| Show IN 1 ROUBLE US ASSAULTS H 0 off OF 19 yesterday afternoon john A fitchette coffee john rushed out eat on OB to the sidewalk la in front of his bis restaurant and attacked H G whitney of the herald berald who was passing striking him a vicious blow in the face t ace mr whitney E returned the blow in self defense when a deputy deput y marshal interfered and placed fitchette under arrest the attack grew out of the publication by the herald of Fitch ettes own confession of his tricky transaction at the time of his bis alleged sale to 8 bri sacker just prior to his bis assignment fitchette was taken before commissioner mckay and pleaded guilty judgment was deferred till this morn in today to today to day another charge of threatening to assault mr writney Wb itney 7 was made against mr fitchette and an examination held edward ivins testified chaton that on tuesday may 3 he be had been ace accosted osted by the defendant and asked concerning the report in the herald the defendant said the paper had bad been running him and the only way to stop it was to whip mr whitney Wb itney he would not dot state positively that the threat were made on tuesday was pretty certain that was the lay day mr jessop of the tribune testified that on tuesday the defendant had made use of et language conveying the impression that be would lay mr W ity out if he be pota chance tie be had afterward said that he would not do it both statements state meats were made before the assault witness had warned mr gaitney that coffee john was going to wipe the ground with him henry A noon also of the tribune testified that on tuesday he heard beard defendant say he be was going to thrash mr whitney because of an article published in the herald mr fitchette asked that the case be dismissed because it had bad not been shown that the threats had been made in salt lake city mr dickson rem remarked arted that it made no difference where the threats were made the question was whether there was wa a danger to mr whitney the evidence showed that there was danger and he be asked that the defendant be placed under sufficient bonds bends to keep the peace he had attempted to carry his threat into effect and had bad been stopped the article published furnished no j justification for the defendants action la in the case of threatening the commissioner remarked that the threat had bad been carried into execution and by reason of that fact he would discharge the defendant in the assault case h he e would hold bold the defendant in bail to await the action of the grand jury J W farrell and jos joe be came sureties if the statements made by coffee john in his bis 6 confession I 1 on saturday last are true it looks as if there was a good case under section 1006 of the compiled laws against him |
