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Show BELIEVE MYERS TO BE BROUGHT BACK SALT LAKE. March 27 Joseph H Grut. cashier of the Continental Na- tional bank, and Herbert Lelchter. chief criminal deputy sheriff, returned ! last night from Miami. Kla.. where for the past three weeks they have been endeavoring to obtain extradition of J. D. .Myers, arrested there or Milton Mil-ton D Joseph, wanted in Salt Lake tor (he alleged cmbezleinent of J54.-000 J54.-000 from the Continental National bank cln Jit years ago. The depilty and hank official ro-turned ro-turned to Salt Lake to Rather evl- j dence and to prepaie a more coin-, pleto caae, while Joseph, or Myers, Is! held by the sheriff at Miami awaiting await-ing a hearing bcfoie the supreme1 court. Koth ; r 1 1 1 and Lelchter posltivelv idenllifed Joseph, who went to Miami six yeurs ago from Detroit. The I'tah Officials were shown every courtesy by Ihe governor of Florida, who retained re-tained two of the ablest attorneys .o the state to aid them in me presentation presen-tation of their case. "After Joseph's release on 15,000 i hail, when first arrested, he made preparation Ip leave the country, of-! of-! ferlng mi airplane pilot $1200 to i transport him to Havana " Mr. Lell h-' h-' ter said yesterday. "His second ar-real ar-real on warrant Issued by the gov-I gov-I ernor of the state caused ills ron-l ron-l flnement from which there caji bo no release until the hearing before tne supreme court, is held. Joseph hrs been given assistance by bis employer, employ-er, a millionaire real e.-late operator : at Miami 'J believe Dial Joseph ' n be brought hai k to ltah and tried, pro-Tiding pro-Tiding ihe mate of Utah is willing to spend the money necessary to fight the case. Of course, there will be more monev needed thai? to figlu an;. ordinary i rlmlnal case and much effort ef-fort must be expended, but 1 believe r conviction can be obtained If he Is brought back." |