Show INDICTED FOR conspiracy conspiracy the indictments found by the aate gr nd jury and understood to have been for political effect are now made public the the parties accused were notified to be in the federal court room at 10 De Dea oember ember 21 and at that hour there wa a larger attendance than usual after some preliminary re business Asil assistant stant district attorney mckay ask asked ed that city marshal alfred solomon be armig arraigned ned on a charge of mis appropriating public funds there was a deep interest to ascertain the specific eifle cli charges arges of the indictment which was read to mr suloman moll as 98 follows territory of utah in the third district court within and for the third Jud judicial loiAl district ot the territory of utah county of salt lake rhe people of the territory of utah against alfred solomon the defendant Alfred Solomon is accused by the grand jury of this court by this indictment of the crime of misappropriating appropriating mis public money committed as follows the said alfred solomon on the seventeenth day of september A D eighteen hundred and eighty nine at the city and county of salt lake in said territory of utah and within the judicial district aforesaid being then and there a public officer of salt lake city a municipal corporation in id said county of salt lake and territory aforesaid to wit the city marshal thereof and then ihen and there charged and entrusted with the safe keeping and disbursement of certain of the public moneys of said salt lak city and their and there acting in said offitt of city marshal did then and there without authority 01 0 law wilfully fraudulently and feloniously take appropriate and misapply a portion of the said public moneys with which he was so ch charged argeI and entrusted as aforesaid to the sum of one hundred dollars doll arp which he then and there wilfully fraudulently and feloniously paid and appropriated ot the use of one Z coltrin whose other or true name is to the said grand jury at present unknown he the said alfred solomon then and there well knowing that the said coltrin was not then and there entitled to the same against the peace and contrary to the form of the statutes in such case made and provided JNO 17 lyncia LYNCH forem foreman n grand jury C S VAR AN U adist S dist atty by WM abst U S atty the indictment is endorsed witnesses Z coltrin Frati francis els armstrong public records and documentary evidence when the reading was through there was a look of disgust on the facos faces of most of those present it was known to the public that the Z coltrin mentioned had bad been employed since july last as a detective by the city his particular business has been with those employed by him to ferret out those who have been selling liquor keepers and of gambling dens and houses house sot ot ill fame an attack on the employment of detectives in proceedings against illicit whisky vendors gamblers and lewd men and women is the substance of every indictment for acting public moneys both against the mayor and the marshal and bears it own com comment nent the other five indictments against the marshal were couched in the same language as the above excepting the dates of the payments to mr coltrin and the various amounts which are named at and marshal solomon was given until tuesday next to plead as were the defendants in all the other cases 1 the proceedings against mayor armstrong came next there are six I 1 adlet monts for aiding and bet abet tin ting in 1 the misappropriation of public ads funds they relate to the same subject the employment of detectives tec tives as do those against the marshal and for similar amounts following is one of them territory of utah in the district tr t court within and for the third J judicial uricial district of the territory of utah county of salt lake the people peddle of the territory of utah against francis armstrong the said defendant francis armstrong is accused by the grandeury gran djury of this court by this indictment of the crime arme of aiding aidin yand and abetting in the misappropriation of public money committed as follows that on the day of september A D eighteen hundred and eighty nine at the city and county ot of salt bait lake and 1 I territory errit ory of utah and within the judicial district aforesaid one alfred solomon being then and there a public officer or of salt lake city a municipal corporation in said county of salt lake and territory aforesaid to wit the city marshal thereof and then and there charged and entrusted with the safe keeping and disbursement bur of certain of the public moneys of said salt lake city and then and there acting in said office of city marshal did then and there wi without bout authority of law wilfully fraudulently and feloniously lake lak e appropriate and misapply a portion of the public moneys with which he was so charged and entrusted as aforesaid to wit the sum of one hundred dollars lawful money of the united stales which he then and there wilfully fraudulently and feloniously paid anil and appropriated to the use of oue one Z coltrin whose other or true name is to said grand j jury u ry at present unknown nhe be the said alfred Solomon then and there well knowing that the suid coltrin was not then and there entitled to the same and the grand jury