Deseret Evening News | 1900-03-16 | Page 2 | Utah Soldiers Trouble

UT UTAh I Acc to the Iho Dent Dener tr News Joseph a tall negro who belonged to tho ho Ninth United States State cavalry stationed at Fort Utah has hns got In trouble in the tho Colorado I and is II In n Jail on nn the charge tf If forgery and false lild pr The pris prisoner oner It seems was granted a fur tur furlough lough several weeks ao and canto to this thle city Soon after lila his Arrival ho visited the lAw ollie of Rogers Cuth Cuthbert bert Il t FAils and naked ad advice Ire concern concernInG InG nn an estate left by his mother 11 in Atlanta lie represented that ronald erable money h had d beet been bequeathed to tn him and on the strength of his story be borrowed 15 from the lawyers Later lie he called upon W V T 1 Rogers a lawyer at 91 Sixteenth street and re rc repealed pealed the same tale On that occasion he borrowed 10 The colored soldier tItan Ihen call called ell at the ot of the Star loan IAan company compan and got 30 on the rep rop representation that a Lieutenant Young of Fort had in his posses Ion sian II a money order made mad avable to In the sum lum of m The loan company WItS the first to discover the tho alleged fraud It I is the opinion of the detectives lint hal had defraud defrauded ed ed several lIveral other individuals and con corns fernl on false representations and his case cne Is stilt tinder investigation