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Show nTER OPENED BY I IMS IKS . i sed Ether and Small Knife Learn Contents of the ; Rjiley Communication. i ; '.vi-roiirc that II. V. "Captain" i rrT, organizer and general manager Jin the I utermountain Protective scr- ,re, opened, with the aid of ether audi t i or.y-liundlc.l nail Unit'c, a letter I tHrcsse.l to .lames Kiley of" the L'. S. j ; q-'.eeiniting station in c5ait Lake, was i ; yen es.tej'ilay morning at Gerry 's, 1 flaring before .u.ljoi N. 11. Tanner iu ' et criminal uivisiuu of the city court. ' irtly before noon the case was con-"ned con-"ned until Id o'clock this morning. rf'criT is charge. I in the complaint 1 'h having unlaw! ally, on Novemuer 0, , etne.l n letter written in San Francisco j . lames Uuiin and addressed to James C.'ey. A second count in the complaint i : utr& Gerry with having unlawfully i . '. VilkiisTiJ-.the contents of tnis letter. ! ; ; jerry appeared in court yesterday ' ' Inresentcd by W. H. Gregory, a local f?oruey, who has held the position of !;;sident, and chief counsel of the pro-r,tive pro-r,tive service, but who says that he 9!- severed his connection with that oititution. Assistant County Attorney lrA"ao Dam, dr., appeared for the state, 'estiniotiy was given yesterday by ' plies F; i lev of the recruiting station. I hr Williams Olson, the complaining onicss against Gerry and formerly an " ! 'rative of the Uerr'v service, and ijer-1 ijer-1 rtint C. K. Chenoweth of the U. 3. A. J '"Suiting station. Both Riley and -1: enoweth were operatives for Gerry at '' u same time they were engaged in the j : d.ernnient recruiting service. ,- JY ilo- testified that -when he received i leuer u nan i.ieen opeucu, ami mnv " t(IIPVer authorized Gerry or any other I b'sou to open any of his mail. s ! rr'.Ha Williams Olson testified that on ' aVeniber o she saw Gerry and Sergeant II i -SmiowcOi in Gerry's office betweeu lV ! toiO and 11:4.5 o'clock in the morning; i lrt f.'henoweth said he believed he III i lew where Gunn was, and that Gerry ' P.I "where?" and that Chenoweth "I i .1 the letter on Kilcv 's desk in the 0 ! printing station looked to be in lr jm's handwriting; that Gerry asked i why he did not go and get it; that 111 rnow'etli refused to do so; that Gerry t the office about ten minutes, came p-k with the letter, waived it in his j n! !!. aatt said: "This is the wav to get . l g dope, boys." . I ie a1 "he witness saw the letter, after it '' ' os opened, lying on Gerry 's desk in 'j n private office. She saw the envelope , el'i 1 said that it had the appearance of 10 1 i licr been "unsealed." "jnJn cross-examination the witness de-j 0J ' ,'d that she was angry at Gerry ot had 'o'jwde threats against him because of her ox glare 1o collect money due her for v Ve in the Gerry concern. . henoweth testified that he saw Gerry ve ' November 6 open the letter from " Tin to Riley; that Gerry used ether ei'.',C, an ivorv-han.lle.1 nail knife iu his iti,eYI.. He saw the. letter after it had he;'P'U opened, read it and saw Klla Wi'.-roi!ns Wi'.-roi!ns Olson read it also. eal: .beuoweth was the last witness ex- ""ined yesterday. The state announced lie jilt it had but one more witness to ex-ciiiA'ne ex-ciiiA'ne before resting. "Yiie connection of the Gunn letter .hij-h the Gerry ease lies in the fact ,'init Mrs. Gunn had applied to the or- ?7''v agency for assistance in locati'ig ruitA husband, who left their residence, he B I'.ast Third South street, en Noveni- oil, 1. |