Salt Lake Herald | 1908-02-09 | Page 3 | Will be Tried over Here

WILL WIL BE TRIED OVER HERE t Washington Feb 8 Some time ago I that the lie state department was Informed William Villiam C Read an American citizen who had been engaged in business in Manchuria had embezzled funds fund to the amount of 2500 from a concern in Mukden The California authorities ar arrested arrested arrested rested the man yuan when he arrived at San Francisco early carly this week It was wae found that he could not be held to an answer answer answer the charge of embezzlement owing to the absence of an extradition treaty between China and a d America but a way has been found to o bring Read to trial by having recourse to the California state law prohibiting under severe severo pen penalty penalty penalty from bringing stolen alty any person or embezzled funds Into the state He will be tried on that charge