Show I MISJUDGING MR We e do not regard the Deseret News as quite fair in its comments on the sudden Udden and silent departure of Mr Ir of or the Tribune The News declares declares de de- de- de clares dares the manager of Its contemporary con temporary left town because he was afraid he might be summoned before the federal grand STand jur jury and ma made e to tell what he knows about the tho Utah National bank robbery Mr of course knows all about the tho case and It Is true he lLe has gone away for fora a time tirrie But he surely had a l right to keep the knowledge within his pos pbs session Ever Eyer since Mr Ir became po pos possessed of or the facts in the case he has bas been bee preparing the public for the tIle pub pub- of them the tho unravelling atthe orthe ot or the mystery In tho the columns of the Tribune It has been a n very rich asset No X-o one ono else elso had the information mation but It could not be bo kept from frolD Mr And when he be told the people people peo pee pie b by of a a jO on tho nt page that he would woud next next d day tc tell I Imore more about the robbery the people bought the piper paper He must have lLave made eight or 01 nine dollars with extra sales I just by hinting what he proposed to do Now to go before the federal grand grand' jury and give ghe up all he ho knows being thus thus' to to foi En- En Ento to print- print any auy of the facts surrendering ering to the tile authorities his power to accuse the guilty gumy parties and increase the paper sales at the same time time this this would bo be bad buel busi ness He Las has information worth a thousand thousand thousand thou thou- sand dollars maybe dollars maybe ten thousand dollars dol doT lars mrs lars to himself Kept in his possession possession pos poSo session he could coul make mako it worth moro more than that that just b by printing a 3 a con continued n e story of the robbery Why Thy b it would make the paper go immensely Very Vcr likel likely also the guilty guIlt parties would woul come in after the publication of a chapter or two aud and realizing that the tho next would cut pretty close would give gle Mr tr a large largo amount of money to write re-write the third and fourth succeeding chapters of the revelation and not men mention tion their names Is the federal grand jury going to give Mr nn any money for lifs Ilis information Certainly not By going away awal l st as he had demonstrated dem dern- his possession of all facts In the ca case e b by evading a summons to appear in the grand jury room Mr l retains all his valuable material and can use it later or suppress it for a c consideration just consideration just as circumstances circumstances circumstances circum circum- stances direct ct It is unfair to condemn condemn con con- him for so palpable an adherence to business principles Some people have criticised Mr for running i away ay as they called ed it Some Som have even condemned him holding the pamby doctrine doc dec trine that he lLe owes it as a duty dut- of citizenship citizenship citi citi- to go bo into the grand jury room and tell tell all he ho knows s. That os is not I business There is no sense in it I If he dl did that he would woul lose his hold holdon on the guilty n men cn and would get no use cf Gf the results of at hi his revelation for for for all the papers would know when know when the Indictment nt were found the culprit arrested and all the other sensational features of or the case it Mr S 1 aS asle b e misjudged C critics c b been n him |