Show CLAUDE f SEARLE I FACES Fictitious Bond for Deed Is Alleged NOW BEING HUNTED I Is Said to Have Left S. S LI L. L if Early in in July I Orders for the arrest of Claude s Jarle arle prominent Salt Lake real it tate ate te dealer on charge charse of forgery has led to the launching ot n Investigation of various re rent recent re- re cent nt real estate transactions he has operated involving more than 2500 25 00 Seare dealt extensively in InsuranCe Insurance insurance ance real estate and and apartment and I hotel leases For some time his offices were In tire the Regent build- build L Ing ng g. g He was prominent socially and resided at East Fifth South street treet He is said to have left Salt Lake iSke early eally in July and the sheriffs sher slier iffs office has been asked aske to 0 at ati attempt at- at i tempt to locate him FORGERY CHARGE t The complaint issued Saturday by W George Nelson elson assistant county attorney was waR drawn at the request of f Mr Ir and Mrs Irs S. S 1 P. P Gheen West North orth Temple street and sets forth that Searle forged to a bond hond f for fr deed contract the names of S. S I. Gheen and his wife iCe Ellen Gheen 13 vendors of certain property The alleges that he then turned tl contract over to another party as payment for a deed el to ther ither property It further sets forth that he took the deed for this pi op- op to the Tracy Loan and Trust Company and secured 2 2500 00 which ie e pocketed with the intent to deraud defraud deraud de- de raud fraud the Tracy Loan an and Trust c company Grover and Elsie Mc- Mc A. A IV W. Long and S. S P. P and nd Illen Ellen Gheen PAPERS LOST t tra transactions according o p 9 the county attorneys attorney's office are areo o o involved that attorneys have oun them almost impossible to out Certain papers sary to complete some of the tiTe In- In are said to have been ost st or in th the possession of Searle The complaint signed by Gheen vas as selected according to the coun- coun attorneys attorney's office because it is a alear alear lear case of forgery forger Other ap- ap for complaints were considered con con- but set aside because of heir involved nature and because complaint is sufficient to ring Searle to trial Searle was employed for many ears by one or more leading Salt Jake ake ake real estate firms and his deals were ere never questioned nor was vas here any errors discovered rd- rd ng ig to local real estate men His Ills of late have all been on onIs onIs onis is own initiative according to in- in supplied the county at- at orneys orney's office 2 EC A ME E SUSPICIOUS Gheen declared that he had be- be ome suspicious of Searle when he notice from a local bank banko o appear and and- make certain pay- pay lentE At that time Gheen was payment on fl another deal to earle Dearie he said and when he railed Seare eare on the telephone the lealer ealer that he had only made a mistake which would be speedily Later Gheen discovered he alleged forgery forgen Searle operated the Snow lents rients for some time He is also aid id to have handled the renting f offices in the Regent building |