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Show BOGUS HIE? AND FORGERY CASES If , -J "tTT 5. Grand Jury to Hear Five Criminal Matters at Pocatello Charges of counterfeiting of government govern-ment currency, forging of government checks and theft of Liberty bonds, involving in-volving five defendants who were arrested ar-rested in Idaho, through the efforts of William H. Davenport, chief of the Halt Lake office of the United States secret service, will come up before the federal grand jury that convenes at Pocatello on March 14. . The defendants involved aro Whipple Whip-ple Morton and Hermon AfcCullough, charged with the theft of Liberty bonds and a check from a ranger of Yellowstone park; Mr. and Mrs. Iee ! I'roctor. charged with raising tl bills to 10. and Kred N. Morris, former secretary sec-retary of the V. 51. C. A., who Is accused ac-cused of having forged two soldier bonus bo-nus Qherks for ISO each. The I'roctors were arrested at Idaho Kails. February 6, and nins of tho bills they are alleged to have raised have been recovered. . Mrs. Proctor Is alleged to have made a complete confeaslon to the authorities, which she now, seeks to repudlste. Morlnnkhd McCuTTough were or-rested or-rested last week at Kigby. Jda after Mr. Davenport had made a Strenuous trip through the deep snows to the border of the park to find Ranger Hurless, who had lost the Liberty bond. They also made confession, according ac-cording to Mr. Davenport. They were arraigned Friday before United States Commissioner Oeorge W. Edgington at Idaho Kails and were held on bond of $2600 each, which they were unable to furnish. Morton waa recently arrested here on suspicion of being a white slaver subsequent to the shooting of Detective Hamby of the Salt Lake police po-lice force, but was later released. - |