| Show A BILK ARRESTED W cole alias allae carey arrested for forgery the following dispatch appears in the san francisco chronicle LOB angeles dec 8 about tour four months ago a young man named 8 U C arrived in salt lake city he associated socia ted in mormon society with prominent nent members of the church Bemi he e was pleasant mannered and soon made warm friends fr lenda he professed conversion to mormonism and was conducted through the mysteries of the endowment house and was petted as a brand plucked from the tire fire of gentile til destruction he was a particular friend friend of john W young son ot of brigham young and secured a ois IS confidence to anch an extent that young made him c let bookkeeper in the salt lake office ot ol the port fort douglas railroad a local line which is controlled by young young everything went well until about t three ree weeks so cowhen when one evening a large amount of of money was received at the railroad office too late to be deposited in the bank and was put in the sate that evening the sate was robbed As the money was taken by who know knew the corn com bin stion much against his bis will mr yung young was forced to suspect cole detectives were employed to secure evidence but the wily convert gave them the slip and started tor for california he reached here this evening and ran right into the arms of detectives harris and metzler who locked him in aba city jall ail some or of the foregoing statements are correct and others convey an idea the reverse of truthful wm win cole as the individual now under arrest called himself while here came to salt bait lakel he professed belief in the gompes and urgently requested baptism A nothing was waa known against him this could not be denied but as to anything further there is absolutely no truth in the story he has evidently told instead of bein being a 6 p petted e hire bore his bis rasp rry fry him to be looked upon immediately with suspicion many people in whose presence he came expressing t the opinion that he was no good others amle le they had no confidence in hi him did not wish to crowd him down it be had a desire to live aright and t took k a ch charitable view of the situation he was compelled to leave one boarding house bouse because his bis attentions to 0 a young lady were offensive and when she informed him that she desired no acquaintance with him his conduct was not that of a gentleman he was also detected in a number of false hoods he was not a particular friend of flon bon john johnw W nor his bis chief bookkeeper he was given a situation as on an under elerk out of charity as he represented himself as an to in straightened fenuel lal circumstances A few weeks a ago 0 was wall token taken from I 1 drawer la in afe the office of the salt bait lake fort douglas B R R brif af coleas the guilty party and abe who know the facts in tte tie case have oo no doubt on this point he had watched the chief lef cleric put the cash asade and had taken it en a 0 opportunity port unity offered no evadel evidence COM could be obtained against him at first bat and even until the last day of his stay in salt lake there ther ewas was pot not enough on which t to 0 T warrant his arrest on that day however however he Is said to live have robbed two or three of his tellow fellow clerks of small sums and departed for or the west it was not till atter his d that the evide evidence tice of his hie guilt could be got together it was known which way he baal prie and word was sent to the officers in that direction the officers here regarded his arrest as an a foregone sion aion meanwhile they had bad received a are re quest from east best saginaw naw michigan to arrest W W carey for forgery and obtaining money under false pretenses accompanying the michigan letter was a photograph of the man wanted the picture was that of cole there could be no doubt of the identity the east saginaw chief of police was notified of coles story in salt lake and that he would be soon heard from at either san francisco or los angeles then a message was sent to the latter places to hold cole or carey sub eject to orders from michigan and it is upon the charges of forgery and obtaining money under false pretenses that he be is now new being hold held la in the city of the angels he is to be taken back to the wolverine state and after he be gets through with the charges there he be will be booked for his crimes in utah he be formerly represented the fawcett durham tobacco and snuff company of durham north carolina claiming to be still their agent he secured money by means of forged telegrams while in salt lake he represented himself as asa single man but he be had deserted his wife who now resides st at briggs PO P 0 dark clark county |
