The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-19
OFFICERS KNEW
ABOUT FRAUDS
Proof of Negligence Grows
Stronger Daily.
WHO WILL PAY THE BILLS :?
BOGUS CERTIFICATES WILL BE
TESTED IN COURT.
WHO WILL PAY THE BILLS =?

thrown Ipon the wild animal
bounty frauds by the developments
yesterday viii make il difficult for
officials to shirk the responsibility for
much that has taken place. II is estab-
ltshCd that warning was given months
dgo-months before the biz frauds We're
hefpetrated-and It is just as clear that
the warning was ignored.
County Clerk p. n. Neeley of Summit
county measured swords with one of the
regular fraud gang in June The fellow
gave the name of Charles Andrews. He
was beaten az the game through the vigil
10 work his game, but was prosecuted
and made TO pay a fine for attempted
Without loss Of time clerk Medley noti-
fled the officials in the neiShboring cOun-
ties. and reDorted the matter to State
Auditor c. s. Tingey.
Tingey Sends a Letter.
He received the following highly COM
plimentary letter in reply:
Salt Lake City, Utah. July .. 1904
+ n Neeley, Esq, County Clerk, Coal
Dear sir-I have yours OF the Seth ult
advising me of the arrest and conviction
OF one Charles Andrews for presenting
scalps TO Won and demanding bounty
thereon under the state bounty act. after
the bounty had been paid on these same
sealps by some other county. / want 70
congratulate you people on your vigil
ance in this matter, and as a matter OF
protection ] will can on the clerk of this
county ana put MIN on his guard, asSun-
ing that the same party might present
them in this county We have had n
number of suspicious cases reported to
us but this is the only one that has come
to our knowledge where the offender has
been punished Yours truly, .,,.
g =. TINGEY. State Auditor.
II any further notice was taken of this
the records do not show it. Again the
attention OF Audltor Ilngey was called
TO the crooked appearance of the bounty
certificates by his son. a deputy in his
office. Instead of probing the matter to
me officers of the law. a conference with
the office of the county clerk whence the
bogus certificates were coming was sug-
gested. The conference took place be-
tween the deputy and Clerk d b Davies,
the man who was issuing all the fraudu-
lent certificates. Everything was declared
10 be all right.
Still Push the Work
No further arrests were made in the
case yesterday, either in SAT- Lake or
force and County Attorney p. p. Chris
Jensen and his office force were at work
Throughout the DAY, but because OF the
fear OF giving the tip 10 some of the
guilty persons, they refused 10 diVulge
Che Developments of the day.
A formal charge Of fraud was made
against D 3. Davies, the former employee
of the county clerks office. The COM
plant was sworn to by Deputy Sheriff A
II. Steele The preliminary hearing is
expected TO follow in d few days. The
young man has been held as a witness in
NSlIs coltuty jail since the original eN-
posure He refuses to make "a statement.
Much lllIeIesl S IL - III t e
the certificates issued for the bogus
hides since the regular appropriation was
exhausted Some hold that the state IS
liable in any event; that the certificates
were regularly issued; that they are ne
gotiabIe: that most of them passed into
the hands of innocent parties, and that
for the state 10 refuse would be equiVa-
lent To reputation OF an honest Obliga-
ton There are others who hold that as
the transactions were 50 manltestiy
fraudulent that the courts will exempt
he Al es
Ilurchasers Of the certificates would have
recourse only TO the bOndsmen Of the Of
ficfals who issued the certificates. Inc
matter will be tested in the courts.