The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-29
BOOKS Of UNITED
COPPER MISSING
Sensational Developments in In
vestigatiOn of +. A. Heinze's
Affairs by Grand Jury.
EX-MAGNATE ACCUSED
BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Directors Must Produce Records
Demanded or Be Held in
Contempt.

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the United Copper company's books
Federal officials hunted for them 10
night without success. They must b
in the federal court here next Tuesda,
or tho company's directors viii b.
found N contempt.
This sensational development came a
a result Of today's grand jury investi
CATION Of F. Augustus Heinzc S affair
in connection with the alleged mlsap
, plicatiou of the funds of the Mercan
tic National bank.
a United States District Attorney Wis,
obtained from Judge Lacombe an or
der directing certain United Copper
company directors 10 produce the con
Germ books in court forthwith or be
declared IN contempt
The directors named, Sanford Robin
son, Carter Glass, William J. Curtis
and Horace Abel, reported to the court
sthaL they were unable 10 comply be
cause Mr.. HcInZe, president of the
United Copper company, had refused
80 give them the books or tell where
they were. giving as his reason that
he was under Indictment and further
Investigation.
Will Make Diligent Search.
They said they would make every
effort 10 get into the company's vaults
aud search for the books.
The directors further told the court
that they had called d special meet
ing of the directorate TO take place
five days hence, when HcinZc and Sec
rctaryTreasurer Clifford would be de-
posed HeInzc. the directors said. told
Them that Clifford took the minute
books with him to Europe.
Judge Bacombc said that under the
circumstances he would be lcnicnt, lie
fixed Tuesday afternoon as the time
for them TO report again, and added:
1.-The court appreciates the honest
efforts of the directors 10 get out of
the serape They are unfortunate in
getting associated with man who is
too terrified TO allow his books 10 be
examined.
CAS- long rs The books arc on earth
and have not been burned, the effort
must be made 10 produce them. -
The mutilation of books of cor
porat;on. as charged by District Attor-
ney WiSc, is Il crime uuder the state
law.
The federal statutes cover the rcmov-
ri OF books and under them such an
act may be constructed as grand lar
ceDy.
Mr Wise declared ITcnzc was trying
TO keep the books from ihc court and
that the directors had shown them
selves dummies in lIeiuze's < hands.
This man Heinzc." he continued,
"thinks he can send away these other
men and hold the books himself, so
that be can refuse to produce them
himself, on The ground that they would
incrimlnatc him. l had Mr.. Hcinze be-
fore the grand Jury today, but did not
put him under oath, because | did not
want 10 give him. immunity.'
The production of the books. Nh
Wise said, was important. because he
alleged HeJn2c had been discountug
notes Of his brother, Otto, AT the Mcr-
camille National bank in order 10 man
ipulate pool in United Copper.
Not Found in Vaults
The directors involved. Frederick
Eckstein, Assistant District Attorney
Smith and two deputies, went TO the
0flire OF the United Copper company on
Broadway tonight 10 hunt for the
books, IIciuzc had gone, but Ecksteu,
who is assistant treasurer. readily
opened the vaults. He stepped inside
turned on a light and then exclaimed,
They aIc not here. The subpocnas
called for sixteen books. including
iiedgers- Journals, cash, letter and stock
books Of l301. but none was in the
vaults Ever The. mulilatcd ledger,
. whlcn representatives of the district
attorney mad previously been permitted
10 examine. was missing. The search
crS, however, found some other books |
Than those called for in the subpoena.
and these were placed in charge of the |
United States marshal.
District Attorney Wise was indignant !
tonight over thc manner in which the !
United States court and his Office had /.
been g Haunted by lIcinzc, - As he cX.
pressed it, He referred 10 il as Il Cow (
boz holdup.' and added;
They arc going 10 have a different /
ldea Of the. way that things may he
1one in this jurisdiction these days !
They thought in this case that they /
could take their officers and ship them
abroad or put them on y train for
,anada and tell lis VIC could not have J
thc books. because they might be in !
crrnnatcd. But we established pre-
c,edent by getting Judge Lacombe 10 or |
der Il meeting Of thc board of directors
or'hwilh. In all the experience that (
/, have had in the seven years that I .
haNc been hcre, this piece Of work is
inc most damnablc | have ever heard |
Heinze's Statement
r. Augustus Hoiu2c later gave out Il
statement regarding his action in with.
noiding the books. He said that ever
s'nce ms. FIRST indictment in January
bc has courted the fullest inquiry. and
lhe district attorney had he so desired, |
would have had full access 10 all the
BOOKS and papers of the company with
Which he was connected.
Notwithsta udIng this. SAYS thc
sta,cment, no such. inquiry was made,
ana my trial has been delayed. /
The long delay between tho first
and second indictments. and the cir
cumstances attending the indie tmcnt,
convince mo that business transactions
aboni which T could not be required to
testify against myself arc being prcd
into Ill an Indirect and circuitous way
and II has therefore seemed wise MS
4 well rs fair 10 myself. that ! should
|avail myself Of my constitutional priv-
.loge with reference TO books and pa
.Pcrs, rs well rs TO oral testimony" |