Show I THE PROVO COURT JI J I I ttb Chadwick and Wipple Both I Ifound Guilty i WORE THIEVES ARE CISCHED I I I Assault With Intent to Do Bodily Harm A Sad Case in CourtThe Be I cttl Medals PROVO Sont Correspondence of THE HEIIIIDJ The court met at 2 oclock yesterday estrday In the case of the People vs Chadwick und Wipple tho defendants were found II guilty of grand larceny as charged Their sentence was sot for October 6 They aro placed under 0 bonds t appear on the I above date Mr Sutherland for the defense has made I application for a new trial THE CASE DISMISSED James Chadwick was examined on the charge grand larceny On motion of Mr Evans the case was dismissed and witnesses discharged FOR STEALING PISTOLS The case of the People vs William Goodwin and William Smith was taken up for trial Tho defendants are accused > f having broken into John Rockhills gun toro and stolen pistols and other property John Rockhill testified live at Spanish Fork Utah Have a gun shop and other business Was there on the 14th of May Dn that day I was told by my 1th that some pistols and scrip were gone An entrance cad been effected through the back window which had been locked the night before I discovered this about sunrise in the morn log She pistols were missing I left tho aight before about 1 oclock The witness t Identified a box containing a pistol that had been found by the officers a having come from his place I found a newspaper news-paper having the name of Benjamin Argylo I written on it which 1 remarked II writtn 1 at the time I was left by the person who stole the pis tols I was a Utah Valley Gazette pi Mrs Jane Argylo I saw Mr Goodwin pnd gave him some bread and cheese the I morning before the burglary in a Utah Valley Gate of May 9th Benjamin Argyle constable Saw Rock hill on the 15th of May and was told of the burglary Know the paper spoken of It had my name on I began to loek for the parties who did the stealing Goodwin had called at my house for something to eat the day before the burglar 1 found cat defendant in Douglass store at Payson with the articles mentioned with them Locked them up separately at Spanish Fork Tho men told conflicting stories about their meeting and how they came in possession of the cigarettes and other articles Goodwin testified Got supper from Mrs Argyle on the evening of May 14th went t the depot slept in a box car and went to Parson Was arrested there Had a gun V and twenty cigarettes on me Got tho pun in Denver eight days previous Got the cigarettes atP V Junction Saw Smith first in San Francisco We were going t Pioche Got tho scrip in Pay non from Smith who said he found it Know nothing of this burglary spoken of Dont know where Rockhills store is The witness got badly mixed up about his I concerns SmithMet first 1 San Francisco next in Provo Was making my way south to get work Know nothing of Rockhills tore Did not break into It Was arrested in Payson Had some cartridges cigarettes cigar-ettes stamps and scrip on me He told very shaky stories about how he cams in possession of the articles The stamps he had he claims his sister sent him for a keepsake After brief arguments the jury retired rtred The jury canoe in alter thirty minutes absence ab-sence with a verdict of guilty ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO MURDEIt The case ol the People vs William Davis charged with assault with attempt to commit com-mit murder was taken up J W Allred Lived at Vernal Uintah over a year Know William Davis and John Hart On or about April 21 Davis and Harty quarrelled over a pair of spurs and Davis struck him over the head with a pistol Had heard there was trouble be tween the men before before Davis fired off a number of shots up the street I helped to arrest him He asked us to give him a fair show and he woulfl give himself up Thomas Holdaway saw Davis riding Davs rdlg down the street I stopped and asked for his spurs and demanded that Harty get them He then pulled out his pistol and stuck him over tho head Two shots were fired after Davis bad followed Harty into the house Davis did the shooting Ho appeared to be striking and shooting at the same time Dail vent for his horse All red and Cbristcnsen went towards him He hm resisted Christensen with his revolver pointed at him and threatened him i ho S nid not let him go Heard shots from the direction where Mr Davis was soon after To defense Christensen is not an o lcer of tho laThe la-The prosecution stated that the defense had agreed with him that a verdict of guilty ol assault with intent to commit bodily harm be rendered The t jury were I instructed t render such I verdict Mr Hamilton lamiton attorney stated to the Judge that Harty and Davis had been