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Show uu MISSING MAN FOUND IN THE COUNTY JAIL Ball Lake. Dec 20 J. a. Williams, who recently purchased an Interest In the- Phillips Cash Grocery store at 764 West Second South street and then disappeared, was located yesterday yester-day in the county jail, where he was serving n four months sentence- it developed that Williams had pleaded guilty to a charge of having present ed two worthless cheeks on the National Na-tional Bank of the Republic, where he-had he-had no deposit. Wednesday Judge Tanner sentenced him to four months In the county jail. Pity detectives noted that the man's name was tho same as that of tho man whom Phillips had reported as disappearing disap-pearing Yesterday Phillips went to the county jail and found that it wns his partner who was In jail Williams, when on trial, had not mentioned li is 1 business pattner or the fact that he had money on deposit at the Utah Stat National bank and Walker Brothers bank He simply pleaded guilty and went to Jail. It Is believed that he was tompora rlly deranged, or had forgotten the names of the banks where he had funds. He came here recently from Springfield. Mo As a result of tiie discovery Mr Phillips arranged with the county attorney for the payment of the two checks passed by Williams and the latter wa9 released into the cutody of Phillips. oo |