The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-20
EXPRESS AGENT IS MISSING
Hal Crossfield Left Park City on Sun
day Last-Short in His
Accounts.

Park City. May 1s.-Where is Hal Cross
field, the Wells-Fargo express agent of
this city? That is the question which is
uDDeTmoSt in the minds of all the sensa-
tion-loving citizens OF Park City. He left
here on Sunday morning, ostensibly for
snort trip TO Salt Lake, but to this date
ne mas not returned, and the express COM
pany authorities are now investigating
MS DOCKS with q view Of locating short
age IN his accounts, and from the infor-
nation given out to-day by General Route
Agent Goodwin there is a shortage of
SlsJ00 in his accounts. Crossfield has been
IN charge OF the local office for some
time, having come to Park City more
from Grand Junction, Colo, and dur
ing all the time up 10 the pres
snt has been in good shape with
the company. On April I'D a check was
made, as is the Company's custom, by
one OF their travelling representatives, and
at that time the agent was all right in
his accounts. According TO statements
given out by the general route agent he
was In good condition up TO the 10Th Of
this month, as at that time he deposited
his receipts in the First National bank Of
this city
When Crossffeld left be took with him
the keys to the inner door of the vault,
and this in itself had the effect of giving
MIN chance to get away II he was short,
Wednesday afternoon, or three DAYS after
the agent left. Mr.. Goodwin, while refus-
ing to give out how much money was in
the vault when they got it open, declares
that there was good deal more, and
that while the books now show that the
man is short, his shortage must neces-
sarily be small. If oSSfield left here
with the intention of beating the COM
pany, no better day could have been cho-
sen than the one ne took for his break,
as on Sunday there is no delivery business,
and the fact that he was away from the
office on that day was not considered as
nnr he
up on Sunday, and, in view of the fact
that the place was in order, no thought
was given to the absence of the agent.
Monday when the man was still missing
some little investigation was made, and
when 1t was stated that the man went to
Salt Lake nothing more than the nOtifi-
cation Of the authorities took place. Tues
day morning Mr.. Goodwin came up, and
at once the matter of investigating thor
Oughiy the affair was taken up. Cross
field was well known here in town, and
his life was exemplary-that IS. he was
addicted TO no bad habits, and he made
no display of spending money.
W 7. Juelleff and wife yesterday SWOre
out a warrant for the arrest of John and
Jane Doe and today John and Jane are
under arrest in COalville charged with OBJ
tanning money under false pretenSeS. The
facts in the case are that Juelleff and his
wife became too tTUStful of a gypsy
woman who called at their house and
why mystified them with her tricks of
sleight-Of-hand. The woman did many
things which required the use of money,
and for a long time she furnished her
own coin. but later she demanded that
her audience furnish the money. This
was done, and the gypsy left, saying that
for good luck it would be necessary TO
leave the money in her possession for a
day. she to return il on Wednesday at 4
o'clock The money was not returned
Tasts, which viii finally show up the mat
ter as to where the money is.