Show A HAULOE HOODLUMS IA OlltJJ A Tough Gang of Youths Before Judge Piper FOR BATTERY AND STEALING Four of Them Go to TaUPreulol I Needs for a He form School Other Cases The pressing need for a reform school was never bitter illustrated than on yesterday when half adozcn yonths ranging from 11 to 13 years of age were ushered into the Police Court by some policemen and arranged cn the anxious seat They were perhaps as bard a crowd of youth as ever disgraced the bench on which they sat and it has ielf during thc years it has seen service earns of the wrst specimens of iinuanitv to be found in the west The names of the sis young hopefuls were Fred Solomon Fred Soutbam Joseph Plant Will Davis and Will Paddock Tue first charge brought agatr st them was that of battery upon Hong Hop a Chinaman and for participating in which young Arthur Curtis is now serving out a term in jail All but Paddock had previously entered pleas of not guilty and the alter was asked to stand up When the complaint was read to him hc started a lutle surprise party by p ending guilty to the charge The mttery complained of was committed in October last but the principal in the affair save Curtis have kept > iut of the way up to their late arrest Young Paddock Hong Hop and Officer Salmon were sworn for the pr03 CClon HONG Hop testified that he Was near the Clift House When he was set u > on hv a crowd of boys one of whom hit trm oa the head with a boot blaclts kit while others pelted Jnm with rozlc badly > injuring him arid laying tam up for several days He was walking peaceablvalong he saill and hi dune nothing exasperate the yom gh tod unis or cause them to attack nn The bootblack kit was brought in inJ uc and recognized by the defeadnsts with peals of laughter and as the heathen attempted to ah 1 how the injuries had been nfiicted here were several me broad i grms Hong Hop recognised al the de eadants as being among hisassailants and said there were also one or two I more who wire not present OrncEE SALMON also gave some testimony testi-mony but Paddock was not used as a witness C 0 WmrrEMOHE who appeared on behalf of young Plantnioveafor his discharge dis-charge on the gr und that there was not sufficient testimony to hold him It was argued by both attorneys Judge Pyper said it was a well non rule of law that if a crowd of persons attacked a man and that cvexLhut onedid the actual battery all would be guilty The motion would therefore be overruled except as to Southam against whom there was no evidence The defense then introduced who testified that he was prefect during dur-ing the row between the boys and tha Jhmaman He said the crowd came around the corner and hap cued to meet the Chinaman one of the boys caned the Chinaman a s of a b and Uurtiswho is now in jail came up and wanted to borrow the kit to lilt the Chinaman with Southam saidhe had been to Sacramento since that he bLat his way on the C P staid in Cali brnia one day Plant told me wit fleas continued that be was going to Evanston and would leave the crowd before they got into trouble WILL PADDOCK said Plant did not hit the Chinaman because he was sot within five fet of him WILL DAVIS also testified that Pbnt was not there Iud din not strike the Jhinainan There were only four of us that Irt him it did not take long FEED SOLOMON Tug Wil oa was also called Joe Plant did not strike the Chinaman we went to Frisco the samo nifiht the Chinaman got burt I am 14 years old 1 ctfF1 boots sometimes i other times I do nothing we went out on the Dl R G Pullman we went to make money we walked some of the way and beat our way the rest we have bees working together for some time Plant is a good friend of mine hut I would not lie for him we staid in San Francisco two days and beat our way back JcDjEPvpEK said the testimony left a doubt in irs mind as to Pant being guilty and he would therefore be discharged dis-charged Solomon Davis and Paddock would be adjudged guilty In response to the Judges questions II Davis sad lie was 13 years of age and came here in July last The Chinaman was badly battered continued the Judge Paddock has been here before and should have known better than to engage in any such disgraceful proceedings It was time that the hoodlums were given to understand that all persons no matter what their c lor might be have some rights that hoodlums must learn to respect re-spect Solomon was fined 15 Paddock Pad-dock 25 and Davis flO and in default of the amounts all were sent to jail SDSDAT LIquOR SELLISG Thomas W Collins one of the proprietors pro-prietors of the White Elephant saloon t who was arrested early Sunday morning morn-ing charged with selling liquor tin the Sabbath day appeared iu court with his attorney Presly Denny Esq Mr Denny informed the court that he had a demurrer to make to the coniplaintau submitted the following grounds That the court had no jurisdiction to try or determine the case that it does t not conform to the requirements of Section Sec-tion 1 of this act that it docs not appear what if any persons the liquor was sold to or to any particular par-ticular person or the kind of liquor sold or given i to each It names no persons that the facts stated do not constitute pu lie or any offense I Fergueon aid he was not prepared to I argue the dcaiurfer at that time and by conEentof thf defense the matter went vciu until today Jbt 2 oclock when it will be given precedence ore everything else YUTJUCJ rUJOLItS vt Paddock Joan LeadfOrJ and Will Davis wore seam brought inii court charged bid t JJe with petit larceny lar-ceny in having roJUed William Husf bands and JL Yrs Arrick Leadfcrfl and Davis hay previously plead not guilty to both charges Paddock was the only one to be arraigned To the reading of the first complaint that he in company with the others named did steal and carry away two pairs of gloves 2CO cigars and other property from the store of William Husbands young Paddock said he did not cartv away anything 1 but he was m the store at the time the goods named were taken Another coaplaiat was read charging the same trio with stealing steal-ing a clock and some lead vencis from Mrs Arrik Paddock taint he did not have the clock but had one of the pencils pen-cils he was along with the other boys however when the theft was committed com-mitted The above goods were stolen from Independence Hall during the absence ab-sence of the schoolteacher The clock was identified as one beloagiug to a Mrj Arrik by I er mother Mrs Hannah Han-nah Wells who had loaned it to her The boys all admitted their guilt in both case In response to questions Leadford who is a little fellow in knee pants and with a chtluiah expression about him said he was a resident of Leadville Colo where Ins parents now reside he gave his age as 15 although he does not appear to be a its t over 12 Davis gave his age as IS ad stated that he was a native of New York City where he for some years gained a living by blacking boots and selling papers His parents were both dead he said and he had cnuluaUy drifted Cjt until htt struck Salt Lake in July last On being asked what disposition hud been made of the cigars Davis replied I smoked ea JUDGE PyrEB talked to the young culprits at considerable length saying it was not at all a pleasant duty to sentence such young persons to terms of imprisonment m the city jail bnt society must be protected pro-tected Suspending sentence in such cases seemed to be useless and bethought be-thought the doctrine would be changed in the future The three defendants would be sentenced to i ay a tine of Th each in the Husbands case and 15 each in the Arrick cnseIO each in all And the bovs were led out to begin their terms Davis smilingly turning to Officer Salmon and inquiring Say do we get turkey on Christmas 1 Tax GBVV CASK N H Gray charged with keeping a gambling house through his attorneyS attorney-S A Kenner moved for a jury triaL The request was granted and the bearing bear-ing of the case set for Wednesday at 2 oclock Kenner consenting to the summoning sum-moning of six jurors in place of twelve It is understood that the line of I defensewill be that Gray was merely an employee of the house acting as doorkeeper etc and that he had nothing whatever to do with the game running when the officers made tile ie3ient > nor at any other time JUXOr OtFEXDEJls Tim ONeil a plain drunk was fined 6 J > John Rice drunk entence suspended sus-pended owing to evidence being pro ducedby the dffendant that his wife vras very ill and need jl his assistance |