Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-12-24 | Page 11 | Eleven to Divide Blackmail Reward

ELEVEN TO DIVIDE BLACKMAIL REWARD Judge ' Howell Renders Decision in Which Private Detective Will Receive Re-ceive More Than Third. Special to The Tribune. OGDEN, Dec. 23. The local rewards which were offered for the capture of the Ogden blackmailers in 1913 and originally amounted to $3500 will be divided among eleven persons, according to a decision rendered by Judge J. A. Howell today in i the Weber division of the district court. I David Edwards, the Pinkerton detective1 who is believed to have wounded Joseph Henry Martin, will receive J&1310.S0, or more than one-third of the total. Some1 of the remaining ten will receive as small an amount as $92. SO. The rewards' as originally offered were: Weber county, $1000; Ogden City, $1000, and private citizens, through the Ogden Examiner, $1500. The amounts were combined and suits started in the district court against twenty-one claimants to obtain a legal decision In the matter, and the total was reduced to $34S0 by reason of filing fees. Testimony in the joint suit has been taken' by Judge Howell during the past six weeks. In addition to the twenty-one twenty-one claimants, eight attorneys were Interested In-terested in the case. Under Judge Howell's How-ell's decision ten members of the police department and sheriff's office will not participate in the division, the court holding hold-ing that under the law public officers are not entitled to receive reward. Among those participating in the division divi-sion are: David Edwards, Charles J. Strong, John A. Cook, L. A. McGee, Walter Wal-ter F. Reld, Frank McGraw, George W. Culver, G. R. Belnap. Henry Lee. Joseph E. Francis, Mrs. Daniel Geary and Hubert Erlbrooke.