The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-14
FRENCH AGAIN
IS ARRESTED IN
Los ANGELES
1t Is Said That Promoter Will
Contest Effort to
Bring Him Back
to Utah.
HE is UNDER GUARD
in ROOM AT HOTEL
Bond Is Fixed at $4,000, but
So Far He Has Not
Been Able to Obtain
Sureties.

c. w. French, promoter, who, with
Utah some weeks ago In connection with
the promotion OF a scheme to develop
southern Utah coal and iron ore beds,
and who. when he left the hotel, .cashed
two drafts agGregatng s250O, which were
not honored has again been arrested In
Los Angeles and is being held under
$4,000 bonds TO answer to the charge OF
obtaining money under false pretenses.
George Relf. manager of the hotel, signed
the complaint, which was telegraphed to
Los Angeles.
French. II Is understood, Will light
eXtradition to the end in the California
courts, but, according TO the county at
torneys Office. there is no reason 10 be-
lieve that eXtradition papers. which will
be sought here tomorrow. Will not be
Issued by Governor Spry and be honored
by the chief executive of California.
Witness Is Needed.
County Attorney Wiley is con-
vinced that d. Won Cramer. president
OF the Vancouver Trust company. who
repudiated a draft for $1,000, cashed in
Salt Lake by French, does not desire to
have French prosecuted. To all kilograms
sent TO Won Cramer the county attor
ney has received only evaslve replies,
Indicating that Won Cramer does not de-
sire TO become involved In the matter,
Mr. Wiley sent a telegram Monday
night asking Won Cramer II he would
come TO Salt Lake as a witness against
French In case the latter is eNtradited
from Los Angeles. In the telegram MIR.
Wiley said that unless Won Cramer was
willing to come, or at least to make
known his stand In the matter one way
or another, II looked Ike conspiracy.
Won Cramer replied yesterday morning to
the effect that he did not understand
the county attorneys message and also
that his time was not his own,
Nicholas c. Morgan. assistant coun-
ty attorney, who is in Los Angeles in
vestigating the charges against French,
wired the county attorney yesterday re-
questng that reauisition papers be for
warded to him Immediately. Accord
Ing TO his wire. French is not under
Angelus hotel The county attorney
wired 10 his assistant instructipg him
to send back the repudiated draft French
cashed here and which Morgan took
along with him,
Mr.. Morgan also wired yesterday that
French has many influential friends who
Will resist ALL attempts TO eXtradjtc him.
Story of Second Arrest.
a telegram received by The Tribune
last night from Los Angeles told the
story OF French's second arrest 1t fol-
lows,
Special to The Tribune.
LOS ANGELES. Cal. Jan. l5.-Re-
leas sed Monday. after his arrest on ad-
Vices from Salt Lake that he was wanted
for uttering fraudulent paper, c. ~.
French promoter of steel plants and
railroads, was again placed under arrest
here today. following the arrival OF
Assistant County Attorney Morgan from
Utah. French was taken before Police
Jatler Williams and bail placed at
men locally would come TO the rescue
and provide the amount required To OBJ
tain his freedom, but at a late hour to-
night he had not obtained bond.
"Instead Of being locked in the city
jail the promoter was placed in the cue-
tody OF an officer who kept him under
guard in his room at the AngcluS hotel
The charge under which French was re-
arrested was the cashing of a sight draft
on u, Won Cramer of Vancouver for
$1,000, payment OF which was refused by
Won Cramer,