Show lEACHES JURY TODAY Testimony and Argument in Meighan Case Closed I RAPP CONTRADICTS CLAYTON Former Assistant Postmaster Denies That He Was in tho Office After Business Hours as Stated by Clayton Clay-ton How Bapp and Kelly Divided Salary Mcighnn Denied Emphatically Emphati-cally That Ho Had Ever Embezzled Funds as Charged Cnso Argued by Counsel and Will Go to Jury The evidence In the trial of Charles Mclghan charged with embezzling funds from the Osdon postofllce IK oil In the attorneys for both sides have made their arguments and this morn Ins ct 10 oclock Judsc Marshall will lollver his charge to the Jury and HIP fatp of the expostmaster will then bon bo-n the hands of that body DIVISION OF SALARY The moat Important witness yeoter day was Charles S Jin pp who acted ns assistant postmaster for a time beginning be-ginning last February and succeeding tfeorge 1 Kelly Spcdlnl 8tress BIn B-In Id by the attorneys for the I defense on the statement of Otapps that he worked In the office for C5 per month that he divided hln salary with Kelly and that since he left tho olllce he had otcc been in the saloon business I seems that the salary of assIstant postmaster was 1300 a year and by the under standing between them Rapp was to get SG5 per month out of this and Kelly wan to retain the balance amounting to 1333 a month In rebuttal Rnpn denied that he had been In the Ogden postofTlce after business hours as stated stat-ed by Clayton on the witness stand on the previous day CHARGE DENIED The accused was severely erossqucs tlonerl by Attorney Chln ton In the early part p the day lie emphatically emphati-cally denied that he had ever embezzled the funds of the olllce he admitted that hc drank but denied that he had been drunk Special stress ins lsld by the prosecution on the fact that when eon fronted with the shortage Po tniastei Moighan Instead of Jumping to the assistance as-sistance of the Inspectors in ferreting out the trouble left the olTlrc with the remark I am up against it and WHS not seen again for two days ARGUMENTS OF COUNSEL Albert Harris an accountant at the Utah National bank and Miss Edna Thomas a clerk in the Ogden nostof nee were examined briefly and just at noon United States Attorney < 1L lpp man began his address to the jury All the evidence pointing to the embczle flout of tho poslofTlce funds by Mel l ghan was clearly outlined by 1 Mr Ijlppmiin He made light of the statement state-ment that the shortage in the accounts was due to the confusion resulting from a shortage of help Clayton was rough Iy handled and at the close of the argument ar-gument an adjournment was taken till 2 oclock t1 When Mr Llppman closed In tho afternoon af-ternoon Attorney Patternon took up Limo argument for the defense He was followed by Attorney Johnson also for the defense Sneclal stress waa laid upon MoJghana previous good character charac-ter on the claim that no shortage of cash had been proved simply n confusion confu-sion In the accounts and that no proof had been produced to show that Mcl ghan had stolen the I money If I It were admitted that there vats a shortage short-age Attorney Cherrlngton closed for the prosecution Insisting that embo w xlemciu was clearly shown by i the records rec-ords and holding that Melghan was the I guilty party ff After Judge Marshall announced that he would deliver his charge to the Jury this morning court was adjourned till 10 oclock today |