The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-01-14
ArURDANs F31Ei January ~ 1888
The Blandin Case.

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The second complaint against Charles
F. BIandin charging him with laying
obtained the nsAs AID signature of one
John A. Jost, on the LIST of October
1887, by fraudulent aad false pretenses
as an endorssIaentiof certain prom
issory note OF one Thomas spowart fo1
$4,000, paysblelthree months after tdate
to John A. Jost or order, was heard be-
fore Judge Thomas D. Dee yesterday
IN the Police Court, EMr. Il. Il .Rplapp
prosecuted, and Hon. P. II. Emerson
Defended. o,,. tf.f-e....za,fr ,si = :.
q Thomas Spowart was called and gave
Pcertain testimony regarding the way in
which he first became acquainted with
the defendant, but the defense objected
to any further testimony from the wit
ness, on the ground that the name of
the witness did not correspond with the
person mentioned in the complaint, the
difference being that with ess' IN anne was
Thomas SpoWart,'l while; Tie complaint
mentioned Thomas Spoyart. The Court
sustained the objection, and ordered
the dismissal of the complaint. g f.'i Il
: Mr. tRolapp then introduced a third
complaint, which charged Charles f
Biandin and Joel NJ Edmunds with
having, committed the otfense of con-
.spir icy in wfckedlg devising and in
tending TO cheat and defraud the "Old
Peoples Mutual Benefit Society. of
Elkhart. Indiana, of a large quantity of
property, consisting ola life insurance
membership in The said society, of the
goods and chattels of the society. of the
value of $4,000, by means of false and
fraudulent Tpretenees thel eafter to de
made by Joel M. Edmunds, that he
was then snd there g debtor-of one
gRasiai B. Balloon, the beneficiary, to
whom the money payable upon the
desLhi Of said J DEL NJ. EGmpnds by the
Old Peoples Mutual Benefit Society
tshunld be paid etc,, etc.
Rata b. BatcOm was sworn and testi-
fed that he received an application for
81 policy in the Old, People s Mutual
Benefit Society; he had seen d note
signed by Joel M. Edmunds for 81 600,
dated November 23d, 1887 which he re-
ceived from the defendant Blandin after
he had given him the applica tiont He
knew Edmunds YVES not indsbted 60
him for the sum or $4,000, nor any
other sum. He received the note in
favor of himself from Edmunds on
Blandin, explaining to him th lat jtawss
to- secure him Gt1pOticvi offs M
sursnce Blandin srsdad o iaivenz him:
First became acquainted with I MI
Blandip i'll Septsmber or Oct0bsr at his
house: he was Introduced eifh,r by his
wife or his Wifs's sis 'er. Eimuuds was
introduced to RItneSs-hy-Bt Ia
nothing at that time WAS SAID bat the
insurance or note. He became the
beneticiRr9 of life insurauca-p odi1.y in
the Old Peoples Benefit Society On the
life of Joel NJ. Edmpnds...i in -considars-'
ton ofs$aQO, which he paid to Blandin.
he did not &ccept tire proposition at
first, but finally consented. -.
John A. j ost being sworn, stated that
he had written. letters to- the Old
Peoples Benefit Society; he had re-
ceived letter from them, purporting
to be s-reply to one he had written,
but which he had not written; he also
had a reply to one he had sent them;
this he reqeiyed through themah there
letters be j entitled lp court. Il ~
4 Dr.NJ. X. Alien, bn oath, testified
that he was acquainted with the de-
fendant, Blandin; that he introduced
himself as life insurance agent, repre-
senting the Old Peoples Mutual Benefit
Society and the Mutual Reserve Fund.
BE emernbered having fisnsd certifi-
ate on an application by Joel NJ. Ed
munds for q membership in the Old
Peoples Society. He had examined
him previously for the Mutual Reserve
Fund, put inthe case Of the Ola Peoples
Society, it was not NECESSARY to have
an examination, but merely to make a
certificate stating that the applicant
has answered all the. questionsr@ep,y
tiPned on the form. IA eopy of the SUBJ
pSsed applica4 dnlbehg Shown him. TX d.
doctor, on cross Examination, could not
tell whether it was a similar form or
not to thelone signed by Edmpnds,s..- !
{. Thomas 81 y ehnsop, George AsHardy
and Rata B. Balcom also underwent
examination. but our parcel was des-
patched before transcript of THEM tes-
tmony could be made. The testimony
Of these witnesses will appear to-mor.
row together with the verdict of the
court.