The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-21
PETER MORTENSEN.
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PETER MORTENSEN,
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The note was marked acknowledged
by John NJ Cannon on June l., 1901,
and the county recorders books showed
tha fl was filed there on June %, 1901
The records showed that no cancella-
ton. of the mortgage hau been made.
Note Was to Be Cancelled.
The copy of the prOmissory note as
recorded. when compared with the
original uncanceled note now in the
hands of the police, showed them to be
the same, and it was learned from
Manager Romney Of the lumber COM
pany last night that it was the agree
ment between AIOrtensen. himself and
Mr. Hay that the note and mortgage
were to be marked Cancelled when the
money was paid over, so that should
he company fail to have the record Of
the mortgage marked Cancelled. the
cancellation on the note would show
that the obligation had been fulfilled.
Said Mr.. ROmney:
When Mortensen came to the Office
Monday and said he was ready to
settle up, I had the receipt made out
to cover the amount of the promissory
note and his additional indebtedness
up to dafa and Mr.. Hay signed it, but
I told him that 7 would not mark the
note caaceled until the money was
paid over. / then instructed Mr. Hay
to mark the promissOry note Cancelled
when he received the money, so that
if we forgot to have the records of the
mOytgage Cancelled Mortensen would
have the Teceipted note to show that
the mortgage was no longer valid.
Mortensen Wanted Note.
we discussed this matter thorough
/ Is Monday evening when MOrtens5a
was In the Office and Mortensen. asked
that Hay bring the note and the receipt
home with him that night Mr.. Hay
put the receipt and the note together
in his inner coat pocket and took them
with him.
They were next found i'm the pos
session of Mortensen, and the note was
noJ Cancelled. Why the note WAS not
marked paid by Mr.. Hay If ne received
the money 1 cannot understand He
was very particular about observing
every technical form Of business and
[ can hardly believe that he would
have turned over that note without
eanceling it if he received the money
to liquidate it, especially as he was
instructed to mark it TeCeipted when
he received the money.
This seems very strange. but il
seems still more strange that that avn
tul thing should happen just the night
before that note fell due. We had
been pressing MOrtensen for payment
Of his accounts and it is unaccOuntabIe
to me that he didn't pay us little
amounts at a time instead of boarding
that money up there in the house, TAX
ing the chance Of losing it. I believe.
though, that ne had the money some
where, because I know he had a very
prosperous year and had been making
considerable money"
An Itemized Bill.
Another document which is looked
upon by the police and county authori-
ties as directing further suspicion
against MoTtensen, was discovered yes
terday i'm the form of an itemized bill
from the Pacific Lumber company.
which was given to Nortensen on the
Monday night of the murder, when he
was at the office Of the company This.
too, was not marked paid, and, accord
ing TO the statement of Mr.. ROmney.
10 was To have been marked so when
the s3SOt for which it called was paid
over. The bill was found in Morten-
sens house yesterday by Sheriff Nay
lof and was among his papers and let
ters- The bill was an itemized list Of
an the stuff for which AIortensen was
Indebted to the company, and bore the
date Dec. l6 1901. 1t was not re-
ceipted
According to the statement Of Mr..
Rcmney he gave the bill to Mortensen
the Monday evening he called at the
cIilce and the agreement was there
made that the bin should not be re-
ceipted until the cash was turned
over.