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Show 1 j ,.t .. t.. fWHO SS HOLDING UP THE BANK CASE? ! T V T V "What has become of the Utah National bank case?" -j- jh That Is tho question which thousands of Utahns aro now asking. T j- A couplo of weeks ago when it was announced that tho caso against young A. W. Nolson had boon dismissed -j in tho foderal court it was stated that tho bank officials would proceed at onco to investigate the charges iu tho T .j. local courts. It was even stated that complaint would bo made within a few days, but tho public hasn't heard of -j- X niiy action. Noither have tho newspapers. y Tho entire matter from start to finish has been a mystory. Someone has had his fingor on tho button. Sonicouo y T who has had more power than tho power of outraged justice lias stood in the door and blocked -every effort to thor- X -j- oughly investigate that crinio. Why? y X The federal grand jury spont weeks probing tho affair. Men gavo up their business to do a public duty. Thoy V returned an indictment and an arrest was mado, but the Attorney-General of the United States was reached and ho i" X ordorod a dismissal of the prisoner on tho ground that tho foderal courts do not havo jurisdiction in such casos, X, v Although protest was made against such a ruling the Attorney-General Is said to have urged as his reason for not j permitting tho court to pass 011 tho mattor, THAT THE TRIAL WOULD COST FROM $1500 TO $1800. That was a potty defense a defense of an action that will inako the avorago citizen wonder when it was that T tho government decided to not chanco the trial of an alleged offondcr against the lava of the United Statos lost the ? X cost be a triflo aaul the defendant bo acrmlttodl j No ordinary man could havo such influouco as to lead tho Attorney-Gen oral into so untenable a position. The -j- j question is, who is afraid for that bank caso to como to trial? No one bollovos yotuig Nelson in the principal In X that affair. But everyone believes that a trial of the young man would give to tho public sufficient information 4" to not only csonorato the innocent employees and innocont officers of tho bank, but to properly fix tho guilt on X. T the others. 4 J Thero aro friends of tho young man who was indicted by tho federal grand Jury who say that A. W. Nelson 1- cannot afford to lot tho affair rest whero It .is. And there aro friends of prominent officials and former officials X 2 of tho bank, as well as of tho bank itsolf, who hold that moro harm will como from the nonaction of those men X and of tho bank than would follow a trial of the cause atrial that should be thorough and that would set at rest r all rumors. T j. Shortly aftov tho discovery of the "thoft" or the "ombczzlomont" or tho "borrow" of tho $106,250, T X former Cashior Joseph Nelson gavo his note for $13,200 to help covor tho amount missing. Nelson Is now being f sued to forco him to take up this noto. It is said ho has repudiated it and his frlonds say he was forced to indorse T 2 this note through fear of tho visit oi the National Bank Examiner. In fact, this is the reason which Nelson gave to $ J Tho Tribune when he was asked why ho put the uoto in tho bank along with tho $50,000 advanced by President X f McCoinick. It is supposed he Is roslsting payment on tho grounds that he was not; the beneficiary of that obliga- V tion; that tho noto was given under pressure of tho unhappy occasion. Which, of course, the public is entit:cd0to X V know about, cither through tho proceedings of the courts or a truthful statement of the cntiro tranuaction. So T X does tho fact that no other officor of tho liank was asked to wako good tho amount of the alleged theft also call X V for investigation or explanation. X Silence or indifference or inactivity of officers of the bonk or of floors of tho law will not satisfy tho public. X, V The crinio was a public crinie not a private affair and it is not at all likely that the bank case will pass from the X lino of public discussion until thoro has been a hearing in the courts. X T There is not a banking house In Utah that is not interested in having thin affair cloarcd up. Tho confidence T X of tho public in tho security of theso institutions has been shaken. The affair should bo sifted and the innocent T purged of suspicion. Likewise should the guilty bo punished, no mattor whether the guilt bo iu the commission of the crime or in tho shielding of tho guilty or in the greater offense of attempting to lay the blame on tho heads of v T faithful men who were absolutely without blamo. X Well may tho public ask, "Why does tlio bank itself not act?" X I ... K .... . : ..a..-j ? ....... .i . |