Show Of SLADE CAUSES CAUSE j WIDE COMMENt Mrs Slade Recites Series of Financial Difficulties Cul Culminating Culminating in Disgrace VIGIL OF INSPECTORS IN SECRET GALLERIES THOSE WHO KNEW SLADE CON CONSIDERED CONSIDERED CONSIDERED HIM ABOVE SUSPICION Th ru j IY on with he aha aMme me merd rd rod mortification following tile the exposure of f hU Ml h mile In rifling the Ignited Status States lart karie s C Sled Slade diled himself V Ii all I bt but bIJ t 3 few w of t the U many thany visitors why all I at his hia h l homo home ave ao avee e Store S lIH rI If f t persons to offer words rf sympathy to the tM man and to his wife Sa lo met all callers and bravely nV to bear br r up tip under the great grant reat T Tn r a reporter for The Herald sr lr Sla SMi said that her husband was W penitent and ami resolved to make maket t loin left breast of his hI wrongdoings and rr rc nt iw I the th penalty at the tho earliest pos poe pogI ibl I J moment but bat that he was so thor tiler thorough ough oTome with the weight of the thee j p rare re e that he was not Dot strong stroD enough I i to ti grant an interview I Mrs Mr SUde was wal pale and wan and her I nei signs cigna of continuous weeping S En spoke POk with a c i trembling sobbing Kt lire making a brave effort to control yr er r feelings f lings but as a the full realization I of or Lh WI 8 of the calamity came to teI Ff er sk sank Into a chair burled buried her herf f face j e In hO her hr hands handi and sobbed Oh IMi my mv poor poor husband Oh this J wore than han t deaths death Ilea th I Bj ty an effort she he partially controlled Tier her er erI I and dried her eyes which were skimming with tears 1 talk about shout this matter she s si shed i d I It is awful 1 cannot realize how I It terrible t it il is I cannot convince myself I that hat at it il Is 15 real My M husband has always i iI I n no so no SO o good so true tru 1 I Irant i ant rant believe b it but I 1 know that he was so worried about his debt W VI V have had bad go so many reverses First I 1 was I in the automobile accident an that was so expensive I was laid lahi up for r ks And then he lie had the small I p pl pt x and was as quarantined here so long And nd od doctors and medicine JUe and trained nurses nur and all W Well H n w got behind and my husband was so ao worried with hn he hi bills bill He lie wanted anted to square up to get et etI rv I n again And nd it was so slow Oh whet shall haht we do I Regrets Signing Confession Conf i Again i Mrs Slade Sinde could no i longer DirT her grief net and guve gue her he r J free tree rein rl r for tor or several ral minutes Fin ally th hE I 1 know knot little of what my n husband has I IdonI done donI Lest night I knew know ha b signed a i apet that hat was to sign alga fe fewa t wa a 8 1 a confession they the said Mid 1 read rad n II and I dont know what was isas In It lIe He Hei lIet aa i t h 11 know what It wa onH t hat it was waR a confession He H was so o crome er ome when they ther arrested tEd him that 1 Ji he was ass 11 Just about crazy lie liew w lay ay he hardly hardt knew what he was doing II did just what they told him to t the urn nm 0 who h arrested hint him I do not believe belie e should have hae signed the paper until k mind was more calm His ilie friends tell telli telle i e that thaI he should not have h ve signed the PIr HT at all at least until he was in a ao o of mind that hr h knew kik w ex h Zv 1 what was In th the paper I dont ki kLOW c w how long he has bas been taking the then n or how much I know that death V iM be preferable to this awful dis die disI i ib b P I 1 t rant an t realize that my ny husband could I H r done this thing thin he te Js charged cha HP Up was w so s good gol and honest and respected a i Ii i j trusted Oh It Is awful awful But Buti i was tempted He was wae worried with l hl is bills and be lie knew the money mOR was wast t My h poor poor husband gain Iain Mf r Slades Sla es emotions gained con on 1101 and it was some ome time before she I Ild talk Then os he she e told of the ar ari i Has Hag Been Overworked M Mr Slade fla l ha ben been b n worked to death dath aid vald the lilt work has been too hard h iy every fer evening he has brn uh i 1 t to 10 spend I d some time At the o e 1 he was working us as a usual lacht la laFI cht T I went nent out to get a few things thing hil waiting for him to go home with 1 n 11 When I returned after alter a short s time 11 f men were werf there and he lie told In m 1 wu AS under arrest I can hardly rc re dH I what happened after that thaL They told toldo i n o wh hy he hf had been arrested but I Iii Int ii nt t