Show FIVE PLEAD NOT GUILTY TO CHECK RING CHARGES Five men arrested in connection with an alleged counterfeit check rin ring through which operatives are said to have mulcted western merchants of thousands of dollars pleaded not guilty to charges of using the mails to defraud when arraigned Saturday before U U. S. S Commissioner Gould B. B Blakely The defendants are W. W E. E Dock Thompson Harold Phillips Lewis Hill HilI William WilHam Ryan and Nick Chal- Chal vez All waived reading of the complaint complaint complaint com com- plaint and hearing was set for February February February Feb Feb- 9 Bond for each of the defendants was set at on recommendation of the U. U S. S district attorneys attorney's office and all but were returned to the county jail to await hearing The specific charge in the federal complaint signed b by Postmaster John is that the five men on August August August Au Au- gust 1 I 1931 devised a scheme to defraud defraud de tie- fraud Will Hood of Preston Idaho J J. J H. H of Salt Lake and the Knight hotel of Bingham Meantime police said they are seeking seeking seek seek- in ing other members of the alleged I ring |