Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-06-26
FRAUD IS CHARGED
Against lhe AssisHOB Of The Bank Of
Salt Lake
IN the SUITS OF ATTACHMENT.
Deputy Shorin, Euter the Biuk-Accu.
sailon That the Banks Money
Is "Cdched" away.

Developments IN tho Bank Of Salt
Lake failure arc tho source VI much
talk On tue streets today. Tho matter
10 creating more Of sensation now
than 1t uid when the failure was first
announced. Comment on the crcum-
stances surrounding the assignment IL
very freely beoiOwgd aud some Of 1t il
not at oil complimentary to the pro.
motors OF the bank.
The friends Of the banking iustitu.
ton are very much In the minority,
10 Judge by street tall, while those who
DO not hesitate IA charging fraud Ap.
pear 70 ue greatly predominant. All
the attachment proceedings given be.
Inv, are va tho sans nature and all
g.urge fraudulent Assignment 10 beat
creditors, snd lhi. Is sci up ~ a cause
% action.
RECtivEEaiur PROCEEDINGS.
According 90 au otuur mado last
night by Judge street IN chambers,
We litlgauts ia the case VI the Geyscf
h'li Mining company uni others
hEainrl james n. Bacon Ut nj, appeared
IA ihuIhird district court this morning
IN proceedings Tor the ousung VI
Assignee RIOS. am the nppuIu meat Of
a receiver Tor the dcfGnct bank. The
p'aiutiils were rupfvsuntr1 by &. &.
Dsy anu G. 3. Varinn, and tho do.
icndhns by Dickson a Ellis, j. w.
Judd, q. T.. Lg0iD0urov And Booth,
Lee a Gray.
The doendAnlb' attorneys protested
that the paurts iu the case had been
served upon them but n short time and
thty ucsiftu continuance until to.
morrow morning az 10 O'Clock In order
10 give them au opportunity to nj least
folu the documents IN question.
JuugU street said that tomorrow ha
was Obliged 10 take his wife. VINO has
been very W Tor fomb time, out OF
town tDA place where su- could regain
her health, ana the necessity being
very urgent, he would be unablv 10
bear ihe case tomorrow, but suggested
that u Judge Hiles could Ds Induced to
take the matter up II could 20 before
him ut tbs time desired by the defen.
dants.
Mr.. Nafian thought by taking the
action before Judge Hiles tomorrow IL
would ucceHsitate the trial Of the case
before two iuugeH,as 10 would doubtless
90 retained 70 Judge street next
week, JUDGE Hiics having n criminal
case set lot Monday morning. He sug.
sceted, To'ofo, that a continuance
be hnd until Monday morning.
"Judge Hilef, 'continued Mr.. Varian,
may also be Interested In this case u
some extent, either as debtor or cred
ilOt.
Judge Ellis-Judge Hiles, according
TO tue published statement, had four
tits Ia tue hank when Il busted, and
think he would waive that,
SIT FOR MONDAY.
After agreement between tine attor.
neysOu both sides, Judge street sol tho
hearing NJ tho recoiyeTship proceed.
inRs for 10 O'Clock Monday morning.
unless Judge Hiies can be prevailed
upon 10 take up the matter sooner.
MORE ATTACHMENTS.
In addition TO tho attachments Issued
last night against the bank, William
Ford nled ore lgt 81 ,3l7,75; then came
w, h. Knox with another Tor 81, ZOO,
Oll0wud by +. w. Hanson with a
tlhlm lOt e-5o.-s.
LAST hiuHT's SCRAMBLE.
There was scramble last night TO
get places near the top, W lar ~ prior.
ny In concerned, IN attach menls
against tho baGk, ANA Deputy County
Clerk L9Omls was Kept tusy In his
uilioo receiving ilings until alter mid
night. D.. H.. iu.yey succeeded Ia
placing himself at the head OF the list.
aud J. l.. May came next Tor over SlS-
900 Of city iunds.
At O'Clock yesterday evening
Deputy Shsnh Montgomery attempt.
cd 10 gain an entrance to tue
bank OF salt Lake but the
door Wa locked aud tho blinds
drawn. 10 was thought that Assignee
Rl-s was b. tho building aud deputis.
we're pl8CJd NJ all entrances to prevent
his ogte.-. IL was discovered, how.
ever, tuat Mr, Ross was not in ana
Deputy Steele went In search OF MIN
Aud ~ q O'Clock found the assignee
aud iniUiu,u him uf the attachment
proceedings which had been COM
msncei against the bank. Mr.. Ross
refused TO admit tho deputies u the
building anu with the assistance OF a
ttcp ladder, Deuuty Montgomery, a
little after O'Clock, climbed through
the tfsnsOm. Hu then admitted
Deputies steele and Guthrie and I'M.
meiialely pasted the following notice
on tue 4 lass panel Of tho door;
CLOSED,