Show emmr f 1 warrant chareas extortion Extor lion of duoney jas sheridan the victim darling he says mulched mulcted him of out dollars at 3 yesterday afternoon E F darling was arrested on complaint of M 0 callahan by officer fender on a charge of extortion commonly known aa blackmail tho case was at once taken before justice of alie peace ben who immediately remanded hin back to jail to have his case at once put in the hands of the grand jarv it would beem that darling attempted to extort 40 from james sheridan of the richelieu saloon on eiith street between grant and washington avenues A reporter hunted up mr sheridan this morning and learned from him the following particulars of hig side of the atory darling claims said mr sheridan to have been a certain woman in my room last friday night with myself ho said he had looked over the transom of the door and caught us in a compromising position this he told me early saturday morning that afternoon I 1 aw sheriff wright who wanted 0 o know if I 1 had beau getting into trouble as darling had been to him wright and was anxious to have a warrant sworn out against me wright and I 1 were together when we met darling who said he would meet me up in the sheriffs sherif Ts office later I 1 went up in the utah loan building a little later when up came darling and said again lie had caught me in a tight place but said he want to cause me any trouble inferring that the matter could be fixed up we went out together and darling that he was himself hard up parties had been causing him brou trou lle and implying that he wanted money on wednesday of thi thit t week the day the warrant was sworn to by cotla lian darling sent me orl aim he wanted to see mu airl fix t e matter up I 1 met him on aliu creft and ho eaid that the best tiling kr nir ti w 9 to settle him on a maini bai airl save prosecution on a ail adultery later he came back a ton tract which is as follows CONTRACT into by E F darling party of alie first part and james parly i of the second part wit that foe and in consideration of forty dollora 10 to wit ia in hand and ja on january 23 d tomorrow abe said party of alie first part withdraws from a certain suit and corni plaint against the parly of the second part in the faithful fulfillment of chii contract I 1 party of the tint party sien this as libove this day fulfilled K F witnessed by representative of the baity of the second patt M 0 CALAHAN t written in red ink on the back of the contract alie re bporter noticed the following written in j red ink this contract is now fulfilled ful tilled and paid by check on the commercial national bank E F darling 1 I had already paid him aco as the first step in the contract to rob me said mr sheridan and I 1 paid him yesterday by aie uc i sheriff wright when seen by the reporter eaid darling bad come to him saturday saying he wanted sheridan ar reeled stating what ho had been over the transom 1 I told him if he wanted anybody arrested he must get out a wai rant in the usual manner as I 1 did not want to get myself in truble 1 saw sheridan later and jokingly asked him what be bad been doing dar liap saw me again and said lie bad seen weber and alie papers were already to serve bater he told me eliat lie believed ho could fix the matter up without any arrest as sheridan seemed anxious to do alie thing when major darling was ai rested he was decidedly a surprised man it came about in this way according to mr Sheri dans vers on darding yesterday afternoon had come down to Sheri dans saloon to get bis check for which according to the terms of the contract made the day before was to be paid to liim am aidan and darling were closeted in a jooa back of the baloon shortly before 3 yesterday afternoon county attorney weber had prepared alie wan ant for Darling 8 arrest and was put in Pend erB bands alio had been notified where he could find darling and what the object of the meeting of the three men waa for he waited abe room for bis man alie nnie tran was in side As they got leady to leave the pooai darling in possession of the check pander slipped out the restaurant and as abe party turned from twenty fifth street and came north on U rant avenue on their way to cash the heck lie stopped out and arrested darling sheridan asserts that darling had the check whan he left the saloon but up gotlie present hour no trace of it has been discovered this morning sheridan was seen to enter the grand jury room and it is presumed hn side of the case and w hat officer render knows is already in the hands f he rand jury M 0 balla lian also was to testify this afternoon and major darling is to present his side of the caffe so that quick action by alio yrael jury is very probable and if a report is made una afternoon it ia likely that it will contain an indictment of barling tor extortion the case created quite a breeze in afu ofu ial circles and the evidence against major darling is very strong though hia statement before the grand jury may bear an important part in a sensational ac at 3 the grand jury reported an indictment against darling second district court in the case of jennie M odell vs P E gordon et al judgment in the sum of and attorneys feea amounting to 25 were granted as prayed for hi action for closure of mortgage in the action of the southern electric supply co vs joseph barton it was agreed bv counsel to have the case tried before V H smith the cabe of II 11 A tait receiver vs ogden savings bank pt al was argued continued until this at some length and morning at 10 during the progress pro grees of this trial yes berday afternoon a little pleasantry waa indulged in by opposing attorneys this cage was still occupying the attention of abe court when abe noon adjournment journ ment waa taken two email orders were entered by hia honor at this mornings session it was ordered in the case of A co vs christ peterson that action be dismissed and costs taxed tc lain liff on motion ot prosecuting attorney for bax elder county the case of the people