Show nv FIVE CHAR HiO HELI HELIy Of y COURI I White Slave Cases and Two Embezzlement ment Matters Matters Matters Mat Mat- Prove Chief Cases on Jury Roll A FTER practically continuous A AFTER session session from April 11 until 11 1130 30 b clock o'clock today during which they considered forty matt matters matters mat mat- t rs and returned thirty seven true bills part of which were joint indictments the toe federal grand rand jury was discharged today by United I States District Judge Johnson The indictments were turned over to the clerk of the court and without furI further further fur fur- ther formality the jury was declared I disbanded with the thanks of the court for diligent service N I The jury considered crimes that have been piling up on the court I record for the past six months and with the exception of six cases which I were ignored by the jur jury true bills were found Among them there are I five secret indictments not to be made public until the defendants are arre in custody SLAVERY CHARGES Erick Pohl formerly an interned prisoner at Ft Douglas who was chased over most of the United States by the department of justice was indicted in company with Victor VictorI I Ajax of Ely and his wife Mrs Victor VictorI I Ajax alias Ruth Raymond alias Mrs Raymond Duvall They are charged I with having conducted a white slave slavering ring in Nevada Three Salt Lake i I girls were the principal witnesses but in all there were ten witnesses from Ely and Tonopah to which town the operations of the ring are alleged to have extended A. A N. N Beckett and D. D one a former clerk in a hotel in this this city and the other a shoe store clerk are indicted on a white slave charge chars e ein in having indu induced ed two Salt Lake girls under age to accompany them themI to Denver and other places The men were arrested in Oklahoma City I FOR EMBEZZLEMENT I Parley E. E Ne Ney formerly postmaster at Utah is indicted on the charge of embezzlement of government government government gov gov- funds while postmaster to the extent exten t of which he is charged to have taken in on postal money orders and for which he is alleged to have failed to account J. J L. L Conkling formerly with the National Copper bank is indicted on the charge of embezzlement DRUG LAW VIOLATORS There were nine indictments for violation of the Harrison drug act and the opium act T Joe oe J. J Evans Harry Deeds Nick Mitchell Frank Fisher Jack Tack Eagle Frank Williams I and Pearl Davis jointly and Margie Sperry and Ida Madison jointly were I indicted for having morphine and cocaine in their possession and for forI sale under the Harrison drug act I Yee Tee Jim Tim and Charley Sam are in inI indicted in- in I dIeted under the opium act The I latter was arrested here with a large I quantity of opium in his possession which he is said to have brought from Butte It was worth and I was one of the biggest single hauls ever eer made by hy the authorities in this city I FORGING CHECKS There were three indictments under the charge of forging government I checks They were against Wilmer and James Tames M. M Thompson brothers lot of the Uinta basin John F. F McKinnon McKin- McKin i non formerly a hotel clerk in Ogden and James Tames Noble recently janitor and I elevator man at the L. L D. D S. S hospital I Violations of the postal laws included I ed six cases among which were Clifford Clifford Clifford Clif Clif- ford A. A McGuIre charged with conspiracy conspiracy conspiracy con con- to violate the currency law J. J and C. C Vurner youths accused of taking checks from the postoffice postoffice-at at Providence Utah Parley E. E Ney Ivey ey em embezzlement Leslie Covin- Covin skie arrested at Los Angeles where he presented himself to cash a check he had sent through the mans malls and which did not belong to him Albert Herrara a Mexican who slashed open several sacks at a small postoffice in in southern Utah on the Salt Lake Route and the theft of some unimportant matter and J. J B. B Christopher who gave himself up at Denver and ad admitted admitted admitted ad- ad he had used the mails malls to de de- de fraud He is charged with having advertised the fact that he had great quantities of firearms for sale and with offering to furnish a picture when he could not deliver the arms STOLEN AUTOMOBILES There were three Indictments for violations of the Dyer act on the Continued on page 6 FIVE CHARGES Continued from page 1 transportation of stolen automobiles from one state to another Under this head hed the most Important case ce was that of Louis Bakke and George Laum Lum Lauman n n. n who are charged with wih stealing an automobile in Los Angeles and bringing it to Utah Uth finally finaly landIng landing land land- ing in the arms of the law at Provo With them were two young girls who were sent on to their homes at Kansas City On the way the two men were charged with wih passing many bad checks Bakke is said sid to td to be an old of offender offender of- of fender having served sered a term in LeaVenworth Leav- Leav following desertion from the army army and forgery while In the ice Willis Earl Hastings formerly an of a local garage who was arrested at Kingman Ariz after flight from Salt Sal Lake with an automobile al alleged a- a ai- ai to have been stolen He was traveling with wih his family and broke down clown on the desert The wan want t of food drove him to the nearest habitation which permitted the federal federl officials to get on his trail tri William Wilam J. J Gardner of Salt Sal Lae Lake was wa indicted on a charge of stealing an au automobile automobile au- au in this city He was arrested arrest arrest- ed od at Evanston Wyo Nettie Nette Houston and Carl were arrested at Gilmore Idaho by the department of justice charged with wih having transported a young girl from Salt Lake to that camp for tor Immoral purposes Henry D. D Simmons charged with wih having defrauded the government by posing as a a disabled soldier and re receiving receiving re- re hospital treatment to the extent extent extent ex ex- ex- ex tent of several hundred dollars when in fact he is said to have been ben dishonorably dis dis- honorably discharged was as Indicted Dr Isaac W. W Powell Powel who sold Bu chura churn an alleged cureall eureal to many of the rural inhabitants of Utah while posing as a being an officer of the government gov gov- was Indicted George o Smith and Ted Bott Bot two youths youth who entered an express car while stealing a ride on the tho Salt Sal Lake Route were indicted They are charged with wih having thrown out a number of packages of candy tobacco and other merchandise Among other things they are said to ha have e taken was a copy of Pecks Bad Do Boy John Platt Platt a youth who Is charged with wih having taken a number of checks check from the mail man while working as a a messenger for a concern at Sugarhouse Sugarhouse Sugar- Sugar house was indicted Most of thee the e checks are said i to have been recovered |