Show COUNTY COUNtY ATTORNEY TELLS lEtS WHY P Ii QUOR INVESTIGATORS CAb RS WERE WERE- WE Vi E R E EI I HIRED HERE JUMPER AT 25 PER DAY It t County Attorney David J 3 Wilson today made a 11 statement In reg rd to th tha tho l recent work ork of o W Wi M at Wil- Wil Wilkie Wil-Ue Wil lole kie an agent employed to InestI gate alleged bootlegging bootlegging- activities und who caused the arrest of ot sev- sev several several sev several eral persons for tor alleged liquor yio- yio violations vio violations lations In Ogden Mr Wilson saId the wrong rong impression as to WIlkic and his sori orl work here had bad boon been gien ghen and aud ho bo desired delred to make malo cerium points He Herald saId ilkie Is a man hO ho has nas as a 11 special In Investigator In la alt II parts OL 01 tho 1110 western country Ho HoI I I Is a L man mail who dO has a 1 and Mho ho as far ar a na limo Jl A I has vcr never double crossed anyone H Us ha iI was as as imploded in Ogden by Altorn Attorney y Joseph Ivans oJ myself m after Iter Inquiry had been as to 10 his lIons and AilS 1 J onest onesti At u a uLL i iLL LL ILL 1 h e no any any- anyone ono one ci i ha haic e directed any attack bu to get pet all aU Ut OL the 1 I liw iw wan and the worst worse It If possible 1 Il regard ard to the pay given tho It cannot be expected thata that a 1 poison son will be employed In hue of work without good SUb SUb- SUbstantial sub substantial compensation in ing In big him we e did not base the pa upon tho the number of cases ho brought but wo o 0 ga gave 0 him a dally daily guarantee so that thal no Ind Inducement would ouId be offered to turn lurn In more cases hile beas ho he aas as as taken Into cus cu- custody tod tody and detained by local police pollee officers by the request of officers this action did not come until a 1 warrant arrant arrant had bad been issued d for tor Frank Smyth Jacob Crites and andt t to 0 of ot the National r hotel When he was sas as arrested Smyth as as the man mall who sho pointed him out an I 1 telephoned my offIce under an assumed name to find out Wilkie could be found lie III later rode to the police station In the same ame car which carried carrIe Wilkie CO H I CK CJ On On the the- same morning accord accord- according lag InS to a statement t made to me mo by Wilkie Sm Smith th wanted santed anted Wilkie to sign a statement In which It was to b stated that he had not riot pur pur- pur- pur purchased purchased chased an liquor from Smyth further told me that Smyth offered to pay pa him it If he returned a 1 bottle lottie of liquor which th had Iad sold him In la In further explanation of ot the pay given The Wilkie-The The total int gh given gien en him was as 1275 2 75 AI- AI Al Already ready readi there has been derived from ivie case ase where shere ball was forfeited This came from the results or of Ikles Information and ei eight ht other othe arre arrests ts were made as the re- re re result suit sult of actual purchases made by Wilkie Three of ot the tho sales were made In the presence ot of Olden Ogden bU business men who ac- ac ac accompanied companied Wilkie Ukle to the place here liere he bought liquor The They will ar as witnesses at the tho trial They will sill testify that the saw liQuor sold over the bar at t the hotel and to othe other sales The The federal Wilkie has been dropped No 0 warrant was ever eer Issued Thousands of dollars were de- de de rh ed last lut year through tines fines and forfeitures In liquor cases and come came cameto cameto to the county a portion of ot the money coming from cases caes In which secret Investigators were used r o No other person than District Attorney Evans E and hal anything to do with hiring Wilkie 1 or ordering him to make the In- In In Members ot of o Ute tim county board hoard ot of toners said that they ap- ap approved ap approved proved a claim ot of 1240 submitted b by County Attorney J Wil- Wil Wilson Wll son for tor I ment of ot work of ot W If e said to be II a a secret agent ot f the tho co counti lint which wl In- In Included In Included 25 for the tho I purchase of ot alleged evi- evi evi v dence deuce against aci various arlous sot son drinK parlor ot of Ogden in JI the tile hope th t the liquor traffic In the tile city arty y maybe b td and to aid Iud Mr lr Wil- Wil Wilson son Wil-son son In his bis prosecution of ot offen orren offenders d tiers ders rs I Thy They declared that they o behind Mr Wilson lIson financially In all any movement mo to aid In wiping out the traffic vat out said that a nIthe 1 the future they thy would prefer that thit th the county attorney confer with them hiring a secret agent anti and accumulating I expense County Clerk L A Van VanD VanIk D Ik k said he ho then conferred wIth legal authority to determine it if lie clair wag isas alid and finding Widing It so 60 made out the tho voucher Thi Tho Th commissioners rs agreed that the they must back hack Mr Ir Wilson up In Inan inan Inan an It toward the enforce enforce- men mn of prohibition but they also 1110 saId the they y hoped that In the future futuro h he would confer center with Ith them before I hirIng agents to or Incur oti-er oti expense e h |