Show RE CONSPIRACY CASE A from Malad Valley ee us with some interesting growing out of the trial for piracy which was recently con con- con td at Malad City It will be that 56 Mormons indicted for conspiracy on the nd that they had entered into a nation with bach tach other to vote fan election well knowing that were disqualified from going doing so the Idaho test o law of the six fifty t placed aa as a test the others or of them being within reach obey bej been wanted One of the then teen n was dismissed as it was ed there was no evidence him and therefore only were tried The re- re was re-was was a conviction in one oneice that of 8 s C Davis Davisa 49 to the remainder the jury The difference between wise e of Davis and that of the i was this After retiring froma from church and voting he joined it 4 last June As heretofore M the penalty imposed upon by by Judge Berry was a fine of hundred dollars ff f fr r readers are already aware of L tact that Mr Davis refused to the fine and went to jail that the ti Involved might be tested Court of the United to which the case has been o on n habeas corpus A An n effort has been made 3 Mormon anti officials to tont tont nt final adjudication They 4 been doing their utmost to get ISs Davis out of jail to which he asB g Admitted in default of pay pay- e which was imposed For purpose an execution and a hunt made petty In this search the theone one ne invaded Beeson-invaded Beeson invaded the in of Evans Gibbs A Davis Davia a of which firm the de- de desy sy holds ft one fourth interest officer Meer himself appraised the in the yard of the firm s- s st t sa a valuing them at 1300 although worth much more He announced that he would sell one fourth one of the property as belonging to T rr T Ml ln 4 U 4 A A n Mr Davis Included in the goods offered for sale was a large quantity of the private property of Jonah Evans on whose premi premi- premises premises s ses s it was found The property was accordingly put up at auction and sold being bought for by Stand Stand- Stand Prosecuting attorney who pro prosecuted in the cases involved d A horse belonging to the defendant Davis was also levied upon and sold for 21 making in all applied on the fine an and to defray expenses connected with the execution etc More than of the property seized by the sheriff belonged to Mr Evans who notified the seller and buyer they acted at their peril After the sale Standrod offered Mr Evans EvanE the property for the amount at which he bought it at fit the sale S 8 C Davis who is in prison awaiting the decision of the Su- Su Supreme Supreme Su Supreme preme Court of the United States is confined in an iron cage or cell and andis andis andis is deprived ved of 8 some me of the privileges allowed to other prisoners in general He is hardly ever allowed to emerge from his narrow compartment the few exceptions to this rule being w when hen he has been permitted to go out for a few minutes to get water The other inmates are allowed to go into the space between the inner I and outer building Such petty inflictions as these ap- ap appear ap- ap appear ap pear to be placed upon him to render his incarceration so disagreeable as asto asto asto to induce him to pay his fine and thus gain his liberty that the case may not be he carried to the Supreme Court of the United States regard regard- regarding regarding regarding ing whose judgment ment the Mor anti mon anti mon conspirators seem to have considerable foreboding Mr Davis is desirous of staying however un- un until until un until til the matter reaches final adjudication adjudication tion tion He is S about 29 years of age and resided in Salt Lake City until about fifteen years yeara ago when he re- re removed removed re removed moved to Malad Idaho |