Show ri f u SI so S Mf MEN A BUSY SY BUNCH Even Those Who Gave Hope the Glad Hand Are Telling That Gag Today KNEW IT FROM THE FIRST When Others Suspected Smooth Englishman From the Beginning They Were Called Knockers Vonan Now lW R In Salt itlen tl Hope HOlO as its a II Or Ill Worked Denver It t wa wall open oren season for tor doubt douht rf tl r li 11 the cdO of or fler Der ford tord Hope mil mu lr ri maker far or Utah professional prof pirn Every Jer very other man that was waI met 01 Oft Mam street had luul mot Hereford Cori sued him up for a 1 crook crek spotted him fr rr a BUrl Ut thin thung ex expert P perl and hat had hadji hatt ji I t k ird d upon olI him hum from the tha very ver start v Itt itu the wide eye ee of superior discern How on earth anybody could be In by him was a big surprise 1 t th thin them m and how he tie dragged In so co coreY 0 reY of ot their friends whom they could hl warned him was a stilt still stillI I surprise l It H was wall va a busy bus day to tod tod the crowd crowds who carry carr the ban bantI d dr y f fr T r tI 1 l I told yuu OU so soA sot A t FEW FES AUK AIU FAITHFUL s for or Hope he has hall n a few Cel friends the literature of exposure and andt t t muck muckraking raking by b a portion f of the Mt Lake and It In is thought these few sV pW are watching develop developments ments In the rear rCA of or the alleged bunko In Ina Inal him King with a I view of warning kil a ate there la II l someone among those who I I al week who he be herns bens creamed of millions last III milons f Hume In ns to to dream this week of or prison bars hals aNI of making the agent of British I realty come through with the gods 9 before a n justice of or the pe pence ce or orri orz ri 11 J z t C curt urt of higher dignity in keeping Ith hiS royal roal prerogatives S CREDENTIALS The ase use In Us Its 11 final Olal analysis analysts shows show snore more than anything RII else ehe the basis basi of or faith In the other fellow on 01 which the th transactions of oC n a community Hope showed letters leters mid and ere cree dentals from the American Amerl nn So Sc S company of oC London and day dB hundreds of oC such credentials cred M Ms lp l s 1 current and a f offices of prominent into o the private business men In this thi case they the proved lel 1 a 0 be manufactured and nd now people rp wondering why h they ever received them in ni the lUst SOMETHING ran KOn OTH O Ohe The he lust Just for fo a fortune Is I not an on un on uni i feeling among m men n and Ald the moral courage to 10 resist taking some nung for Cor nothing Is not reputed to be amour promoters and ald men Jel ho seek a goodly supply of oC dollar dolar leek The bait bai has men before and Ind Suit Salt ful Lake Ile has hu only to remember member r its lS torn days da and lt it II Copper Plant ex cx to catalogue a i list of oC citi cil J more generous In proportions pro I I II n Into than I hal those tho e who sho were drought brought public notice nUre by b themselves WIth Ith lh the present grafter rater who worked on ou 01 that trait as nn nl et In the forms forma orta lion of million dollar dola companies DJ KI LAST YEAH Mm irs I r L I c C Robinson of TO jO O Fifth Frh ip tn et formerly fonner a n newspaper n woman ft rf Denver makes inkS an Interesting state ni late him hero herold She saw petit about Hope 8 hll eid ld recognized him easily cul as Dr Ar lle of Denver n a 1 man mal who roved to 10 bo bet a shark of the worst wout kind tbT and who disappeared owing hlll and deserting i 1 ii bride of lil months at the Eleventh 1 Avenue tr l hotel Mrs IN Robinson was Wi positive In of ot Hope She met mel li 1 in 11 in Ir Denver Deler secured an 01 advertise advertisement aderle ment front from him hini for 1 a mining paper pA r on 01 v 1111 Well she hc was vs wal employed and an for Cor or this v he failed taie to 10 pay When 1 ie e recognized him hll here herf she he presented puente the liili lilI Il end nd the rash cash was wa turned over overt t avoid I lv old any lr exposure t ure In Salt Silt Lake Ik there were but