The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-29
DR." SPIEGEL'S HEARING
HE WAS A VERY SMOOTH AND
SUCCESSFUL OPERATOR.

Worked Dubei the Tailor, Also TIN
knutsfOrd and Temp1eton Hotel
/ He Is Held in $1,000 Bonds
William Thornton Sent Up Fo
Thirty Days For Petit Larceny.
Louis Spiegel, the smooth, self-styled
doctor who was extradited from Wyo-
ming on the charge of uttering and
passing forged checks with the intent
to defraud various parties, had a pre-
liminary hearing before United States
Commissioner Pratt yesterday.
| There is a multiplicity of charges
against Spiegel, all of kindred ma
ture. The first one taken up was that
of working" Dubei, the tailor, to the
tune of $122. Speigel paid visit to
Dubefs place of business and ordered
suit of clothes, for which he paid $37
in cash. He then gave Mr.. Dubei an
order for an overcoat, which the tailor
declined to make until his customer
had paid a deposit. Spiegel said he
didn't have the cash just then, but pro-
duced a check for $122, drawn on the
Union National Bank of Denver and
Gel lllleQ ny lHdt UdHk. DuUGl COuIQu
cash it, but went with the accused to
the Deseret National bank, and that
institution cashed it on Dubers endors-
ing it. The check was sent forward for
collection and returned dishonored with
the statement that the drawer had no
funds and that the certification was "a
forgery. Then Mr.. Dubei set the ma
chinery of the law in motion and it
was learned that Spiegel had gone and
was at Green River, Wyoming. On
Geographic instructions Spiegel was ar
rested and held until Deputy Marshal
Boman Cannon arrived with extradi-
ton papers and the doctor was brought
back to Salt Lake.
Previous to his turning the trick on
Dubei, Spiegel had worked the Knuts-
ford and Templeton hotels for consid-
cradle sums. On his arrival in this
city he took up his quarters at the
Knutsford hotel, where he represented
that he was q special correspondent
for the New York Herald sent here to
investigate the political situation.
Making the acquaintance of clerk of
the hotel Harris, he desired that gen.
tleman to give him some pointers on
Utah politics. In this Mr.. Harris
obliged him and pumped him full of
Democratic enthusiasm and told him
all about the Tuscarora savages.
The doctor made copious shorthand
notes and finished up by asking MIR.
Harris to cash a $3.50 certified check on
Denver bank. Harris was a little
afraid his suspicion being aroused by
the fact that the handwriting in the
body of the check was the same as the
certification and also because the
amount was not punched in figures on
the check. He declined to obIige the
-
the check, but loaned him $50.
Spiegel was apparently not satisfied
with his treatment at the Knutsford
and changed his quarters to the Tenn
pleton, where he registered as Henry
Leo, NJ. D., Denver" He told Mr.. Por-
ter that he had just arrived from
the Colorado capital for the
purpose of performing, in conjunction
with Dr. Pinkerton, a critical surgical
operation on a lady residing on Brig
ham street. He stated he had just
been to see the patient from whom ii
was necessary to remove a sixty pound
tumor, but that it would be several
days before she would be in a condition
to be operated on; that he had left Den
yer in a hurry and had not had time
to cash a certified check for 1925, but he
had no doubt Mr.. Porter would oblige
him by letting him have the money, as
it was necessary for him to buy some
things preparatory to performing the
operation. Porter didn't just care to
hand out so much money to an entire
stranger, although he had an impress
sion that there was a celebrated physi-
clan in Denver named Leo. He, how
ever, accompanied the doctor to the
State bank for the purpose of identifi-
action, but there they wouldn't cash
the check. Then the doctor tried
Walker Bros, but met with no better
success there; however, at the sugges-
ton of the bank clerk. he left the
check for collection, taking a certificate
of deposit for it. AS he was urgently
in need of money he induced Mr. Porter
to let him have $25 on his endorsing
over to him the certificate of deposit,
and that was the last he saw of the
doctor until he was brought back under
arrest.
Mr.. Porter, after the doctor had
gone. communicated with DR.. Pinker
ton. but he knew nothing of DR.. Leo
or any Separation to be performed on
any lady on Brigham street. Porter
then hoped onto the train for Ogden,
his doctor had gone to the
Junction city, but failed to find him.
1t was afterwards learned that Spiegel
or Leo, or whatever his name may be.
did go to Ogden and registered at the
Reed Motel un1er the name OIL carton.
He saw Porter without the latter see
ing him, and guessing what was up,
Leo started on foot for the nearest sta
ton beyond Ogden, where he took the
train to Green River.
When arrested he had a valise in
which were found a number of certi-
fed checks for various amounts, also q
false beard and mustache and a wig.
no doubt for use as DISCUSSES.
The doctor" is a pretty smooth OPP
orator, but the indications are that his
career is stopped for some considerable
time.
At the hearing before Commissioner
Pratt, Assistant County Attorney Eich-
nor prosecuted and Attorney Morris !
Sommer appeared for the defendant
His honor bound the accused over in /
81, 900 to await the action of the grand |
Jury, failing which, he was taken back |
to jail.
Thirty Days For Petit Larceny.
William Thornton, who was arrested |
On the complaint of Roy Anderson. |
y, hin, xx-itb fine r1atif Iarcorxy Of |