The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-19
EXPRESS AGENT
At PARK SHORT
Il. D. CrOssfield Leaves Wells
Fargo People in the
Hole.
SPECIAL AUDITOR NOW
CHECKING UP ACCOUNTS
Amount of Shortage, 1t Is Said,
Will Be i'm Excess of
$4,000.

Special TO Tho Tribune.
PARK CITY May 1s.-For the past few
days tho auditing department OF the
Wells-Fargo EIpress company has been
checking up the Park City oflco OF the
company with a view OF finding out the
shortage of the agent II. D. Crossncld,
who left here, unknown to tho company,
last Sunday and has not been heard from
since.
Left for Salt Lake.
Croseneld took tho morning train over
the Union Paciho Sunday morning. and
told his friends that he was going to
Salt Lake to spend tho day and would
return Sunday evening he was not at
his post OF duty on Monday and the OF
ncials OF the company were notified
When the route agent arrived here II was
found that the safe and vault woro
lore the work OF checking the office could
Id commenced.
Amount Not Known.
This work has not yet been completed
and the route agent while admitting TO
The Tribune correspondent this afternoon
To state the amount 1t Is thought that
The shortage will exceed 5000 as the
agent chose the payday time. when
there was a large money business, 10
make hls departure. Crossfcld had been
here u little over year and had made
many friends. who arc pained 10 learn OF
his downfall
Touched for Money,
Some mon are born fools, some acquire
foolishness and some arc simply buncoed.
or the latter class is w. j. Juelcfs, who
is mourning the loss OF $3.50 besides
some Jewclry. OF which he was heeced by
a wandering gypsy last Monday The
ed 10 tell his fortune To conyicc him OF
her powers she showed him some tricks
OF magic. To work the spell she must
10 disappear and tho woman told him
that 1t would return Wednesday after
noon at o'clock.
Juelefs Takes Tumble.
When the hour came and the money
appeared not, tho man awakened to the
fact that he had been buncoed. He went
10 the Assistant County Attorney and
swore out a warrant which was put into
the hands OF the Sheriff, woman an
swering the description OF the gipsy was
located In CoalYllle yesterday Juclefs
went to the county seat this morning and
il he can Identify the woman, she will be
held for trial.
Outing Arranged For.
The local union OF the Western Fedora
ton OF Miners Is preparing for n big out
Ing at the Salt Palace on Federation day.
Juno Is. An excursion, accompanied by
the famous Park City band will be run
from here. A feature will be rock-drill-
Ing contest, open to all minors who are
members of the federation. Three teams
are already entered for this event from
Pnrk City and others will enter from the
different camps OF the State
Charles A. Sherman, president of the
Industrial Workers of the World. Will
visit Park City next week and deliver
lecture to the laboring men on the even
Ing OF May Is at tho l. o. o. f, hall.
The San Francisco relief committee has
about finished It's labors and reports the
sum OF s4G12 80 subscribed in cash from
the citizens of Park City. Besides this
amount there was sent a carload of pro-
visions and bedding, also several boxes OF
clot hing.