Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-12-19 | Page 9 | Held to Grand Jury

HELD TO GRAND JURY. Negro Charged With Theft of R-glstercd Letter Must Answer. Special to The Tribune. OGDEN", Dec. IS. Ben Burnett, the negro formerly employed as a porter at the union passenger .station, waived preliminary pre-liminary examination when arraigned before be-fore United SlaU.'.s Comnilsslonfr S. T. Corn today on the federal complaint charging larceny of . registered loiter consigned to the United States malls. In deiault of $2000 bond lie was remanded to th county Jail to be brought before the next federal grand Jury In March. 101-1. The negro was arrested by the police last .Monday on the request of Postofflcc Inspector 1,. A. McCcc. It Is alleged that while ho was sweeping the lloor at the mall transfer station he stoic a registered regis-tered letter sent by a San Francisco firm to a man In Ely. New As Barnett destroyed de-stroyed the hjtter and its contents, according ac-cording to the postofflcc Inspector, it is not known whether ho obtained anvthlng of value from the package The maximum penalty for such an offense Is fivo years In the federal prison at Fort "Leavenworth, Kan,, and a line of $5000.