Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-05-02 | Page 7 | Buck Passing Echoes Haunt Robbery Case

BUCK PASSING ECHOES HAUNT ROBBERY CASE Dismissal of Farnsworth Charge Brings Statements From Co Attorney Echoes of asserted buck passing in prosecution of the Dee V. V Farnsworth Farnsworth Farns worth Jr robbery case continued a athe atthe at atthe the courthouse Monday as County Attorney Matthew Cowley declared the hc complaint against Farnsworth was wa based on police information am and agreed to bring a new complaint i ii if police would supplement the in forma for for- ma mation lion tion Allan G. G Thurman assistant distrIct attorney had the thc robbery charge dismissed dis- dis dismissed dismissed dis dis- missed Friday in Judge James H H. Wolfes Wolfe's Third district court because of lack of evidence We did not know the dismissal was wa to take place and stood ready to try the case confident that we could beat it on the evidence said George Nelson Nelson Nel Nel- son attorney for Farnsworth JOINED HOLDUPS Mr Thurman stated the evidence conclusively showed Farnsworth was wa not no present when Andreas W. W Ander Anderson son East Broadway and Miss Mis Naomi Massi Massion on 38 Fourth East street were allegedly alleged I held up by Budd Nestell Nes- Nes tell and Anthony J J. J Nicora on February February ary 27 21 near Sunnyside avenue and Fifteenth East street streeL However the evidence did show Farnsworth joined the two confessed holdups later and rode around in th the I car with the victims and holdups holdup while others were robbed Mr Thurman Thurman Thurman Thur Thur- man said I Nestell and Nicora pleaded guilty I to another holdup charge and are now serving life Jie terms in the state slate prison After the Farnsworth preliminary hearing had been continued three times in city court and Police Chief Chic W. W L. L Payne wrote a letter to Mr Cowley ley stating the police wanted the case prosecuted on facts acts presented to the attorney Farnsworth waived his hearing and was held for trial in district district district dis dis- dis- dis court FOLLOW INFORMATION All we could do was to follow the information given us by the police said Mr Ir Cowley If the complaint complain was faulty we stand willing to issue a new one charging the right o offense ense Furthermore it doesn't seem incumbent incumbent incumbent bent on the district attorney to follow follow follow fol fol- fol- fol low our complaint in drawing the district court information He didn't follow our complaint In prosecuting a recent embezzlement case and when I he returned to us about the matter I we issued a new complaint thereby holding the asserted embezzler in cus cus- tody