Show GENTLE GRAFTER WITH NEW GAME NABBED IN PROVO Percy G Olmstead Plays Re Recruiting Recruiting Officer and Signs Government Warrant PURSUED BY FEDERAL OFFICERS IN AN AUTO ADMITS ADMIT HE IS A BAD ACTOR AND ND HOPES FOR A SPEEDY SENTENCE Yesterday morning Percy G Olmstead was onas masquerading as a recruiting officer attached to the United States navy n vy Yes Yesterday ter ay afternoon Percy J Olmstead was wasa a United States prisoner charged with obtaining money em checks or certificates purporting pur to be Issued by the govern government government ment Last night Percy Perc G Olmstead was wasa a n prisoner In the county Jail Today Toda Percy G Olmstead d Is a because at his own request he wants to be sen sentenced sentenced to prison na as soon as ever he can bo be and begin the service of his time Percy Pere drifted Into Salt Lake July 23 29 being the first actual evidence of oC existence here all time with reference to Percy dates from Crom that When showed first was one day Ila at the Metro pole hotel He lie registered as Percy G U t S the clerk and the people do too t o much for him The opened Us Its safe afe and mane drawer and cashed nil all sorts oi ot paper that bore hore to a draft on the government One of these warrant was made out in favor Cavor of Gray Grav Bros for Cf another to the le for besides then theu Is owing the thi not an inconsiderable sum Rum for accommodations for Cor be heIt It known that Percy Perc lived lIed lIedwell well An End to All Things I During his hl sta at the Percy Perc Ingratiated In himself into the good will and the of Richard Jones Jone the proprietor of oC the Mr Ir Jones thought thou ht Percy Perc was the real reu thing thin and Mr lr Jones having an extended acquaint acquaintance ance In the southern part of the state r und about Provo way Introduced Percy Perc to a number of oC highly respected young oung ladles who came hither from Crom Provo Tuesday to see the circus Percy Perc was the hall room boy and casually that as he was going to make a business trip to Provo he would bP be delighted to have the young ladles ladies accompany him himOn himOn On the assurance of Mr Ir Jones Joncs that Percy Perc was a young oun man of unquestioned char character character acter the young oun ladles accepted the of offer fer Cr and the party left lert yesterday fore Core forenoon noon at 9 in an automobile hired from the Utah Automobile company compan whose place of business Is In West est Third South street Eddie Smith was assigned to the work on the Job JobA jobA A Message to Booth At 1030 Hiram E Booth the district attorney for Cor Utah of oC the United States was accosted by b a telegraph of office fice messenger Telegram Judge Booth said the mes messenger messenger It was a dispatch directing the im immediate Immediate mediate arrest of Mr Ir Smyth said Booth to the chief dep deputy deput uty ut UnIted States marshal Heres a aJob ajob Job And Smyth got ot busy bus First they the had hatt to have a warrant arrant but they the find C Charlie Baldwin and they made Inquiries meanwhile and found Cound out as much as they the could about ab ut Olm Olmstead OlmstEad stead and his devious delous ways was Theres Therell only anI one thing to do 10 said Smyth who Is a man of few fe words but plenty of oC action and to Jet get an automobile and follow Coli ow this bunch to Provo All right said Booth And off they the went to the Utah gara e again and Jot got a faster machine than the theother theother other fellows had Chauffeur D A Gib Gibson Gibson son drove this machine I want to go 10 to Provo in a hurry hurr said Captain Smyth and amI the thc chauffeur ch smiled in sardonic glee Exceeding the Speed Law The district attorney and the captain picked up Judge F A Maynard lanard incidentally In tally tall to help balance the thc machine The captain went ent to arrest a man Booth went to secure evidence nd Judge Maynard went along to be he ha dy in case he was wanted and he lIe was In the end m l Gibson started at 1210 and anel at 2 the city cly of oC Provo was reached Its against the state law In to run fast in an automobile on country roads but gov government gO business Is government business Smyth was In his clement It was ns up to him to land Olmstead or break some something something thing They The went first to the Roberts house houfe but no Olmstead had been thee thero Maybe up the canyon canon at one of the resorts suggested the th clerk tele telephone telephone phone em i But they the were at none of the resorts Maynard Is Hungry hungry said Judge Maynard It e F top the detective business and get geta a n sandwich Fine for Cor you Judge said Booth Excellent idea said Captain Smyth Jim Clove postmaster and a federal buncher happened In Jim had seen an automobile full tull of people women mostly going Tip street It answered the de description description I feel