The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-15
GROSS FRAUDS
IN B0UNTIES
Arrest Of Charles Jones Causes
Disclosure.
STATE LOSER BY $4,000
GANG HAS BEEN WORKING ALL
OVER UTAH.

II AH has been made the victim of
gross frauds in the way OF boz
gus bounties on wild animal pelts, q
unless officers of the law have been
badly misinformeG- When the annual
report of state Auditor G. :. Tmgey
and the message Of Governor Cutler
to the legislature showed that there
would be a deficit of $50 600 in wild
animal DounteS, a diS2 agreeable sensa-
, ton passed over the state. When IL =
was learned later that there We're
still other unpaid certificates standing
against the state that might swell this
deficit 20 stiil greater proportions. Of
hcials began to think investigation in
order.
On an order from Sheriff Emery
of Salt Lake Charles Jones was ar
rested yesterday in Ogden inst as he
! was about 20 board a train for CALI
! fornia, accompanied by his wife and
4 little girl The arrest was made by
Deputy Sheriff q. A. SobrinE aud Po-
licemau Albert Herrick.
Jones Is known To have collected So
/ GOO in bouHties on Wild animal peits
I iu Weber county alone. He has been
known TO collect as high as $500 and
5000 in lump Weber county paid
! $l2,000 in bounties during he year
Jones is now alleged 90 be associated
{ with gross frauds that it is claimed
/ by the officials have been perpetrated
/ upon the state Al this time il is IS
/ timated that the total frauds perpe-
I irated by the gang which has been
} operating viii run over $4,000. Later
/ developments may mako the amount
I still larger. II is also asserted that
q score OF men are involved in the
( frauds.
Way Money Was Secured.
Various tricks. il is asserted. have
/ been TestOrted to iu securing money
} iraudulently from the various cOuH-
ties of the state. The law requires
! the person presenting The hide % the
] county cterk 10 make affidavit TO the
] fact that the animal was killed SIN
J Utah within sixty days from the time
! of presentation. Enough of the hide
/ to include the tail. head and ears must
{ be presented The county clerk IS also
/ required 10 punch holes in the ears
! 10 prevent duplicate bOuUties. A GER
/ tiiCate is given the applicant. pay
! able by the state auditor Unpaid GER
tincateS amounting TO upwards of
/ 100000 are now in the possession Of
the auditor, and more are stiu to come
I in. The legislature VIII be asked to
! appropriate money TO pay off these
/ certificates.
Secretary of state. Tingey who was
state auditor last year. said last night
! that he knew nothing of these frauds
Z If. he said. any of the certificates were
tainted with fraud. and they could he
segregated from the genuine certih-
Gates. they would not be paid. Of
course.
! II is supposed lhat IN some cases
the county clerks have been negligent
in punching holes i'm the ears Of pelts
for which they issued certificates IN
these cases the peltS were passed on
TO other counties and money collect ed
for them again. In this way the same
pelts might be used Indefinitely. In
other cases il is known that the holes
were patched 50 adroitiy as TO fool the
SOffiCerS. There has undoubtedly been
4 collision extending into number of
| counties but 10 suspicion is directed
against any officer in any county.
Jones Accompanied by Women.
When Jones was arrested on the de-
not platform i'm Ogden yesterday he
7 = sked to be taken TO hotel TO en-
able him to provide FOR his wife and
/ little girl of years Of age. He was
taken 10 the Windsor on being TAX
! en- TO a room he was seen by the Off
Z Ger who accompanied him 70 throw a
! money belt upon the bed and cover
ii up The officer took possession II
this. but the woman grabbed il. Afj-
er scufie she succeeded in gettit'e
away with $40 in money. The Officer
kept a watch belonging 10 Jones, and
The belt. in which was found later
$500
Another development in the story calAle
when an attorney got out an atUacih-
ment on this money on behalf Of M s
Jones. who is suing for a diva
Jones also asserted that il was the
! mans money and that he was -
> ing it at her request Jones
: father of four children. lie Va
in the employ of the Utah a
- ton company for time =
the owner of restaurant
at one time