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Show LAWYER HANSON HELD AS THIEF I AND ABRIBER I Trap Is Set for Him by Chief Grant; Is Ar-rested Ar-rested as He Purloins Coat Kept as Evidence Against Slayer Soren- ACCUSED OF PAYING H TO PROTECT CROOK H Money Is Accepted by Detectives, Who Prom-ise Prom-ise to Give Bunko Men Immunity, but They Reveal Plot to Grant. W1LLARD HANSON, former county attorney of Suit Lake, wns arrested at 12:15 o'clock last night nnd ivill be .Formally charged "with bribery of members of the police depart-merit. depart-merit. In the possession of Chief of Police B. F. C4rant is $180, ul-leged ul-leged to have been paid by Han-son Han-son to Detectives W. C. Zcesc and Herbert Lcichter to obtain immun- fl ity for clique of poolroom B - sharks, jjpdj biinko. uifin.vho ha.ver IH been operating more 91 less sue-cess sue-cess fully in Salt Lake for months. Tbe detectives say tL.it they received money from time to time during the last four weeks, usually in $50 sums. The money was promptly turned over to Chief Grant in each instance. Hanson was arrested by Inspector Carl A. Carlson and Captain John Rob-oris Rob-oris as he "was .passing out of the jail yard by the back way after a secret visit to tho storeroom of the. detective office at police headquarters. In his possession at the time was found a coat being held as evidence in the murder case against Alfred Sorensen, who shot to death Tom McGillis at Sorcnseu's jewelry store last spring. Chief Springs Trap. The storeroom had boon, left open by jH arrangement with the detectives, and Chief Grant had folded the coat and placed it whero Hanson had been told jH -to expect it. 32vcry movement of tho secret visit of Hanson to the storeroom was watched. Tho detective qfflces had been purpoib' cleared to afford an opportunity for the midnight visitor. Policemen woro sta-tloned sta-tloned at every exit from the bulldins and yard at the police station to pre-vent pre-vent a possible escape after the coat had been taken. Tho securing of the coat through the Euppoaed connivance of the detectives was tho boldest nnd last of the alleged at-tempts at-tempts of Hanson to corrupt the officers. Hanson Is Seized. IStuboldened by his other dealings with the dctectlvea, Hanson went to his fate serenely confident. Believing that the de-tcotlves de-tcotlves wore conniving with him in every move, ho did not Buspcct the trap that had been laid for him so ahrowdly by Chief Grant. He was wholly unawaro jJ that p. score of eyes were upon him as IB he entered the storeroom, and as he marin iH his exit with tho coat In hla hand. He jH was permitted to walk Into the alley lead-Ing lead-Ing to State street beforo he was arrest-cd. arrest-cd. Thou ho was seized by Inspector Carlson and Captain Roberts, Tho detectives were first approached after they had uncovered tho operations of a ring of poolroom sharks and racing touts, who on July 4 swindled It. 13. jH Clcary of Spokane, Wash., out of $8650 In a fak poolroom on the third floor of the Grand hotel. jH Oleary Is Fleeced. Clcary had been induced to visit the vplace, and finding It cnulpped with all tho apparatus of a regular poolroom, bis- jH lloved It to bo genuine. Ho was Intro-duced Intro-duced to a Mr. Long who proposed to give him advance Information on races through his connection with tho Western Union Tclograph company. Cleary tried the tips he received and won at first. When he made a final bet for $2650 with IH money which he had telegraphed to Spo-kane- for, the tip failed. Cleary lost. |
