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Show uu ELDER MAY HAVE HAD ACCOMPLICE Authorities Seek Pal of Alleged Real Estate Swlndlor In Interstate Deals. SALT LAKE. Jan. 2S. Government officials and PInkorton detectives yesterday yes-terday began working on tho theory that A. B. Edlor former Utah supremo court reporter, who was arrested at San Diego, Cal., Friday afternoon for alleged real estate swindles and title forgcrloB, has an accomplice who was In Salt Lake during tho acthltlcB of Elder. So well did this nllcgcd accomplice cover his tracks that his Identity Is a mystery, but It is believed that Eld-ler. Eld-ler. after being shown how serious the charges are which have been lodged against him, will divulge tho namo of the accomplice. It was shown conclusively In Investigations made yosterday that a second man must have boeu in Salt Lake, gathering data on titles to rear estate while Edlor was elthor In Los Angeles or San Diego fraudulently offering for salo land which did not belong to him. That A. Rlrhtor was not tho only real csato dealer fleeced by Edlor, government officials and Plnkertons bellove, and thoy predict that as the Investigation progresses It will be found that the operations of Edler were far-reaching and may bring to light swindles much larger than those which dlrectlv resulted In his arrosL The sale of ICO acres of land at Granger about six months ago Is being be-ing inquired into by Plnkerton detectives, de-tectives, who believe that the transaction trans-action was fraudulent and can be traced trac-ed to Edler. Defect In Title. Facts surrounding Uie Granger deal said to havo Involved $4,000, aro ox-pected ox-pected to materialize Monday. But until then the exact location of the property and by whom It is owned will not be made known, because It Is feared that should tho transaction have been genuine. Its association with tho Edler case might dopreclato property values. Mr Richter was notified noti-fied yesterday by the firm of Ashton &. Jenkins, Main street real catato dealers, that somo time ago they wore about to purchase property from one Daniel Wilson, believed to have boen Edler, when their abstracting expert found a defect in titles to Arlington Heights property, of which Wilson pretended to be owner. ln a telegraphic communication from California to Aohton & Jenkln6. Wilson offered for salo ton lota of tho Arlington Heights property for $900 cash. BecauBO the property was known to have been worth more local lo-cal dealers became suspicious. They telegraphed Wilson for particulars, asking for lot numbers and titles. This was furnished by Wilson and A. E. Carr, tho firm abstractor, discovered that tho Information was Inaccurate When tho firm telegraphed the discovery dis-covery of theso orrors Wilson became silent and nevor again was heard from by thom. The ten lots ln question were the property of George W. Peterson, Pet-erson, Gcorgo T. Mason and Edward Gillls of Montana. May Be Tried There. Edler probably will not bo brought to Salt Lake to face local chargos Tho most serious chargo against him Involves his fraudulent use of the malls and the actual crime against tho United States postal laws was committed In California. In summing up the nature of complaints that mRy bo filed against Edler, Superintendent W. I. WIllslo of tho Salt Lake offlco of tho Plnkcrtons referred to the violation vio-lation of tho postal laws, forgory of deeds, swindle, attompt at swindlo and the conversion of the seal of a notary public to uso over a forged signature. |