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Show HELD AS GEM SPY, LAWYER SUES SHERIFF D. L. Oleson Asks for $10,- 000 Damages for Alleged False Imprisonment. P. L. Oieson, brother of Captain Victor L. "TiUle" Oison, who served with distinction dis-tinction abroad as a battery commander with the Twenty-sixth New England division, di-vision, yesterday filed suit i:i the Fourth judicial district court against Sheriff I. O. Wall of Wasatch county for alleged false Imprisonment as a German spy. Mr. Cl-:son is an attorney of Salt I -ike. On July 17, yl, he was in Heber City on bushiti-s. at which time ho alleges he was arrest.d wtthout warrant as a German Ger-man spy. Mr. Oi'son is a graduate of the Uni-versity Uni-versity ol L't.i h. wnei h-j v on r.-nown as a football pia v. r before his brother, -TillK" . M-rtd coilego. H- is a son of Mrs Kmrra V. 'le-on of Hooper, and has live i most o: his life in L'tah. In his cmpialnt he asks lor JUJiO d. images, and court co-td from the sheriff, alleging that the arrest and confinement Injured his good nam" and caused him much mental d:trr-5s. worry and humiliation. He also j sMs forth tlu.t he was disra ed a.s a re- j suit of the arrest and suffered th loss ; of manv friends and acquaint aiv-es. j "I was In H.ber Pity July 7. R'l on priv.-te bu-ir-'.-s, when 1 ta at'-osid b; the slu-r'.ff of Was it '-h county, who ash. d ::;e w:;y I w as t h.ere " Mr. Oleson said. " I r:us:tt to .inswer him. and was then tak'-n to the county atTom-y and subnet ted to a s-r'-s of (pistiunini.-.;. I refused to tell th-n my Ui:s.n'.is. and was taken to the r; : y jaii. w hT- i was cfK-fined ui.t'l 1" "'c'.ock th n-xt mornmc "In t::'k ir n Lin Mr. (j'.eson con tinued, "th- y h id t-d-k'rapbt d to Salt I -ike nrd hid found out t nat I v;.8 a pra.-th u.g nt'orii'.'V m tha t city. Thf y r-f-is.-d ne from prison and charged me wim disturbine tlie peaie. I was released re-leased upon tr bonds. Iater I wa. tried by th1 Justice of tli" peace and fined 51". I appead the cas to the Fourth j'idlcuil district court, where the case is s;"l pending." The rase ill not be tried until the fall term of court sets In. |