Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1909-02-17 | Page 6 | Has Dream of Work

HAS DREAM OF WORK Christensen Gets Goods on Strength of Plausible Tale TaleThe TaleThe TaleThe The county attorney yesterday Issued a complaint charging A A Christensen Christenson with obtaining money under false pre pretenses pretenses pretenses tenses Christensen on Jan Tan 21 told a pretty good story stor to the Z C M L telling them that he was employed as a line lineman lineman lineman man by the Utah Light Railway com company company company pany that some thief had stolen his tools and work coat and that he was unable to go to work until he had replaced re replaced placed them The Z C M lr r I credit man believed the story and Christensen was given gi en tools and Imd clothing to the value of 2250 He was back in a day or two with another tale of extra work which necessitated more tools and borne aeme me more clothes This time ho he ran the bill up to 95 His Ilis story lias has been found to be false and he was arrested on a complaint sworn to by Da David David vid L Murdock He is also said to have victimized the Salt Lake and King Hard Hardware HardWare Hardware ware companies