Deseret Evening News | 1910-06-18 | Page 12 | Statement Issued on Behalf of Patten

sr OX ON 0 III IIII Ol OJ New A York Tork ork June JUl 17 Tho following statement WOH WM Issued tonight on behalf of ot J A Mr Ir dr lIlIen I wa wan IM no party to 10 any of r these t contracts contract lie Ho know knew nothing about and took no part In them directly or Indirectly Mr Patten n II man of or high standing In III his own community hated very Iy much to 10 bo ho Indicted notwithstanding the tho fact tall that thai there timers might be no foundation for tor It II but hut the fact that It Is Ie done donI there IK Is noth nothing lug ing for rot U to do rho except to have havo ha 0 tho tito I ho federal courts determine whether any nn hn been done dOli by him hIm directly or Indirectly that Is Ie legally I I or morally culpable