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Show ?;';1ke Impressive Scene in Court When Forged : Check Is Exhibited, and Orem Tells of ; His Dealings With the former Bank ; Clerk; Handwriting Expert Talks. "DID YOTJ SIGN THIS. CHECK p" "I DID NOT." " THESE "WOBDS, SWORN TO BY W. C. OitHK IN COUBT TODAY, SETTLED THE FATE OP ABTHTJB BB.OWN. THE CHECK BErEBEED TO "WAS THAT FOB $6125 WHICH BROWN IS ACCUSED OF HAVING FOBGED. BBOWN WAS DEATHLY PALE DURING THIS DBA Iff A TIC STAGE f&T THE PBOCEEDINGS. identified the 'writing and signature on these checks as the writing in the body of the alleged forged check, and the indorsement of the name of Arthur Brown on the back thereof. He also testified that the check for $6125 was presented with a deposit slip from the Utah Apex Mining company, by Brown on the 21st of May and deposited de-posited to cover overdraft. Handwriting Expert. The next witness was a writing expert. ex-pert. G. W. Heywood, formerly of Cincinnati Cin-cinnati and Kansas City, and more recently re-cently employed In clerical capacities in Salt Lake, and at present assisting in the auditing of the-accounts in the City Auditor's office. , All checks Jn evidence, the several of legitimate character and the alleged forged one, were submitted to Mr. Heywood, Hey-wood, who, after examining the signatures. signa-tures. Indorsements and all handwriting handwrit-ing on the checks. Identified them as being without doubt the same in all cases. Story of the Arrest. Captain of Police J. B. Burbldge testified tes-tified as to the time he arrested Brown at the Oregon Short Line depot, on the night of May .22, and the circumstances in connection .with, the arrest.. Brown-toad Brown-toad nearly Jl 000 In money on his person per-son at the time the arrest -was made. The second charge against Brown, that of forging and uttering a check for 13437.50 sikned ."P. M. Orem," who is manager of the Butler-Liberal Consolidated Consoli-dated Mining company, was dismissed this morning owing to a technical error In the complaint. Second. Complaint. Another complaint was made out and filed and Brown's arraignment on this count will be set for a later date. On the conclusion of the taking of the testimony in the case tried this morning morn-ing the attorney for the defense moved that the defendant be dismissed, but the motion was overruled and Brown held to answer to the charge In the District Dis-trict court. His bonds continue the same as at first, being $5000 .in each case. faltag slightly and rising awkwardly VI his feet, Arthur Brown entered p , 'jjlear of not guilty to two charges of ' forgery and uttering forged Instruments read against him in Judge Whitaker's . court this morning. The motion to quash the warrant in the action which was filed in court last Monday, when Brown .was to be arraigned, ar-raigned, and which was taken under advisement until this morning, was ; overruled and the arraignment of the prisoner called. Overrules Objections. Objection after objection, citing technical tech-nical reasons why the defendant should not be called upon to enter a plea at that time, were made by the attorney v for the defense, but each was over-t over-t ruled by Judge Whitaker. These objections were in substance that the court had no Jurisdiction or the person of the defendant and that the warrants had not been sworn out technically correct. After the motions were overruled and the objections of the , defense apparently exhausted, the defendant de-fendant was asked to enter hisplea. "Not Guilty" Plea. Looking questloningly at his attorney and whispering nervously a fwr to him. Brown then entered his plea or not guilty -and the trial of the firrt count, that of forging and uttering a - check for $6125. signed "W. C. Orem. was taken up. h Walter C. Orem. manaaer of the '.Utah Apex Mining company, whose name was signed to the larger check, was the first witness to take the stand. "testified as to the time that Brown was employed by him. about Aprllll. V after the ormer severed his connec-monl connec-monl wiUf the Commercial National (bank. Identifies the Check. Brown's capacity with the mining company was that of bookkeeper and purchasing agent, and be had charge ot the purchasing and payment for pur -chases, and in this connection had ac-Ic'STto ac-Ic'STto the checkbook of the company 1 Mr Orem Identified the writing in the d'y of The $6125 check, which Brown is accused of having forged, and the ta- Kiting.. He had not signed his 'nalme to this check. jBrlown Signed Checks. LIr Orem testified that on a certain toicion when he was absent on out-- out-- ofVtown business. Brown had taken it Jr5in himself to draw certain checks in rvment of the company's bills, and ?b?tha?ined his employer's name : k-L checks "per Arthur Brown," !ithou?theluthorlty of the company. ' Mr Orem had wired his brother, F. Im OretTo do the signing of these out his. brother was sick in lbSd with InfUmmatory rheumatism at the time and unable to attend to the mattw On his return Mr. Orem ad-rth ad-rth banks that these checks were Slight KSxplalned matter, satis-:factorily. satis-:factorily. Teller on the Stand. R. R Sharkey, receiving teller at the Commercial National bank, who was in the employ o that bank .during ; the period of Brown's Jll h"-was h"-was the next witnesS to take the stand , He was shown a number of checks for various amounts, one of which was for lover $9000. which had been drawn by : Bmn-ti in legitimate transactions, and |