aforesaid upon its oath aforesaid doth further present that one francis armstrong of the city and county of salt lake and territory of utah before the said felony was committed in form aforesaid to wit on the jay day of september A D 1889 at the city and counte bounly 0 of salt lake and territory of utah and within the judicial district aforesaid he the aid armstrong being then and there a public officer of said salt lake city to wit the mayor there of and then and there acting as such did then and there unlawfully and feloniously aid abet advise ad vise and encourage the said alfred solomon to flo lu and commit the said felon yin manner and form aforesaid against the peace and contrary to the form of the statutes of said terri ory in such case made and provided JNO jim T LYNCH foreman of the grand jury C S VA N U S attorney WM mckay ass t U S district attorney the indictment is endorsed witnesses Z coltrin alfred solomon public records and documentary evidence after the disposal of six ludica ments against the mayor twenty three persons stood up for arraignment four of these isaac goff orson F whitney J D lyon and rulon bulon 8 wells had just given bonds the indictment reads as follows territory of utah in the district court within and for the third judicial district of the territory of utah county of salt lake the people of the territory of utah against francis armstrong elias A smith elijah M weiler john C cutler john B R winder jesse W pox fox sr jesse W fox jr rulon bulon S wells george rom bom ney joseph W rom bodney 3 a ey orson F whitney john nic nicholson h olson brigham Y hampton nathaniel V jones george at cannon abraham EL cannon william S burton charles S burton stephen Step lien B R marks louis hook joshua isaac goff hyrum GO gaff silas 1 r S nith walter J lewis heber S cutler james mcgee lorenzo D young alonzo young jesse M smith bachel bradford W N williams W F murphy E H Ric richards hurds J D lyons and A gardner whose other or true names are at present unknown the said defendants francis armstrong elias A smith elijah M weiler john C cutler john B R winder jesse W fox sr jesse W fox jr bulon S wells geo romney joseph W romney orson P F whitney john nicholson brigham Y hampton nathaniel V jones geo M cann cannon 0 n abraham H cannon william S burton charles S burton stephen B R marks louis hook joshua isaac goff hyrum goff silas T smith walter J lewis heber S cutler james mcgee lorenzo 0 young alonzo young jesse M smith rawsel bawsel bradford W WN N williams W F murphy E H richards Bic hards J D lyons and A gardner whose other or true names are at present u unknown n are accused by the grand adry of this court by this indictment of the crime of conspire conspiracy cy committed as follows the said francis armstrong elias A smith elijah M weiler john C cutler john B R winder jesse W fox sr jesse W fox jr rulon bulon S wells george romney joseph W romney orson oreon F whitney john nicholson brigham Y hampton nathaniel V jones george M cannon abraham H cannon william S burton charles S burton stephen B R marks louis hook joshua midgley isaac goff hyrum goff silas T smith walter J lewis heber 8 cutler james mcgee lorenzo D young alonzo young jesse jeese M smith rawsel bawsel bradford W N williams W F murphy E H richards Bic hards J D lyons and A gardner on the day of september A D 1888 at the county of salt lake in the said territory of utah and within the judicial district aforesaid unlawfully fraudulently and deceitfully did conspire combine confederate and agree together to present piea ent for allowance and approval to the mayor and city council of the city of salt lake in the county and territory aforesaid with intent to induce said mayor avid ad council to appropriate and pay butof out of the public moneys lu in the treasury of said city and thereby to defraud the people of said city and the treasury thereof of the said sum or a certain false and fraudulent claim and account purporting on its face to bo be a claim and account in the said um sum of for the value and purchase price for a one sixth interest in a certain dam in the jordan river hereinafter mentioned and the property in and right to use one ode sixth of all the waters then flowing and thereafter to flow in the jordan river a water course running through said city and county that they the said defendants and each of them then and there well knew that they or either of them bad no right in said dam nor right of property or use in any of the waters of said river which they or either of them could convey to the said city ut ct salt lake that the said defendants and each of them so fraudulently and deceitfully conspiring combining and federating confederating con together did also agree among themselves at the time an and place last aforesaid that they would falsely and fraudulently pretend to 6 the said mayor and city council in support of the false and fraudulent claim aforesaid that they the said defendants were the owners of and had the right to use and convey to the said city in the aggregate one sixth undivided interest in said dam and of all the waters fi flowing owing or to flow in the river aforesaid and and in pursuance of if such representation that they would offer to deliver V to the said city council a deed pretending and purporting to convey