The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-29
SCHEFTELS CASE IS
POSTPONED A WEEK
Hundreds of Witnesses in
New York Suffer Great IN
convenience as Result.
"TEX" RICHARD ON HAND
Tells of the Wonderful Ranch
He Has Purchased in Ar
gentina, South America.
"TEX" RICHARD ON HAND

Special to The Tribune.
NEW YORK. Oct. 2S-After two
postponements, each of weeks dura-
ton. in beginning the trial CT Simon
Jacob Herzig. alias George Graham
Rice, 3. II. Scheftels. ct al, under IN
dictmcnt charged with using the mails
TO defraud in the famous .'Scheftels
case Judge Ray, in the United states
circuit court, on Thursday granted
further postponement until Monday
next because one of the jurors, r.. de L.
Arrowsmith, requested that he be al"
lowed to go 10 Albany to attend the
wedding OF his sister. To the conster-
nation of several hundred witnesses who
are being held here for the trial. Judge
Ray not only granted the request, but
put off the trial nearly week in order
! that The inror might have plenty OF
time to enjoy the wedding festivities.
The trial. which has been stubbornly
| fought from the very beginning, VIII
appa rentlv be long drawn out and it is
| the general opinion that it Will last
at least four weeks longer, though II
took but two days and half TO secure
a jury.
Bitter Legal Battle.
When the case was called on Monday
the defendants. who are represented by
| numerous and brilliant array of legal
| talent, asked for Il further postpone
ment, which resulted in bitter battle
| between District Attorney Wise and
! counsel for the defense. the former an
sweriug a statement from Ernest I.
Baldwin to the effect that WISE had
| perverted the truth with the remark
BE careful how you handle the word
truth, for there is a place where there
is no contempt Of court ~ metlnG out
| the proper sort of a reply TO the care
| less handling Of that word.
After Judge Ray had dehicd post
ponement IT took until Wednesday noon
to secure jury when Assistant Attor-
ney Dorr made the opening address,
| bringing out the combined objections of
counsel for the defense for making ref
| erence 10 the affairs of the Nat &. Good
win company which the government
! maintains the defendants inherited The
| court ruled against the objection. and
Attorney Dorr concluded his remarks by
saying: 1--WE shall show that by false
and misleading statements, while calling
themselves legitimate brokers, they
worked off on their customers their own
holdings, charging them commissions for
buying and selling them. ~
First Witness Called.
The first witness for the government
| was Eugene Cert, formerly of Goldfield.
Rawhde and Reno, who worked for the
| Nat Goodwin company and subsequent
| " opened the books for the Scheftels
| company here. The other witness ex-
amincd before the adjournment was n
| former entry clerk. j. Montford, who
| testified that though there were "buy
and SELF slips which were entered in
| the customers blotter he could find
| no corresponding entries showing actual
| purchase or toll of stock. 1t is consid~
cred that Montford's testimony is the
! first point scored by the government.
| +. II, Mead of Salt Lake will prob
ably take the stand on Monday. Mead
was employed in the Chicago office.
On Friday there was a race for the
| nnpers in the Scheftels bank ruptcy