Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-04-21 | Page 1 | [Illegible] Operators [Illegible] to Give Bond in Texas

Il Ii i ASTE H TO GIVE IN TEXAS ted Men I Besiege I r Jeral Building to Arf Arge Arge Ar Ar- f for Free Freedom o Fol- Fol ol ge g Jury Jury Action i ALS SLATED TO START TART ON MAY 15 U three three Give Security Ranging Hanging From to toi i oOOO for forLee Release Attacked Gen Lee Li RT WORTH WORT Tex April 21 3 It A. A oil operators bondsmen bondsmen bondmen besieged the h j 3 their I Li zal building today toda arranging F their ber freedom following yes yes- aYS aY'S action of ot the grand Jury returning man mail fraud bills pV 1 two ninety different indi- indi X representing eighteen firms 5 OnY capitalization of ot more than d a a. The average bond was wasi und or t the Indicted men will i JOT Dis- Dis lit Ma May 15 United States rrt S Attorney said sald BONDS Dr t the tha two ninety oil on promoters LJ i operators who on Friday were by br the federal grand jury using M the mails malls to defraud forI forree for- for I three ree had made bonds ranging L tm ta to last night those Indicted r jp Ie remainder of ot IKS they voluntarily appear liet lie be fo t the United States commission commission- thIs morning will be arrested and gued Indictment against those wl with the General Lee De- De company Interests r that the promotions were by using as a figure figure- adan n elderly man General io iier ert A A- Lee T This is man accords accordi accord- accord i s t it to o the Indictment was held p h fraudulently to the public as Ascendant pj f famous Lees d days ys a arid and d of t f G General Gi i rai l le e E E. ELee Lee of the the GEOLOGIST CALLED FRAUD general Robert A. A Lee was furer fur- fur 1 feer er represented by the company M U being a successful experienced Eulogist that he lie was In fact a arcle de man in geology that he lie liebi bd hd made fortunes In the locas loca- loca a s of oil wells and among geo- geo men was revered and ad- ad cred J o o one of these was true the indictment but on the other hand general Rob Robert rt A. A Lee was In fact i laborer without expert knowledge knowl- knowl edge olge and never known to the pub- pub B Ia as 15 s a a. geologist Also the In y ln-y charges harges that General RobLee Rob- Rob ciA Lee is not In fact a descend- descend In et t of the historic Lee family and Gee Gee-al Robert E. E Lee of the Conf Con- Con f nor has he given his life Ufe tithe to the bl bil in Industry or to the cause or humanity but was only trying toh heI help promote a fraudulent f Iceme eme