Salt Lake Herald | 1907-05-15 | Page 1 | St. John and other Agitators Will Have to Stand Trial for Conspiracy

I ST JOHN AND OTHER AGITATORS WILL Wl L LI HAVE TO STAND TRIAL FOR CONSPIRACY I I I Special to The Time Herald I Godfield Nev May 14 The seven agitators n g Vincent St John ohn J Elmer Vice Ben Donnelly A Johnson Harry Rodgers H T Jardine and Jerry Sex Sexton SexI Sexton ton Indicted by the grand jury on a I II charge of conspiracy to take thi life I of John Silva were arraigned this I i morning before Judge Judger Stand Sand StandIng Sanding i Ing seven seen jn In a h row ro o the lIme men muon after the indictment had been n read roa cn en entered a plea piCa o or ilot guilty i This proceeding followed the Oer i ruling on the part of Judge Langan of th the motion to quash the lie Indictment pressed by Attorney Bowler represent j InS ing In the defendants defendant I St John Used to It During the arraignment nt St John I I held an un cigar between n his lips evincing at the same time e consid considerable considerable II erable gaiety and smiling smiting most of the tho while SL St St John has hitherto held dur j ing lug the court proceedings in his case a cold calm and rather sad demeanor Immediately after after the prisoners had entered their pleas pl Attorney Hangs an announced announced that lint the defense wished that the tho date ditto of the trial be fixed at that time Judge Langan stated in reply that t if the attorneys att rne s for the defense defenso would appear in court tomorrow morn morning mornIng ing lug at 10 the day lor br or the be beginning beginning beginning ginning of the trial of the con conspirators conspirators conspirators would then be fixed Last night the time local order of the I IW IYo Iv W Yo v W V through heavily armed representatives notified the laborers on m the Clark road toad which has now no reached the divide south outil of Goldfield that they were to stop work unless they tIley joined the Western Federation of Miners and demanded 3 a day from the contract contractors ors Mr Ir Mendenhall of the contracting c company comp ny of Utah Uth is ex exI x xI this evening when the I p con contracting contracting company will determine q a v plan pian I of or action L I Ii A