Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-02
COIN SWEATER
IN COURT TODAY
Secret Service Men Tell How
They Tracked Gregory
Around Town.
SHAD0WED AT EVERY TURN.
Methods OF Making Money Ont of
Money Set Forth BY Uncle
Sans Detectives.

damaging case against the Salt Iaker.
William McCrea assistant United
States district attorney, had the ex-
animation of witnesses in charge. al
though Dist. Atty. II. e. Booth con-
Quoted the questioning. The defend
ant is being represented by the firm of
Bailey G Vickery, with Mr.. Bailey
in charge of the defense. Mr. Bailey
is the young lawyer who jumped into
prominence through his extraordinary
methods in the Sullivan case.
Mr. Bailey was on the alert every
second for something which might be
put in favor Of his client. Mr. Nc
Crea brought out evidence in a master
ly way.
The hearing is most interesting 1t
is revealing methods of making money
out of money without making the first
money valueless. It is also revealing
the governments secret service meth
ods-which must be admitted the most
perfect and thoroughly efficient of
any No detective tale could be more
interesting than the stories told by two
government men this morning, as they
narrated their relentless tireless track
ing of a man suspected of committing
a crime against law and Uncle Sam.
FACES FOUR COUNTS.
Gregory faces four counts The first
is charge of passing a defaced coin
on August Otterli; the second, passing
a defaced coin on Hans Jepperson; the
third having defaced, mutilated and
otherwise altered coins in his posses
sion when arrested, and the fourth, de-
facing the cfina For. fhaASe.
Gregory would serve 90 years if con-
victed and given the limit Mrs. Greg
ory visited her husband in the county
Jail yesterday. The meeting was a
pathetic one but the wifes loyalty and
faithfulness cheered Gregory, She was
in the courtroom tllis morning. When
Deputy United States Marshal Smyth
brought Gregory in. man and wife
claSped hands. tears came to their eyes
and after a minute together the hus-
band WAS beckoned TO take a seat in
front of the commissioners desk.
The prosecutions witnesses were
sworn together. Among these are Har-
ry b. Richardson, government secret
service man; William w. Fraser, his
assistant: Herman Harms, state chem
ist Charles C.Crismon, chemist; August
Otberli. bartender in the Plaza saloon;
Hans Jepperson bartender in the Union
saloon, and a number of others.
STORY OF DETECTIVE.
Harry B. Richardson was the first
called. His story in substance was as
follows: ION March 81. saw Greg
DRY at 1890 at his home, 234 north
Fifth west street. He came up town,
following At first he was accomp-
anied. but the pair separated on Sec
ond South. Gregory walking east and
/. close behind him. lie entered the
Union saloon at 73 east Second South.
i did too. He bought q glass of beer.
So did /. He threw n 50 gold coin
across the bar and received $4.95
change in silver. ] asked the bar
tender for the i've. giving him $40
bill. ] got the five and silver back
/ asked the bartender. Mr.. Jepperson,
If he had any more gold in the cash
drawer. He told me he didn't. 1
asked him, then, TO mark the coin.
having explained things to him He
put III. p, on the coin, and marked It
also. Then 1 asked him to seal the
coin up in one of the houses envel-
ops, which he did. The enyelop was
then marked with proper dates, notes,
etc. and placed in a vault until call
ed for.
WHAT THEY FOUND
IL have been watching Gregory for
three weeks. / have followed him !
from Town Ia MS NOME anu from MS
home up town. At nights | have
watched his house and watched. es-
pecially, n light burning in the attic
nearly every evening. j got n search |
warrant after getting the Ave passed |
III the saloon and, accompanied by |
Mr.. Harms, Detectives Burt and Chase |
and Mr. Fraser, went down TO his |
home. His wife let us in and unlock
ed the attic door Up in this room |
We found bottles Of acid, acid in open |
vessels such as glass and porcelain |
dishes, electric battery jars, brushes Of |
hair and wire bristles, boxes, crucibles |
and other apparatus and materials. |
We searched the entire house and |
found returns from gold shipments TO |
the Denver mint and revolver. All |
these things we confiscated."
Atty Bailey did not shake this tes'
timony I'm cross-cNamination. Hichard- |
son admitted he Is no chemist, mud, in |
answer 70 questions, said he has been |
In the government employ year.
He said the chemicals might be |
used for testing ores. On redirect |
examination, Atty. McCrea brought out |
the fact that no ore or rock of any de- |
scription was found anywhere about |
the Gregory home, although search |
had been made,
"As matter OF fact. you weren't |
looking for ore, were you?" was Atty. |
lfdlltN = NltNAihli hll ih-Alhtos ilAN |
would have hurt your case. H. would |
surprise you 10 learn there IS con-
siderable ORC about the house wouldn't |
ito"
1T would" responded Richardson. |
I'VE were looking for all outstanding |
evidence and saw no ore anywhere" |
Ibid you look IN bureau drawers |
"Yes, everywhere"
FRASERs EXPERIENCE,
William w. Fraser, the second secret
service man, was called lie was watt |
ing for Gregory when he came out OF /
the Union saloon. FNNser followed |
his man down 10 the Plaza saloon on |
west Third South, where Gregory |
bought glass OF beer and paid for Il |
with nye-dollar gold coin. Identical |
proceedings followed, Frazer asking |
Inc bartender for the COIN IL he had |
any moro IN the cash drawer and hay
ing II put away IN a vault after having |
been marked by bartender and govern
meut man.
THE FIVE DOLLAR GOLD PIECES.
The two fve-dollar pieces wene intro
duoed as evidence. one side Is shiny |
and each marking clearly defined, while |
q III L.. lraara Ind