Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-02-23

"I NlN Nt NNNI htAA - w 70 NAH
ustsf tlp advice Of GcHtrnl Tracey,
r...u sci, will mako u1 statement
ID. wy turn comvs. When the au-
.uuU.8n ~ tho moving u'wom nga.uHi
nr j. exhausted and their hired muu
gf.d.ur aifaigning aud trying me 30
u,surs spapefs, II will then DO time for
mrg tpeab."
TiIH CHARGE.
Nrw Y0US, Feb. 2a-Eras,us WI.
man, the well known capitalist aud
nllf5al msgnalU, was arrested on a
bench variant this afternoon on two
chafsoa r' forgery. He WINS bfOughi.iu.
t1thc Judges chambers in tho General
sDlluH building at O'Clock, aul In
default Of s-5 900 bail was committed
n ihr rumbs 10y Judge MARITIME.
Two indictments were found against
Wlmau by the rand jury TO-DAY. They
afu fdf forgery and utiuring fraudulent
rHtrbr. Each Indictment contains
Two r1unta The total umault Ia.
voivod inWimHl's alleged Irregularities
j. s-.l.iDl. lAc C0mulaiuAut against
him D. R. q. Dun, president Vi the
Mercantile Agency association.
since euycnng hts connection with
the u q. Dan agency, Wlman mas
occupied pleasantly Furnished ON cc
in The FIELD building, No. ! Btoadwny.
he was engaged AZ his deck this after.
noon when Detective 1aTguuia Phil
Kelley ami Won Gretchen wake m.
They had bench warrant Tor his
tUgi already prepared, whom the
grand Jury, an hour earlier, had fouuu
lg1 indictments against tho "z'kiug
q staten Island for forgery.
ugtcllvc Kelley approached WI.
utif dusk ahi said: "fou ufs under
a.Ht."
Nugu scarcely even glanced up.
n uiuri very pale and mDlionrd tho
drtHIvr- 10. q alarm the clerks.
TIH was ABOUT O'Clock. WimHu
va athtl 10 accompany tho detectives
O. tAs district attorneys Ofiioe. He
pui on bis coat without q word Hu1
vent with them.
OHr oi the charges against Wimau
g. $3.50 forgery VI tue endOrsement OF
j., W. Ballinger 10 a check for $1,000,
u-.u o. Balllnger's order by II. q.
ID .e 90. Nac other charge IN iOfg.
d.. tHu endorsement OF Ogden Brewer
o. % cheek, also drawn by II. q. Duo
q Co., ior $3.50. The checks were
iI"sul January 10th and February q,
lsaI
.ur petition Of District Attorney
FrulE-, In bringing the matter before
itu grand Jury, was prompted by q
letter addressed 10 Colonel Fellows
uul supposed 10 have been written by
eE'Disirlct Attorney Delaney Nickoli.
The letter stats that Wiman was con.
ltuisd with II. "a. Dun * Go.
Daring the period covering the acts
complained OF and for many years
prior be- had bushes relations with
Dun, but WAS not a psrtner In the
utuAi sense.
IhB iD,gur says: "Aud yet, by var.
idun acts OF embezzlenieni, through mis-.
tpFgtCulniiunb, cOncealmonts, bTUechea
~ agreement, misuse Of powers con.
hiuI 20 him and gross usurpallon Oi
powers with which he was not trusted,
he succeeded, from 1855 up 10 January,
1893, Ia stealing from Dun the enOf.
nous tum Of 500, OlS.00.n
Toe stler tneu details tho cases SO.
lrcltd Tor prosecution. In February,
1893, II, q. Dun 4 60. owed upwards
81 10000 TO 4, Is. Ballinger for ma
ttrill purchased. On the 6th u Feb
Tuafy, 1898, WymAn, being In urgent
tifnils lUr money, directed Dun's cish.
Ter % make out n cheek % BallingeT's
ORDER, nnd instead Of transmitting II 70
him iu settlement of tho account, de.
huyraiuly forged Balliugur's namo on
tHg back Of the check anu deposited it
90 hs1Wu credit.
"l urud hardly say that the acts OF
Nmsu were wholly without tho
knowledge Of Dun or his associates,
aui since then they have paid t1 Bal.
Hugrr tho sum which Wiman, by
meaus Of forgery, appropriated to his
own USE"
The second case cited occurred Jan.
uary 20, 1893. Dun 4 Go. owed the
Campbell PfintingIPress n MHnuEsctuT-
ing Company 5000 iJr printing presses.
WimAn procured from Dune cashier a
check, 20 the order ~ Ogucn Brewer,
treasurer Of the Campbell Company, on
the pteteXt thathH desired 10 pay the
account. lie theTeup1n went 10 the
Campbell company, aud telling them
that Dun 4 Go. were short OF funds,
asked n they would take notes Tor the
nmuunt instead OF cash. On Blowers
hNVulrssuCo Wimau made two notes
'.'. ..'f % fNAAAiN w WIN wv NAAAHNNNt
ta delivered thou 10 BToR0r. lie
i.ru ,u,seu tho name of Ogden Brewer
Do iA# back OF the cheek AMI AppfO.
INH.r MO his own use.
1uU il not Immediately submit tho
sol Himg4's crimeat 10 the author.
Iriug mOvel'by sympnlhy tor the
100 p ,alnliy and by the piteuu8 ap-
..i muiCy which Wyman him.
Iun.u 10 hun.
w un fhr heard Of the arrest, Mrs.
Hl.nu, although IN ckei, bor5 ~
"i'li sytRlur ralmno's than expected.
lhr Wts due 10 her implicit belief la
lhr thorough honesty NJ her husband
Hni confidence In his ability to prove
hH Innocence.
An Investigation IN hnar oial circles
lr4 20 the d. oovery Of what may bs %
eiur 10 the preeeut Prosecution. ono
ui Tho question: sought To bb solved
Tonight was why whole year should
nave been allowed u eiausp,
before ihe crime ALE, Oh against him