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Show ocdeii dot mnw bv u. i Federal Agents Expected to Make New Arrests Soon. Arrests of Jehn Browning, 'J. H. Osvins and Joseph Eeclsa of Ogden, Og-den, ehsrged in warrants isaued at San Frsncisco yesterday . with being Implicated in a whisky ring, will be made upen the receipt of warranta from San Frsnciscs, sc-carding sc-carding to Osvs Gsrahsn, apecial agent for the department of justice, jus-tice, in Salt Lake today. The warrants may be expected at any time, said Gere ho n. Two apecial agents are now in Ogden, gathering mora evidence. Special Dispatch. OOPEN, Oct. 30 That agents of several wealthy L'tahna and prominent San Francisco Itouo men are Involved In the reputed Ogden whisky, ring I mw niulM linsHtlnstliHi bj the fed era I government la intimated la Information In-formation received today from flan Francisco, which stated thst further arrests are expected. John Brow n I n n. aon of Joh n M. Browning, Inventor of the Browning machlnegun.l. If. Tie vine a prominent prom-inent ..local attorney, ant! Joseph Kcrlea, president f the Wyoming liuaui i pan f nf UttMi'n. ai" Dims prominent men for whom warranta have- been aworn to In the federal court at Han Francisco charging them with being Implicated In a gigantic whisky ring, which, it Is alleged, haa systematically coined large profits through the wholesale, shipment of liquor Into dry territory. REPORTED CONFESSION. The three Ogden men were Implicated Impli-cated through the reported ronfeesions of Horace Braxll and James F. De-laney, De-laney, train messengers of the American Amer-ican Railway Kx press company, who were arrested. The latter were taken In custody following the discovery of five trunks, each containing a ten-gallou ten-gallou keg of whisky, at the Browning home, and which was shipped from Han Francisco. R. E. Price, baggageman, baggage-man, and James H. Browne, railroad electrician, are other members of the alleged ring under arrest. WHISKY SEIZED. The selaure of the five trunks of whisky waa made at the Browning home last week. Both Browning and hla vifeUn.ed all knowledge of the liquor. Pn-an while a quiet Investigation Investiga-tion was being carried on by department depart-ment of Justice officials In Salt Lake. Ogden and Han Francisco Into the alleged operations of a whisky ring, which) alnoe the first of the year had shipped thousands of dollars' worfh of contraband liquor Into t'tah. COMPLAINTS FILED. Yesterday In Han Francisco complaints com-plaints charging John Browning. J. H. Ievlne, Jeweph Kccles, Horace M. Braxll, James F. Ieleney. James H. Browne and R. K. Price with entering Into a conspiracy to ship wholesale quantities of liquor Into t'tah were aworn to In the federal court. Orders for the a rrest of Devtne. Kccles and Browning are said to hsve been telegraphed to Ogden. Agents of ths department of Justice In Han Franelaco. who Tin earthed the slleged bootlegging operations after several months' Investigation, stats that the Han Francisco members of the gang nought thouaanda of dollars' worth of liquors from Han Francisco firms, obtaining it in ten-gallon kegs, which were packed Into trunks and later labeled as passengers' baggags. It Is slleged to hsve been shipped on overland trains on which Brasll and Itelsney operated as messengers for ths American Railway Kx press company.- SALT LAKE SUPPLIED. Many of the trunks ars said by the Inveatigstors to havs been shipped to prominent hotels snd residences In Rait Lske. as well as fashionable homes In Ogden. (kivernment sgents ssr thst the ring Is one of the most extensive since the rase of the famoua Iltl-llngnley Iltl-llngnley brothers of Hesttle and Han FranciaVo. "I know nothing whatever of the rhargee and therefore hsve nothing to fear. They are an absurdity on their face. This wss the statement yesterday of Ievine. "There la some mistake, said Browning. Kccles la out of town and reported to be In Wyoming. |
