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Show CIUMERCIAL BANK Bookkeeper Ralph R, Sharkey Called Before United States Grand Jury. SECOND INSTITUTION DRAWN INTO UTAH NATIONAL CASK i i Gossip Rife Concerning Possi- i ble Connection of Commercial j National With Mystery.' j As surmised Thursday that the future j conduct of the United States grand . jury in its investigation of the. Utah National bank robbery probably would j be directed by the evidence adduced , from W. W. Trimmer, former teller: Q. B. Kelly, chief bookkeeper, and Rod- J ney Badger, the present cashier, an en- j liroly new phase of tho mystery was uncovered just before adjournment Friday Fri-day by the appearance of "Ralph R. Sharkey, bookkeeper at, the Com nice ial National bank.- Mr. Sharkey was closeted clos-eted with the jury only a few minutes, but he will be recalled this morning. An (equally important development in' the investigation was the recall of Mr. Trimmer, who remained with the jury I nearly all of tho morning session and an hour and an half in the afternoon. All gossip concerning the actions of the grand jury Friday centers in Air. j Sharkey. The apparent suggestion is-that is-that the solution of the bank robbery, may lie in au entirely new direction, and speculation- is rife on the point as to what, an cmplo3oe of the Commercial National bank would know about it, or what the books of that, bank could possibly show that would have any bearing bear-ing on" the case. There is no clear obtainable ob-tainable explanation of Air. Sharkey's appearance, but it is pretty generajly accepted that his bank was drawn into in-to the case by the testimony Thurs-: Thurs-: day. The faet'that ALr. Sharkey is not i among those who were subpoenaed in the beginning and the further fact that, the Commercial National bank has not j publicly been mentioned in connection I with tlic robbery, indicates unquestionably unquestion-ably that something of a startling nature, na-ture, has been developed 1)3' the inquisitors. in-quisitors. Investigation Thorough. The summons of Air. Slinrkc' rather lends to bear out the popular belief that fully a month will elapse before j t'ue grand jury is done with tho Utah National bank robbery. It has been known since the theft was made' public that the case is one of multitudinous ramifications of which the development Friday is onl.y one. During the progress pro-gress of the investigation there will in all probability be similar disclosures, which will result in the subpoenaeing of new witnesses and the exhaustive stud.v of every new phase, of the case that" is suggested by the testimony. That the grand jury itself is fully cog- i nizant of this possibility is evidenced , by the fact, that it will remain in ses- I sion Saturday, contrary to the expectation expecta-tion that an adjournment would be taken in order to give the out-of-towu members a week-end rest. The care .with which the grand jury is studying the bank nivstory is best illustrated by the fact that it has de-voled de-voled .over five hours to its examination examina-tion of Air. Trimmer. It requires little lit-tle imagination to appreciate the mass of tostimon- which can be adduced in that time, and in view of tjic fact that Air. Trimmer has only been excused ex-cused subject to recall, it is' evident, that the secret tribunal contemplates going even further into his stoiy of the case. Trimmer's Long Session. Duncan Alar Vickie, a director of the bank, was the first witness of the morning session. He vas detained onl.v a few minutes ami it i supposed that lie was merely called upon lo testify nn some detail' of the investigation, lie was followed immediately by Air. Trimmer, Trim-mer, who continued his story of Thurp-dny. Thurp-dny. instead of the usual recess of two hours, the grand jury took onl.v nn hour and a half, remaining eloscied with Air. Trimmer until I tl. HO o'clock, indicating a that the last part; of his testimon.v in the morning bore on some extremely important' point. lie entered the jury chamber again at 2 o'clock and remained until after 'A o'clock. Alvin C. Strong, former teller of I ho Utah National bank, was the next witness, wit-ness, dust whul his testimony was is. like thai of all other witnesses, known onlv to the grand jury and tho district nttorno3', but it is understood thai, he repented Ihe sforv told by Mr. Trimmer Trim-mer and Air. Kelly, Before entering the jury room, he said he knew ho did not' lake rhe tOGJijO, but Ihat as no one else knew it, he was unfortunate, lie was of the opinion that if any man, irrespective of name or position, knew who aotnajly looted the bank, there was no punishment severe enough for his remaining silent and permitting the stigma of suspicion to rest upon innocent men. |