Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-06-04 | Page 10 | The City Treasury Fraud

The City Treasury Fraud PRINCIPAL charges ought to be filed and P pRINCIPAL If arrests made in the gigantic city tr treasury f pl d weeks before convening of the Third hird district grand jury in August i Needless Needless delays in any criminal proceedings proceed proceed- S i ings are arc always unfortunate They gi give rise to b bad rumors and awaken a disgruntled pub pub- lic lIe opinion S The citizens of Salt Lake have haye already growling about tile the slowness of prosecutions prosecutions prose rose rose- s in iii the city treasury shortage There have been reports circulated to thc effect that efforts ts were being being- made t to l cover up for certain guilty persons To contradict this the thc explanation nation has been given that it necessarily takes time fo for the special au auditors to ferret ferretS ferreto I S o 1 It t the maze of defalcations The startling d disclosures already made nade by bythe the thc auditors show that th the case is far from dead But as soon as its the auditors co complete their task there there- can n be acceptable excuses for delaying S arrests County Attorney John D. D Rice should do work of prosecuting the city treasury crimes so thoroughly that he will leave only the die tEe cleanup job to the district grand jury at Th The grand jury can serve a. a real function 1 here are indications that the trail of thievery T Tuns ns much farther than this city treasury ste steal l alone atone District Attorney Van Cott should be to marshal up witnesses who will vilt relate t tg the grand jury evidences of many crimes i in p the official life of the ci city y and state But the grand jury does oes not take take- takeaway away from Prosecutor Rice his responsibility for p shing charges where evidences of gu guilt t are are obtainable before August He will perform performa a a. a real reat service if lie lle will see that no time is lost Jost in bringing ir indictments against known p principals in the city scandal The county and district attorneys are faced with an eno enormous task and yet a great reat opportunity Their diligence would make it Tl possible to remove remove a cancerous growth from fromi i local cai and state political life The eyes yes of the p. p people are upon them A complete purging ft soon as possible is demanded demand d. d S. S 5 5 i k