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Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-10-21 | Page 1 | Famed Utah Athlete Sought as Embezzler

Type issue
Date 1930-10-21
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Article Title Famed Utah Athlete Sought as Embezzler
Type article
Date 1930-10-21
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 1
OCR Text FAMED FAME UTAH ATHLETE SOUGHT AS EMBEZZLER J V Track Tra k Star Accused Of Of 1470 Shortage In Trust Co Funds 9 Failed Fully to Account for Colle Collections Collection i n Charge l arg BELIEVED I IN IDAHO Left Salt Lak Lake to Work W or orr Territory r Sayman Kerr 30 famous track star and for former e. e University of Utah Utah athlete Tuesday waS war charged with embezzlement of 1470 of Tr Tracy Tricy c Loan and Trust company funds funda in ina a complaint signed and before re Cit City Judge C. C F. F F D Dalby Dilby Kerr until recently w was s a. a teller for for- forthe the trust company He Reo mys mysteriously left leet Salt Lake Thursday for or Idaho and indo ac according to to his hils' father nth r. r D Dr A Austin Kerr osteopath wl with h offices in the building build buIld- buld ing he said ho he was wa going gonS' to work wo tho time southern Idaho territory 93 45 s a salesman or as an an adv advertising agent I L 1 dont don't know 0 anything about It It Youre You're telling me news Dr Ke Ketr r taId Tuc Tuesday a when informed of tho the charges brought t against his 2 sop op p I 1 I dont don't know w where he lis Is n n v tho ho doctor continued Im lm so o rat rat- tied I didn't see h him ni when he un left Ie t t r only heard leard from rom the the- family 1 h ho to southern Idaho Idaho- w going ACCUSED USED OF SHORTAGE TAGE Tho f. f o complaint n against Kerr Kerr- CZ- CZ Is 13 signed by Harvey Harvcy t 1 L. L j treas uret t r fi ir- ir iriO iO U st st. c company and charges s. s that tho 1470 was ya s collected olIc cd d' d Sep Sep r. r 3 and was vcr cc for or with tho t company compan I t. t While the only discrepancy ri y in InE I E Kerrs Kerr's irs ir's acc accounts was wa the 1470 1410 heIs bIs beIs he be Is alleged to have ha embezzled J company company com com- corn com pany officials announced Tue Tuesday Systematic check of ot Ills hIs accounts was as being mad made Kerr before he hiJ left rt resided re- re sided with hi his his- wife wire formerly Mil formerly Mil dred Hertell of Satt Lake at Ill Eleventh East s street The Tho c couple was married In SLit Sa-It Lake Lako July 23 23 1029 after what wa was said sald at the tho uin time to to lo be a a. nd courtship Kerr j joined the staff of the trust c company about fiyo years years' agog ago of of officials said Bald and arid was was' steadily t dlly employed employed em em- d there thero was released 1 last week when a small discrepancy was was was' found in his nc ac accounts buntS He lIe was 1 not ordered held at at the time tim ho how r. r f ever REFUSES TO C COMMENT who was a at th the h horne homo se fc of ot Dr Kerr Tuesday afternoon refu re re refused fu fused ed d to comment on tho the allega- allega ions llona When hen q questioned d con ei I her husbands husband's whereabouts hereabouts over the e telephone she said I 1 have o nothing t to sa say f Sayman 1 Ji fr perhaps best known In Salt Lake Lake- for his athletic achieve ments He Ife attended the East HIll Continued on n J page 6 1 l rr r b A J M v TilY v r k of oJ 1470 Tr Track Star Accused t Shortage in iii Trust Co eo Funds I a I C J from page I 1 school hool for r four ye where he first b became c me Interest d ih In atti athletics e I Ho lIe lacked credits credit for far C rl graduation grad grad- uati I n 1 in It 1918 and entered the U University Uni thit- 11 of at U Utah h pI preparatory r tory school schoot Ot has ha since been been- discontinued Later r he her tho the i university va outstanding outstanding- dt member mem- mem was an ber of t th the track team 10 for two y y While attending tt tho university i he a. a became a member of of the tho Sl Chi Cm i Leaving the tho Un University of ot Utah In n 1920 Kerr Korr err entered the bt ot Pennsylvania year yea In 1922 ho he won national fame for tOI lil iW J lillo relay ci tb In internatIonal J relays tay I Britain finishing lI l
Reference URL https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s67d4311/15679171