Deseret Evening News | 1905-12-02 | Page 1 | Postmaster Arrested

POSTMASTER ARRESTED F l of With Certain Oscar F 0 Lyons postmaster nt Utah si 1881 and n II resident of ot Utah Utan since IS O was today loday on tho lh charge chane of ot using postage stamps In a fraudulent manner Ills HIli arrest Is III tin th result of lit an Inspection of ot his hili by tilt Hie Inspector and alt all of his books have hao been retained as evidence U It Is understood that the chall against o Mr Ir Is If that his record of at cancellations of ot stamps exceeds th number actually cancelled although nit hough his II states that he docs not IIO know how th Inspectors reached this conclusion Mr h hOnK Lyons came to 10 Salt Hult Lake In connection with tho cano Tuesday hilt but was Ins re Ie released leased leasell on his own recognizance as ho he wished to spend Thanksgiving day da with I hl family without having them know of It his He returned again I thin morning voluntarily WIM placed under bonds of ot roo Ha III will plead to tho charges next Saturday morning Mr Lyons Ions Is II iv well respected mem member ber bel of ot the community at Peon lie He has ha several times filled In Summit county and ond was one of ot n group of at men mento to found the first fir 1 newspaper new paper In city Ill he worked na O a II com compositor Io on two Halt Lake papers and was lIIS employed In this capacity by b thu Deseret n News In the early earl fifties soon slOn after the paper was started Mr Ir Lyons Is IK n a very ery old man onel takes hla ar ur arrest rest rather hard I