of or intimidating intimidating- a government ro Lesser J. J s r was tak taken n into custody b Robert special agent of r t tI I department of or Justice and lodged I Ithe the count county j jail ill to together with V Ya VI YaI I Valkenburg ur pending the filing tiling ol or orI federal complaint a against him I Two hours J later ter a a. complaint hh 1 been issued 11 against t Le Lesser r by I II I- I I I United States States' district attorney a athe the young oun man manas was vas taken before Co Cor Con Van Ym Pelt for hearing i 13 pleaded not guilty and formal hear of his ca case u was set et for tor or 10 o'clock n neI ne I Saturday morning Young Lesser Less r Is h the th son of ot Erne Km Lesser a Salt Lake patrolman C 0 the thc promise of oC tho the young roun ma man parents that t they thc would his appearance In court he wa was wa i a oJ lowed to go without furnishing ball CAUSES COMMOTION The Tho arrest of oC Young Lesser cama cam cauCa I Ia a commotion at tho conclusion of or I IVan tl I Van Yau hearing The you youman ouT man accompanied his Ids fiancee 1 ti th I pretty daughter of ot the Indicted it hi to court and sat at al near 1 h hr th throughout the hearing I Van Yan Valkenburg was tress bound over 1 tine the United States district court f rr trial tried on a charge chane of ot Impersonating I government jo officer and suid with the the- operation of or the tho th draft Upon consent of or 1 W W. W. W na Ri RiL L United nit i d States tates district attorney 1 h hI hII I ball rf reduced from 1 to 0 11 Tie He was unable to furnish the reduce bond and md was returned to the tho coun count Jail as a federal prisoner At It thi conclusion fon of ot tho the heart hear Lesser is alleged to have approach Ivan 1 Trew v. v tho principal 1 witness SS whom Van Yan Falkenburg J JI I charged with having hating prevented fn fro frol frolI registering for the traCt and threat threatened at I ened cued him with violence Jf if any harT ban camo came camo to tl Van Yan According to lo I Le Less rt I ru rushed hd up to Trew at the thc clo close e of tt t th hearing alI and demanded If Ie ho was i rr for all this rumpus TREW'S REPLY No o I 1 am not not Trew I Is said to ha hag haT replied The government o officer office asked mo Inc me what Van Yan Valkenburg hi hn ha said ald to me mo and I 1 told them Tho Th asked me If Ie I would testify to It ni an said Eald I would which I Iha e have done lone t to tod d lay Jay a At t this point witnesses declare th the I JI Lesser er swore wore violently at Trew ai nn an called him a d d dirt dirty slacker Well If anything happens to ti m I law in out of or this thia thing G Gt Gc r Continued on pa pace c 2 2 I FIANCE WEEPS Continued from rum page 1 help you Lesser Is accuse accused of oC hain having hay hav in inK ing said to Trew v Witnesses who overheard artl th the conversation conversation con con- brought ht the tile affair oah to the attention of ot Mr Ir Whitson tho the government govern overn- ment meat officer who caused cusel the arrest m olVan of ol Van Valkenburg WhIton on seized J Lesser an and demanded to know Jwo what he hail had said to Trew Lesser declined to answer and the officer was th then n told Lold of ot the conversation conversation conversation conversa conversa- tion by witnesses Return Returning in to toLe Le Lesser ser Whitson informed him that he had laid himself liable to fe federal prosecution WH WHITSON ITSON ACTS Well U why dont don't you do It Instead of ot talking about It ItT Attorney E. E Ashton Ashton Ashton Ash- Ash ton Van Valkenburg's s 's counsel who was in conversation with young Les Lesser er is alleged to ha have haC C asked d. Whitson then arrested LC Lesser ier and took him to th the federal building where the the- complaint was as sworn worn out against him Ills HIs fiancee remonstrated with the officers offic rs and wept Jelt as she he saw her father rather and sweetheart led away together a as prisoners Young Lesser admit admitted Lcd in lh the at attorney attorneys attorney's at- at torney torney's office that he lm had lost hl his head and antI did not realize how ho serious hi hi statement was wan Ho lie said Maid he made thc the statement out of respect for fOI the family anti and that he believed in Van Valkenburg to a n. certain extent Of Ot 01 course 1 dont don't believe his In Invention In- In is ii everything hn ho claims It to tobe tobe tobe be but I 1 do o know that he has lias an in invention ut- ut Lesser told on Another feature of or the tile h hearing developed eloped when a letter given to Val Vat Leon Bone Uy on special special cial Investigator of the Iho department of pt justice was offered an as an nn exhibit The Tho existence of or the I letter tt r had hall never been made public before although it was Introduced in introduced introduced In- In at the hearing hearing- by br Attorney Ray LETTER BY BONE Following ia Is th the tho letter written by 1 Sir Mr Ir Bono on official Jo nl stationery stationery sta ala and bearing hearing the of or orthe the federal officer To Whom 1 It t May ht Concern The he John Van an Is la h hereby authorized to perform special services fo for fot tho the err ment of ot- thu tho thur r United States Slates and should be he permitted to do o his work without molestation