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Show VIOLATION OF TOE INTER-STATE LAW The new Interstate railroad pasd law iH being tested In this state and has thus far proved an effective lilt of legislation, one man belni; found guilty yesterday in the United Slates district court ut S:ijt .Iike and lined $l.ro ami cost. Another arrest on a similar complaint was made jesterday In Ofden. A. G. Wilhelm, who was found guilty guil-ty of violating the Interstate pass law, purchased a pass from a tlcket-Sscalper tlcket-Sscalper lu Salt Lake with which to travel from Salt Iake lo Kansas City. The pass bad been Issued to a Ma s-achusetts s-achusetts railroad man who had come went on It and then disposed of It to the scalper at Salt Like, the latter selling the return portion, from Salt Lake "to Kansas City, to Wilhelm. Wilhelm left Ogden on a I'nion Pacific Pa-cific train, July 21. and on beln- foun 1 iu possession of the pass mentioned, he was arrested by special Agent Georce Lewis of the Union Pacific company and his conviction followed. The fare from Salt Lake 10 Kansas City is usually about $30. Wilhelm was fined $15) and costs. Gits Llndhulm, the man with the , various aliases who was arrested Monday Mon-day on a warrant charplnv? him witn lolatinc the pass law. was taken to Salt Lake last evening by a United Stales marshal!. Llndhulm, It is said, made use of a pass between Evanston and Ogden which bad been Issued to n railroad man at Chevpnne who used the pas as far as 'Evanston and there surrendered sur-rendered It to Llndhulm The Issuing of this warrant by the Federal court and the arrest of Llndhulm Llnd-hulm is a result of the efforts of Special Agent Lewis of the T'nlon Pacific Pa-cific who has been working on the case for some time. The trial will bo called some time In September. Llndhulm Llnd-hulm could have traveled from Evans-ton Evans-ton to Ogden at any time for $2.30. |