Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-07-11
cali Lakes County Attorney
Would Like to Prosecute
Notorious Fraud.
IS INVESTIGATING CHARGES.
NuIcted People Not Anxious to
Make Complaint and be in Pub
Gc Light During Prosecution.
,,.nc Has Other Aliases, a Prison Rec
ord, and Printed His Own Eng
lish Credentials Here.

Usll NFtutHlldt7 NV
Wsnted-A charge on which to extra
N,e Lord Beresford Hope from Boston,
,,i secure conviction In Salt Lake.
Arply to Farley P. Christensen, prose-
cutting attorney for salt Lake county
The county attorney Of salt Lake
stands ready TO do his duty, and on IN
the distance there looms before the one
fine giant OF Salt Lake finance, COM
Portable boarding house on the east
bench. Warden Pratt win be there TO
Il, the English lord sell him town lots
IN Tooele county, and negotaiate
through him for the sale Of Nevada or
other counties, 10 eastern capitalists.
Today the "muck raking process over
the trail of Beresford Hope developed
the fact that the matter Of his arrest
An Boston Is talked Of with a view 10
bringing him back here. II the at
iempt fails II will be because Farley T..
Christensen cannot connect charge
on which 10, hold him. with a victim
who was "stung' and Is now willing
10 admit II. and stand the publicity of
making the fight necessary TO lapi
Hope IN prison,
4 BOLD BUCANEER.
Hope now stands IN the same posi-
ton as do 50 many other great cap
tains Of industry and buccaneers Of the
sea Of commerce. He Is convicted IN
the public eye. but there Il no chain
attached 10 him with the other end
located on a state prison iron ball. can
the financial giant who had Utah IN
his vest pocket, and too many damn
Cd Englishmen" on his board of dire,-
TORS. be brought back here for trial
and II 50 on what charge could he be
convicted?
LAWYERS have been discussing the
question today, and some Of them
have been anxious to hold that he cam
not be returned. The firms which were
stung. II appears, do not court the days
and nights I'm the limoliEht that VIII
follow a trial with themselves on me
prosecuting end. II one ~ them VINO
has personal grievance and Is tighting
mad about It, will call on Mr. Chris
Jensen, Farley says he viii do the rest
FALSE PRETENsEs
The question Of obtaining money un-
der false pretenses. suggests Itself put
LAWYERS have pointed out that u Wlll
De necessary to prove the false pre-
lenses. as Hope can allegc mat wheh
he took commissions for obtaining
bonds for such companies as the SILVER
Bros company he aid il In good farm,
and was obtaining the money Wnen ne
was arrested,
The matter Of exhibiting forged docu-
ments Is also felony. u VIII
be very difficult 20 prove that there
could not have been some other Jonn
HW than the Colorado Springs gentle
man who attached his signature TO the
stocks which Hope took to Boston TO
sell
FICTITIOUS LETTERS.
There still remains. however the let
tiers Of credit from the fictitious British
American Securities company, which a
stenographer Of Hope has said were
written by himself, or rather dictated
TO the stenographer, and the letter.
heads Of the company, which were
printed al the Western Printing COM
many al 26g south West Temple street.
These documents were exhibited TO Da-
Nld Eccles Of Ogden, and Lafayette
Holbrook Of Provo, and passed by them
AS genuine. after a cross questioning
NJ Hope. The intent was clear enough
90 obtain money, ana II would seem
that we're Eccles, or DR.. Wilcox, or Mr..
H0ibrook willing TO become complaint
lug witness. that something could be
made IN the nature Of case against
Hope. strong enough to make an inter.
eung trial In this city.
DROPS OUT OF SIGHT.
There is one item IN the case. how
ever hat may or may not be covered.
bertsi1rd Hope had way o. dropping
OUT % sight whenever IL suited him TO
1o So. aud the arrestlng officers would
probably arrive at his Boston quarters
lew hours after he left them, should
they go az the arrestlng business IN the
usual routine Of official arrests. or
possibly Mr.. Hope would invite the off,
Gers DO and sell them large chunk
ot Bo1elder county TO jolly them along
F1.'s he packed his goods
Ihe muck rakIng process IN Salt Lake
sA goes forward, and the trail OF Mr..
nope u now uncovered just about back
20 ne beginning Of his advent here. II
seemed one long continuous story OF
laNng IN the seekers after good for
tune. who were not careful that they
gave good value Cor an good value re-
ctlved.
WILCOX EvADEs NOTHING.
Dr. Wilcox Is not backward in say
ing how seriously he takes the little
game. He admits he was bunkoed.
hli he doesn't rejoice 10 see other men
20 were likewise guilty. throw the
uiaine Tor. their connection with Hone
upon blm- The trail OF Bresford seems
lo pc That Ben Reeves introduced him
10 oscar ". Moyle. who passed him
along 10 Dr Wilcox. and after being
Gully Impressed, DR.. Wilcox introduced
gum 10 David Eccles. and then Il was
mat the ogden waterworks scheme be-
gan TO figure and that the Silver Bros
company and numerous other bond Is
sues came up for notice. the street rail-
way merger hosted into existence. His
credentials weIe examined and found
correct by Mr.. Eocles and Mr. Hol-
brook, and the various western COM
Ianies formed with their various d.
Teciorates Of salt lake and ogden
People.
GOES To BOSTON TOWN.
After that came Hopes trip 10 Bos-
lon, with the publication u the big
railway deal In three papers. and the
denial q its truth. first In the News"
On The evening Of It's publication, and
ty the Herald next morning.
WHAT PINKERToN's FIND
Since then the leayen Of exposure
mas worked slowly til all the facts are
about out OF other names for Beres-
iord Hope thtfe are many now IN evil
oence. The chicago Pinkerion head
quarters has hllk listed a. Sydnty Las