remember what hat they sold said It hat appear i 1 in m the papers this morn mom c r though h Not until I read the papers Jl Li I r ah p how awful it must IW The we procured ball hail for him I 1 Ii i him sign Ign ip the paper the confession th tin ai but T I was as too overcome and x itei itel to 10 t what he was tOWS doing doings doga a s lir hr Oh he should not have signed sighed i at M r Slade said saki that nothing but her ht r nami s rown word could have hae convinced rr Tf tl tar tbt it ho h had really taken token the money v w sik sr if Of f his hie hI long faithful service In in inI I 1 e 1110 of r the government of his hisa 08 a as r r work Pd she said she was WR v thaI tat nothing but his lila ceaseless s nr orr n WI v hir hk condition co could tr w r him to commit the crime crimI IT Tor i n v illness s came camo at a time when t e rw n t w W an o burden i s1 sud A and then th n hIs Ms own Illness made lter r e much mU worse She he said her hern n Md Id worried about his money until he was half hatt sick all alt the theT ther T r Main it tzeng ns either in hi person by b ms mes Continued on Page 3 t I DOWNFALL OF SLADE CAUSES CA SES WIDE WID COMMENT Continued from Page 1 sage or by telephone expressed their sym sm sympathy sympathy pathy with Mr and Mrs Slade yester yesterday yes ester esterday ter day Several of her intimate friends were With her most of the day and they say that while she has borne up wonderfully under her sorrow she has not had hardly a minutes physical rest They TIley say ay she has not voiced a be con construed construed construed as censure toward her husband and that her every thought has been more of ot pity for him than for herself Postmaster A I L Thomas when seen yesterday esterday declined to discuss dL at any an length the matter of Mr ar arAs arrest arrest rest As GAs s I said last night said Mr Thom Thorn Thomas Thornas as the tho arrest of or Mr lr Ir Slade was a severe severo blow to me inc I could hardly harly believe it pos Poe possible sible that he could have haTe done what lie he has confessed to having done He was IU in my estimation absolutely above suspicion I had implicit confidence in him Jib fall was one of those most unexplainable things that happen in life I do not wish to say anything about the matter My faith in men has been sadly shattered Postmaster Thomas In reply to quos ques questions stated that there thero was IS no possible way of estimating E how much nui m ney had haI haIn been n from froni the malls mails in ii this tins city eit 4 a I 1 L C E SLADE Superintendent of city c ty delivery In Salt Lake postoffice ce who confessed con confessed confused fused to taking money from let letters lette terse te rs but ut he did not believe the total amount would foot up very ery high He said that small amounts ranging from 50 60 O cents up to o 25 and in one or two instances to 20 0 and 3 25 5 had been reported missing at various arl arf us times for about a year ear The lo ho local local hoal cal al inspector had worked on the matter but iut no suspicion had ever been attached to o Mr Slade and he had uever never been watched United States Marshal Lucien H Smyth Sm th spoke poke very feelingly about the Shade Slade Sla e case yesterday esterday No man was more surprised than han himself he said at the outcome of the he Investigations of the inspectors He was vas greatly gr atly surprised when a commission commissioners ers rs warrant for Slades arrest was turned over iver to his office to be served He lie said There can hardly be any further de do developments developments in the ease case until the next term em of the federal court which opens the he second Monday in April Mr Slade SladeS is S now flow out on bail ball to appear before the th tl federal grand jury for that term of court Fie le has signed aimed a statement admitting his guilt and has expressed an anxiety to h b he arraigned immediately with the intention of pleading guilty and receiving sentence at once At his request that matter was wa looked up and it was found that SUM suei SUMa SUMa a procedure could not be had He will ill have to te wait waft until the April term for his hi at and his case must take the route of an indictment by b the federal grand jury juo Considered Above Suspicion I Regarding the investigations leading leadin uy 1 to the arrest it was given Ihen out authoritatively authoritatively yesterday esterday that not until caught aught in the net art ct of opening letters was any cur stiv directed toward Mr Slade Shade C D B BLowe Lowe local postoffice inspector had been bem working for a number of weeks tb dis ills