Show gum co a 8 officers tried to bribe county attorney some time ago the h county attorney J H mahn took steps to stop the use of the gum elot slot machines which were in operation in several of the local business houses a complaint being issued against the empire gum co mr mcknight Mel night charged the corn com pany with a violation of the law against gambling but he did not bring the case to an issue at once because he wanted to give the mer chants and saloon men who were op up crating the machines a chance to take them out the empire gum company comp anys a offic bials evidently thought that they could bribe the county attorney into dropping the case against them and in a letter which was written to mr mcknight they enclosed enclose da a twenty dol dot hr lir bill the county attorney turned this money over to the south ward church in nephi with hith instructions to use it for charitable p imposes and then he got busy in an effort to put the slot machet es 0 it of busin as ss on his visit to edreka E ireka last saturday he served notice on all of the places of bus nesa where the machines were being used and early in inthe the presen present week practically all of the slot machines were removed |