The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-10
CLOUDS GATHER
FOR SCHETTLER
Asked to Surrender Home or
Be Arrested.
MEETING TONIGHT
LAWYERS GET BUSY IN THE
COMPLICATED CASE.

n H. SCHETTLER. the former bank
D. er, is wrestling with the aiterns-
tive OF surrendering his Brigham
street home to his creditors or being
prosecuted for embezzlement ana obtain
ing money under false p-erenses- "A
committee OF the depositors. acting for
all, submitted an ultimalum to AIr
Schettler late last week. The terms OF
the ultln1atum were to the effect that
he was 20 surrender the Brigham street
property 10 the creditors ard receive ia
exchange q 5000 home: il ne refused 10
do this he was 10 he Prosecuted on the
charges specified above The former
banker was given till Saturday night 20
consider the matter he gave no reply
saturday night nor has the committee
heard from MIN yet
Today the committee will call upon Mr..
Schettler az his home and get his de-
clslon IN the matter If ne refuses 10
give up the property the creditors in their
meeting tonight VIII take the action nee
cSsary 70 bring about the arrest OF Mr..
Schettler and perhaps one or more Of his
sons VINO have been associated with MIN
cided to swear to the complaints on
"Wednesday If it is concluded 10 prose
with Mr.. Schettler himself.
Assets Short in Any Event.
The meeting of the creditors in the
Hooper Eldredse buileins tonight prom
the Schettler family. II the home is Civ
On up on the terms named. the creditors
money deposited in the bank, and couse-
temporize.
1t is by no means certain that action
will not be taken againSt the state in adj
dltiOn to the proposed action against the
SchettIers. The creditors are i'm favor OF
recovering ali they can from the Schett-
Ter families and then looking 70 the state
for the balance The matter is practical
" certain 70 come I'D in the legislator
l1 one form or anotner ana II IS certain
the failure Of the Schettler bank viii eN-
ert q strong influence in placing private
banks under state supervision
Schettler Defaults in Suit.
Owing TO the fact that Judge F. V.
Higgins has accepted service As attorney
not for B h Schettler, the latter has
defaulted in accepting service. as the
twenty days limit from the time suit
was filed by Receiver r. r Anderson,
Dec 20. 19O4. expired yesterday afternoon
The law firm of Zane & StrfnEfeIlov,
in charge CT the prosecution. has eN-
pressed no denomination however to
take advantage of the default II Is not
known whether Judge Higgius an
rouncement that he will act for Mrs.
Schettler as co-defendant alone, is fina--
Senator J. L. Rawlins and the law firm
Of Whittemore & Cherrington have ac-
cepted service as counsel Tor their ell
ents. the former for Mary Morgan
SchettIer and =. H SchettIer as code
PENDANTS. the latter for Elizabeth Parry
Schettier and b H Schettler as code
me dSrauIf J,v ~ Scnctt7cr zt5u-rs=
Higgins refusal to act attorney. II Is
believed that notice of acceDtance or
service on the part Of some legal advisor
will b. given today
Bishop Whitney Explains
In n communication to The Herald.
Bishop O. f Whitney. explains that the
participation Of b IT, SchettIer in the
Sabbath services held in the ward meet
ing house Sunday evening consisted sim
pIv in an announcement that a quorum
meeting was TO be held Monday night.
Bishop Whitney states that only he him
self COunSeIOrS Robert Patrick and VIII
liam Is Barton and Elder Rul0B : Wells
addressed the congregation. He says that
the Sabbath services are open to all Nor
mon and Gentle, and TO Mr.. ScheJtler
and his family
Bishop Whitney expresses MS reEreL
and the regret of the ward that miSfOr-
tune has befallen Mr. Schettler and his
creditors. He submits that II would be
highly Improper for the ecclesiastical
court to intervene while his (Schettlers -
case is pending in a civic tribunal and
/ in process OF adjudication by the law
of the land"
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