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Show I JUDGE REFUSES TO FREE OKflTO Writ of Habeas Corpus Denied In Case of Alleged Swindler Motion of Attorney A. G. Horn 16" discharge George Ok'ata. alias George Sato, Japanese. alleged clover forge r and swindler, from custody of the :-, den police, was denied this morning by .ludgc A. W. Agce in the district COlirl nnd a habeas corpus writ instituted by. I 'ho attorney was quriihed by the court. i f Siio iv.is returned to the city Jail fol-j lowing the court proceedings. Sato was arrested here yesterday after af-ter a chase of six weeks by agents of; the winiam J Burns international! Detective agency, which led from Gsi- lup, .". M.. to Ban ITranoisco, Portland Spokane, Reno and finally to Ogden. i K ; 1 1 .i is said to he one of the most! clever and notorious swindlers who n Operated recently lft the west. In I Spokane and Seattle he la alleged I" have passed many bad checks. Ills I Seattle operations are del fared to have' ttetted him several thousand dollars SPIRITED VRG1 MINI Argument for and against granting of the ivrlt this morning between v-1 ' torney Horn and C -unf. Attorney Jo seph B. Bates was x-iritcd. Attorney Horn contender! thai the grounds upon j whic h the man WrtS arrested was 11 legal for the reason that he was de- ' talned before a warrant was Issued for his arrest. Mr. Kales .-iiruhi! thai the man was a fugitive from Justh o and wanted for alleged crimes in other states, and it h id been the practice to recognize Bequests from other states to hold I .criminals for their officers. Mr. Bates also declared that .Mi-. Horn had in-troduced in-troduced no evidence to show the man ft mi not a fugitive from justice and the burden of the proof rested upon the defendant. Judge Ages denied the mo-Hon mo-Hon of discharge and crunched ih writ br habeas corpus following .Mr. Bates' aTgumenta Okata, who la a Japanese, speaking excellent English, declares himself to be a hotel manager, and shortly fol-lowing fol-lowing hit arrival m Igdefl announce. I thai be Intended to establish .1 large I hotel in this city, He is alleged :o huve presented a check for $3".0lu o the Commercial National bank, drawn oil an Italian hank ;nl payable 1)1 San Francis, o. The CheCH is s.i Id LO have been worthless When this was discovered. Chief of Detectives Robert Burk, of the Ogden police department was notified, and u-itii Burns operatives) operat-ives) soon had the Japam sc In custodj use Hiss poiacu. Okta is said to bo Watitod in Spo-1 kiine ami Reno, Nev., where he Is alleged al-leged to have swindled mercha n Is of I several thousands of dollars. Il 1 said to have escaped from Spokane ;;f-i tor it was discovered that a check hr-' had presented to a bank was found Worthies Later It i said he is now wanted for questionable negotiation.1-, i In Gallup, N. M.. ho forced a ciiecl for six weeks ago. 11 Is alleged. I Several weeks ago I i". ,e 1 barbs K. Wood, Salt J..ake manager of the i;urns agency hud received mforma-1 lion thai Okata was opemtinp: In the west and authorities in Utah werci warned to be on the watch tor him, Following his arrest here yesterday.; Ii-u.iin uin-imnta canio nere ana in-' lervlewed the Japanese and brought! much data regarding his alleged eiim-, ir.ai activities. According to .Mr. Wood the arrest is one of the most import- ant made in the weal in recent weeks' and in the apprehension of the man a! daring and clever swindler has been1 cs ugh 1. The petition for a writ of habeas corpus whs filed in the district court 1 reetcrday and J ttay Ward, commissioner commis-sioner of public safety Police Captain Cap-tain Jonathan Jones and Mr. Hurk Were ordered to appear in the court this morning when the writ was made returnable. The three offi r v.n asked to show cause- why the) should , bold the Japaneei as piisor.er. The writ was quashed by Judge Agee at If J . o'clock this morning and the prisoner; leturned to the city jail w w I i;i i SPOK r SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. !. George' Sato, arrested yesterday at Ogden 1 Utah, is alleged bji the police here to have swindled Spokane merchants out ot approximately $4o through bad checks .Sat., deposited a check for I26.Q00 with a l uge bank here December Decem-ber 10. It was drawn on a bank in' Oregon and when telegraphic commu-! nicatlons were sent as to its genuineness genuine-ness a reply was received that Sato' was not known there. Sato appeared at the bank late- and! (rhen shown the telegram from t, Oregon institution that his check Was! no gOOd, he left before t-ank officials could summon police assistance. Prom Spokane he went to Seattle the Spokane police slat- and passcu ' many cheeks there. His Seattle opera-' tlona are declared to have netted him1 s"eral thousand dollars. |