Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-12
APRIL Term IN
FEDERAL COURT
Grand Jury is lmpaneled by Fed
eral Judge Thomas c.
Munger.
SLADE CASE WILL COME UP.
Trusted Clerk Who Confessed 20
Opening Letters is to he Bctorc
Inuuisitorial Body.

A Grand jury wac imganelcd in the
federal court today hy Judge Thomas
O.. Munger. of Lincoln. Nob, acting for
Judge John A. Marshall, who is tenn
porarily On another circuit
OF the % v.niremen summoned one
failed Co. respond four were excused for
reasons deems, luD'ont TO the court
lravIn. DOB. number required by
llu o.. uI.. grand jury. No cN
Gus. .l.. u.. Aas Of avail and the
IG u,r. ...Iu ..
A fHI.U.. Cd. tnH jufy was named
by the cuutD nouori a.. Gemmell, su-
ucrinteuaput uI tine Utah copper com
uauy being chosen. The other mrW
bers were i. As. Boyack, Spanish fotl.
ID. r.. Behae Provo. Is. NJ. Bell.
Lake, Benjamin. Bates Amer
Fork. r. n. Beggs, Park city, Va.
Craig. salt Lake. g.. H. Cannon. SD
Lake. j.. III. Dcmming, salt Lake, j. &C..
Davis. Logan. e. r.. Fenton, salt Lax,
Walter Hawk.r. Logan, Joseph Jude,
Manu. +. r. Sands. salt Lake Thomas
Taylor, Provo; j. W Werner, Rich
field.
The four members excused were. Ja-
cob Fikstad, of Manti, FOR partial deaf
ness. H.. g., Hanson. Eureka, for de-
LNA AlN'. '-HlHi lANF IT, NtHN NAA'AAf AAAt'''
ingtou. who is justice of the peace.
Charles Dorton. OF Lohi, who has sick
ness iu his f1muy. Alfred Smuirtn-
waite of Wcusyiue failed 90 appear
As soon as the organization was al
fected the members retired into the
room designated especially Tor grand
jury Investigations boo the extreme
southeast corner o.. the second floor
and Immediately began their delibera
lions Closcted with the jurors was
/ Dist. Atty. Hiram r.. Booth.
only lour casese are definitely known
90 Dr. scheduled for Investigations by
the present grand jury though 81 may
l oo that others ore Co be considered.
Tho most important one is that Of
Charlese g.. Slade charged with OPEN
| ing letters az the salt Lake postoffice,
/ whore he had been a trusted empioyr
for many years Tho arrest Of Slauc
/ occurred about tho time of the christ
/ mas holidays when he was caught in
| the act OF ripping open letters and tax
! ing money therelrom.
| The doinrs of g.. J.. Schroeder who
/ was arrested for impersonatiug a gov
| ciumaut official viii also bc looked into
/ Schroeder that be- passed himself on as
United states veterinarian in central
| ami southern Utau, ana succeoued In
| sNindling, % is claimed many persons
! ont of money.
For alleged stealing Of horses anu
cattle belonging 20 Indians who are
wards of the government, A. r. George
/ viii be- the subject OF Investigation b.
! the fury. George was arr sted by Unit
I'D States Marshal L. IL Smyth during
l the latter days of January. when the
/ thermometer IN the ueighborhood of the
/ reservation was away below zero.
/ some individual may hc called ~ task
/ bv tho grand jury for tamperlns with
/ tho O.. mails The name of the per
! son was not obtaiu1blc today, bat tho
! subject ta be invest gated ls said 10
/ have connection with the riding or
| mail boxes and the scattering % mail
| matter through Plum alley few weeks
| ago
when tho first panel Of Jurors called
! in the Gibbs case had been examined
/ bv Assistant Dist Atty " NJ. McCrea,
! Judge Munger announced q recess Tor
! q few minutes Whom The talisn.I
/ came into the room again, il was found
| that one, Mr.. Winterrose was missiue
| HIS name was called repeatedly, bui
! there was no Response
Tho court waited for several minutes
! and then, attorneys upon both sid .
| agreeing. Judge Munger ordered tH
! examination Of witnesses 90 Dee pro.
I cseded with WintcITose was found
| upon the street by a baium and brought
in when he explained that he thought
the recess was of longer duration. al
| apology readily accepted by the court.
| Don O. Strong or Alpine. summoned
as petit juror. said to the court;
| Various excuses have boon advanced
By men wanting 20 avoid this jury ser
| vice i arm a farmer and dairyman
and I want 10 say that I would readily
give 500 to be relieved OF this duty
| "If we took bids on the proposition
We could perhaps raise such amount &.
considerable proportions said Judge
Munger. good -uaturodly, amid a gen
erll laugh, and Nr. strong remained u
! the panel