discover discover cover who connected with the Salt Lake office was tampering with the malls mails Com Corn Complaints Complaints plaints of money mone lost In various sums all small had bad been made for tor a period ex cx extending extending tending back about a year ear but during the last la t several Stera weeks the complaints be became became became came more numerous and the inspector put practically all aU his time on the mat matter mattor matter ter tor He lie succeeded In tracing the thieveries pries cries down to the men employed oo in the local oca office and spent considerable time lime in the secret galleries watching tho the men menat menat at work but without getting the slight slightest est eat clue to the guilty persons persona It was finally decided to bring in outside In inspectors to assist in the case ease According Accordingly A 1 ly y the department sent E L I McKee H ft L 1 Durand here from Denver Dearer Mr Durand was waR formerly located here her and knew Mr Ir Slade very vel well He deemed Shade Slade entirely above aboe suspicion as did ali al 1 Mr Lowe For several days the three men stationed In the secret gallery and watching wat hing all aU departments In the postoffice Ice through the in the walls and ceiling spied upon the workers without getting any clue Inspectors tors Lowe and Durand having implicit confidence in the honesty of Mr Slade paid no attention to his work fully believing the thefts were made by b some other Inspector In Inspector Inspector McKee Mclee was not acquainted with Slade and was watching him intently when he be saw him sort out a number ft f letters from a large pile and lay them aside The act was suspicious in the tho th mind of the Inspector and he called the attention of the to it Both were wert about to remark that it would Mould be a waste of time to watch Slade Shade when to their I surprise he be began n to open the let letters letters letters he l I hind ad d sorted out outI I Skill in Opening Letters The inspectors tors say that Slade Shade displayed a great deal of skill In opening the letters let letters letters doing the tire work very er rapidly rapid They report that they saw him open twenty five to thirty letters within a few min rain minutes minI utes tiles and with the utmost ease ee He opened them thorn with his fingers for the most part I unsealing them quickly examining the contents and if no money was found Immediately reseating resealing them carefully oc occasionally using paste which he ho had on I the table Occasionally Occasional he came across a aletter aletter aletter letter more than usually sealed In opening these he used a letter latter opener inserting it ij and twisting It so eo expertly as to loosen the flap with without without without out tearing it From a number of letters let letters letters the say sa they saw him ex ox extract tract money mone They The denied that any an trap had been set to catch Slade Shade In the act ad adof of pilfering the mail but that the let letters letters letera era he opened and the one he Is specifically specifically cally charged cha with having bang robbed were letters dropped into the mall in the regu vega regular regular lar mi manner manier mam er erThe The arrest a st of Mr Ir Slade stade was as regards regarded as most sensational 1 news in this city cit yes yesterday yesterday and caused CU wide wW comment in vari Yarl various van vanous ous circles Mr Slade has been von verv IY prominent In so society circles and her toi 11 toilettes lettes and social activities have at times beta beon widely topics In the so social cial eta world orld In Salt Lake Lak Her gowns have hae been the envy eny of or women in th smart set Iet and she has br n the host hostess hostess ess e t d cf several evral V ry 1 elaborate parties partle WhilE It wa was generally known that Mr Ir Indes s government position p as all superintendent of mall mail he ht had held for forI 16 I years tan of the S years he had bad been bee employed in the local mall naIl service did Sid not command a R large salary less s than titan per r year it was as generally be ho believed that he had bad financial resources aside from his salary Many an friends of the family spoke poke very T feelingly and sym sympathetically sympathetically pathetically pathE of his MS downfall d yesterday but nearly every e 1 person at all familiar with the family fa mil voiced the opinion that the disgrace was due to an 10 Attempt to live upon limited means It is the old story of living far beyond ones anes means said an official yesterday esterday and others he voiced the thought of man inan j |