two that doubted Hope ope and lulled matter that questioned the gen r nn of his claims They The were vero the theand IheI NI I and ond the Herald To the latter laUer 1 I i J Ight and Ind the former toner today tod SIre Mrs SIreL Irl L hinson made the following state ale Di I 1 l I Il first fut met mH Kings I the early part partI of C I iH t In Denver At that time I 1 was Wi doing coln some lome special fecal work f fr t le mining congress edition of the Dl Mining Record was wa CriM giai h 11 manager of oC the Mill ln frt j K i which property Is it iv Word Ward in n Boulder county cun He Ho Hoi J i i luxuriously furnished offices In the guson at Eleventh and Cham ChamIw Iw I 10 do not t know kno much about aboul representations at nt that time opt he be said raid mt he lie wa was wal a doctor from Last India He le had bal large amounts of or tr Vr Ji ni ney w but Lut he lie got It I 1 do not The TIt Virgilla lr Mining company was 1 to 10 put Iut up a mill mi and smelter I l 1 I 1 vent went to HIngley to a 1 aI 1 I t d I for tor the special congress f III He lie acted strangely when I f fr r jird on him He lie I opened his con cn tation t by b saying 1111 that he hI was O a n wo woJ f p J but agreed ed tp If p t take ko nn an ad nil 81 He lie refused to have hae the theS th i S signed by b n a woman I hall hail hadBO t BO go 10 to an on advertising and Ind get geta Jet a man nan to sign In for It I The advertise ii It it t In the Dally Daily Da Miring lie He lier Il frd r tit cit Nov Xo 21 Z amI and the Ule bill bi amounted t 1540 I did dl not rny pey f the Mil bill Ni and ald shortly afterward disappeared from Denver He lie le was wu exposed at A the th Ime time tm by b the Denver Deler papers HP lie 11 mar lr tl his hil stenographer In his hil office after 1 taking all 31 her money Ione left ler her three months month after the th wed weds L In hl r rIt It I was found that he II had not nl paid PI PIR a R rent on the furniture In his hi office orico or apartments Practically everything Xe e ac d acquired he had not Ilot paid for and am 1 tO left lef owing large lue amounts amount He lie l wai w al tot ot heard of If again In Denver IN IS SALT LAKE Lm LAKEI I 1 ams to 10 Salt Halt Hl Lake Ike las lu with lh nv 1 husband and daughter We were Jiving At M a Fourth East street frt boarding boardinghouse hue house where here this man IMn was raa brought one evening its as al K a dinner guest and Intro Introduced Into dured dur as I Mr Ir Hope Jope I 1 knew him In It I M 1 o happened that I t was wu pealed next to hIm at the table I turned to him and Mid uW MidI I I 1 believe bel I r you flee cure Ohr in Denver 1 I WM wu never In Denver hope Hop tf re ic Tiled He lie le looked locked when hen I men tine Denver so I I MIl Mi ali nothing more mor morto to him about arout II it I Hope llope was WI lo to come to Jo the hose to II live He lie I engaged a alt I asuit suit lt of thre I lIme knew h he euW never coin com titers there after r me because e ho he knew I was Wil acquainted with his hll Denver record Several days 1111 l latt tw I met III him on a said streetcar I sat lat down don beside him and Dont lont you ou recall r al the tune time you ou met fe me Inc In Denver Demer Mr Hoir Joll hop 4 Vo Xo 1 I dont donl he be replied I never neverIn was In II Denver Dellor I I Immediately wrote to M I W tV n Item ln hart business of the Dally Ii I I Mining slid ami a 11 t tol told w him that l was in II Salt Lake lako I asked a e him to send me inc tI a I bill bi for fur the tho ment of ot the Virginia Mining n and 01 the Issue in iii II which It WM was printed I did lid not hot am ali to 10 ask Hope HOe for the money monney mone I l had hd proof of fr his Indebtedness edness fearing that he ho would mil coil mo in a 1 arrested blackmailer and attempt to have hue me ms HOPE PAIl PAID UP When hn the Mil 1411 h mine mUe I wont went up to Hopes HopI If S In the tho Ihl build building hull buildIng ing In but hut he was i U as out Olt of the ii city rl 1 I gaVe guv the note not nolI and bill bIl to 10 Mr Ir Draper his