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Show BOCKM FACE GRiMECHARGES Resignation of Salt Lake May-' or Accepted; Complaint Likely to Be Issued SALT LA K 10, .July 2S Resignation of Mayor R A Bock was accepted i yesterday without comment by the city commission. Mr Bock now under an appearance appear-ance bond or $L'."00 In the court of City fudge J W Strlngfeliow in the I event of the tiling of charges against him in i inneutiou with the shortage ku exceso oi 10.000 found in his accounts ac-counts during his incumbency as city .-rudUor Xne cit commission yesterday appointed ap-pointed C I lare Nesien as acting muyoi , with a considerable probability , 11 is u iidcistooa, that he he mado mayor and bis position as commissioner commis-sioner Ol a.''i woiks tilled by appointment appoint-ment of luiothei commissioner, si LUi mi its sBLl Mr Bock ol it be Known yesterday mOrnlng mat he desired lo surrender I. in self to legal custody A confer-once confer-once was arranged ar the residence of Sherlti .luhn b Uorless i:L 2 ociock ii irdaj aiteriioon. Commissioner Nesien, City Attorney w H Fbllsnd, County Attorney KlCdSrd Hartley and Commissioner Herman H. (Jreen being be-ing present. Kroni the conference the former mayor proceeded, accompa-1 nied by Attorney Samuel A. King, to Judge Strlngfeltow's court. Me ex-, plained that lie desired to be placed! n ine, bond in anticipation oi tne filing fil-ing of any criminal ciuirge against htm m connection with his misapplication misappli-cation of funds during the tune he I was auditor The court accordingly I tld appe'irnnce bond ut iJoOO ami it I v a. Curnisiied by V, M Havenor and! Frank C Moylu. Mr. and Mrs. Bock went to Hrlgh ton, Big ( oitonwood canyon, lust night as Ihe guests until Sunday nurht of Commissioner and Mrs C. Oar- once N Ah I la cnoc was also ..i tne party Mrs. tyesien was already I'.ngnion. ii.oiii is BONDING COMPANIES Ly request or the local repiesenta-tives repiesenta-tives of the two bonding companies With whom Mr. lioi li was bonded dur-i lug the period that be abstracted! money from ihe special interest fund by me. ms of cashing duplicate special Improvement warrants, collateral, np- prouchlng JIO.OOO was pl.ued In the lands oi City Attorney Koiland, trustee, yesterday by Mr. Bock as a; protection for the bonding companies against any furtp.er discover) of short-1 ages. This collateral consists of certain cer-tain ttoiks, principally ut the Walker Mining company; decus for unimprov-l Sti ie.l property in Hie city and nn as-I sign men t oi his new Stuiz sutomobilo County Attorney Hartley said last niKht that a compldlnt or a criminal' nature will surely h issued against thoj former mayor, li asked by any person laying before him lacts caiiiug for it. I io official ieport of the special audl-toi audl-toi (Lincoln U. Kelly) is not yet avall-able avall-able becauae of the audit not having in en completed It Is understooii that' somo days will yet be necessary fori completion before any certainty can, bs reulized as to whether turther ihcut.ige exists. ij citizen appeared at the office of the county attorney, yesterday and demanded tnat n com-1, Plaint be issued, but did iiol submit any information other than the pub-! Ilnncd report of Mr. Hock's confession) Of being short. st BETl HM D SI FX K IKM. J h former mayor's appearance in ! court and lurnisning appea'runce ball i was regarded by the county attorney's I office as Sufficient surety, pending! -1 complete investigation ol the accoun ui on which the tormer mayor confesj ed to speculations aggregating tnon i ban $10,000 during tne time nc was auditor. I'or a short time, upon the convening conven-ing of the commission yeslei uu v morn-.no morn-.no immediately after the resignation ol Air Bock as mayor was accepted u looked as if Immediate action would .. taken appointing Mr. Nesien as .iv or. Commissioner Crabbc, who a .ir Nesien said, he had understood o be in favor oi such action, made .iKJious protest, however, declaring that he" had been repeatealy ignored In ihe proceedings or the commission land that he proposed that it should .-dop I ne action was accordingly de-j de-j tt rrcd. .' I ULS I RGED FOB co.M.M lssio.v 1 1 is ii i. ii i stood tnat s ms pressure is being oi ought to bear in political i(iuarters lor tne appointment of for-iner for-iner cJovernor and City Commissioner iHeber M. Wells as waterworks com-mlsslonei com-mlsslonei In tase Commissioner Nesien la advanced to the mayoialty galn, I lucre is not a little sentiment in tuvor I of the appointment of a mayor outright, out-right, ii a capable buslines man can be Induced to accept the position. Under Un-der the law, failure of the commission lo appoint Within thirty days will result re-sult in the calling in of the city auditor I to break the deadlock by custing the I deciding vote. The leslKnatlon laid before the four I commissioners present at yesteiday morning a session and accepted forth-I forth-I v itn was as follows: July 81, 1020. j "Board of Commlsslonei s. Suit Lake City. Utah. Gentlemen I herewith resign as msyor oi si.it Lake City, eitective upon acceptance. Vei y rcspec tfullv , MSlgnud) "K. A BOCK " |