Show TRICKS Of GRAFTERS I I I Organized Gang Believed I to be Operating I I J ONE VICTIM PROSECUTES J O Bre kon lIaclo tho Acquaintance a Few Days Ago of J H Price Price Became Very Friendly and the Friendship Ripened Until a Game of Cnrds Destroyed It Trinl in Police Court Resultod and Prico is Given a Stiff Sentence of Fine and Imprisonment Grafters and surething men have been holding revels III Sail Lake of late Petit lureenles have also been reported re-ported often The eases have been HO numerous as to cause the belief that there was at least one organised gang with a leader who had become well versed in the ways of the city and i which he has used to advantage In the handling of the crooks I The gang however if I such there be received a knockout blow from JwI1p Tlmmony yesterday when he sentenced = sen-tenced J II Price to pay a i fine of 00 I and be imprisoned ninety days on the charge of gambling Price entered Ihe I I courtroom as a fighting cock enters the ring His head was ereot there was a confident smile on his face and he seemed anxious to Impress upon those who waw him that he was superior to his surroundings He left the room however In company with Jailer Kim ball with a very dejected appearance AN INNOCENT YOUNG MAN J G Breckon a young man with avery a-very Innocent look should be credited with having done the city a good service ser-vice In aiding to land Price behind the bars It cost Breckon 1 to do It but ho said last evening thai he had no regrets save tho unpleasant notoriety he would necessarily achieve Breckon Is a young railway telegrapher teleg-rapher and his general demeanor Is such as to show that ho is about as honest as they make men If not more so He said ho met Price by chance and the latter had at once proceeded to show what a royal good fellow he was lie took him down to the city and counly building and showed him how tine was the Utah onyx used therein pointed out the beauties of the snowcovered peaks of the Wasalch which Blcrstadt the great painter has put on the canvas with such telling effect ef-fect Then they strolled to a lower Main street lodginghouse where Price I I said he desired to see a friend whom he I would have to ask to Identify him in order that he might cash a draft for I 5100 which he had at first Intended to I Invest In sheep but had finally concluded con-cluded not to as prices were too high to suit him Ills friends name was I Brown but he was not In the room when the two men arrived there Price I threw aside a paper that covered a table ta-ble when some cards and a stack of chips were revealed Then out came a man named Gray who chided Price for disturbing thc cards saying Brown would probably be angry when he returned re-turned because this had been done THEN CAME THE GAME Several mineral specimens were then exhibited and a game of cards was started Three hands were dealt out and Breckon went Into the game under protest Then followed the same old story Price dropped out of the game but at the same time coached Breckon as to how he should play As a result the latter quit 103 loser Then it dawed upon him thai he had been bunkoed Price then put up a 100 draft and Gray covered that with a check the latter winning the pot Breckon on crossexamination said he would not have taken Grays money had he won It as he understood he was simply playing for Price Then Attorney Llppman asked that the case be dismissed The motion will be overruled said the Judge I But your Honor began Attorney Attor-ney Walton who was also for the defense de-fense It Is useless to argue the question gentlemen was the reply The defendant de-fendant may of course go on the stand if he desircu to do so Will your Honor exumlne the statute stat-ute asked Walton I have I am satisfied that this complainant Is not an acompllce as has been Indicated but simply a lamb PRICE GIVES HIS VERSION After a whispered consultation of fifteen fif-teen minutes Prlco was placed upon the stand He told a story directly at variance with that of the complainant but he had not gom on more thun t ten minutes when It became evident that all ho needed was rope enough and hoAX i ould easily hang himself I Dlohl Jut him through L sexauniifition that fairly made him sweat Attorneys for tho defendant thou strained every effort to how thai he could nol be ronviclcd by Iho testimony I testi-mony of an accomplice which they insisted that Breckon was GETS A STIFF SENTENCE Judge Tlmmony was of tho opinion Unit the defendant was not only guilty as charged but had added perjury to the other iTlnn There was no doubt lit his mind although there Aas but one Avltnohs on each side which man told tho truth That xvould be taken judicial judi-cial notice of T do not believe he said in conclusion thai Prcckon Is an accomplice he Is merely a victim Stand Up Price arose You Avill pay a fine of 00 and be pilsoned in the city jail ninety days The sentence seemed to paralyze Pike for an Instant then he parted with a ghartly smile A verbal notice of a piei I was given bonds Avere put ut 250 and Price lookup look-up MM residence in the beancry If ho 5 in good and kind hu may be out in Limo to celebrate the glorlouf Fourth |