Show IN THE CLUTCHES THE LAW The List of Offenders before Judge Pyper Yesterday j Philip Carl run in on the charge of a plain drunk was unfortunate enough to have the crime fastened upon him He received the usual sentence 5 or five days labor at the gravel banks William Harrington was drunk but he was not satisfied with that and added the additional offense of profanity William had been before the court once sbefore and therefore did not escape quite so easily as he might have done had the circumstances been different He was asked for 15 Edward West and Joseph West were charged with destroying property be longing to the Denver Rio Grande Railway Company Billy and Ed are gentlemen of a migratory turn of mind and a few days ago found themselves them-selves at Grand Junction Colo They nad a few dollars between them but not enough to pay their are very far and concluded to tempt a brakeman with the offer of 5 if he would allow them to ride in a freight car They did so The brakeman usually so stern and unforbidding in appearance yielded to temptation ni d Billy and Ed took possession of the soft side of some freight in a car destined for Salt Lake Everything went along smoothly until very close to this city when some employee of the company noticing that the car was not sufficiently secure fastened it This left the boys in a dil mma andin order to be able to I withdraw the bolt they cut a hole I through the door when they were discovered dis-covered and arrested This is their story and in order that they might have a chance to verify it by the brakeman brake-man himself sentence was suspended until Saturday In the meantime the police are anxious to interview the brakeman of whom a description has been furnished and if they are success ful in discovering him and the story ot the tramps proves to be true it is more than possible thaf there will be a vacancy va-cancy in the force of freight brakemen on the D R G Stephen Croutz charged with inter ferring with the police while the latter were in the discharge of their duty was proven guilty and fined 5 Robert Green and John Doe the two heroes connected with the disap pearance of Sowles Millers vehicle were arraigned on the charge of being drunk The former was fined 5 and the latter 10 W A Sidney a drunk disorderly and profane paid 15 |