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Show ! : i Blackmailers. Send Threatening Letter , To Payson Resident , id. Street, State Dank Examiner, Receives ; Letter "Demanding $2,500 To Be Left ! Near Provo City Cemetery. Declaring that unkss'he left $2500 in currency in a box tar a desinati'd post near the south entrance of Provo city ciuetery, his beautiful home in Payson would be likely to i o up in flames, Ed. Street, a state bank examiner and for-j for-j ht. chairman of Utah county Republican central committee, , atunl'iy, called Sheriff E. G. Durnell and other peace offi-:mm offi-:mm of Utah county into his confidence to work on the case, ; ccordinjr to information disclosed here Sunday. j laid plans for the capture of the alleged blackmailer if he put in : hia appearance ror the letter, but I no one appeared on the scone dur-; dur-; ing the time designated nor during ; the entire night, the sheriff re-! re-! ports. ! ny Hf Crank ! The hioney was to have been need between 10 and 11 o'clock iturdny night. It was learned, and 10 officers! ' immediately began '.eir Investigations. Since a num- 1 r of anonymous letters of similiar pe have- been addressed to prom- ( ient citizens of Payson within the as( Tew years, officers believe 'it somu person of unsound mind .ight hyve been responsible for " le Street letter. 1 Utilizing practically the entire rce of peace officers, Sheriff Dur-ell Dur-ell and Chief of Police Otto Birlc |