The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-22
BRINGS REQU|S|T|0!v
FOR {. R. W0OLLEY
New York Detective Serves
Warrant of Arrest on Prom
inent Mining Man.
HEARS MATTER FRIDAY
Governor Spry Sets Time fof
Consideration; Woolley
Free Without Bail.
HEARS MATTER FRIDAY

Bearing requisition papers for Ernest
r. Woolley, 2. welI-known mining man OF
this city, who was recently Indicted pS
a New York grand jury of grand larceny
In the first degree for an alleged attempt
70 defraud the Nevada Utah Mines ana
Smelters company, Edmund Leigh OF the
New York police force arrived in this
city yesterday morning. Mr.. Leigh came
here as the representative OF GOV John
a. Dix OF New York TO take Woolley PACK
10 face the Indictment against hhn' IL 'iie
Mr. WooIlev was arrested Oh the war
rant brought hero by Leigh, pul a. tne
request of Woolley's attorneys the near
Ing on the .reduisitlon papers Went over
until Friday morning at 10 o'clock. wnen
il will be held in the ofhee OF Gov; WI
liam Spry. In tho meantime WooileX Is
free oil his own rocogni5ance ana Ch1et
OF Police Sam NJ. Barlow gave his pledge
that Woolley would be on hand Friday
morning 1t will be decided at that time
whether or not the requisition VIII be
ilonored-
Action Yet Uncertain.
Mr.. woolley will fight requisltion. but
what action may be taken Will neces-
sarily have 10 develop after GOV Spry
Iakes official action. Local officials, II
is understood. suspect that the criminal
proceedings against Mr. Woolley may be
TO straishten out other questions and 1t
Is said that the matter might be more
easily settled through civil action Ihis
is one OF the matters that will be taken
into consideration at the hearing.
The reuuisItion papers include a certi,
fed copy of The. indictment returned
grand jury, charging him with grand lar
ceny in the first degree. II is alleged
that Woolley sold to the Nevada Utah
Mines and SmelteTs corporation ceTtaih
and received In exchange stock In the
Nevada Utah corporation. It is alleged
that the deal WAS made upon the alleged
false representation OF Mr., Woolley that
the group OF claims was worth Sl5,uoU
and that he paid that amount for The
property. In reality, it is aYerred the
property was not worth TO exceed $500.
From this action IL Is said that some
serious tansles resulted in Nevada min
ing deals and civil suit Is now pend
Ing In the Third district court against
!5oldajon OF certain mining properties in
Nevada which, il Is said. are connected
with the same transaction.
Action Postponed
Following a conference in the county
attorneys Office yesterday morming pc
tween County Attorney ]. F. Wiley. De-
tective Leigh, Chief Of Police Barlow and
the attorneys for Mr.. Woolley, the papers
were presented TO Gov. Spry, who. at
the request of the attorneys, postponed
action until FRIDAY morning.
Detective Leigh is here merely as the
representative OF Gov. DiX in the matter
ana N0eD aSECQ GDOuL t!ls Chee ueCldT'u
that he had not heretofore been asso-
ciated with It and did not know any more
than was contained Within the requlsi-
tion papers and the copy of the indict-
ment.
The determination OF Mr.. Woolley to
fight cNtradition proceedings was reached
after conferences OF his local friends aud
Ia wyers They feel that he is innocent
of wrongdoing. but. aside from this, TO
proceed To Now York aud fight The in
dictment would involve An enormous out
lay Of money and many months time.
When seen by The Tribune representa-
tive yesterday Mr Wooley was unruff1ed
at the turn of affairs and said lie did not
deem II advisable at this time 10 dis
cuss the matter for publication. His case
was in the hands Of his attorneys. he
said. and the proceedings were entirely
under their control.