The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-09
|D|SNISSED AS
|lR|CKERSECKER
Made That He Always
ibosed to Be Absent
uScene OF Capture"
NJ HUSBAND BADLY
Used SEVERAL TIMES
son Says He Winked
|Rgly When Miss Mus
Inscribed for Paper.

he Tribune.
L March s.-The trial oil L. "
/ Curry and Fred Rickersecker
he of criminal conspiracy in
/ With the circulation contest
|x the Ogden Standard last
Sin which Mrs. Curry. the
iies" of the contest, was cap
| las Beatrix Musser, following
!. I'd plan. took an unexpected
Then the state closed its case
4 Judge j. A. Howell dis
I charge as to Fred Kicker
notion of his attorney, A. q.
a:er's discharge was ordered
state had failed TO produce
-afiye evidence of his part III
cy. the sole testimony given
being that Of Fred Van Ness.
II OF the newspaper, VINO, the
|.pas a co-conspirator. although
,dIctment, but because OF his
IN on the witness stand the
None of the other witnesses
Ness testified as TO any part
he "frame-up" by Kicker
his discharge was ordered.
ed in the trial that at the
man was ''captured." Kicker
n' Salt Lake City and the un-
tldence of Van Ness that
h was the one who proposed
mn" would not warrant the
fIdIng him for trial. Ia the
[rr testimony. Miss Musser
Dolly Dimplcs" had remarked
'er there was to be II fake
kersecker usually got out OF
knowing Wink.
ony OF Miss Ellen Larson. a
|Ierk at the Standard, served
3 Van Ness's testimony as to
cy charge against Curry.
says that when Miss Musser
office to take out a sup
the newspaper. under the
+ contest. Curry turned and
|ringly at Van Ness. After
|lhad left the office, Van Ness
came engaged in a converse
FRs not heard by Miss Lar
hers, the advertising mana
|!andard at the time the con-
lied off was called by the
|,rnlng. He saw Miss Musser
|t the check, paid TO her as
n the capture" OF Dolly.
local bank and walked a few
er from the bank when. the
she was Joined by Van
land his wife. Dolly" The
he saw them go down the
sler.
,1aigus OF considerable emo
|srry was called % the witness
h Curry explained the part
|lually takes in the contests.
h sItively all charges OF a con-
/ .lnted by Van Ness and Miss |
eclared that she believed she
hptured" fairly. and VI there
/ lracy II was between Van
+ captor.
Eiony OF Rickersecker was
se same. He denied the con-
aged to have occurred be-
nd Van Ness at which the
vas arranged, and explained
karding the methods of pro-
.Isements for circulation con-
10 the one being conducted.
|prrry Confused.
hour for adjournment ar
/ iternoon. Curry was on the
Examination had not been
he testified under direct ex-
the terms of the contest ar
Glasmann and the amount Of
II he had when he arrived in |
fred with that In his posses
|ie was arrested In Los An
FIVE that he had not received
money paid for the capture"
as claimed by the state Wit
/ witness was badly confused
II In his cross-examination by
3rney Harris, especially AT the
attempting TO explain GER
|us OF expense In a memoran-
fhich he kept as q diary, and
~ questioned for his reasons
|lrning direct TO Ogden when
|iore requlsitlon papers could
rom the Utah governor.
10 the last matter the witness
|ie had not employed the two
rho resisted the extradition In
y but that they had been sent |
his friends In the California
|nt he accepted their services,
Ia the extreditlon, but 10 as
get back to Ogden to face his
fher witnesses are yet to be
erore the case IS placed in the
e jury.