The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-21

| here this afternoon and was dis
charged. Joseph S. Higginbotham,
who is now held under $4,000 bonds,
was charged in two counts with using
fraud Harold Peery. Higginbotham is
accused of writing letter to Peery,
demanding that he deliver $500 to
gglnbotham, whom the writer said
would deliver it, He is accused in the
second count of writing letter to
himself, ordering himself TO deliver to
the writer of the letter the $500 and
to urge his employer, Peery, to accede
to the demand in the letter written to
Peery.
Two of the federal prisoners who
were indicted by the grand jury pleaded
guilty at once and were sentenced by
Judge John A. Marshall in Salt Lake
Benjamin j.. Barnett pleaded guilty to
charge of stealing registered letter
from the office of the mail transfer
clerk In Ogden on December l5, 1918.
He was sentenced to serve sixty days
in the Salt Lake county Jail. Olaf j.
Wimar, who is charged with obtaining
money under false pretenses by repre-
senting himself as lieutenant of the
United States army, was given a six
months sentence when he pleaded not
guilty. Wilmar was brought here by at
taches Of the United States marshal s
office to make his plea. Wilmar oper
ated in Salt Lake last December.
Writes Many Letters.
In the first Indictment against Mar
tin he is accused of having sent threat
eniug letters to George w. Culver aud
Mrs. George w. Culver and Mrs. Nc,
Lareu Boyle. In these he is accused oil
having informed the addresses that he
had certain lewelry which had been
stolen from them and which he would
return to them for $500. The texts of
the letters which Martin is accused OF
having written are given IN the indlct-
ment, each serving as a separate count,
there being four in all The first was
dated December %, 1911; the second
January /, 1912; the third, December
%, 1911, and the fourth December %,
1911.
Another Indictment Of one count
charges Martin with having written
similar letter TO Mrs. McLaren Boyle
and dated October SO, 1911. In this
letter reference is again made, to
been stolen from Mrs. Boyle and which
would be returned to her on payment
Of $500. Marlln again being accused OF
being the author of the letter.
Possible Punishment.
In the third Indictment use of tho
mails to further scheme to defraud
Mrs. RALPH +. Bristol, Ralph +. Bristol,
Mrs. Thomas Dee, LEROY Eccles, Mrs,
David Eccles and David G. Eccles is
charged against Martin. There arc
four counts IN this indictment. Texts
of letters which Martin is accused of
Mrs. Bristol, on April 2, 1918, to Mrs.
Dee ana on April 6 and September Is.
to Mrs. Bristol are given in the sep
arate counts.
The fourth indictment for the same
offenso involved alleged attempts to
defraud Leroy Eccles, Mrs. David Ec |
eles. David G. Eccles and Ralph L.
Bristol. There are five counts in this
including letters alleged to
have been written to Mrs David Ec-
cles on September Is, 1913, September
20, TO Mrs Eccles. David c. Ecclcs, |
October |, and letters to Leroy Eccles
on November and November 7, 1913. |
Sentences for the offense charged |
NAV vary from one to seven years on /
each count Maximum sentence for
the fourteen counts would therefore be |
ninety, eight years, and |
minimum sentence fourteen Years, The |
from one to three years In the event
that Martin is discharged in the state
court at the end OF The trial now in
progress he would Immediately be ar
rested on the federal indictments.
Renorts from Ogden last night were
that Myron A. Smith has been indicted
also on d charge OF conspiracy in the
alleged matchmaking operations. 1t is
believed that this Indictment was not
by the grand jury pending
the service of warrant on Smith.