Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-10-13 | Page 3 | Outlines Keet Murder Defense

OUTLINES KEEl KEET MURDER DEFENSE By United Press Preas l Mo 1 Oct 13 Claude J. J Pierson will testify t he had absolutely no connection with the of baby Lloyd Keet and nd I that he knew nothing of the subsequent subsequent subsequent quent murder of the infant until he read of it In the newspapers I That was the statement of ot John T. T Moore one of the counsel for tor the deI defense de de- de- de tense to the United Press today I Piersol Moore declared will testify testify testify tes tes- tes- tes that he was employed by a man known as Scar Face Riley who I posed as a United States secret service service service ser ser- vice agent to assist Riley in a search for stolen United States government bonds I Riley had government credentials Piersol will t testify sury according to Moore among them papers bearing the supposed signature of Judge K I M. M Landis of Chicago Riley told I Piersol that he was searching for a aman aman aman man named Langford wanted for stealing the bonds Piersol will swear that he never heard of ot the Clement plot plot Moore said A nationwide search is being made for Riley