Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-08-26
A FRAUDULENT SCHEME.
Arrested FOR Fraudulent L., OF The
Nails.
In many eastern papers there has
appeared Substantially the following
advertisement:

appeared Substantially the follovin.
, advertisement:
OPPORTUNITY fuR Yur
To- MY a TOT IS s,Lr LAKE. Us r,s,
rEuys.
''mmcaIl ns july -g ue W.r sell IN,
beautiful corner riots "a Sal. Izr, .v,I
.iiiaa AZ si5 eaga. Toe ra-caasef to "a,
% i'Ta -a; 50 a week sutI ps.ifur. n.
"'. only -e.l dHy a. th.s rTl-e and On t5es
irr71-- Tbs o. tac ,hcanc-f Dror..-tv D,
- Lake t1glig. We furnish uI4ts An,
abstracts iar Feb ealts ant o. y1a uurrsa.,
l.i- t- reilEisl. Bear in rliul ure viii ,BT,
-=.i ATS Be- Hu fleac terms a-d sBIv -,
l'ir % any Hue per on. aud this offer sBT,
H'.a- good Ea.a August = Boy nov AM
make a-' per cent this winter. Adi-...
George NJ Ta5llI's1a, ALT I.atc CITY. Ut.b
The form Of the Advertisement,
mere given IL taken from the Denver
I Nsr'. Il is ailesei that, As given
ia otler pller,. it contains the
statement that the lIiitiou in which
the lots are Offered L. situated only
four miias from this city. AMI thii
>lrh : the showing made on In.
mas ami cirruiIrs which are sent
Hut iu answer &, Inquiries.
George n. Thompson ha- a uart-
n-r uamgI !. \. Pelrse. and y,-s-
.eriay postal inspector Lawrence.
nov lu this riiv. instituted "A pr1s,-
cuiipn against both % them un Ter
section 5i-fR-vis-i Statutes Of the
United states, which makes il a
criminal uil-u-c for any person To-
H-e the United stats mails in fur
.uvrauc- % any iuu fluent scheme.
] u THE a H-..u -c B, District Attorney
Nar.1n, John " zane. Isl. i
7-ir--su'lu. the government in
Tie case, AMI h, inlimatvd thi,
n lFu.n- that The prosecution would
nn'ye That the tract 81 land known
A. salt Lake View Addition. in
which Thompson aud prarce were
tiveE,i-ing and ceiling lots by the
I-c 90! the mails. l. seventeen milts
instead uf lgur from this city: that
it j. sandy AMI hIily, aat. above the
surrounding water liue, and entire
-y worthless fIr amy puTIu-e.
.li~ IN H-uiE. hsLh defendants
were taken ieiaTc Commissioner
GneeumIn. They waived eNamina-
iiuu luI gave h1His iu the sum OF
$3.50 each To- await the action Of the
grant jary.
The secretaries Of the real estate
board and CHAMBER II commerce
have ueeu ius.rumeutalin calling the
Attention ~ the ip-t Office. drIart-
meut 90 the use which was being
made gf the mt ais in connection
with this scheme. AMI their efforts
primarily Jed :n au Order 10 Mr..
Ltwrrncc 9 IaSe the matter ia
l1uL.
la order o. get bonds. Pearre
and Thompson hl % O. GytI over Ia 4
their hsul~n-u >ouy zeal estate.
including tire SiIi Like NicV Adj l
iiti1u, ~ tllt they will issue no 4
m lle Dee J. fsr lots iu that lditi0u I
until their case j. disposed 0r.
Both jc.eu Iluts who were total I
strangers g. Comm --iruer Grrn- /
man, iu support uf au application /
FORA change VI venue. syUre that hr .
was lreju licvi against Them. The
was uyvrrulul. The .
commissions: impaired e the At /
toguey Tor tine deems. WIN h;- .
clients hal sworn ga that way. T,.-
mlrkinE tina, hr utI never seen I.
either no Them, nor they him. 20 hiS
knowledge. Mr.. Ferguson replied: F.
''i-1g-e ID l. the usual practice"
''li b. u.- the usual practice ia .
Hi~ Territory. We call % perjury. 8"
--uteu,i u-iy observed tha c5mmi.
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