Show mcmullen BOUND OVER TO DISTRICT COURT IN CARBON COUNTY T C mcmullen the alleged confidence man who was recently arrested in indiana and brought back to moab by sheriff J B and who was subsequently transferred to carbon county for trial was held to answer to the district court last week on four counts namely embezzlement obtaining money under false pretenses selling securities without having same registered ered and finally for making false statements about securities with a view to enhancing their value he waived preliminary hearing it was stated that mcmullen went to carbon county early in the spring of 1929 and soon after arriving there became acquainted with H M gilmore then superintendent for the maple creek coal company mcmullen convinced gumore that he had a gold mine in arizona this gold mine was according to the former owned by the associated gold mines inc of which he was secretary and treasurer he stated that he was selling enough stock to raise an amount which would suffice lor a payment of taxes and which would be to begin preliminary development work mcmullen promised gumore a job as superintendent of the mine and as a result the latter became an interested worker in the proposition the future superintendent introduced the promoter to several of his friends among whom was milton butler of spring canyon mcmullen sold butler 2000 shares for cash but the latter was given shares additional for introductions to his friends around the county at this point allmore came to grand county and sold a considerable sid erable block of stock to his friends at bego after selling considerable stock of the concern in grand county allmore was scheduled to meet mcmullen at phoenix ariz but when he went to that place mcmullen did not show up he disappointed superintendent scenting fraud in the whole proposition went out to the place where cold mine was supposed to be and strange to say it was there ut owned by another company which was working it this was in july of 1929 and allmore feeling that he had unwittingly been an aid to the whole affair decided to trace mcmullen and from that time devoted his entire attention to the chase while acting as a sleuth and attempting to catch the fraudulent promoter gumore traveled well over miles the search finally came to a close when mcmullen was located at ev ind last month by gilmore who had the former arrested sheriff went to evansville and brought the alleged confidence man to moab after holding him in the moab jail for several weeks the authorities decided to transfer mcmullen to carbon county as he had not personally sold any stock in grand |