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Show The Criminal Calendar. Enoch Holbrook, the Bountiful fire fiend, will plead to his indictment on October 1st. His) plea will bo that of guilty and the public looks with irrepressible irre-pressible interest towards the penalty his grim confession will invoke. In this connection it may be mentioned that Lccon, the wary Mercutio of the detective corps who unearthed the crime and its author, has not yet received re-ceived the reward that tho average insurance in-surance company offers for the apprehension appre-hension of a fire-bug. "Locou," remarked re-marked Marshal Young, "did a very clever piece of work and saved the Home people $3500. Ho was under tho impression that this company-like company-like all reputable ones compensated com-pensated the work in such cases and it was that, more than all else, that took him out in dark nights on the trail of the salamander, lie now ascertains that the company extends no reward and while they have a right to that policy if they see lit to adopt it, 'it is a bad thing for tho general welfare of the companies. Tho public may not believe be-lieve it but tho sleuth who penetrates the dark jungles of tho lawless occasionally occa-sionally finds eating a necessity. His salary is as a general thing very lean and if the natural and consistent reward of merit is put beyond his reach you must not expect the same zeal, not to mention efficiency, that the popular practice among insurance insur-ance companies secures. I don't want to be guilty of putting new hands in other peoples' business but every man has a right to speak on matters that concern the public welfare." Charles McGrath for .grand larceny has been ordered to plead on Tuesday next. J Richard Peters, on a-charge of embezzlement em-bezzlement pleaded not guilty as did also John Fitzpatrick for burglary. |