Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-05

Robertson and Duke are stlll in Jail.
The bond that was started at an Elks'
meeting for the errlng teller and which
was to have released him on the evening
following his arrest, is still uncomplet-
ed. And the bond Of the assistant
cashier is also embryonic.
II is understood that a surety COM
pany will stand good for both bonds,
and that bonds In double the sum win
be made by the friends OF the two prls-
oners to the surety company This viii
overcome the difficulty experienced in
the fact that each bondsman, no mat
ter how many there were, would be re-
sponsible for the entire amount.
But the doubling OF the bonds by the
surety company has created a new diff
Guilty just about as unsurmountable.
This means that In each case the
friends Of the two men must furnish
bonds for $4,000.
And that is proving TO be herculean
task. Friends there are in great num-
bers Of both men but $4,000 is no small
sum, and the efforts Of those who have
the raising Of the bonds in charge are
not meeting with the success that was
expected.
TOO MANY SPORTING MEN.
A close friend of Robertson this morn.
Il.
that the bonds would never be secured.
though this Is denied most strenuously
by other friends Just as intimate with
the teller's prospects The reasons as.
signed by this particular friend for his
statement Is that number of well
known business men who would other
wise have signed, have refused because
OF the large number Of signatures Sc
cured among the sporting element.
This is having the effect. TOO.
OF pretudiclng a number OF people
against the teller who would other
wise have enlisted themselves In his
behalf. II Is said, too, that Dukes
friends are experiencing more difficulty
than are Robertson's in getting bond
completed
REARREsT MAY FOLLOW.
Semi-ofIicially II Is given out that
even II bonds are secured they will not
be sufficient. For 1t Is said outspoken-
~ by men in a position to know the
trend OF affairs that as soon as the two
men are released, II, indeed, they ever
are, an additional charge OF forgery
viii be filed against them. And this
would require a new bond Suspicious
that something Of this kind may hap
pen have not assisted the friends Of the
two men in adding names TO their lists
Color Is added to the reports that
additional prosecution on this new
charge will follow their release by the
fact that Detective Thaeker although
II would seem that his work is COM
pleted, Is still In the city and Is work.
Ing assiduously on new features OF the
case. He denies strenuously that there
Is anybody else in the bank implicated.
II Is concluded then, by men inter-
ested, that his work In the bank and
his leaving OF no stone unturned Is in
the direction OF evidence against the
two men on an additional charge OF
forgery.
TALKS OF SWEEPING CHANGE.
Reports that a sweeping change in
the personnel OF the bank will take
Place before the end is seen Of this
trouble, gained currency today. This
was only whispered before but now
men say Il openly. Nothing official. of
course, has been given out along this
line and will not be given out until the
change Is made, but prominent banking
men express II as their opinion, based
upon the knowledge they have upon
the conduct Of the banks affairs.
FERNsTRoM SEES ROBERTSON
There were two callers at the county
jail today Mrs. Duke spent good
part Of the morning with her husband
and Councilman Fernstrom visited with
Robertson. Fernstrom and Robertson
are old city council enemies, and many
Is the fling that each has cast at the