The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-29
COPPER COMP PANY'S
BOOKS BEING
HUNTED
THEY MUST BE IN THE FEDERAL
COURT TUESDAY.
If Not Forthcoming the Directors
VIII Be POUND in Contempt
of Court.

New York, May 22.-Where are the
United Copper company's books? Fed
eral officers hunted for them tonight
without success They must be In the
federal court here next Tuesday or
the companys directors VIII be found
in contempt This sensational devel-
opment came as result of today
grand jury investigation of #. Angus
tus Heinze's affairs In connection with
the alleged misapplication OF the
funds Of the Mercantile National bank,
United States District Attorney
Wise obtained from Judge Lacombe
an order directing certain United Cop
per company directors to produce the
concerns books in court forthwith or
be declared In contempt. The direc'
tors, named Sanford Robinson. Car,
ter Glass, William j. Curtis and Hor-
ace Abel, reported to the court that
they were unable TO comply because
Mr. Heinze, president of the United
Copper company, had refused to give
them the books or tell where tney
were, giving as his reason that he was
under indictment and further inyesti-
cation. They said they would make
every effort to get into the company's
ults and search for the books.
The directors further told the court
that they had called n special meet
ing of the directors TO take place five
DAYS hence, when Heinze and Secre-
tary-Treasurer Clifford would be de-
posed, nc said, wncn the directors
said told them that Clifford took the
minute books with him to Europe.
Judge Lacombe said that under the
circumstances he would be lenient.
He fixed Tuesday afternoon as the
time for them TO report again, and
added:
THE court appreciates the honest
efforts of the directors to get out of
the ScTape They are unfortunate In
getting associated with a man who Is
too terrified to allow his books to
be examined,
"As long as the books are on earth
and have not been burned, the effort
must be made to produce them"
The mutllation of books of cor
poration, as charged by District At
torney Wise. Is a crime under the
state laws The federal statutes cover
the removal OF books and under them
suca an act may be construed as
grand larceny.
Mr.. Wise declared Heinze is also
trying to keep the books from the
court and that the directors hadlehown
themselves dummies in Heinze's S
power
This man Heinze." he continued.
thinks nc can send away these other
men and hold the books himself. so
that he can refuse to produce them
himself on the ground that they would
incriminate him. I had Mr.. Heinze
before the grand jury today but did
not put him under oath, because
did not want to give him immunity.
The production of the books, Mr..
| Wise said, was important because he
alleged he has been discounting notes
of his brother Otto at the Mercantile
National bank In order to manipulate
/ pool in United Copper.
The directors involved, Frederick
| Eckstein. Assistant District Attorney
Smith and two deputies, went to the
offices of the United Copper company
on Broadway tonight to hunt for the
books Heinze had gone, but Eek
stein, who is assistant treasurer read
| fly opened the vaults. He stepped In
| side. turned on the light and then eX-
claimed They're not here"
The subpoenaes called for sixteen
books, including ledgers, journals,
cash, letter and stock books of 1907,
but none was in the vaults Even the
j mutilated ledger. which representa-
tives of the district attorney had pre-
viously been permitted to examine,
were missing The searchers. how
ever, found some other books than
those called for In the subpoenae and
they were placed in charge OF the
United States marshal
District Attorney Wise was indis-
nant tonight over the manner in which
the United States court and his of
fee had been "faunted" by Heinze
as he expressed. He referred TO II
as cowboy holdup." and added I:
'Thcy are going to have a different
| Idea of the way things may be done
In the jurisdiction these days. They
thought in this case that they could
take their officers and ship them abroad
on put them on a train for Canada and
tell us we could not have the books
| because they might be incriminated
But we established a precedent by
getting Judge Lacombe to order a
meeting Of the board of directors
forthwith In all the experience that
/ have had in the seven years have
been here. this piece of work is the
most damnable | have ever heard OF. ,