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Show HANSON IS TO APPEAR: BEEORE THE STATE SUPREME COURT Salt Tako. April i7xhe supreme court yesterday Issuod an order citing Wlllard Hanson, formei1 count attorney, at-torney, to appear before the court Monday. April 27 to show cnnse why he should not he disbarred mid prohibited pro-hibited trom practicing as an attor nev in the stato of Utah, At that time it is expected the supreme court will appoint a referee to hear the charges against Man-on. in the meantime, Hanson ha been directed to surrender hip Certificate of admission t "he bat to the elerl: Of the court, pending the outcome of the hearing Formal charges against Hanson were filed in the supreme court yes. terday morning b the grievance com mlttee of the state bar association In the form of a petition for disbarment In this II is charged that Hanson has been guiltv of moral turpitude, and Is not fit to be trusted with the powers! of an attorney, Three specific r harges are made. The first i? that h"- bribed and attempted at-tempted to bribe police officers fo gain Immunity from arrest for confidence confi-dence and "bunco" men whom he represented rep-resented The second is that he aided and assisted "bunco" men in! plying their criminal trade, and the i third U that be stole evidence from the police station after having attempted at-tempted to bribe police officers to I male it possible Tor him to commit I H). theft It is recited that on August 7 1912, Hanson. Frank 8hortelle and "Warren Kell entered into a conspiracy conspir-acy and confederacy together for the purpose of bribing police officers and thereby secure police protection for Shortelle and Kelly and their confederates confed-erates in carrying on fraudulent and swindling transactions by means of a confidence ; amo commonly know n as "pay-off." On that day. it is set out, a conference confer-ence was held in Hanson's office attended at-tended by Hanson. Shortelle. Kelly and Detective V. C. Zeese and Herbert Her-bert Leichter. At this meeting Hanson Han-son is said to have Introduced Short-Hie Short-Hie and Kelly to the officers a.s con-fldence con-fldence men "f national reputation, and to have made the proposal that these men would pay the detectives $" a w eek and I ft per cent of their proceeds if the officers would give them protection Game Is Described The bunco .nme for which protection protec-tion was sought. Is described IE the document in the following terms: 'The said game of 'pay-off is an ingenious method of fraud by which unsuspecting persons, selected and hunted out. are induced to go to fake pool rooms and bet a sum of money on fake horses. After small winnings they bet larger, the amount of the wager being the victim's check. As usual, the larger and final wager the victim wins, but his pretended profits are withheld until hi6 check is prjven good. "In the meantime the victim Is taken in charge hv persons associated in the swindle and frequently taken to a distant state. The check is rushed to payment, and persons having the victim are notified, and theroii)on the victim is deserted and later left to discover his loss and the real nature na-ture f the transaction. Variations are made as necessity requires." Continuing, the document explains that the chief of police instructed the two detectives to receive the two detectives de-tectives to receive the bribes for the purpose of trapping the swindlers. Dates and amounts of payment are recorded. It Is also charged that George L. Cleveland, also a detective was offered a bribe, though none was ever paid him. The payments of the bribe money w re made by Hanson, and usually at his office, it is set out. In lhe second t barge it is set out how. through the operation of the "pay-Off" game. lohn Flndlay, a cat-, tleman from Kane county, was defrauded de-frauded of $6000 In the form of a cashier's check. Hanson is alleged to bave effe ted a collection on the Chech from the hanks. In this, too, he is alleged to have shown moral turpitude. The third charge recites the theft of the blood-Stained -hirt and coat worn by Thomas McOillis at the time he was slain bj Alfred Sorensen. a client of Hanson's. Hanson is alleged to have brihed the same otl'cers with $100 to nave the way for the theft, and then to have personally taken the coat and shirt from the evidence room at the police station. Sheriff Andrew Smith Jr to whom was given the court order for service, reported late yesterday afternoon that he had been unable lo find Han son. It is understood that Hanson is out of the city for several days |