Show SCANDAL SCAN DAfiN IN SALT LAKE chief sheets and detective raleigh are arrested coming as a sensational aftermath to the famous mcwhirter swindle which occurred in salt lale september la 1906 three men charged with being belag criminal conspirators in iri the af arrested yesterday and two ino more will bo be arrested today I 1 the arrests of jm donaason confidence man will lam newton New toil police stool stoolpigeon pigeon and rosarlo rosario ait auto saloonkeeper loon keeper were made yesterday by the sheriff force of salt SalIx lilke ike on warrants issued from justice F al bishops court I 1 warrants wece alpo algo issued for f or chief of police geors georee re A sheets and aud chief of detectives george raleigh the charge iu ili each case Is criminal conspiracy alexander mcwhirter cr one of the Scotch men who was robbed of signs sips the complaints the latest developments in the case come as the result of a confession made by W H alias W J davar who impersonated a policeman emart du during rj rig the noted swindle was wa a arrested at denver feb 15 a and nd Is now in ili jail he has told everything and the p price rice for his information will be immunity from prosecution the arrest of larry a and nd johnnie obrien and joseph st clair alias W W bell the thip remaining principals in the mcwhirter swindle is expected as the result of the confession of with their arrest the whole gong gang that participated in the mcwhirter swindle will be rounded up sheriff C frank emery and his force of deputies have been working in ili conjunction with the county attorneys office since the return of from denver and gradually the affair is assuming the proportions jf of a scandal more cremen tremendous dous than was ever dreamed of 0 when chief sheets was Rr arrested rested last fall on the charge of compounding a felony the warrants charging criminal conspiracy were issued yesterday by justice bishop of the waterloo court three of them were served and the prisoners were taken before the justice mazzuto was landed in jail in default of bail ball newton was wa released on his own recognizance and donaldson was also released he lie i is now under a bond for connection with the mcwhirter case base chief sheets and Detec dve raleigh were served with warrants this morning they will probably appear bo be fore justice bishop where it is likely they will be released on their own recognizance zance it is not believed that the county officers have in their possession any more evidence that will involve others although it is known that from the the lips of the prisoner they have learned enough to form the basis of the conspiracy charge and to expose the mcwhirter swindle from A to Z the story of the swindle which created a tremendous sensation in lat last fall has not yet vet been jeen told confession throws an altogether light on the case and nils fills the gaps in the evidence through which chief of police sheets escaped conviction on tho the original gInal nal charge of compounding a fe felony lolly in his confession to the county officers makes a clean breast of the whole affair the details ot of the confession will dot become known until the trials of the men under nr ar rest and of those to bo be arrested today yet it is known that has told the county officers how ha received jorj wora from chief of police sheets that salt lake L wasa vasa profitable profi Lible held for his nefarious practice he ile was practically invited to come coma to salt lakeland Lake lAko and the tile county officers chalm to have in their possession evidence that will clinch that fact says lip lie was sent for by chief sheets he lie came to salt lake lalie from denver some weeks before aijo I 1 mcwhirter swindle was waa pulled oft off at I 1 the antler roomi rooming ng house lie ile operated I 1 on ft a smaller scale with a promise I 1 of 0 full police protection crooked t deals that have never been made pub I 1 lie because of police suppression were lere pulled off in salt lake right and left anever and the gang that operated here was never molester until the full force of ithe the mcwhirter swindle fell and the bubble came here loudly proclaiming I 1 that he had never been in salt i lake alake before chief sheets knew that was a canard out never volunteered I 1 to prove that he lie had been here before i his arrest at denver had caused consternation 1 ster nation at the head of the police department and from that time until he was landed safely in jail there was fear and misgiving about police headquarters pan Par tints rents claim of an alibi backed by judge hilton his denver attorney was a myth he ile had been b in salt lake before and hi his confes aln sign shows how very much in evi I 1 dence he lie had been while here I 1 |