The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-01-10
The Examination.

The interesting case of the people of
the Territory against Charles F.
Blandin aud Joel N. Eomnnds, who
were arrested on Eriday;iast or com
plant of John A. J0st ,tVi this city, on a
charge of obtaining money onproperty
under faiss prsteacss, was again before
His Homer, Judge Des, eseerdsy. II.
81. RelapP. Esq. appeared for the pros
eco tion and HonseP. b. EmerBon for
the defense. 1<t5s sp
In our report of Saturdays proceed
ings our readers viii have learned thai
ths comp sins originally made. was
enlarged from having OBTAIN 80, - erie OF
attempting % obtain, money or pro-
psrty under faise pretences. The
dsmurrsref d fsndaut counsel to the
latter complainS was overrnlsd. yester-
day morains, by Judge Dee, and the
exaNinasien of witnesses for the pros
ecu sion was conducted. Y
e. B. Mason. "a notary public, testified
that be protossed q ncte for "a GOO.
made payable - Mr. John Alexander
Jost. and endorsed In blank by that
sentlenan; that he prsse ntedi lie Undue
{ .rn, &nd Mr.. Jost refused 20 pay it.
John A. Jsst tessidsd that The pri-
sOu0I &aGlA oPPtOsVAIC0 diLA Oki~ oHN
with the inquiry il he (the witpess)
wanted TO make some Nancy, as he
c. Id put him in the way of making
bout s. 900 Blsndin then went on to
say that he could get an old mar named
Thomas spowart 70 insure his lite for
"A 700 in the Old Peoples Mutual
Be 1efit Soeissy, and that astnls man
otowxrt could not possibly live more
than twelve months, an INV estment OF
$3.50 sy Jost would h ing him hand
some return within he PEI iod name =.
Mr.. Jost definitely r. fnsed TO
nave anything TO do with t! m alter .
In few days. however, Bianuln again
went 10 see, him. telling him this time
| that ne b ad himself Insured Spowarr in
rho name OF John A, lost. and it was
h-refore necessary that the witness
sho I'D sign the policy over to him,
Nh Sd he did. thin Eing himself itcky to
.vvid VIII be thought might bring
urtheI .rouhle.s While under the pre-
eaos Of signing this policy, Blandin
pushed towards hi n piece OF paper,
telling him to sign his name on the
back which az complied with, suppos-
Ing thai IL was q part OF the policy in
question, aud he had no idea that he
bad thus endorsed q note in blank for
S4t00. until Mr.. Mason, the notary
pu,lie presented the note to him for
ayne=t.
.ho "a IS Spewart. in the course of his
ssnMeRy, said that Blandin one day
| met him on n ain Street, and asked him
i he wanted his life insured, stating
tina h could make SO by the TRANSACT
ioa Blsndiu further SAID that John
A Jost would take out policy on wit
ness life. fer whieh he would give
Blsndin $3.50, $40 of which the defend
ant would pay to aim while he would
keep $40 fer himself: that no trouble
could possibly come out of the affair,
| as SpowRrt would in the very nature of
things, die before the lapse of many
months by which time 4Blandin would
be out of the way, and Jost would not
get anything. The witness further
| testimony went to show that he finally
| consented to the plan. and accom-
| panied Blandin to the residence OF Jost,
on Second Street. ...s.,v--....y-..,..a
Mrs. John A. Jost. wife of the CONF
planning witness testified simply that she
| had seen Biandin several times at
their house, and that she saw Blandin
when the papers in question were being
signed, but knew moth ng o. t. cir pur-
port.
Sheriff Belnap testified to the con-
| versation be had with Joe M. Edmunds,
TO tbeneffeot~ that tie n5te~ IN question
| was in Edmund s possession at his house
1 in Hooper. -saa.sasasaza4sas=s
Hon. P. II. Emerson, for the defense,
moved for the discharge of the prisoner
Edmunus, there being no evidence to
detain him on the charge. This being
the view accetted by the Court, the
case against Mr. Edmunds was accord
ingly@ dismissed MIR. Emerson then
submitted the case without argument,
and without the introduction Of any
rebutting evidence.
| Judge Dee summed up the evidence.
H. ound that public otff nse had been
| committed. and lad reason able grounds
| for believing that the offsnse had been
conimitteH by Charles +, Blandin, the
o isouer at the bar aud accordingly
o dered that he be held for trial in the
sum oi $3.50.
/ 9rbe SECOND complaint read in court
on Saturday last, alleging the obtaining
OF money under false pretences will be
heard on Thursday next. On accoun ut
of this. aid the probability of other
Icharses being preferred against him
ths p;osec lting attorney asked that the
Defendant be rem anded Ia costody in
this district. which the court ordered,