or hindrance whatsoever cr This letter similar to lo the cre credentials carried b by other special government O agents was wan found on Van STan Valkenburg's person at the time linw of ot his arrest Van Valkenburg declares th that thit t it was on the strength of this letter that he represented rep resented himself to bo bl u a government officer Mr Done Bone admits having issued Issue the credentials to Van Valkenburg Van denied on the witness witness wit wit- ness stand that he had represented I himself to be he a a. government bO agent ex exI except ex- ex I on ral rare occasions occasion's lons and then when engaged In legitimate work for tor the I United States Slates government VALKENBURG'S PROMISE The first witness called at the tho hearing hearIng hearing hear hear- ing was wan John Trew father l' l of Ivan Trew rw Ho lIo testified that Van en burp burg had told him ho he was VlIS a government government government govern govern- ment agent abent and that he lie would obtain Ivan a n Job In the secret service He lie said Van Valkenburg told him that last A August 11 Ivan Trow Trew testified that he hc failed faile to le register lster because of oC the alleged promise prom prom- I ise Ic made mad to him by hy Van Valkenburg to obtain him a position in the secret serice ser ser- I vice ice He lie stated that when hen he lie discovered disco liscow- ere ered Van Yan Valkenburg was not ai an officer oCI- oCI he lie took the thc proper cour course e an and registered reg for the selective draft i Young Trew also testified that Van I Valkenburg on one occasion told him I that he lie had IU captured a a. large number of d e German enemies and I taken them to FU Ft Dou Douglas las for or intern intern- i ment The Th witness wilne s al also o testified that Van Valkenburg d him a Job jobaH as aH pilot of or one of or his airboats as soon as thc they were completed Van Valkenburg testified in his l own defense He stated that he ho was GO 50 years old and was wa born horn and ral raised ed in Salt Lake City He said Sail that for the thelast thelast thelast last three and a n half halt years he had been engaged in perfecting his aerial craft and had not worked at anything anything- else NEEDED FOR AIR SERVICE I Under cross examination h by r Attorney I Ray Van Vun Valkenburg admitted having haing told young young- Ta Trew Triv w that there was no immediate hurry for 01 him to get into I Ithe the service as ns he hI would nee need him him for tor I hl his air all service ice when the Van Valkenburg burg airboats were turned over to the United States government H lie He denied that he ever eveL promised ed young Trew a po position in the government government govern govern- ment secret service enice He also denied denie having made the statement that he had ha captured any alien enemies for tor internment internment intern intern- ment meat at lt Ft Douglas The prisoner stated that h he lu received 1 his credentials to work as aM a special government officer off off- eel from Leon Done Bone but emphatically denied denie that thai he had used the letter Jetter for any other othel than le legitimate purposes The Tho witness was questioned only briefly concerning his alleged ed aerial boat as the matter mattea of ot the aircraft did not enter into the charge against him EXTRACT ELECTRICITY Van Valkenburg stated staLed however howe that he has an air all vessel that would do everything he hc had hal claimed for tor it and that it would 1 make muke Its appearance shortly in Salt Lake He lIe testified that he and his associates had hud discovered an Instrument to extract electricity and other elements clements from the air all He said this energy y was the secret of hl his fI flying InS vessel and anti intimated it was also the factor by b which he had overcome graIt gray grav It ity He lie said the same instrument c could he be used Bed in automobiles as power and for Cor other commercial purposes District Attorney Ray Hay was made tho the object of oC two verbal attacks following the tile hearing hearin Mrs Van Yan Valkenburg accused accused accused ac ac- ac- ac him hint of ot insulting her and of ot I causing causing- unhappiness in her family amil and h home o ni a. a Mr 11 Ray nay stated staled that he had never talked to Lo l Ir Mrs Van Yan Valkenburg and had never nover had hal occasion to visit her home during his investigations of her husband iid SPEAKS FOR FATHER Young Henderson son of ot Charles Henderson partner of Van in iii his hig conquest of the air efforts who was waH adjudged In Insane in the district court last week and committed to the state tate mental hospital at nt Provo Povo was present ut at the hearing Henderson lIend demanded deman ed of or the tho district attorney that be he order his fathers father's release release re- re lease ease from the hospital immediately declaring that his father was perfectly rational 1 and sane and that the Van aircraft was Vas a reality Young Toung oung Henderson stated that one oner or r more moro of ot the tho air all vessels would appear appear ap- ap pear ear in Salt Lake conference I April 6 and and that after alter that the public no longer would scoff ott at the existence I of the craft nor question the sanity sanit of or orthe the inventors Inventor |