Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-18
IS SEEN BY U. S. DETECTIVES.
Coos Bay, Oregon, Is Now Named
As the Site of the
Big Deal"
Money on Deposit in Ogden and salt
Lake Banks Representing
Collections of Tipster.

| -'''AFNi itNi'h AiDNtNI III AftttI CITY,
In the Dcseret National bank So
iiG is on deposit representing the OPP
erations in Draper. Ri,erton. and vi
chiiy This money was collected nv
j. p. Terry acting as AGENT for tho
mysterious tipster, and it is supposed
To represent $4,000 less his COM
! missions
rs the salt Lake money was put i'm
escrow by II local me chant. lhe exact
amount is mol known. re kept pos
session of it himself.
The Inan who was TO board tho
train Of land seekers nj Nampn. Ida..
is now known 10 the secret seIy.re,
ana he IS government internal rev
cnue official. he has made n state
nient 10 the detectives
Coos bay. Oregon. was the place the
alleged land was located, according to
representations made To Idaho sub
scribcrs, 800 OF whom paid from 500
20 $3.50 each to get into the deal
The return Of Captain George e.
Hare, in charge of the field agents
OF the United States land Office, from
an extended trip in Idaho brings TO
salt Lake many moro details of the
operation OF the timber land tip bust
ness through that state Utah. and pos
sibly Colorado.
From Durango IN addition. comes
n letter which throws great light on
Inc probable nature of the scheme,
ana Il may be the explanation of WHY
large sums of money lie in escrow in
salt Lake. Ogden, and Provo, Instead
of being in the pockets of a smooth
CRATER, Thirty people of Durango.
and as many more from Aztec are now
mourning the loss of from 500 to 5000
| each on scheme which so closely par
allels this that a. connection is be-
| heYed to exist between them.
! T,he Salt Lakers who were let in for
1910 each were told first that the train
would leave for the treasure section
at midnight Feb. 20. This promise
was made last fall, and on that day
the trip was not pulled off. but was
postponed till March s. a possible
explanation Of the reason for this is
that the perpetrator OF the Colorado
frauds was arrested In Los Angeles on
Jan, J. and was lying in Jail on Feb.
20. waiting for his release on the 25th
His victims In Durango, Colo, have
every opportunity to take him back to
face q court trial for fleeing them. but
the moral cowardice that follows CON
seriousness OF having been "stung' was
100 strong. and they one and all with a
very few exceptions refused to join ia
a prosecution.
ARRESTED IN LOS ANGLES.
The Los Angeles arrest was at the in
stance OF the mans wife and IT was
she who wrote the Colorado victims.
asking them 10 send for him. His name
was J. 4. Thompson, IN Colorado, and
Harris was his name IN Los Angeles.
His wife, who had daughter n years
old bN - T1lsttK-tDue I1tte In MI ,assscad 49,
arrest for an assault upon this little
girl
Il have soen in the salt Lake papers'
writes James Hamilton from Durango,
IAN account OF the operations OF one
Kimball or Kimberley in Utah and they
resemble so much the operations OF one
}. r. Thompson in this nolBhhorhood
that think IL quite probable that they
are the same person
81 first heard of Thompson about Is
months ago BE preached his PROPOSE
tlon 10 me aud described the scheme
Iio said he was looking for n partner
to hclp organize a business matter pro-
htable 10 both, thar he described this
desirable partner 10 friends OF mine so
that they introduced him TO me ms tina
kind OF a man he was looking for.
SAME OLD SCHEME.
well. in unfolding his scheme. hs
told mo there was a fine tract OF tins
ber land and that he had made n COM
plete inspection Of Inc tract. He knew
its value aud had "a company ready
10 buy IL NJ 81 400 for each claim. Tia
wanted emrymen to enter on II under
he homestead law. To guarantee the
good faith OF enryneu with him and
his company, no must, however, insist
on deposit or 500 10 be pur ~ =
'afety deposit box In local bank--to
Escape th" comment that o bank ne
fttfUI would make.