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Show ALLEGED WRITER FOR MAGAZINE. HELD AS FRAUD ' Castle VT. Iwlshon. ssld to represent himself as a feature writer for the Notional Geographic afagaslne. ta conferring with Detective De-tective Chief Riley W. Beckstead over tha possibility af a charge of attempting te obtain money under false pretenses being placed against him. Mr. Ijowlshoa err! red In Salt Lake Saturday. He Immediately vieltsd the newspaper offices, ths railroad offices and the private offices of prominent men Interested Inter-ested In promoting Uteh. To all and aandry he proclaimed his Intention In-tention to write a wonderful -story about "West Is West.' which would feet with various Western states. In this gslssy of ths Union's stars, Uteh waa ta shins with greater brilliance than her sister atatea. Photographs of various scenic sttractlona. an Illustrated map and a breeey atory were Included In Mr. Lewlehon's plsns for sdvsr-tlatng sdvsr-tlatng Utah, all of which would be printed If some public spirited Institution In-stitution would pay his bar ex-nenses. ex-nenses. something like lit. Mr. Lewlehon was met with open arms, but whsn he requested the chamber cham-ber of commerce to open Its puree to him. they Instead closed la on him. Telegrams ts officers of ths National Oeorgrsphlo Mag-sains elicited the Information that neither Mr. Lawlshon nor anyone of similar name was In sny way connected with that publication, and the hope was expressed thst ha might be held on some charge or other. 1 Consequently Mr. . Lewlahon. after meeting other prominent eltlsens. waa Invited to .meet Detective De-tective Chief Beokstead, who Immediately Im-mediately provided a place for meditation on Ihe wonders of Utah while tha man's record Is being probed. |