Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-16
THEY WANT HIM TO DISCLOSE.
Mas Taken In Charge by Sheriff
Emery on Saturday Last and
Matter Kept Secret
GOVERNOR CUTLER TAKES ACTION
frauds That have Been Perpetrated
To Receive legislative lnyestI-
cation at Once,

steal of $1,000 in Salt Lake coun-
~ I'm three months Is pretty big swim
die. And yet the frauds will amount 10
chat pluch--perhaps more. Severa ar
ro.ls have been made, But the names
of but two Of the apprehended men
have been given to the public, Sheriff
Emery desires that they be suppressed
for the time being, and every effort to
3o so has been observed. However. the
disclosures are 80 sensational, the
,bsrpes so grave and the persons in
,.lYed 80 well known that some Of the
pirticulars leaked out late this after
noon.
one of the men who is in the tolls Is
,,.Depuly clerk d. b. Davies, VINO
served as such during the administra-
zion OF John James as county clerk. IL
was Mr.. Davies duty to deal with the
bounty men ns they brought the skins
of,yild animals into the Office 20 be re-
corded and to get therefor the money
which the law said was theirs. Sheriff
Emery took Davies into custody on Sat
mday and he has been IN the county
hil ever since. It is not yet known
bow deeply involved the young man ls,
b0t 81 Is stated that he IN all probable
Ny knows the names of other lmpioat-
ed persons. Accordingly he is being
put through what is known to the ON
GERS as the process Of sweating" I'm
the official hope that he viii disclose
he Identity OF the guilty parties pro-
Wded that he knows them. However
one official says that he may simply
have been extremely careless, rather
than crminally inclined, Up to a late
hour this afternoon, young Davies had
been kept entirely away from the reach
N newspaper men. so that 1t was inn
possible to get a statement from him.
The other man known to be under ar
rest Is Charles Jones, who was taken
into custody in ogden Saturday last.
and an account OF which appears In
page Of this issue of the Deseret
News, The names of the other suspects
said to be In custody could not be learn
cd az the time Of going to press, but it
is learned that James German, ed.
Cooke, George King, John Casey, and
under suspicion Of belonging to gang
Of professional state bounty swlndlers.
The whole case VIII be OF marked
public interest and much anxiety aud
curiosity VIII exist until the full facts
are known and the names Of all guilty
persons disclosed and prosecution fol-
low Just how many viii be implicated
in the Wholesale transaction, robbery oG
The public treasury, cannot be deter
mined until the investigation has gone
10 the limit calculated. Most dilgent
EFFORT was made this afternoon to OBJ
tain am lnveryiew with ex-County Clerk
John James, out Of whose office the
checking up was done, but the gentle
man was said to be making lnvestiga-
tons on his own accord. and conse-
qucntly could not be located His ver-
sion would be interesting from the fact
that he probably would have been able
TO throw some light upon It, although it
is said that no man has been 80 over
Whelmngly surprised at the boldness
and success Of the great steal as him
self. The same astOnishment In modi-
ned degree exists I'm the office of the
county commissioners.
GOVERNOR CUTLER ACTS,
a furry was created in the senate
This afternoon upon the reading OF
special message from Gov. Cutler, re-
quesung the senate to investigate and
put stop 10 the gigantic bounty
frauds which, he stated, could be east
" proven to exist In this state. lie
referred to his message in which he
stated that bounty claims to the aggrc-
sate OF 100000, In addition to the $685.
Wo appropriated TO pay such claims,
ndd accrued against the state.
ne now drew attention to the fact that
large number Of claims In excess TO
St,VOOO were on file, without naming
we county, he included In the message
lne record Of the clerk of salt Lake
county for October and November OF
last year, containing items OF single
lndlviduals claiming to have killed Wild
animals within sixty days prior to the
uate OF the certificate to an extent that
would be physically impossible. The
governor cited a case In which an In
ulyidual had sworn that he had killed
animals to the value OF nearly $500
within thirty days.
Inc senators smiled broadly as the
meposterous figures were read. Upon
she conclusion Of It's reading the mess
age was referred TO the committee on
appropriations and claims, for imme-
u'ate investigation and report
PAYMENTS ARE STOPPED.
bounty payments were this afternoon
topped by County Clerk Edredge who
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