Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-06
SPECULATION AS TO REASON.
Fumors Begin Again To Effect
That New and Promising Clue
Has Been Discovered.
BvndIc Of Money Brought in iutomo-
bile Was Counted in Ante Room
Aud Consisted of $4,000.

II enthusiasm followed period of
searching in which the quest has
seemed hopeless, counts as a true i'm
DIX of what is going on in the grand
Jury room. daylight IS beginning to
appcar ahead in the search of the
missing 100000 in the Utah National
bank case.
Yesterday at noon the jurors left
the room with the same Indifferent
appearance they have had since the
beginning. and enquiry among all the
near friends" of what Is going on in
the Federal building developed only
the fact that nothing was known which
would indicate the finding of an in
dictment.
Today at noon the same Jurors left
the room In distinctly an elated frame
Of mind, and for an hour before they
adjourned the silence in the jury room
WAS so intense ii could be heard"
through the door. Before this shut
fling Of chairs, the undertone that
made 1t clear people We're talking and
oi.en the founder tones of angry ar
gument could be heard.
BAG FILLED WITH COIN.
one circumstance occurred late yes
Sarday afternoon which may throw
some light on the new developments. Ii
was the arrival of an automobile at the
federal building late in the afternoon
in which was one of the Mccormick
boys with a detective. They carried
10 the grand jury room a hand grip
heavily laden with money and besides
this the detective carried money in his
inside coat pocket, in currency.
In the ante-room where number OF
witnesses were waiting, this money
was counted out and passed through
the door of the grand jury room by the
detective, who did not enter the room,
but merely handed II through the door.
Later 1t was handed back to him,
counted on the table of the ante-room
and carried back to the automobi e,
h number 23O, which belongs. according
10 the city's license records, to A. v.
Mccormick
TAKEN TO MCoRNICk,S RANK
The automobile sped northward, stop
ping al McCornick's bank, where the
satchel was carried up the steps by a
Pinkerton closely followed by tho
chauffeur. The count In the ante-roon
showed it to contain 81, 900 besides tho
currency carried In the pocket of the
detective.
Whether this money was from the
stolen funds, or WAS merely money
used as an exhibit before the grand
jury 10 show how much could be
carried In hand grip and in a poe
ket, is not known.
STOLEN MONEY NOT RETURNED.
When W. S. Mccormick this after
noon was asked whether any news OF
me stolen money had been received,
or whether any of the funds them
selves had been recovered, he declar-
cd That he had yet to see the color OF
any OF II, and that so far as he knew
no trace of it existed.
Dlst.-Atty. II. S. Booth. when asked
Tor an explanation of the taking OF
money before the grand jury, replied
mat he could not discuss the matter
at all.
Coincident with this development,
comes a number of rumors for those
IN close touch with the grand jury
indicating that the situation looks
more hopeful and that new leads are
pelhg uncovered concerning data
which has so far not figured in the
investigation, and having to do with
none OF the parties who Save so far
figured as the center of interest.
T. b. Kelly, bookkeeper. was before
uhe Jury this morning, he having been
recalled for further examination. Fol-
lowing him A. w. Nelson. a nephew
o. Joseph Nelson, was called and re-
NAMED in the jury room for over an
here.