Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-13

From s, T.. Armstrong, attorney, ana
fran Mrs. Adrian Pintro, common Jaw
wife OF Adrain Pintro, deceased, COMES
n demand to know what has become
OF valuabes alleged by them 10 nave
been stored in the safety deposit de-
parl,nent of the Utah National bank
They were discovered to be missing
nv Attorney Armstrong and Mrs. Pm
tro when they applied TO the bank WIN
Pintro's safety deposit box key to OBTAIN
the valuables which he had told ms
woman companion were stored thsre,
four DAYS before his death, when his
physician had told him he could not
Armstrong declares that be had
y known Pintro a long time and that
while he was saloon man and had u
Frenchmans idea OF virtue, sun ne
was well known as one VINO had no
Imaginative conception of things anu
ALWAYS kept his promises, and told the
truth in literal detail. Armstrong
learned that 81 900 WAS on deposit IN
the bank TO Pintro's credit and has mad
il removed, but was unable To locate
his bank book to verify the amount:
In his check book mention Is made OF
sums deposited in the safety deposit
box at the Utah National. =.
II fully believe the money was lelt
in the box by Pintro," said Mr.. Arm
strong this morning. AT first l thought
possibly he might have had sLety
deuosit box elsewhere, but n rigid
search has failed to reveal his name
among the renters of safety deposit
boxes in any other place where they
arc for rent1 intended to lay the case
before Mr. Mccormick. and Mr.. Chip
man. and see II they would not do
something TO make the matter rlght.
The inquiry into the affair of Pm
tro's box became n public matter TINS
ia, fl,atA taa tbintrn known
as Anna Reinhardt, gave out Il state
Inent of the case. Pintro was owner OF
the one star saloon, on Commercial
street. aud had formerly had the Rem
hardt woman there or In a place near
by, as one Of Commercial streets nab
tues They first met in New York
when Miss Reinhardt could not speak
any English and they came west tv-
yether.. deciding that they were mar
ried. but apparently had never gone
To the trouble of securing formal docu-
ments in the case.
For the past few years Mrs. Pintro--
she wishes this name used-has lived
with Pinuo alone, and has completely
abandoned the sporting life which for
merry She knew
BOTH MADE WILLS.
TO protect the family property Mrs,
Pintro had made out a will deciding
all to Mr., plntro, and he had done
likewise, so that whoever should die
first would be the beneficiary of the
others property. on Monday, Jan. "a,
Pintro became very III at the family
home. No. 16l west Third South street.
Being assured that he could not live,
he told Mrs, Plntro that s535 I'm cash
was on deposit at the Utah National
bank In safe deposit box, TO which
he gave her the key, and previously
TO this he had told her that his gold
watch, which he did not carry on ac-
count of n fear of being held up, was
IN this box, with some diamonds These
had been taken in az securities for
loans TO f'renchmen, many of whom
secured money from Pintro,
AsHWoRTHE STORY.
The total estate Is valued at about
$1,000 and Mrs Pintro has had two
lawyers engaged in the matter since
the death OF Pintro. The FIRST one.
Thomas Ashworth, was hired very
shortly after Pntros death ana dis
charged some time later, In favor of
S. +. Armstrong Armstrong and Mis-.
Pintro secured from AshwOrth an pa
pors and tho key TO the safety deposit