OCR Text |
Show j FORMER UTAH ROAD ENGINEER ARRESTED SAN FRANCISCO. Cal . May I. On a warrant from Salt Lake charg-j 'ing him with embezzlement of state' ! funds. Walker Paul, formerly employ- I ed as an engineer by the Utah state , road commission, was arrested here . last night He refused to discuss the charges against him SALT LAKE. May 4 The arrest of Walker Paul followed evidence dls- closed by the special audit of the accounts ac-counts of the state road commission for the past five yqars, according to , a statement made last night by Maik' Tut t to. state auditor. The specific charge against Mr. Taul. who was for a time reslden' , engineer for the state road commission commis-sion In the construction of the Seibe.--Mng e utoff on the Lincoln highway i. ross the southwestern arm of tho Great Salt Lake desert. Is that he approved a false invoice and claim ' I against the road Commission for $4. i The invoice, whlCB had. In Mr. Tut- lie's ojilnlon. been prepared in tho 'office ef the state road commission 1 1 at Salt Lake, was on a blank such as I was used by the Salt Lake- Hardware company. It carried items such as . I cotton waste, brake lining and straji steel, totaling $48. The invoice ofj I the hardware company to the state; road commission as shown by the files ; of that company, was for two suit-' i : cases valued at $'.25 each, supposedly ! with the states regular discount from, I the retail price as a large purchaser. |