Show EXHIBITS HALT TRIAL MAY MAJ EVADE V AUt TRIAl TRIALS S Oy HtA REASON N NI I 0 OF f l LOSS 0 I I II Investigation Ordered to Learn What Happened to Evidence in Case of the Alleged Embezzler t I BECAUSE the state states state's s exhibits in ill the tile case have been lost Lee Lambert charged with embezzlement em em- nt may escape tion A rigid rigi investigation wasI was Avas was instituted to today a when District Di Attorney I ne nay ney nellson Wilson McCarthy informed Judge J. J Louis Brown of or the district court j i that the exhibits ar are missing and the j i state stat therefore helpless i Soren X X Christensen clIn counsel 1 for forthe forI COJI I I I the defense o. o move moved for a dismissal Mr McCarthy resisted the motion but said he lie could give Jive no no assurance that the mussing missing exhibits would h be fount Jl o oBrown Brown gave the tho state AtUt until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning to produce thorn hear and stated that unless 8 Ih they are arc on onI hand at J. J t that time tiara the cas will be dis dis- I missed EXHIBITS ARE IMPORTANT I Mr Nr McCarthy said tho e. l' l con tw consisted d of checks lI and account sheets and were vital to the prosecution Me lie In In Informed informed I formed tire the court that they were ap apparently p pare lost from tl tint tl cIl city court where wirer I J. J Lamberts Lambert's preliminary li h hearing si was was- 8 1 held I He le added th tt U- U s Iner evidence clerk In t lie tho city court been cn unable to lo find tho tire missing h. h i x- x hibits Saturday and h hd ll continued ti lire search Sunday without avail a U ite y said further efforts will be e made to locate locale them the today The investigation was waK Instituted by Gordon Cordon Snow Inow city recorder who is iM also siso officio ex clerk of or the city elty court a as soon as us he was informed that the evidence evi dence was missing While lIe Mr Ir Snow is Is' Is nominally In charge of the courts corn the evidence in ill all cases is placed in cus cus- I tody of Collins S Mr Snow has Iras not yet et his hlll investigation He lie said Collins declares the exhibits disappeared while he Ire was wason wason wason on his vacation Mr IJ Snow said he Intends In tends to KO go o to the tire bottom botton of the tire affair and make an any changes that ma may be found necessary in the tire arrangement of the city court organization to prevent a It recurrence nce of such a disappearance of of- evidence iONLY ONLY TRANSCRIPT FILED Under the usual procedure the tire exhibits ex- ex t ex-t hibits should have been een sent to th the county clerks clerk's office with the tranI transcript tran Iran script of ot the preliminary hearing but the records there show that only the the transcript was filed This may be he the tire second escape from prosecution effected by Lambert without without without with with- out going to trial triai He lie was recently charged with an attempted assault but the case was dismissed on account of a 1 flaw in the complaint The Tho present charge is to the effect that he embezzled from the Lambert Lambert Lambert Lam Lam- bert Roofing company where he wa was formerly employed as bookkeeper The charge is being pre pressed sed by his relatives George and Lester Lambert officers of the roofing company and formerly officers and heavy y stockholders in the Lambert Pap Paper r company II I I I i |