Show from saturdays daily jan 29 A bilk tho logan leader contains the following account of the cache county career of a confidence man last july there came to logan a man of about 35 yeara of ago who gave his name as J II 11 II iio represented thai he had been for 14 years baptist preacher and had been providentially led to utah and that the religious views of the latter day sainta so lr as he was I acquainted with them accorded with his own he claimed to be a native of georgia and to bare traveled a great deal he seemed to take a deep interest in tho gogoel and was baptized soon after coming here he was a man of education a good penman and hod come knowledge of bookkeeping at which he was employed at the U foundry he quickly gained the confidence of the community was made a sunday school Secreta occupied other positions of usefulness and respectability on the evening of jan a sunday school exhibition hibi tion was held in logan theatre during the performance the money taken at the door about 30 was handed to Hughe sand that was the last seen of him besides the 30 of sunday schol funds he is known to have had a handful of gold coin which he had tried to exchange for greenbacks green backs lie took with him from bis boarding house all his personal effects of any value lie held the position of bookkeeper at the foundry at the time of bis flight and we understand there is due him there some 30 for services it is believed that be did not embezzle any funds of the foundry what direction he took is unknown the people may take this as a warn ing not only against the individual in question but also against all strangers who come amongst them without satisfactory or recommendation |