Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-07-17
ATTY. ]. A. bAGLEY
TALKS ABOUT HOPE
Back From Boston He Tells Of
His Adventures With Eng
Iish promoter"
WILCOX WANTS FURNITURE,
Salt lake Doctor Claims Some Of tho
Goods Attached by Local
Creditor

The story Of Beresford Hope, which
has kept salt Lake concerned and
laughing for weeks. refuses 10 down.
Today an echo Of his salt Lake eX-
periences was heard in the effort Of
Dr. g. +. Wilcox % regain possession
Of part Of the furniture IN the lords
oinces. an OF which was attached by
Tho Freed Furniture company d.
Wilcox claims that a roller top desk.
box couch, and four Office chairs.
out ~ this equipment. were paid for by
, him and constituted separate Item.
and consequently ought not 70 be al.
tachcd
Dr. wilcox said today that he
: thought as soon as Mr.. Freed under.
stood the matter fully he would release
| this portion OF the attached furniture
and that failing ln this legal proceed
ings would follow 90 regain possession
! SCOTLAND YARD TAKES HAND,
From New York today It is learned
! that the tardy start OF the police In
! running down Hope, does not signify
! that he has escaped for good. Scot
land Yard has now taken up the chase,
with all lts powerful branches u re-
sources Canadian police and Ameri-
can police ~ an the larger eastern
( cities are also IN the game. and some-
| thing may come Of H. The description
I ~ Hope on which they are working
Is most complete. and John A. Bagley,
former attorney general ~ Idaho who
! was with Hope 81 Boston. and who re-
! turned to Salt Lake last night. yeriiies
Il as correct
rho descrfn.io, A. "a follows,
Height-SiX feet
Welght--One hundred and ninety
pounds.
Appearance Erect, imposing
Face-Sm0oth and always closely
shayen.
Comple2ion--Dark, inclined to rud-
diness
IIair-Black. heavy dark eyebrows.
Eycs-Hazel
Dress Neatly cut black clothes;
straw hat. black band.
KING OF BUFFERS.
The stories told about Hope today by
Mr.. Bagley indicate that II Hope was
the King Of swlndlors, he must also
wear another title which Is that Of tho
king OF buffers Hope was dlned b.
Mai Gen. Nelson A. Miles. and Mr.
AuEWN ANh'N hAIf ANIl ~ lNNANNlAAllAe AWi
this although he says that Gen, Miles
IS the only man 10 whom he introduced
Hope. The newspapers have much
wanted a photograph of Hope, and so
FAR have had none 4 reporter IN B0s-
ton came TO Mr.. Bagleys room with In
lstructiOus % secure a picture. and Mr..
Hope WIS 80 willing and so anxious 70
pose for him that the reporter ceased
insisting. and allowed one Of the big
gest scoops OF the Hope series Of
stories 90 slip out % his grasp. No
picture has ever been secured,
Sunday, July S. a Boston Herald writ
or came TO SIR. Bagloys room In Bos-
ton, with kilograms from salt Lake
exposing the character OF Hope ana
narrating items which clearly showed
him 10 be a criminal. Bagley sent for
Hope and be- came at once lie backed
up a plausible explanation OF eVerS
charge with an offer that seems most
daring and as thin edged a blum as
could be well worked successfully. lie
offered 90 remain In the room with
Ny. Bagley and the reporter while he
wired salt Lake. asked n be was want.
"a by the police. and then offered TO
allow the reporter the honor Of giving
him over 20 custody. II II should turn
az he was wanted.
This was just "a hours before the
iardy complaint was issued too late bv
few hours 10 locate Hope. and IL was
DAYS after things had been made pub
lic in salt Lake on which Hope could
have been held 20 trial. and Il was
fully established that he was a fraud
and a man with "a previous crooked
record
WAITED EIGHT HOURS
Yet for nearly eight hours Hone and
Bagley and the reporter remained iu
the room. waiting FOR word from salt
Lake. When II came 40 nearly mid
night sunday 90 was Co the effect that
the police here did not want Beres-
fofd Hope and knew Of no grounds
on which be- could be- arrested for
fraud
The reporter was taken IN hy the
hun AS badly as anyone. and handled
his story with very little against Sin
Beresford iu H.
Monday evening the reporter awokf
10 md himself badly scooped and then
there was a general awakening 20 find
Beresiord "a man ~ very little blum
ana a very great amount Of mystery
After that kilograms poured into Bos.
ton from New York New Orleans
Denver, and salt Lake an contribut-
ing 20 the literature of exposure on IN,
promoter and representative ~ Eng
lish millions.
RAGLEY's LAST WORD.
what was The last Won heard oi
HeresfOrd Hope was asked az Mr.
BaEley For answer he exhibited a
telegram, dated at Boston TUESDAY
evening July 10, which De received ir
New York Wednesday morning Jul,
H. The wire read HBlsted myself
Boston tonight Newspapers defca'
my Efforts Sail first boat. Letter
Hope
This telegram was 20 account fol
Hopes failure 90 keep am appointment
with Bagley. aud De never received "a,
letter referred 90. Although the tele.
gram asking ior Hopes arrest reached
Roston before this telegram was sent
h. was not captured and the police
blamed the failure on TO the fact that
the newspapers printed the fact Tues.
DAY morning.
When asked wherein he thought M,
graft Of Bcre-ford Hope lay. concedlnE
that he had graft Ut Bngley said n
did not know, as there certainly va,
not much cash in the small commits
siors Offered him. and the only thinl
he could see would be Tor Hope to sci
stocks On fiction companies. such as N,
Great Western Coke d Coal company
lie claimol 90 be able 20 foat bondi
Tor such concerns as the Shoshon,
Power company. Toe Silver Bros com'
pany. the proposed Iuterurbau Rail-
road company and the only way D.,
could have made any big Huing iron
these companies would have been @,
delivrr the cash. from which b. would
be- entitled 90 take commission.
SOME CORRECTIONS.
Concerning his own connection with
HOPE Mr. Ragley said 90 was a fals'
statement Go say De went 20 Boston
Flth HOPE. ne went there. no SAYS
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