OCR Text |
Show MOTION PICTURE ACTOR AND ACTRESS TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO OfiDEN ON SERIOUS CHARGE Mrs. Ora Payton Walte and Thomas Paul Parker, motion picture nctross aud actor, were arrested lasi night In Los Angeles on information furnished by Sheriff Pe'crson of Weber county, which charcc.s them With rr.ml In Cenjj and embezzlement. They are alleged al-leged to have taken a $2000 automobile belonging to Ottn Meek of tgden, on March 2.V The woman Is also said to have obtained a considerable sum of money from Mr. Meek. A complaint was drawn up by County Attorney Charles L. Fnrr yesterday, Charging Hie two with the offenses named Kf-forts Kf-forts are now being made by Sheriff Peterson to get requisition papers for the pair and the will be returned to Ogden to face the char;-' Auto Recovered. Mr. Meek was the complaining witness wit-ness against the two The automobile was thought to have been taken to j California by Mrs. Waile and Parker, but Sheriff Peterson got trace of the, car this morning and found It at Tro-' monton. It Is thought the couple started for California in the machine hut abandoned it when it broke down The car was left at the Uadley garage at Tremonton and Information secured I by the sheriff was to the effect that $100 was secured by the man and woman for the $2000 machine when they loft It Mrs. Waite and Parker were mo-tlon mo-tlon picture actors who -were in Ogden at tho time of the filming of "The Lust of the Ages" Mrs. Waite be-came be-came acquainted with Mr. Meek, it is said, while she was here, and on March I 1T, when she again came to Ogden! in company with Parker, from tin-east, tin-east, she is said to have renewed her acquaintance with the local stockman. She is said to have asked for the loan I of his automobile to take some lady ' friends for a ride After obtaining the1 ear, she and Parker are said to have left the city over the northern road. Made a Borrow Mr. Meek swore to the complaint after realising his machine was not to be returned, and he disclosed the fact that, before leaving, the woman had obtained a considerable sum as a "loan." Information was received that the two were In Los Angeles and a warrant charging embezzlement and grand larceny WSX sworn to Sheriff Kline of Los Angeles was asked to I arrest the pair and this was done. Sheriff Peterson received a wire this morning to the effect that the two jwere In Jail there nnd awaiting his action. ac-tion. Ho said the man and woman would most certainly be brought back to Ogden to face the charge, if requisi-I requisi-I tion papers could be obtained. Mrs. Waite will be remembered as, one of the actresses who was engaged by the Ogden Pictures Corporation , during the making of tho "Lust of the Ages." Parker Is said to have come to Ogden Og-den to take part in that picture, but WM replaced by another actor, so he j did not remain here long. Message from Coast. An Associated Press dispatch was received this morning telling about the arrest of the two in Los Angeles, as follows : LOS ANGELES. April 2. Mrs. Ora PaytOO Walte and Thomas Paul Parker, Par-ker, motion picture actress and actor, w. re h, id in jail here today tor I'tah authorities upon Information charges of grand larceny and embezzlement filed at Ogden. It was alleged the two came here in an automobile belonging to Otto Meek, a wealthy cattle man of Ogden. Mrs. Waite, It was said, borrowed a large Bttffl of money from Meek before she( left. |