cc ac c who was WI In the th olilee I toll toil tol him him to 10 present H It to Hope lop Haying that Dr Kingsley ngI had bad not settled It It weeks ago I went to l the tine oto and tim Mr Ir Draper gave ge me the money I on e eI I f did not to say A 5 i anything about this affair or become bome Involved Iloh In II any anyway Al Ala ay way Wa a In tine the matter maier One afternoon I 1 Iwas Iwas was met by b one Ol of tho the stenographers who ho was working for or Hope and she sha ask asked d ma mu lt what I 1 knew about the man manI I advised her against him but hut did not record give jle her any an details dealis diall about his Dener AT Atty it 1 Barnard J Stewart Is one of oC those thoe tho e who rides a high horse hore Hying the tho banner I told you OU BO so 10 ode todo He lie le WO not bit transactions of the adventurer although he ht says MI ho might have been ben If I he h had not recognized him as 18 n a crook HP lIe u came camo to 10 my ray m of ot office otIce lice fice Ice said Fald Mr l r Stewart and I had a along 1 along long talk with wih him In questioning him he crossed himself so 10 frequently In making answers that I 1 decided Melded he was Wil not straight and passed I him up Mr Ir Stewart was wal approached by b 1010 on a cement work proposition but bUI did not get negotiations to the point of securing good coin MaJ aJ W Young jays sas IDI today toda that tha ho does doel not think any ay of the men who took up negotiations negotiation with wih Hope locally wea were badly stung They all al had their sus suspicions sU he sail faM but bUI were ero willing to work along till ti Mr Ir Hope showed shoel color one nl way wa or another Why Wh did Hope go to professional men Instead In of capitalists EO Is II a ques question question tion ton being frequently asked uke One man main tan said Did today If IC I he really rea I wanted tj ILl 11 make a killing among local spenders spender It seems to 10 me mc he hI would have selected men linen mel who could swing II big financial deals instead of whoso whose business Is la lanot tint not regularly the making of money mOIE What I think Is II that he got ot hold of ot these theBe people because he hI could get them to 10 form with 11 Mm him 1111 the local of the tho Western Coal COI Iron Irn company His trip to 10 Boston DOlton was wal as In the Interests of getting the real rol feathers for or his hil nest and Ind he Intended to 10 wo uso these thelo western associates to give ht the air of or probability ity It it to his operations and as al references as to his hil standing and Ind ability to deliver deler the Ihl goods he hI claimed to 10 possess It I was 1 the tho exposure of ot hops Hope 1011 In m Salt falt Lak which prevents prevented him train from selling th tine whole of or Utah and larger part of oC Ne Nevada Nevada e enda vada to tl Ii his hll Boston millionaire friends I think he lie will wl make himself el mighty might scarce from now on wino who the Eng English lish lord lort lords trail Is II i n It F Grant Grant who tried to 0 sell 11 him hin sumo mining mImIng pro liro property Ir perty and and who WaR wan l lel t out of ot the tIne Sho hone Power company through the absorption gf QC f his work M as I sales rales tle agent by b Mr Ir Hope Hopt He le says WS he hebet hebe hebet bet be a n suit of ot Hope would never ter come through with wih a cent of o money mont on Oi O Othe the deals lie he claimed to be be financing and Ant now has the suit cult UI won von w n he hI thinks li Ink Heber M r Wells met mel him and sized him up for tor a I bad had one right from the start tt Goy Go Wells Wels Is I not doing any nn now no but friends of his hil recall the Ihl fact tAct that ho h was vas not nt backward In condemning Hope when he hI first nr t began his liU transaction and advising his friends not lot to mix In the proposed teals deals II al John Johl A Ragley I lp of oC Idaho his has lilt let Hope Hopt In Il iton and gone one to NewYork New NewYork I York He lIe M U still tl convinced the tine m ml maim n Is Isal all al right |