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Show ' DETECTIVE AGENCY CHIEF IS ARRESTED "Captain" H. F. Gerry Ac- cused of Unlawfully Open-r Open-r ing Another Man's Mail. IS NOW IN COUNTY JAIL ' Ferjury Charge May Grow i: Out of Affidavit Connected With Incorporation. HI 7 H. F. Gerry, known as "'Captaiu' Gerry, organizer and general manager ,n of the lutermountain Protective service, xi vv .is arrested and taken to jail yester-tl' yester-tl' clay on a charge of having unlawfully opened a letter and published the "'on-f "'on-f tents thereof. The ' captain" remained rft in the county jail last night in default of $:00 bail. He entered a plea, of cot guilty to the charge when arraigned before Judge N. H. Tanner yesterday afternoon, at which time the amount ot fer bail was fixed and his preliminary hear-r hear-r ing was set for Thursday, December tlerry was represented before Judge q : Tanner by W . H . G r eg o r v . a local ii art orney, who holds the position v. of president and chief counsel of the ; company. The arrest was made in the company V offices. "1S-19-20 Judge building, shortly after lL' o'clock, when tj 11 deputy sheriff appeared with a war- rant. M Investigation will be made today into ct the possibility of obtaining a complaint H' against (Jerry for perjury in connection with ihe affidavit filed October 23 with T the papers of incorporation of the con-ai con-ai rem, to the effect that lu per cent of the value of the stork had been paid into the company's treasury in cash. l Achieves Publicity. "Maitain'' (Jerry first achieved i.r-ni aper pul'diciry here about three months ago, when he engaged in stremi-'( stremi-'( o :s denials of a telegraphic report that v h was suspected of being the hero of the (.'liver Osborne breach of promise ae, Rc-onnts of which made mu'h copy ' :1 for the New York newspapers. Some .'"2 time afterward Mr. (Jerry undertook - t ' i p i r -j. n n i za t i o n of the present c o m -to' any. From Boston came another telegraphic tele-graphic report that he h;:d been con-vi.-t'ed there of robbery. This Gerry r; admitted in a written statement sub-'.' sub-'.' mitted bv him to The Tribune. He ex-.-l plained that he had been innocently caught bv a check trick perpetrated by his enemies and that he had pleaded pilltv because of being eon v in red of - the hopelessness of defending the cae. n connection w: th hi present. dif- ' f i t: ! t i e 5 . it is said that the legally r- .? quired 10 per cent of the .2w"ni Tor i which his com pan v was meorpr rated . ' t fs not paid into the treasury before : th" time of the filing of incorporation ; pipers, October : Payment Is Delayed. ; 1 The neceaa ry ra-h for eon form it v 1 f v it.h the law wa? not paid In until No-vember No-vember 4, according to emplovee ae-( ae-( c'Jftinted with the Affairs of the concern. con-cern. This money, it is said, wa the - paymeEt made bv N. O. ' 'atmull of 270 Y,dt Third South street, himself the Treasurer of the company, in part pav- r rent for -"'OO shares nf stoek. 'arnii!! wa- induced to pay $J" at th" time of' the filing of the incorporation paoer, ; r. t0 dfra v the ex pens1 of T)i proceed-; proceed-; i eg, it i? sni d, t'i rning over the re-' re-' mainder of hi-t "j.n-f f a -h font ribu- t-on at the 'ater date, William ('atmull. hi" fahr. :avi eg mortgaged property, that hi? son might make the payment f and -o ta ke a d vantage of the oppor- tur.i'v of identifying himself with the fnmpanj". l i i'.Vr-. i aiif-jrf'I To hav arolen r'nn. t-tr t-tr t ; t r-a:jHwl his arr-t from 'he nffi'e -l t'r.f; (."oil'-'! pfaU-,? army r'ruitin sti-i sti-i p ti..n x'r.e- U'ri'" Tfoi;?1 hot''!, wii'-re !t tJ -rl l-.'-en o'--!tv;rr:-'I hp H'l'lr! to Jarru-q Jcir'-v, a corporal aTta-hr1 to the office. 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