Show I AGED UT UTAH AM COUPLE ON TRIAL iRA FOR FRAUD It only onty took counsel for the defense nse and prosecution three hours this this' morning morn morn- InS ing to select a Jury lQ la try th the the f federal ral case cae against Peter and May Ruple Ruple- before before be le- fore tore Judge Tillman D D. Johnson in the United States district court The case this afternoon was given over to a afew afew few tew instructions to the Jury and the examination of ot som some witnesses The jurors are An Angus us McKellar Roy Watrous S S. Peterson Jr William Armstrong Will Vilt a G. Farrell Wallace Vallace M 1 Bransford D D. A A. A Callahan E E. J J. J Wills all of Salt Lake and Bert L L. Smith of Roosevelt John Alstrom of ot St St. Johns James J J. J. J Washburn of Grayson and Albert Alber L L. L Cullimore of Pleasant Grove The Ruple pension ca case e is one of the most important criminal cases that has ever come to the attention of ot the United States district court In the indictment re returned against Peter and May Ruple at the last session of ot the grand Jury it was charged that Peter Ruple and his wife l Ia May Ruple entered into a conspiracy t to o d defraud the government gov by swearing sweating under oath that Peter Ruple is the same as Henry Rupee Ruple Ruple Ru Ru- pee who was wa a veteran of the civil war and as such entitled to a pension Upon investigation and ex examination the official pension examiner decided that hat there was something wrong an and turned the case over to t the e grand Jury The latter returned return d an indictment against the couple charging that Peter Rupie tried to pass himself off as Henry Ruple and that May Ruple his wife wite entered into the te conspiracy by swearing to a false statement Peter Ruple lives in Uinta county where for tor many years he lie has been held in high esteem Both the defense and the prose prosecution prosecution ution u- u tion have spent considerable ble time in inde de developing eloping a case out of the situation Witnesses have ha been called from far farand farand farand and wide to testify during the trial both for and against the defendants In fact some of the witnesses have come from Atlantic coast cities and others from interior and Pacific coast points |