The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-19

ties in Ogden. Mr.. West told The Her
aid that he was surprised that the
requisition was not honored. He
thought everything was in proper Or
der, the best attorney having been
consulted in preparing the papers. He
was of the opinion that the action of
the governor had been based on The
( first set of papers, which alleged two
/ counts against each boy-larceny md
| the receiving of stolen property, know
1 ing it to be stolen. While this IS 81
! lowable in Utah, it was objectionable
! to the New York governor who has
a reputation for strictness in matters
OF requisition. New papers were made,
| charging Barton with stealing and
| Graves with accepting stolen money.
( THESE papers were forwarded to Salt
Lake by special postal delivery, but by
mistake the letter was forwarded 20 the
! deputy clerks house, instead of to the
city and county building. This de-
layed them a day and they did not
1 leave Salt Lake till today. IF this is
the case an attempt may be made to
hold the boys and have the case re-
opened. County Attorney Peery said
the papers were in due form and that
Attorney General Bishop had Endorsed
on them that they were Unusually
strong and there should be no question
about their correctness" He thought
the governor had required evidence
contrary to all precedent and had not
given a chance 10 have tine evidence
produced. Mr.. Peery said he had
acted strictly in line with his duty
and says what he considered the
strongest kind of evidence had been
brought before him ere he took up
the case pretty clear idea of the
doings of the boys is gathered from
letter written by former
Ogden young man after he heard of
the boys arrest. He is something of a
traveller himself. The boys friend
pointed out that he did not grow sus-
picioUs until after their being charged
with the crime. The letter is from a
distant city and bears date of May Z.
Extracts from il are:
L saw Graves here, but have not
seen Clarence Barton since the night of
Dec q, y O'Clock. at Walla Walla,
wash. You viii remember I stopped
of at Boise. When 1 got on the main
line train at NamDa, II o'clock, morn
ing of the 9th, / met Graves and Bur
ton. They told me they were going to
Huntington, but later said they were
out on lark and did not want Bar
tons father to see them at Baker City.
AS luck would have it, he got on the
train there. bound for Portland. The
boys got off at Walla Walla and went
to Spokane. Heard nothing more of
them till my return TO Ogden. One day
Leon Graves surprised me very much
by coming into the office here at Chi
cage. Had lots Of money, good clothes
and diamonds. He left on Sunday for
Jacksonville, Fla. They told me all
about leaving Ogden. etc When I saw
Graves here. 1 asked him where he got
all his money. He said he and Barton
got in = game of poker in Park
Avenue hotel. New York. and played a
brace game" winning $1,000. The
time Graves came to the office here
was II o'clock in the morning Invited
me over to the Palmer House, where
he was staying. to have dinner with
him; the dinner cost him SO, cham
payne, etc"
OF course such letter proves moth
ing excect that the boys Travelled and
had plenty of money, which is con-
ceded. DR.. Graves says they will be
prepared to show where the money
came from. The boys have many loyal
friends. who refuse TO believe them
guilty, but on the other hand are others
equally as certain that they took the
money.
The latest report tonight is to the /
effect that the boys are still in Jail. but
it is expected efforts will be made to-
morrow to get them out on habeas /
corpus proceedings.