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Show THOMPSON BACK ACAIN. Bis Old Enemy Whisky lands Him In the Police Court. Richard Thompson was back again in police court this morning. Thompson Thomp-son is a man who finds it impossible to remain in the same town with liquor. He has considerable money and is iu a good position in one of the mines, dresses dress-es well and when sober acts like a gentleman. gen-tleman. But his intervals of sobriety are extremely rare. In the past two weeks he has contributed upwards of $70 to the city's fund because of his appetite ap-petite for whiskey. Saturday he was fined $25 and promised to go back to the mine at once, he being in Salt Lake for the purpose of purchasing some machinery and supplies. He left the court room, bought his supplies and his ticket and took one parting drink. Two hours later an officer encountered him challenging planing mill a to enter into battle with him and once more he was carried to jail. This morning he pleaded with the judge to let him go, apprehending a heavy fine. His appearance in court, despite his debauch, was that of a gentleman gen-tleman and the promises he made were many and comprehensive. But he had promised before until Judge Laney had ceased to regard his word as worth anything any-thing when given iu connection with drinking. So he was fined $30. "There ought to be an inebriate asylum asy-lum for such men as Thompson," the judge later remarked. "His appetite for whisky is beyond his control, and however hard he tries he fails." An old farmer from Sandy had been harvested for drunkenness also. His name is Peterson and be had come here to take his daughter home. Instead of doing so he fell by the wayside and was jailed. The daughter is waiting yet, unless in tho past hour or so Peterson's Peter-son's friends have rallied to his support. Another Peterson Lars, this time-in time-in pleading told the court he was willing will-ing to acknowledge to being half drunk. But Laney declared that the law did not recognize fractions of that sort and sent him to the pit. |