Show 1 GUILTY WILLBE WILL WILLBE BE THEIR PLEA PLEAS A S Robertson and Duke Hope for forI I Light Punishment ATTITUDE OF BELIEVED THAT DOOLY WILL BE SUCCEEDED BY th embezzlement N 1 I I eat J y morning beth bath b h de tto d df Ales is fen f anta Harry T Duke and Rob RobertSon rt on waived the pre preY pren n H Y Y examination exall b be tt re Justice e rj id Uld were ere held to the district 1 l JIl the action is not In Itself Itsel a ac c fj indication it is x L Ft tf t l hat dt t th the d men will wll admit dt t in th the upper court and get Of ot of v Ui nl very try light sentences i 1 f I tew t 1 tW w minutes b before botor for 10 T st i i v Y morning m the defendants had hadI I tt Tolt t d idd d what course they would wouldn r n i At the last minute an under J i a liS as reached ached between Robert Robertv v 5 s t I Powers Powars L rr rt i and aud Dukes counsel Soren X XH S ar H n rt that thet Jf It Duke waived Rob Roberti erti f uld do likewise AccordIng Aa of oC th this the state vs Duke DukeT y i wt w AJ n rL the c aN T Vl is i i 1 Mr en for his hla hist t n th the hearing with the tI tP t the tate elate Mr Lippman fr 1 r F I 1 did the same Both iloth de defendant nd ni were then bound over Wanted Bail Reduced 1 1 jjr ir r then their the court If i lie he v t uld a n motion within fc fe it f i hours bours to tu ii reduce the bull ball Is 1 s in each case cane and to tot t Jt t f 11 court Curt replied that shut while he lie hei i Fht h har dr ar the motion he was julie ps t f would not grant it He Her Het t r the ball bull wet Vat a not too high at iv pt 1 i t figure and nd would leave that matter to the district court courtIn In 10 nt nes where here the does not ku w tb th hand of oC the tie the thel l 1 v of ot attorneys S as 5 a U rule Is to de nun i a i 1 i i hearing In IJ the Roberts a and ami Duke luke cases cabas ea the defend defendants ants apparently know almost exactly uli it i nc the state has and con coni i ul d 1 therefore that It would be of or oft r t tl advantage a IV antage to hear henr the testimony This Is the reason given ghen for tor forthe the tb tn It i niT can an be construed however to ton torea n rea aa that Duke and Robertson may ait rt ft ht the th charge chargo of oC embezzlement That Is yet to be settled and there thirl will be plenty of time to think ocr r it U for the September term of court will be 11 crowded with criminal cases md iid th the matter will twill have havelu to lu t go nver er until December Surety Company Oit of It The situation with reference to the thep p pr st it Is an interesting one and peculiarly favorable to the defendants The Th Pacific Surety company has noth nothing nothIng ing hg to do with it In Iii oath each bond Issued bv br b that company there is a clause pro i that If I the Is known to th K ci to be drinking or gam gambi gambIng bi bIng and the surety company Is not informed of or the fact tact the bond is s for Duke and Robertson were known to have haxe been drinking and an gam gan gambling bling to tl some extent and the company S was wu not notified by their employers At the time of f the exposure the he sure suret surety t ty company sent Manager A P Red here to investigate He stayed ony oay ol f a couple of l days Learning that the t two tW loyes haa been leading rather swift lives and that the fact was vas fA notorious he returned to San Francisco and the cpm com company pany Ilm Pa has since been notified that the indemnity will not be paid This being the ase tase Wells Fargo Co will have havet t to stand the entire loss los losAnd And yet set the banking company or at least the officials who have been bean and art ari heu hIl entertain no malice toward their erring it Is said All AU AUthy th thy they y want is a 8 conviction They care are dare rt rot what ahat hat the punishment Is As one fir lamed It yesterday It Jt j i a question of the certainty of ot not hOt punishment with the people They rhe want to Ilem nitrate n to other that r w work ork will be Detected and the I guilty ones onti made mado to softer sAlTer But so far 11 goes m fn n a n case of ot this kind they hf me ue as well uell satisfied with one mouths imprisonment as ten years Confession Prom From Duke MaL 7 King upon arriving here If 11 un i a H confession conCession from Duke DulCe In but bin it was WIlS obtained under P OTI k i end nd cannot therefore be bec tied c ed td against him 1 lm The exact nature of oC th J s cannot be learned but y fiord nord a good lULl of protection to the tho r