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Show HELD FOR SELLING LIQUOR TO INDIANS Paul Lampris Is to Have Preliminary Trial September 29 for Alleged Offense Of-fense Committed in Idaho. Special to The Tribune. OGDKN, Sept. 38. Paul Lampris, alias Paul Georgc; a Greek, charged in a federal complaint with having sold liquor to an Indian at Pocatello, Idaho, was arraigned before United States Commissioner S. T. Corn here today, and hejd for a preliminary trial on September Sep-tember 29. Under tho federal statutes, if Lampris is held for trial in the federal fed-eral court after having had a preliminary prelimi-nary hearing, he can be removed to Idaho without tho necessity of extradition. extradi-tion. At the hearing today tho government was represented by David Cook, assistant assist-ant United States district attorney. The prisoner was in custody of "United States Marshal Aquilla Nebeker. After the arraignment Lampris was placed in the county jail until the date of his preliminary trial. The Greek was arrested ar-rested in this city about a week ago on information furnished by an Ogden bov, who had been working in Pocatello. Poca-tello. According to the federal officers. Lampris is a muchrwanted man in Idaho. His alleged bootlegging operations opera-tions arc said to have not been com fined to the Indians alone. The information in-formation which brought about his arrest ar-rest was an act of revenge on the part of the Ogden man. At Pocatello, two months ago, Lampris asked the Ogden man to hand an old coat to an Indian, who would be along in a few minutes. The Ogden man did so, and was soon afterward arrested by a federal agent. The pockets of the coat contained bottles bot-tles of whisky. The Greek's informant declared after obtaining his release that he would square accounts with Lampris. The opportunity presented itself when he saw Lampris on the street here a week ago. |