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Show $ :" BXTcmTIONKTJ BLACKMAIL. f Allompl lo Iluld Up J. E. Potior. Which Wnu I'Vnstr.ilpil .1 J I t Ho liinnn Clurgoil Willi Anion. .;. - Bhcriir Harmon went loTooelo Mou- j ', ilny mid nrroled J. II. llulllmm J t ' on a charge of arson. lIoHiinan I p , , will ho brought hoic to have nil exnml- p' ' nnllon on tho charge of setting lite t ' the Lohi ercmi'iy lust November. lie i formerly 1 veil in Ainerlinii Fork, mul E tlio theory ol ilie olilcurn la thul lit? wnn ! " hired' to set (Ire by other p.iitlcB. J ' The county ollleliils Imvo been working i,1; on tho case for some Mine, assisted I y K City Marshal J. N. Butt, ami think fe; that they have tho mystery of the (lie L, solved at hist. y It will be miieiubered that in the ?'J. early winter, during n stormy niItt nlwut 1 oVIoi-k a.m. , .the I.ehi crenmeiy w as burned lo the ground, a tola1 lins. There had tieeu no llio in thu building for two days', tfniul all tho eWdence 'vrt - showed conclusively that the ronllng- . v ration wiih the work of nn Incendinry. Several veeks ago Hairy Lee nnd n compantuii mimed Snider fioin Amerl can foik commenced a plan of extortion ngilnst J K. C.llor, tho lessee of the creamery and oneof liio heaviest stockholder. stock-holder. Tlich slory was that Cotter i '' had hired a iniiii to Hel lire lo tin I, . - r creamery, and thai thin parly had 1 - f "'. ' vlded the ptiee, $150, wiih .1. II. Ilulll- man, who assisted In Blurting the cm-lLigratluii. cm-lLigratluii. llolliman, eo tho thick-innllcrs thick-innllcrs would htto Colter bllove, gave the neeret away to Lee and Snider, who claitnid tint they nlio had suveial letters let-ters to provo tbeir story. They de-nipnded de-nipnded that Colter pay them $200 to keep quiet, or if be failed to do so, would 1st tho world know all the fnctn in the, caso and place Colter behind the bars. Cotter, knowing the scheme of extortion and blackmail had no foundation foun-dation eo fjriiH bo was concerned, torn-iminfoitul torn-iminfoitul with tho oflichils and ar tanged another meeting with the two American Kmk men. Two wltnetseh were concealed, nnd the txtortlnncts it.,' (ittlly felliuto the trap. They met, t- WM-... i t1f51M",'rt''ii1"T"'''"',"i ''"rnl "'ll ngjln. WillBjii'-1'"1"" r ' " "r " VI I II i tbuo produced tliu letters a 'so. Cotter, nflrr reading. the letters, made an excuse to go Into tho main store, and handed tl.o letters to tho two iletec lives, and mado believe that hu bad mislaid them. BurdorNjiid J.en by this I time bad bu 011:0 alarmed, nnd making nn excuse agreed to call again, but wcie shortly afterwards 111 rested under the charge of extortion. To prtteet llicui-silvcn llicui-silvcn tiny told ibi'olllcers all they knew of the cam' and the olhccifc a.iy that the evidence will convict llolliman, nnd they intimate that others will be brought in as nesesHories, |