the interest aforesaid and the grand jury aforesaid upon their oaths allege that in pursuance of said conspiracy sp iracy combination and confederacy the said defendants defendant and sand each of them thereafter on the ath day of Oct october ofer 1888 fraudulently and deceitfully presented to the city council and mayor may or aforesaid a false and fraudulent claim and account with intent thereby then and there tt to defraud the sai said d city and treasury thereof for the sum of then and there pretending to the said city council and mayor that the said account was a just ajust and true one and fairly and truly represented the money value of the interest and ownership in the said dam and waters of the said jordan river and the said defendants then and there pretended and represented to the said city council and mayor that the said defendants fend ants between them owned a full one sixth of said dam and of all the waters then flowing and thereafter to flow in said jordan river and that the same was then and there of the value of as in said account represented and stated and that they could and would make a good and sufficient cleDt deed of the said interest conveying to the said oaid city for its ito use one sixth of said dam and the waters aforesaid whereas in truth and in fact the said defendants did not have any interest in said dam or right to use any of the waters of the said stream nor was such right or interest vested then or at any other time in any of them nor could they or any of them make a good and sufficient deed thereof all of which the said defendants and each of them well know and so the grand jury doth say the said defendants did commit the crime of conspiracy against the statute in such case made and provided and the peace and dignity of the people of said territory JNO T LYNCH foreman of grand jury C S VARIAN U 8 attorney by WM MCKAY U 8 attorney endorse d witnesses heber M wells rulon bulon 8 wells orson F whitney bolivar roberts roberta public Re records LOrds and documentary evidence of the thirty six persons named twelve have not been arr arrested esteil these are joseph WB WRo omney muey deceased wm 8 Bur burton tou Cli charles arles 8 burton walter J lewis heber 8 cutler james mcghie jesse M smith rawsel bawsel bradford W F murphy E H richards A gardner and jesse W fox for sen the next arraignment with the exception of ex selectman i samuel bennion deceased was 0 on n the fol lowing indictment territory of utah in the district court within and for the third judicial district of the territory of utah county of salt lake the people of the territory of utah against elias A smith francis armstrong elijah M weiler and samuel bennion the baid aid defendants ellas elias A smith francis armstrong elijah M weiler and samuel Bennio nare accused by the grand jury of this court by this indictment of the crime of conspiracy committed as follows the said ellas elias A smith francis armstrong elijah M weiler and samuel samuee bennion on the ath day of june A D eighteen hundred and eighty eight at the county of salt lake in said territory tor of utah and within the judicial olaf district aforesaid were members of the county court of salt lake county and territory of utah that is to say the said ellas elias A smith was the duly elected qualified and acting probate judge of said county and territory and the said francis armstrong elijah elah M weiler and samuel bennion were the duly elected qualified and acting selectmen for said county and territory ory that ther said defend defendant an a on the day and year last aforesaid composing the county court county und and territory as aforesaid were charged by law with the duty of examining settling and allowing all accounts legally chargeable against the said county and with the duty of ordering warrants to be drawn on the county treasurer thereof that on the day and year last aforesaid the paid filim A smith francis arm 7 strong elijah M weller weiler and samuel 1 benniah Benni or oH did unlawfully conspire and combine together to present to the county trea treasurer Furer of said county of salt lake and territory aforesaid for payment by him the said treasurer as treasurer aforesaid from the public moneys of said county then in his keeping a certain false and fraudulent warrant and writing for the payment of the sum of six hundred and twenty five dollars to the said defendant elias A smith as salary or compensation for said elias A smith as on superintendent peri n of county affairs with intent then and there to defraud the said county of salt lake and the treasury thereof that in pursuance of said mid unlawful conspiracy and combination thereafter on the day f last aforesaid th thedythe eythe they the said eliada Kl iasA smith francis armstrong elijah M weiler and samuel bennion in their official capacities as members of the county court of salt lake county aforesaid in the said county did u unlawfully lawfully n cause to be made and entered of record upon the records of said county court a certain order pur purporting purports ng to appoint the said defendant elias A smith a superintendent of county affairs and purporting to fix a salary or compensation at the sum of twenty five civo hundred dollars for the year ending december 31 A D 1888 to be credited and paid to 8 defendant |