Show BUSY FORGER FORCER TO WREST vREST REST FIVE YEARS San Sari Francisco Ref Refugee At ugee-At- ugee Q torney Sentenced to State Prison r HELPED H PED BY ARTHUR BROWN L 1 F. F ii II SI Signed j 6 nUll and otic Others to o f t I Checks I. I p i t V H. H 1 an attorney from San Suit Francisco who po posed e as a refugee ce wh h ho he came caine hero here sh shortly after atter the U.- U. our sentenced to serve five fhe In the thc state prison on Tuesday for foi oror Gorging forging the thc name of former Sena- Sena 4 Brown now deceased to toa toa a Check for Cor 15 Hi Hamilton pleaded guilty u ih to the tUe charge charle before Judge Gc George Gege r c C G. G Armstrong an and was taken to the thc last prison night to commence I r e. Thirty four more inure checks which b Hamilton In were passed by are ale th hans hands of Assistant County Attorney ney J J. J B. B Lyon Lon but no Information bo be file flied filed on these counts count Some of m are bogus chocks checks s drawn by byS S Hamilton with no funds uns In tho the banks Ot Others are arc alleged to he be forgeries of fictitious names Co c The Thc Information on which Hamilton wa was waK arraigned was sworn to by Fred re Anderson The check to which Arthur Arthur Arthur Ar Ar- thur Browns Brown's name was forged wasI was i I dated September 1 17 17 i. i 1906 an and made lia la payable ble to Hamilton It H was cashed at the nt-the the Wilson Ilson hotel b hy by A. A Fred Wey cy A similar check was pa passed ed ul upon on E. E jr jl b by Hamilton a n few Cew weeks latter later When hen he hc was bound hound o over or r to the district court the checks still came pouring into the thc count county attorneys attorney's of of- flee fice The They were held b by the county count attorney pending the result of the thc I charges for COl which Hamilton was vas sentenced son sen en- en to serve e live years ears and JL Desk k Free Iree Hamilton came here with another alleged attorney from San Francisco co shortly after tho the earthquake e. e They said aid thc they ha had lost everything In the lire tIre Former Senator Arthur Brown took them Into his and gave oa c I th in desk 81 room even en furnishing them th desks J s. s Through Brown tile they re received re- re cel a mention In the 1 press pres that th would woul commence a law practice hero here In Salt ral Lake e and remain here Within a u. l month after Hamilton was ht here lC he hc was arrested for rOl forging a draft lat on a bank for dividends 1 on onI I mining stock He lie secured the monc money amounting to from the National Bank of the Republic In tho lie meantime Hamilton commenced drawing checks s on the amount in the ha bank When the draft was questioned tho lie checks s were turned down an and Hamilton's Hamiltons troubles began Before Hamilton was released from froni the crt city jail on this charge which was dismissed dis dis- ml missed Cd his partner r. r who gave ga the e of Crouch Clouch dl disappeared HamU Ham Ham- U Ih it n was befriended b by bBrown Brown until forged forge his name t to checks and he left Jert Browns Brown's law offices Since that time Hamilton H Hn n has been passing passInS checks and aud was twice arrested II Ills I career In San Francisco has not b been eu learned Whether he was a bar- bar 11 l i r In good g standing standing- Is 15 not known although h he a asserts that he hc had a good goodpa pa and was mal making con considerable m moue o u ey |