Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-11-18 | Page 2 | Alleged Swindler Arrested by Police

ALLEGED SWINDLER ARRESTEDBY POLICE Said to Have Attempted to Swindle Nebraska Farmers Farm-ers of $10,000. -I. B. p.a uer, who given his a;-: an year?, bis occupation as "retired farmer.' and his re h i d 1 1 e c as I-o s Anodes, s arrtsted at 2:'.Ht o'clock yesterday aftev-uoon aftev-uoon by Detectives C. A. Will in rm-; and Hichard Eddinpton. Uauor w.ih loched in the city jail a tier lie. had bytn photographed photo-graphed and measured according to t he Bert i Hon Hyp tern. A complaint (,ha rsing him with at tempt to defraud Hans Sorenson a nd ChrisHa n Sorcnrou out. of $10,000 is beins; drawn bv Atistani L'oun-Iv L'oun-Iv Attorney II. Van I'm in and w ill be bird t hits morning, accord in cr to Iiifpc-toi of r'fjhce i"'a 1 1 Cu rlson. Tho Forensona aie brother.'", and are wealthy, miridle-aiftd farmers from Nebraska. Ne-braska. Hans reside:- at jioelus, and ' 'hrist ia n at Nyied. Aecordtnu' lo t heir storv, fhriytlan Sorenson hup b-r-n iv.-ld .1 week at the Pf.-orv hotel lv l-am-r. wld! Uans went baek To his ie'ine to yot ca:-n to tiie amount of i-,(i:'. in ockr il:a'. lie iniKiM sarifd'y Bauer t !;at - "ks. whi''h ie and Christ ia n had tendered in L':' ' in? on a "horse ra;e." were woitii tr.eir Ja':e valu. Ian:J went back to his homo town and returned to Sal t Lake. Put not with the $ 1 i"i'0H. Tnfctf-ad. he 'brought with i:im Ins son. '.'. K. St)i-enson. a : ounsr man of -ears. wiio resides at r.'ckville. Neb., and who is visor in the v ays ol i. ho world than hip fatl.-er. or un-le. Tho fat ier and son yebterdav told 'he storv to the of-1 of-1 1 -..-rs and Ha uer was arr- std jusr h.s bo wab ready to send christian corenson b;o-k to hi home, ac-jordini; to tiie latter s sta : enierit. Wl;on Bauer i'.ad b'-en phot o?i' phed and ui'-as'ire.j. Kiank S. SpovUler. j.uj of t he i I on 1 1 fical ion hue:,;;, bv "Jiipr. nson ol i no re. nrds and linii'T-pi ir.t s. d is. o r-r. d ' aa i I ;a uer nad ber n arr.-si ,-, in Ha n Franciseo on n similat ehai-e. Put tlaf tiic ( as.- ;i'aint him had fat'fd tor la-k of eidemt.. Bauer was is.bly aai'a'eil as ho hisrned his name io the rco:d and rema rkvd : 'I'm pr:;y noivons. tc-iay. A gco-j -rliik of whifkv would do me u'oi." TV.e su-jsv(ii ion foil on l'.-rff c.i rs. The Soi ensoii Jueiihers are lo'al!" un-arrpiainted un-arrpiainted with thiF ci?y aid h'.-- so far :'!! unable to t ui n's '. the ot n. - with, a ."Uffieientlv flde.j'ate -iop. rip' Kui of the loom and locality In win.!i :h,. aib-'-d bot t : ns on t h" "hor? mf " v, a ? dotu to en a be the poli. e to pi o er J in n.eir search.