Show WELL KNOWN MINING OPERATOR INDICTED under char charges chares es embodied in six counts the federal grand jury sitting P in salt lake returned an indictment against charles peter president and general manager of the consolidated mascot mines corporation about two weeks ago he is charged with misuse of the mails in a scheme to defraud investors in the properties of the mascot corporation located in the warm springs mining district about twenty miles above hailey idaho to the tune of about immediately after being advised that an indictment had been returned against him mr peter without waiting for the service of a warrant of arrest went before the united states commissioner and filed a bond in tile the sum of 1000 to insure his appearance in in court when tile the case should be called according to the published account of the evidence submitted to the grand jury the government claims the fraudulent acts on the part of peter began in 1915 when the mascot mining milling company was organized and ana through which and the subsequent reorganizations of the large sums of money were fraudulently secured company from investors the gathering of testimony for presentation to the g grand rand jur jury y is is i sa said id to have been handled by NJ N J office investigator while david H postoffice a special post cannon special assistant to the attorney ge general peral con ducted tile the hearing before the grand jury i T |