Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-19
CHARLES SLADE
WAVES HEARING
His Bond Increased 10 $1,000 by
Request OF District
Attorney.
TO GRAND JURY IN APRIL
Untll That Time Former Trusted Post
al Employc viii Enjoy Liberty
ON Bail Furnished To-day.

Charles g. sladc. former uporIutcn-
dent of city delivery at tho Salt Lake
city postouce. was This morning held
lu 5000 bonds Co await Che action OF
the federal grand jury on o. charge of
ombezziing letters from the United
states mail ana stealing che contents
thereof Tho hearing was held before
United Stutes Commissioner Charles
Baldwin at 10 o'clock sladc was rep
resented by Atty. r. p. Christensen a
considerable number of friends of the
accused man were present. His wife
sat by his side during the proceedings.
which were very brief Exalted Ruler
a. j. Davis of tho local lodge B. +. %.
y. and Past Exalted Ruler Thomas
Homer and other prominent members
off tie Elks lodge 0I which Slade is
member were in the courtroom
Mr Christensen. ON behalf OF hts
client, waived preliminary hearing. and
commissioner Baldwin. upon Che sug-
gestion OF United states Dist. Atty. H.
T. Booth. who is prosecuting the case
raised the bond Of thc accused man
TO- $1,000
ONE COUNT CHARGED
only one count Is Included in the
complaint filed by Dist Atty. Booth As
Co whether the grand jury VIII iudigt
Slade ON more than one count remains
90 Doc seen when that uquisItogIal body
resumes IFS sessions iu APRIL
Meanwhile there is only one charge
lodged against the prisoner alleging
that be- dii, on the 10Th day of January
1909. ombczzle O. letter from the malls
aH .. .H.a
postofncc. and steal thcrefrom the sum
on SIS. the money consisting OF two s.
notes. one $40 note and one So green
back.
Tho letter which was rihed was one
addressed 20 Miss Susie y. Miller. you
Princeton avenue. Salt Lake city, ana
was sent by Bert Miller brother OF
the addrcsscc. from Park CITY. The
Park CITY office has been having
great deal of trouble lately ON account
OF amounts OF money reported missing
nom letters posted at that Office, and
when Postmaster Peter Martin of
Park city heard of the arrest or Siddc
and the nndiug of the Park city letter
containing money iu his possession.
came 20 salt Lake and in the presence
OF friends expressed his great JOY that
an explanation of the missing letters
had been found for he had been ace
cused of purloining the letters himself.
sLADE STILL on ROSTER
SHADES name is stlll ON the roster Of
government employees as supcrinteud-
ent OF delivery in the salt Lake post
Office. but since his confession To hav-
ing riHed the contents OF letters was
made De has not been handling his
old position. Postmaster Thomas has
notified Postmaster General Meyer on
the arrest and confession Of shade and
10 Is expected au order removing Slade
for the causes alleged in the complaint
hled bv Dist AT, Booth VIII be made
effective az once.
After the bond had been raised 10
50 600 by Commissioner Baldwin, the
former bond OF $1,000 and the surieties
Mrs Shade and Russell L. Tracy. were
released. and a new bond FOR the In
creased amount executed with the fol-
lowing boudsmon: a. Fred Wey, sam
G.. sheriff. Don n Porter. Russell l.
Tracy and o. r. McGurrin
When the bond had been signed and
the papers arranged. Slade was re-
leased from custody and left for home
IA company With his wife.