The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-25

The United states grand Jury, which
has br,u in session for more than two
weeks. made its report AZ $50 o clock
"Wednesday evening 10 Judge Page
Morris Of th, federal court The jury
reported tha, 10 had considered eleven
easrs which had hccn brought 10 It's at
icutiou bv the district attorney 5 office.
True bill, had bceu found in eight oi
'hcse and three had been ignored. The
judgc thanked tho Jurors for their scr-
vices. and they wcrc permitted 60 dc.
uart.
Many of tho iurors live At distance,
lui tho greater number VIII be enabled
90 reach thclr homes IN time 70 par
take Of Thanksgiving dinner with their
families The Judge had this m mind
when he held night session of court.
The grand Jury would have been
ready tn report Monday morning, had
~ NOT been for the death of tho wife
pr ono al he Jurors, Mrs. !. = Parry
of M1pti, Mrs. Parry died at Provo
~undav. where she was an iumat" ~
the state mental hospital. The funeral
was held Thursday afternoon at N2uli,
lt WAS therefore impossible for Mr..
Parry 10 bc in attendance al any time
this week lie arrived nero NodrcS-
day. and he jury then prepared for
final adjournment.
Five Names withheld
Tho three defendants named arc IN
CUSTODY The remaining five are ai
large and their names viii not be- made
public until they are placed under ar
rot
Reu Sailor is charged in tho indict.
ucnt with having rihcd various
-.~.gf,rrI Ig'Frf. and gltT1Ftfnw fNgTs.
from sums amounting 10 total of
about $50. Sailor was mail clerk.
who's, run was between Malad City and
Ogden. The letters which he Is al
legged to have opened were mailed at
different places along the line of the
Oregon Short Line. ono WAS mailed ~
SnnwvilIc another at Garland and Vet
mother ri stone Two of thcm were
addressed to mail order houses in Chi
-rgo. and third TO the postmaster az
Kansas City. Tho crime IS said 60
have been committed April u OF the
prcScn, year. Tho court fixed Sailor s
bail ~ $1,000.
\. l.. Williams IL charged with inn
pprsouatinC a revenue officer. II is al
legged that Williams went TO number
of lodging houses aud hotels in this
city and demanded 10 SEQ the govern
mcut license. Tho cost of a permit
from tho government for tho sale of
beer t. $50. and for liquor. so. When
the piuuric;or- were unaTlC 10 produce
the licenses Williams it j. charged
collected $50 and $50. under the pre-
tcu.e that he bad the authority so TO
10. Among his victims were Maggie
Richards. Mvs W. T.. Dunn and Mrs.
J.. G. Pcndor. His bail WAS fixed at
$1,000.
The Potrsen Case.
George Pc,rscu, alias George Miller
WAS arrested about ten dsvS ago AT
Nidvalc. lie WAS brought 20 Salt Lake
"Wednesday aud placed IN the county
lail. HIS bail was fixed at $3.50.
PctfScn is alleged 90 have called at tho
NidValc pu>tohlrc with q moucy order
tor $50, issued m favor of Max PrctlcT
hv the postofhcr at Minneapolis, The
order was indorsCd with the name Of
PrCslcr. Tho Young woman who waited
ON PCtrSep became suspicious. luAS
much ~ Mr. Prcslcr had mentioned. a
few DAYS prior. that ne was very much
auuoycd about tho uOn-arTiyal of a
money order Pctrscu was requested To
wait on some prcteNt. aud in tho mean
time the sheriff = deputy. stationed at
Nidvnlc. Was notified. aud Pctrscu was
arrested
The man asserted that he had re-
r"irCd tho Woucy order from has cousin.
the cousin then being IN Idaho
Njr Presicr's mail box - the Md
vale o0iro WAS surrounded hy those
rented bv Foreigners. aud ~ is possible
that the theft was committed hv reach
ing through one of the alicu = boxes
ard taking the mail from Mr. Prcsle. !,
compartment.