Show STORY OF UNPAID V RE REWARD ARD CALLED ABSURD Although a story of an unpaid reward for the apprehension of cattle rustlers was disregarded in district court its publication caused some embarrassment Leland Stevenson who plead guilty to cattle theft on November November Novem- Novem Novem Novem- ber bel told Judge Young he thought the cattle he stole belonged belonged belonged be be- longed to Wilford McConkie and felt he was to the money from their sale to compensate him for an unpaid reward he had earned He said Mr McConkle had offered a reward of to anyone anyone anyone any any- one responsible for the arrest of cattle thieves and that he had claimed the reward aft after r leading to the arrest of Harris and Todd who were later convicted of cattle stealing McConkie he said had paid him only 2500 Mr McConkie in an interview this week said none of the story was true He said he himself had never offered any kind of a re reward reward reward re- re ward nor had his association the Lake Fork Cattle Growers He said Stevenson had been paid about 1100 he thought for expenses expenses expenses ex ex- and trouble incurred in several several several sev sev- eral trips about the country dur- dur the time the rustlers were apprehended Thomas D D. D Meriwether also a member of the association called the story as told by Stevenson absurd because losses by cattle rustling would not amount to in a long time |