The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-29
F. AUG. HEINzE
DECLINES TO
GIVE UP BOOKS
directors Of United Copper
Company in Serious SCrape
in Consequence.
SITUATION WHICH MAY
PROVE QUITE SERIOUS
district ATTORNEY AND JUDGE
tACoMBE BOTH ANGRY AT
NAPOLEON OF FINANCE"


NaU York. May 2S.-Represent- =
. inc ~ the court that the books of =
. he United Copper company had =
. baar mutilated by some one while >
= In the ur0cess of examination by =
d. CONSERVATIVES of his office, Fed =
. arai District Attorney Wise today =
/. aszsd and secured from United =
= s+u+es Judge Lacombe an order for =
= 49, production of the cOmpany's =
4 hooks I'm court without further mu- ::
i filation. The inspection was being =
. made i'm behalf OF the federal =
. Grand Jury which is investigating ::
. tbs alleged misapplication of the ::
: funds of the Mercantile National ::
:. hank by F. Augustus Heinze. It ::
: was ordered that the books be pro- =
= duced in court this afternoon. IN =
i applving for the order. District =
: Attorney Wise told the court that ::
Z. before the examination of the -
= United Copper cOmpany's books =
= had been completed by the grand :
: iury. eighteen or twenty pages =
!. were found 10 have been torn from =
I. them. =
New York May 2S.-Where are the
United Copper company's books? Fed
eraI officials hunted for them tonight
without success. They must be in the
federal court here next Tuesday or the
company's directors viii be found in
contempt
This sensational development came
as a result of today's grand jury in
vestigation of F. Augustus Heinzes af-
fairs IN connection with the alleged
mlsapplication Of the funds of the Mer-
camille National bank.
United States District Attorney Wise
obtained from Judge LacOmbe an order
directing certain United Copper COM
pany directors TO produce the concerns
books in court forthwith or be declared
in contempt
Baked by Heinze.
The directors named. Sanford Robin
son. Carter Glass, William J. Curtis
and HoFaee Abel, reported TO the court
that they were unable to comply, be-
cause Mr. HeinZe, president Of the
United Copper company, had refused to
give Them the books or tell where they
were giving as his reason that he was
under Indictment and further investf-
cation. They said they would make
every effort to get into the cOmpany's
vaults and search for the books.
The directors further told the court
that they had called a special meeting
OF the directorate to take place FIVE
DAYS hence when Heinze and Secre-
tary-Treasurer Clifford would be de-
posed. Heinze the directors said, told
them that Clifford took the minute
books with him to Europe.
Remarks by the Court.
Judge Lacombe said that under the
circumstances he would be lenient. He
nKed Tuesday afternoon as the time
LOT them TO report again, and added:
The court appreciates the honest eff
iorJs of the directors to get out of the
stfape. They are unfortunate in getting
associated with a man who is too terri
he1 TO allow his books to be examined.
AS long as the books are on earth
ana have not been burned, the effort
must be made to produce them"
Inc mutiiation of books of a cor
po'ation, as charged by District Attor-
,sy Wise, is "a crime under the state
Act Is Grand Larceny.
me federal statutes cover the remov-
d. OF books and under them such an act
may De construed as grand larceny.
Ar. Wise declared Heinze was try
"s % Keep the books from the court.
ana mat the directors had shown them
Se1gS dummies i'm Heinze's hands.
Ems man Heinze," he continued.
lniAAS be can send away these other
,l1H ana hold the books himself. so that
M can refuse to produce them himself
31 tAe ground that they would incrim-
.dte him. 7 had Mr.. Heinze before the
s.ana jury today, but did not put him
-5. oatn because I did not want to
e-t him immunity"
u- tNe production Of the books. Mr..
MS. %lSe said, was important. because he
sSed Heinze had been discounting
-, ,..S OF his brother. Otto. at the Mer-
f--,I National bank i'm order TO man
~ q pool i'm United Copper.
me 5ne directors involved. Frederick
~As'e-A' Assistant District Attorney
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