n scent said Captain Smyth lets hurry And It was well perhaps that they the did for as they camp camu out of the restaurant PERCY G OLMSTEAD Picture taken at Long Beach Cat Cal Moustache has been shaven since there shot by b them an automobile filled with ladles headed in the direction of the lake Hot on Trail Gibson said Captain Smyth firm and stern of oC voice olce Gibson If you ou dont run rundown rundown down that automobile In two miles Ill cut your our liver ller out and send it to the de department department but If you ou do Ive got a piece In my pocket And Gibson overhauled the other auto mile inside of a mile H HI 1 exclaimed the captain Hes not there Call the over And when Eddie Smith appeared In the sphere of or Influence of oC Captain Smith he divulged the facts never having the slightest Idea that he had ever been haul hauling haulIng ing a suspect about Eddie had landed his party part In Provo Percy perc had to attend to some ome pressing business out Dut Eddie was requested to drive drle about until he gathered up another young oung lady and an elderly lady lad They might go to the lake It would be a tine fine trip for Cor them and it would give Ive Perc l the time he hc wanted anted to arrange for Cor his recruiting of oC office fice No Yes the Answer The whole crowd turned about then and formed a procession up town tow again As the automobile containing the of oC officers entered the main Smyth gave a start Whist he said my m eagle eye is on him and the automobile was leisurely stopped and the captain approached two men who were crossing the street Your names Olmstead I take it said the captain confident Xo 0 no not Olms What hat shouted the captain And then Olmstead admitted that he heas was as down and out and requested that the deal be run through as ns quickly as possible Makes a Confession At the Provo Jail whither he was taken by b Smyth Booth admitted that he had no connection with the naval service of the United States Slates that he Is Isan Isan an Impostor and that he was about to open a recruiting office In Provo for Cor thi tho enlistment of oC men for service In the thena navy na He was meek and contrite to a degree and Implored Judge Booth In the absence of oC Judge Jude John A Marshall the presiding United States judge dge In this dis district to bring another Judge here In order I that he might plead guilty and be sen sentenced i at once the sooner he began beian his term he said the sooner he would be out of prison J The Provo Mans Check Before BeCore the capture while the ladles in the automobile were skidding about and Judge Maynard was appeasing his hunger Percy encountered M E Wake rake Wakefield field a resident of oC the city elt of oC Provo Percy Perc showed bushels of or credentials and literature that would patch a baseball fence Cence a mile He was a lieutenant in the recruiting service he was but lie he was a stranger in Provo where he was on the point of or opening an office when the eter eternal eternal nal question of or rent came up Here were his credentials Verent they fit It fine and proper Sure they the were thought th and he would be glad Iad to In Indorse Indorse dorse a check for 20 for Cor Mr Ir Olmstead or captain mayhap Afterwards Wakefield said In sub substance substance stance I went with this man whom I had never seen before beCore to the bank There he made out a check on the as assistant assistant treasurer of the United States It It struck me at the time as being peculiar that the handwriting on the face was wa of oC one character and the 1 indorsement was of entirely a different kind There was no similarity between the two handwritings so tar far as I could see but I did not pay much attention to the Incident at the time thinking him hima a government official and government officials in Provo are persons to be re respected respected Worried About His Money At the Provo Jail Olmstead was searched The officers say they did not find in his possession anything that in indicated Indicated the place whence he came Pa Papers Papers pers were found Cound that Judge Booth says sas make it a clear case against Olmstead not nt the least Important of which is the poster This morning The Herald reproduces a picture of the man who calls himself Olm Olmstead Olmstead stead and who talks about everything with apparent frankness except about the place pla e whence he halls There are also reproduced a copy of the circular Intend Intended ed for Cor distribution in Provo and a blank form Corm of the check or warrant that Olm Olmstead Olmstead stead Issued and which his victims sent to Washington ton for Cor redemption and when it got to Washington the bubble burst and the result of it all is that some of the federal bunch have to their credit about as swift and slick a piece of work as any that thal has been pulled off since was working at the business |