Show SERIOUS CHARGE OF ORG 1111 brought against a prominent lumber man HE retaliates immediately and causes the arrest of 0 G Q snow on another entree charce both proclaim innocence the grand jury yesterday began the unni aming of an alleged swindle of magnificent ent proportions by finding a true b bill III against 0 L blazier blazler oa a chargo charge of for 1 gery blazier wan was arreR arrested ted late monday night by deputy marshal gill on complaint of 0 U G snow president of the bank of brigham city and kept in ens tody during the night Yet yesterday erday morning the grand jury took up the tile case and found an indictment judge miner fixed the bond bonds at which blazier blazler was unable to f furnish although several parties made known their willingness to act as sureties prosecuting attorney allison objected and was granted until this morning moraln mor to investigate the records and dt termine upon the validity of certain deeds blazier 0 spent pent last night in the city jail under the watchful eyes of oi the police department part ment ilia ills wife v sited him and remained until after midnight the poor woman seemed to take the matter most seriously to heart bear t As near as can be learned the following is to the history of the case blazier is said to be the president of the wasatch lumber company a corporation corpor aion which sometime borne time ago went out of existence and the ogden lumber mining company letterheads letter heads bear the words incorporated with a capital of 11 inquiry falls to reveal where the articles of incorporation were ever filed and a large number of agdens lomber lumber dealers declare that the two companies exist only on paper blazier blazler and his as have done considerable consid arable business in ogden during the ibe last few months and have succeeded in thoroughly demoralizing moral izing the lumber trade by far underselling der selling the largest importers under what peculiar conditions the building material was purchased at the mills the dealers are unable to state but several have expressed themselves very for forcibly c ibl to a STANDARD reporter and their remarks conveyed the idea that they are in possession of certain evidence which would show the entire business to be a Ri gigantic gantic swindle sime time ago articles arti clea appeared in the papers throughout the lumber districts of he the northwest to the effect that the ogden lumber mining company had erected a shi hingle nizle mills of a daily capacity of in eastern and oregon thia this is suppo supposed eed to have established A good credit for the company and the advantage given waa was used to good purpose about three months past blazier blazler who had bad before that time transacted consid able business with mr snow presented himself at tho the bank of brigham city and offered to discount 18 per cent on foar to ir 90 day notes purported ned to have been drawn by Il hanson arlson company the great lumber merchants of san franciaco Fran circo who are quoted in Brads bradstreets at aggregating babore cashing the notes snow telegraphed a description to hinson co and asked if they were all right A dispatch was received in reply signed hanson co stating that the paper was legal and had been given in payment for a bill of lumber purchased from blazler the latter received his money and when the notes were nearly due they were forwarded to wells fargo company san an francisco for collection upon their presentation 0 to o hanson cafor payment the gentlemen declared them to be forgeries and stated that they bad never received a dispatch from mr snow and were entire strangers to blazier the now thoroughly ehly aroused banker faced blazier blazler with the proofs of bis his duplicity and the latter offered to put tip some deeds to south omaha property as security for tho tile payment of the notes upon investigation it WAS found that the deeds were worthless blazier was given more time in which to straighten the matter up but failing was arrested aa as before mentioned when seen by a STANDARD man last evening blazier declared the entire matter to be a blackmailing black mailing echeme scheme instituted by certain parties for the purpose of wringing money from him lie ile asserts his innocence and feels confident of an acquittal when the case is called for trial evans rogers will represent the defense in connection with the above it is stated that blazler some time ago drew up a note for 1000 and signed tho the name of the tower lumber company of montana the paper when presented toi for payment was repudiated SNOW CHARGED WITH ADULTERY at yesterday afternoon blazier blazler swore out a warrant charging 0 00 G scow with adultery alleged to have been committed in salt lake snow wai wa arrested bakon before judge bishop and sod released on 1000 bonds bis his bon bondsmen damen being thomai thomas D dae and denry if the bearing hearing will take place on thursday mr snows friends are v very 0 ry indignant and assert his inno senca of buch such a charge |