Show SALOON MANS ARREST + Mike Fitzgerald In Custody Last Night For Forgery IS WAITED AT EUREKA 4 ACCUSED OF FORGING DEED TONING TO-NING CLAIMS I + Fitzgerald Says That He Bought the Property From D S Dana Who Makes the Forgery Charge Paying Pay-ing 5000 For It Declares Its a Conspiracy to Ruin Him + Mike Fitzgerald the ellknown saloonkeeper formerly of this city was arrested last night for forgery upon which charge heis wanted bj the sheriff of Juab couriV He spent the night at the police station The arrest was a great surprise to his many acquaintance who with the accused there is either a great cused insist that great Fitz mistake or a conspiracy existing gerald was brought to the station and at once requested that he be permitted to talk with Eureka bj phone Otllcer Hempel who made the arrest took him to the chiefs office for that par door po > e and just before entering the paw something that caused him to grasp the prisoners hand and take from it a crumpled and torn piece of paper which he handed over to the chief who had witnessed thc lncident I from his dek He took the paper to the light and spread it on the desk bit bj bit making out the following I title and Inter I sell all my right tte est to Mike Fitzgerald for the sum of 500 gold The name and the remaining portion of the bill of sale was obscured Fitzgerald when asked why he tried to tear it up protested that it was l description of a location in Tintlc and was of no use to him Tlie crime of which he is accused is forging the name of D S Dana to a deed for five mining claims the Turk Eastern Daisy March and Dewdrop situated near Silver City in Tintlc Hs story is that he paid Dana a minim > man of that local 5000 for the properties pro-perties and claims to have deeds for i duly signed bj Dana and witnessed by a notary public Brown Terry Woodruff of this city he claims have a bond and lease on the property for 545000 and declares de-clares it to be a conspiracy between cares company and Dana to have the property revert to the former owner with the intention of later acquiring a full title to themselves The roperty I he values at JOO000 If properly developed de-veloped He could not give bonds last night the local officers refusing t accept ac-cept any amount under the circumstances circum-stances I |