vs erastus was dismissed the second district court lias just received their books for records under statehood for wever county it is said that weber county is the first to receive their new record books dont invite disappointment by experimenting peri depend on one minnie cough cure and you have immediate relief it cures croup the only harmless remedy that produces immediate results jesse J driver druggist incident of the reception one of the most interesting incidents of the frank J cannon reception was the entrance of eighteen G A R men their spokesman general minty addressing the senator said senator cannon a delegation irom john A logan post grand army of the ke public composed of a few of the old men who for alio salvation of our country and the honor of our ha desire to congratulate you on your election to the honorable position of united states sen tor and at the same time to congratulate our state on tho election as our first senator of a gentleman eo eminently qualified to fill that exalted position one who although young in years has already made for himself a national reputation senator we old men sincerely and heartily congratulate you will you allow me to present my comrades eacle of the veterans was named in turn and received a warm grasp of the hand a hearty god bless you and an introduction to mrs cannon the beautiful silk flag in front of the senator and mrs cannon stood was the banner of john A logan poat give me a liver regulator and I 1 can regulate the world said a genius the druggist handed him a b ottlo of de witts little early risers the famous little aills driver druggist IN THE POLICE COURT teamster and cook pay for their last nights fun A breezy little case from electric avefua was fettled in the police court aliis morning and a cook and a teamster put up 15 each for their tun it deenis that jas dittli and john benish one is a teamster the other a cook by profession fes sion were out last determined to have a time aad in the course of their wanderings struck electric avenue and then the fun commenced atio two were according to murray making a great racket in the house occupied by viola coleman they left the house before he reached there and went back of denny smyth saloon murray waited and as the men came back he asked miss viola if she wanted them arrested and she said you bet and they were taken in by barton and they deposited 10 to guarantee their appearance this morn ng and started bd k for the avenue on boree back but they came to grief aoth were on one livorse and little fell jlouis beer hall benish hanging on until later but he 00 was too light headed to keep his equilibrium they made night hideous while 25 minutes after their first arrest aney were alie L ldoa lU oa 0 we alouse said little at the height of the disturbance had viola in the corner with a knife in bis band alio per faded him to give her alie knife and go out for beer arrest followed both little and benish seemed to be a little doubtful as to just what took place last night but they had a dea that that they had been worked by the girls his honor thought that a man if out for a lark ought to have enough bense not to get into such a mess of trouble as chev did and considered the law had been damaged 15 each this the men paid and went out to dwell on the sin of mixing ber whisky straight and cocktails harry ward and harry russell arrested yesterday afternoon by officer felker as announced exclusively in THE next brought before his honor it seems that the duet of youths had just landed from salt lake where they had served terms lor petit larceny russell said he was trying to get to denver ward said he was following russell he biad served fifty davs at salt ake ind was naturally in a hurry to get out of that town the justice thought they ought to be in a still greater hurry to get out of ogdon and them to twenty days in jal but would suspend sentence as long as aliey wore out ol 01 eight I 1 poor john chinaman the evidently half witted fellow who lias figured fre of late in the police court owing to his peculiar actions was again taken in at this morning llo seems to be an outcast even from his own race and without mean of support lie certainly has wheels in his lead and it may have resulted from too freely hitting the pipe when it was hot he will be detained three days at tho city jail aud if at the expiration of that time he does not show any improvement in his upper story he will probably be turned over to the county as a pauper soothing healing cl ensine de witts witch hazel alve is the enemy to j sores wounds and piles which it never fails to cure slops itching and burn i ing cures chapped lis and cold sores in two or three boure jesso J driver druggist REFUSES TO RETIRE A colonel who will not for lament chicago jan 24 an autograph letter has been received by col crofton from secretary lament requesting the colonel to retire on account of the many scandals which have occurred in hia regiment indicating a lack of discipline at which alie president is much ag J grieved the colonel refuses to retire and relies on the influence of his nephew aupont of delaware who claims an election as united states senator to retain for him his position in the army I 1 i deafness cannot be lured by local applications as cannot react abb diseased portion of the ear there Is onla one way to care deafness and atiat is constitutional remedies ii by of th inflamed condition caused by an mucous clinine of the tube when this dubu is inflamed yon havet rumbling sound or imperfect hearing am when it ia entirely deafness is th and unless the cari h result restored to its nar taken out and this abe mal condition hearing faill be destroyer destro yec nine cases out of ten are forever which is nothing but an in by catarrh condition of the mucous surface i flamed hundred dollars toi one will alve we bv catarrh ol 01 deafness Deaf nesa caused case any camarri halls that cannot be cured by circulars fr e for bend cure toledo 0 I 1 F J CO by druggists 75 |