in trouble and he Davis had been accused of criminal acts by thirty which had greatly exasperated him Davis ha a wife and family destitute i California and has suffered six months confinement awaiting this trial Ho was sentenced t six months imprisonment in the penitential B W Driggs arraigned the Drggs on charge of adultery pleaded not guilty SATClllUr MORNING The grand jury came into court and re ported three indictments cour following cases were icnored Tho People Henry Grouse Soren Jensen James Fairbanks andFerd Barkdcll er akdel Jienjarmn zareman pleaded not guilty to guitJ the charge of t o grand larceny OTIEI URGJAnr Theca eof the People vs Pat Collins charged with having broken into McEwau Rawllngs saloon on the night of Sep tember IT and stolen twenty boxes of cigars and other articles followed John McEwan On the 17th of this month the defendant was at my place of business drinking It was in the evening 1 left the saloon at 12 oclock with no one in there Before leaving I missad some i Iipnrs There were about twenty boxes and some cigarettes The cgaretes property was I worth about one hundred and thirty dol law I received about oce thousand cigars Before going home Mr Strong asked me if 1 p J i missed any cigars and I went into the ware room to find out ThIs is how I discovered dis-covered they were gone The door con I electing the ware room and saloon was left unlocked The officers returned me the oods I saw the defendant before Justice I Brown Justce I To Wilson I did not see the defendant go Into the ware room i Alex Wilkins policeman First saw do fendant on the night of the 17th of this month Ho was on tho street at 11 p m Heard a row going on and went over to the water tank Saw three men at the east Coop drop some boxes Tho man ran cross lots to tho southcast of town We pursued them There were three men They threw some of the boxes over the fence I fired a shot at the men as they were trying to get away and this de fendant was the only one who stopped Wo found twenty boxes of cigars and a box of cigarettes had been thrown over the fence I gave them to Mr McEwan and he recog nized them Officer Strong gave testimony of a sim liar character having been along with Vii lens in pursuing the thieves At the cop store Will Harracks saw three men emerging from Jones alley with djjar boxes in their arms and po in the direction dir-ection of the coop store Ho followed L them until they reached near the irst ward L school house and heard a pistol shot war Prosecution rested Pat Collins the defendanttook the stand I Was in Provo on the evening of Septum beg 17th Was in the saloon tbat night at S nnil loft about n 30 Know nntMnr ohrMif the stealing of the cigars p evof Had nothing to do with it wih it Did not have clear boxes in my arms Was walking along in head of men who baa cigars Tney ran past me and I heard a shot fired I said My God dont shoot I have done nothing I did not throw d I rock The men who ran by me had cigars cilars and threw them right in head of me over I tho fence Oer In crossexamination the defendant made I a sloppy explanation of his presence on the streets The arguments were brief and tho jury retired for fifteen retrd fften minutes returning a ver dict of guilty A SAD CASE Mrs Ada Simmons Horn who became enamored of a commercial drummer about six months ago and married him because 5 was such a lovely and wealthy man toda comes into court with a bewildered look upon her pretty face and applies for a divorce di-vorce from the gay deceiver She tells the court that Mr C W Horn her bus band has deserved her failed to support her committed the most brutal assaults upon her with his fist when she was in almost dying condi tion and forged her name to checks upon different occasions And all this time she had acted the part of a loyal and true wife to him The court granted a decree of di i vorce without further testimony I is to be regretted that Miss Ada Simmons became 0S be-came a prey to the wiles ot the scoundrel i Horn as she was c respected and popular L lady l We trust however that out of this unfortunate case a little good will result bj way of teaching her associates and others who are familiar with the matter to beware of the blacklegged and blacklegled smoothtonguec d devils who make it a part of their business to deceive and betray innocent girls THOSE GOLD MEDALS Captain Pike is in receipt of two beauti ful gold medals that have been awarded to the heavy four of the Provo awared for the championship of Utah territory for the season of 1890 The medals are valued atS 12o and were given by B K Block lc Co of Salt Lake city The oarsmen who will wear tho medals aro Billy Wilson J E Daniels A L Tovle and L 1 Smith |