Show state st ate and seventh district Di judge F argery TT 0 i former co court reporter W W oisen olsen dies in seattle follo ang accusations of padding state claims claim for services investigation by auditor reveals defalcation running into thou sands over two years mystery death prevents arrest banging to a dramatic close an investigation of a long bencs series of defalcations aganet agam t the atut tate bounty and find private 4 ril iiii u SIUK into the he thou thousands sandi of dollars news of the death in seattle 0 of f AV W olsen former court reporter cor for judge george christen ken of this city reached hore here sunday investigation by deputies from the office of 0 john E holden olden II state auditor disclosed that olsen lind presented and cashed claims against the state for of proceedings at criminal trials to a total of 49 to nv which bieh he had no right olaen olsen was openly charged by judge christensen and auditor holden with forgery and with padding claim claims again against the tato state over a p extend ib back into 1923 he was charged with forging the sig lg nature of judge george christensen for several large claim claims and that of george J constantine former airich ct attorney to a claim of other charges include the manipulation of several claim against the state and the theft of an automobile from a salt lake agency the follow follo whig iii I 1 is a reproduction of an accurate account of the case thel in thy the deseret news suspicion aroused inquiry was first started when 01 een sen apparently unable to continue left hie his employment the tore fore part of last month mr through D K F moffat chief deputy made inquiry of judge george christensen ah at to the exact date olsen had severed 11 ue eon deetion with the court becoming suspicious of a the case mr hoiden also wrote the judge about the amount of the claims which had hal been paid by the state for the handling of transcripts in impecunious criminal caera the receipt of this letter set judge to th inquiring lut 1 the mat ter au aul I 1 an examination of oi 01 a of the claims disclosed ilis closed his signature h d been forged to a el clile tim he had refused to ign where mis clilia wa was presented to the judge for his approval in the total sum of 90 96 aisel had railed raised the item items to aggregate 70 murder cue case affected upon receipt of further advice advices from the judge mr holden and mr moffat at once lent sent W 0 nuttall deputy attai auditor torp to make an examination ui the court record the yort ort on this audit by mr dise disclose lost a condl tion of affairs la in the seventh district court which nay way necessitate the re of teve raJ erl criminal minal cases cues lag fag that bf of ed mcgovern now la in the tate state prison under suspended of death on an a that first degree murder charge charts until the case is appealed to the supreme court forgeries ForR eries and padding of claims have been carried on ainee sines august a few months after olsen took io he poil position tion as a reporter for judge christensen the claims against the tate state were brero those which ire i re paid at the rate of 12 cent cents a folio for transcript transcripts furnished attorneys la in impecunious easm notes are bort olsen left he his affairs in a con cell note notes taken in trials cannot be found and where trU SCripts have never apen furnished it nay tate a L retrial beginning with the cast in which george Mino oe was prosecuted on a crimi criminal pal charge and ending alik the esse of busato Karn Har mai limal olsen raised claims by faddin methods but later ho extended the field to for forgery g cry in ra the cao case of fd fa mcgowan MeO owan alleged continued on page 8 STATE AND CARBON CAIM 0 N FORGERY FORGER DV 1 VICTIMS VI 14 T 1 M S continued from page rage one murdered oleen olsen put rut in hie his claim for 10 which waa was paid by the elate state but the transcript ws wis never ed nor wai was any transcript ever eve tva fur blahm in the 0 mentions of kambour 11 4 akis skis and karl though olson was wa paid 8 for the wok wo k prank frank ollivetta Oll OlI vetta wa was acquitted equit on a criminal charge and no transcript waa was necessary yet olien olsen received payment 4 of 52 Cant erakle and Con Conte leroa roa have not been brought to trial aa as yet though olien olsen put in and arid waa was paid one claim for a fictitious transcript later dap dup heating beating thit this performance and receive ing more than 1100 la in the two items alis 1 0 claim pali paid r 4 there I 1 ie no r record of any prosecution against 0 party named L iian ilan soul on yet the rel rei reporter orter put in a cl el lim in ifor for or preparing a fictitious tiou the ea rae eais is of george goga gogas wa dismissed and no transcript win was loc essary ct et oleen olsen was paid on a forged elsam clai in under forged signatures and padded item items the reporter alo also rec receive elvel excess axce payments pay menta in the following casas in the amount amounts listed lilted according to the re port made on the audit by mr nut tali tall george manousos 17 1728 28 mika mike zu lakis charlea charles G 0 spencer 76 7 arthr brown 08 ferez ft charles thorne tom martinez Martl nez 99 M ff charlea charles bascara 40 busato bli isato Ka rumal 40 in 10 1023 93 at and 1312 45 dues last janu ary 1 Bon bondsmen domen must mast pay the state will recover most of thit money through the work of mr hold en and deputies tint not only for the cur rent year but for the two yeara years past 4 the united states fidelity guar antee antes were bondsmen naamen bo for olon olson son in 1923 24 and have bea ballel I 1 upon for payment of the full sim of the bond of 0 2500 the american P 81 vt company aa as for 01 nor en this fear S ear ban ha been called on ta to jay pay the be 1924 default from stories current olaen olsen wa was liv ing a high liff during the period of hie his defaults ife waa paid a month as reporter in addition to the money paid 1 1 1 a z and in tho the lat last two and one half vein years it la in estimated citi mated he tie has received rec eivet elvet from various sources from to including hil his defalcation defalcations i jary alary and fees the tate state haa has paid rome yet despite citerin 01 on 11 1 1 sall 81 1 to chave have cashed a number of check checks among price merchant merchants without suf af frelent funds buy new now anto auto bait last april he negotiated for the of a new expensive auto mobile turning in an automobile he had forra irly purchased and sufficient cent cash to make the down payment the taylor motor company refused to disclose illie loae how much oisen olson had paid 1 bant vay ay olsen secerel secure 1 peral per miloj from judge wn to come 0 salt lake to secure earlier payment on a claim he ile re 1 to carbon county but la Is aid said to have become in and anti when he failed to appear at court he was discharged the reporter circulated the etory story in price that he wae was giang to chicago soon after his hi disappearance however some parties told of seeing him ia in portland v the information wai was gathered by the addora ad tora office ami turned over to the taylor motor company which waa was exo attempting te 1 epting to regain possession of the car a r oleen olsen waa was finally looted in seattle wah wash bat but there the was ua na warrant out cut lo 10 tt r his otreo ero and ad defectives could only kp tot om under survell u lane wa kuant sworn la in the meantime tho the tate state uncovered hie his 9 and one of the bonding loading agent lis swore out a warrant bene he h ecile be taken however bo he ither either titled himself or at died from unknown causes prea press dif dir patches AWL MA Jn anaa AA from seattle announce anno ince the of the body several people in price pries wo who bad known I 1 bill olien olsen declared that he would never bo be talen hilive 11 if it he got wind that he as being ought sought ac As cording to mr nuttall auditor holden his called on liar ilar vey ver IT cluff attorney general to nik formal demand on en the bonding companies tor for repayment of hij his de do fault against the tate state full recovery will be obtained from the 1025 1925 item items it ii is believed on claims paid in a the preceding two years however hoever tho the aggregate ie is some 01 in excess of 0 the bond and the state fund funds stand to lose this item |