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Show FRIENDS WILL IT HELP MURDERERS Provo. Utah, April 12. Adula Ali and Joe Backtosh, tho two Albanians charged with the murder of Joe La Vnlla, do not appear to have many friends among their countrymen in Salt Lake or at Bingham, whore they formerly worked. Since the day following fol-lowing their arrest they havo tried by phoning to George Kattar 567 West Second South street, Salt Lake City, to make arrangements for an inter- preter of their own nationality to come to their assistance, hut have not been successful. Today, after Ali and Backtosh had agalu talked with Kattar over the telephone, District Attorney J. H. McDonald Mc-Donald talked to Kattar. Mr. Kattar Kat-tar said ho had seen all the people th,e hoys had asked him to see and delivered the message for an interpreter, inter-preter, and the people had only laughed laugh-ed at him. He said ho also telephoned tele-phoned to Bingham people, as directed direct-ed by All and Backtosh, and had received re-ceived no encouragement. In order that the defendants may understand, when they are arraigned in the district court, Sheriff Henry East will go to Salt Lake tomorrow or Tuesday to secure the services of an interpreter. It has been found that Joe La Valla, Val-la, the murdered man, had about $1000 on deposit In the National Bank of the Republic in Salt Lake, and that he had recently been considering the purchase of some land, with the intention inten-tion of bringing his wife and children from Italy, to make their home here. |