Show MAKE PLANS r fOR HEARING Attorney Spent Busy Sunday Getting Ready for st Fi Steps in the Case Against Former Official SEARCH WILL CONTINUE I I FOR STUB BOOKS TODAY Declares He Did Not Carry Them and That They Must Be in McCornick Bank Vaults BELIEVE HE WAS DUPED O Ot t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t to f Samuel A. A ICIng of tho the law firm of oC King Burton it King who lio has hus 4 been engaged I cd as liS counsel d for formet for- for f ff f met mer tate suite treasures treasurer James Jamesf 4 44 f 4 Mho ho lio Is char charged ed with f 4 ff f in embezzled 7 i BH of off f the Ule states state's luto money while i he was as f holding of lice spent a ft bus busy du day 4 yesterday arranging ln for Cor tim pen pen- en- en f 4 ff f oral defense of his Ills client Mr Ir f 4 44 ff f 4 Kin will endeavor to ha o lia hatho the tho f ff f preliminary hearing hii before JUlI Judge e f 4 ff f T 1 T M. M I. I no mun Mt set for sonic some du hay day f 4 ff f the thc latter part of the eck weel f which Is calculated to gUo Ivo Mr Ir f ff f 4 time to arl arrange tc I Ito Ito- f 4 mediate business matters ml and to f 4 44 ff f 4 give c tho the defense defence time to lo weave f 4 44 ff f 4 all aU tho thic threads of oC the affair Into V 4 Va f 54 a case I OH- OH MM I to O Mr 11 King last night that the missing stub books covering tho dates of or tho the alleged embezzlement which were suppose supposed to lo be in tn J the upper vaults vaulta of or t he a th I I 4 U t. w ir t ifta i mo- mo motiS' motiS had wittingly or unwIttingly can ned them a away aVa Va from the bank S Mr Ir positively denied to Mr Mi- King that ho had hind removed an any of ot the thc stub books from tho the bank or that he had removed an any of of the thc states state's books from tram their proper places In the m meantime State Treasurer David David David Da Da- vid Mattson has hns failed to find Und any of or orthe the ml missing ln books booles and every part of n hunk hank su by Mr Ir Christian Christian- son sen has been thoroughly searched The Tho man many friends of ot Mr h Christian sen set are arc confident that thit ho lie was ao and that vcr very elusive Inducements Inducement nero 10 held out to him him before his downfall down fall full was accomplished The They believe e that he will command the leniency ol ot the tho court Insomuch as ns th the th manipulated hated moneys were given Even back the tho state with vel very trouble and also as Mr Ir has apparently done all In his power to aid tho the state auditor and other officials to tu straighten straight straight- en the tIle books That form of embezzlement embezzlement comes under grand Erand larceny and anel is punishable with not less than one and not more than thon ten years cars imprisonment im Im- un- un Job Lyon Lon count county attorney attorney ney will In all probability prosecute for the state at the preliminary hearing hearIng hear hear- ing big and tho the prosecution will then bo be handed over to Frederick C. C Loof- Loof S Friends of expressed themselves yesterday as being re regretful regretful regret regret- ret ret- ful CuI that n a pica plea o of not guilt would be entered considering the circumstances under which the discovery o of the tho crookedness was made and what followed followed fol fol- Iol- Iol lowed when the matter was brought rought before Mr 11 It Is generally gener goner ally felt teU that Mr 11 would have placed himself In the position to obtain more leniency from the court had h he ho confessed to everything and entered a plea pica o of guilty The finding of ot the stub books will ill play no Important part partIn In tho the case otherwise otherwise otherwise other other- wise than If IC the they are not found dl dis discredit discredit dis- dis credit will be be- thrown upon the proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed line o of defense that the discrepancy discrepancy dis dis- In the books of the state auditor auditor au au- au- au tUtor an and In tho the accounts of the former state treasurer were solely due to a clerical error When hen Mr Ir left the count county Jail Saturday afternoon under ball bail bonds after atter spending 36 hours In that place ho be went directly to his former hom home 1087 First avenue avenue ave aye nue which was wan sold to help cover the indebtedness Since he has ha been there many friends have ha visited him and did all In ha their power to cheer him him up With the object of getting a statement statement statement state state- ment from Mr Ir a Republican Penn lean reporter telephoned to the re residence residence resi resi- l- l dence yesterday esterday afternoon and asked If Mr Ir were there thero A weman's woman's womans womans woman's wo wo- mans man's voice answered Yes Mr 11 Is here Who Vho Is It wishes to speak to him 1 The answer was given A Republican Republican Republican lican reporter The rho answer came Ho lie is In bed sick and nd can see no one It lt Is understood tood from other sources source that Immediately the preliminary hearing Is over and a date set for trial Mr Il will leave Salt Lake and probably go to Nevada for fora a time to tu look after hl his business Interests in interests interests in- in there It is said by friends that he ho will dispose of or those Interests leave the tho state and begin over again In virgin soil I |