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Twenty-two Federal Indictments.Denver. — Twenty-two indictments | and three untrue bills were return el by the Federal Grand Jury Counterfeiting. embezzlement, illicit distilling, blackmailing, larceny und forgery are umong the charges. Particular* concerning nine of the cases have t«lt;*n given out, but about the thirteen other Indictments, silence Is maintained In these instances arrests as yet hav« not been made.The Indictment of Carson II. Wilson. former superintendent of mails, is among the batch filed. Harry R. Porter, charged with the making of counterfeit silver d dlars, was also Indicted. In the Grand Junction moon shining” case a bill against Thomas Rogers, the alleged owner of the still, was returned.Nine counts are incorporated in the indictment of Wilson. In the aggregate, the thefts of postoffice funds with which he Is charged, amount *.) I8.3G7.4S. The alleged off* nsea cover a period of over a year and the amounts taken are nnnv-d at amounts ranging from 1504, which Wilson misappropriated on Jan. 20. 1910. to a $40 theft on Nov. If., 1909. The nine counts represent nine separate offenses.
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Rocky Ford Enterprise

Rocky Ford, Colorado, US

Fri, May 12, 1911

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