assistant cushier cashier most reasonable explanation n of or ort t th vi h t a is to the effect that Miu t fr r King KinK agreed not press of oC falsifying accounts and f fr i v Duke if I he be would make II a ii i m breast of t it The manager ui IIIi i ad flOt i t of or course co guarantee to get geta a l sit ht Duke Jumped at this opt ii unity It IB Is it understood although believing as many others now believe that fia 1 l Lannot annot be convicted of ot nt t t i II the th unlawful t l Hi in ii of f funds entrusted d to another Nj J 11 fl n Uy ly y H was S entrusted to the assist assistant ant nt i It was entrusted to the th 1 II 5 r ro i Her thor onn nn i i ut rUIt i elf so his attorney asserts of th Ja rge uge of embezzlement r h I te tt pleads guilty and gets a light t through Intercession slon of tt th net lift attorney It Jt will willbe T e with th lii that other charges I III t t Ie he e made m de against him Robert Roberti hI i i h ho governed to a u large extent J 1 1 L t i t the assistant cashier does in th S l tr r rI I Nielsen n at the conclusion of th tho yesterday flied filed a n aft tr ft In j th the district court co rt and Dis tn b t irney De at once tiled filed his hisa 1 a tarn mon I lon Th The document is as fol 0 Information is Filed Plied I p 1 ry T Duke and Alexander A Artson I having each heretofore bt b July dUlY committed to this court urt t 1 M M a committing IJ of QC this county count to toi t an ai anto aito i to this tb l charge is accused by byC b bc C Eichnor district aLtar r fl for fr r the Third judicial district It state of Utah Salt Lake LakeY Y by this information Int of ot the thet He f t embezzlement committed 1 hat t th the i said Mid Harry T Duke and x idor A 4 Robertson on the di r f June Jun Ju A 1902 19 at Salt 1 IK Uy Ity Suit Salt Lake county state c tah tab being then and there then the i 1 hits ints ts agents ag of Walls Vella F Far ar arg r rs g s A o 0 a corporation organized the tae laws lawa of the state of and d doing business un uri dr nl jaws Ws of th ot Utah h hN r rt M of or their trust as such I ts and agents agen as aforesaid I then nn in nit there dm h have YC In fn their and theIr control t urn um of sixty thousand dollars lawful money of ot the United States tat s of America all n of the per pernal nal property of ot the said Wells Fargo Co a corporation as iS asand a nr aid and the said Harry T P TK DUk K and Alexander A Robertson a ai j uh h b servants and agents of ot said v II 11 K Fargo Co a corporation corporations s II aforesaid unlawfully felonious y dill ani fraudulently then and there 41 1 appropriate embezzle e and n con coc vert to their Sw own use and q in inthe the due and aid nd l x cution dF el their said trust the said sum of ot sixty thousand dollars lawful money of o the Uie United States Stat of ot o America and nd the said personal property pr perty of or Welts Wells Fargo Co a corporation as aforesaid a Contrary to the form f rm of the stat statute statute statute ute of the state ln In such case cage made and provided i d and against the peace and dignity of o othe the state of Utah DENNIS C EICHNOR CE District Attorney tar tor the ThIM Thid i Judicial District of o the State t te of or Utah Salt Lake County endorsed by J 3 N Thacker com corn complaining complaining pluming witness Penalty for ie Crime Clime Mr Ir expects the case will willot not ot come up until the December term terni of f court A motion will willbe be made for tor a of or the ball bail at an early date It t be argued that is 18 ample mple to o hold the men Toe The ball b it should o ld be bused bailed on the punishment t not nottie the tie amount embezzled the attorneys claim alm The maximum penalty for em embezzlement embezzlement Is la ten fn years which amounts to o five years and ten months with the copper opper taken off Assistant Cashier Miller of the San Francisco bank arrived here h r yesterday esterday and was Installed as assistant cashier of ot the local institution hu in hi Dukes Pukes place This appointment is understood to o be temporary It is stated upon high authority that Mr Ir Miller will be cashier ashler of the local Institution after Mr ir resignation which may tita oc occur occur cur ur at any time Mr DOoly oly will pro ably remain In the bank until Mr tiller Miller has familiarized himself with the he local l cal work Detective J N Thacker Th the corn com c i gaining witness left yesterday for San Francisco Auditor Frank B King ICing Kin leaves eaves this morning |