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Show I FOUR MORE CRIMES" I CHARGED TO MARTIN Hj Ogden, Fob. 4. Although ho la HJ already held for the attomptcd mur- Hf der ot Detective David Edwards In HJ tho West Seventeenth street affair, HJ Joseph Henry Martin had four other HJ blackmailing crimes charged agnlnst HJ him when ho was arralgnod In Judge HJ U. J. Harris' court this afternoon on HJ our lndlnctments which had remain- AB cd scaled until today. In each case WHj Martin was given until next Friday Hf morning at 10 o'clock to plead to tho HJ charges made In tho truo bills. HJ In tho order In which tho Indict- HJ incnta are numbered Martin la accus- Hj rd of the Canyon road hffalr, In which Hj $1000 in gold was delivered to the HJ blackmailer; tho robbery ot Isabelle H Waltln, formerly Isabella Doyle; the HJ lubbery of Kalberlno Culver and the Hj damaging ot the jLeRoj Eccles home HJ by the explosion ot a charge ot nltro- H glycerin. The grand Jury examln- H r-d (in ven 100 witnesses In arriving H at a decision to return the fair in- I dlctmentt against the alleged black- mailer. H In the Canyon road affair which, oc- I curred on the night of April 8, 1913 the Indictment charges robbery and H mentions Lee C. Johnson and John H Lambert as tho victims, instead ot Mrs. Thomas D. Dee and Mrs. Ralph H E. Bristol, who contributed $500 I each to tho $1000 fund. On October I 2S, 1911, It Is charged that Martin H assaulted MrB. Wallln and robbed her H of a diamond ring valued ht $100. I A third charge of robbery against I Martin la based on tho attack upon I Kntherlne Culver, December 16, 1911 I and tho taking ot diamond car rings I and rings valued at $500 according to the indlcttnont. Tho actual value ot tho stones was nearly $2000. With regard to tho explosion at the Kcclos homo it Is charged that Martin exploded ex-ploded a quantity ot nitroglycerine with tho Intention ot damaging tho houso and Injuring the eight occupants. occu-pants. This crime was committed- on the morning ot November 3, 1913. |