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Show j W. J. Bryan's Cousin (?) Steals Livery Rig Eccentric Clinrncter, Posing as Snlcs. man, Lecturer and Aduince Agent, J'lnnlly Lnmis rn County .Tail. Mr. K. N. Sever Is In tho county Jull charged with stealing n horso nnd buggy from Nlelson's livery stable. His trial is set for May 29th. Last Friday ho called at tho stablo and asked for a horso and buggy to go to Lchi; claiming that ho was a traveling salesman. Towards evening the Btnblo mnnngor, not hearing anything any-thing or his outfit, began to suspect thut there wns something wrong, nnd soon nfter received n telegram from Sever In Clearfield, Davis County, stating thnt his outfit was In n livery liv-ery stable there. A tolcphono mes-8ngo mes-8ngo to tho sheriff's homo stntcd Hint tho mnn wns in tho county Jnll on suspicion ot having stolen thoi outfit. Sever trnded IiIb Ainorlcnn Fork buggy, bug-gy, which was a new one, to u Knys-lllo Knys-lllo woman for nu old one, claiming thnt the new ono wns broken. When tho new one was found not to bo broken, tho sheriff was sent for ant) mado tho arrest. Sever went to the Shorlff'a telephone, clnlmlng thnt he wnntcd to tclophouo to his mother In Ogden but Instead sent thu messngo to Amerlcnn Fork for Niclson to como itml get his outfit. Snturdny Sheriff Knst went to Fnrmlngton nnd got tho man. Sever got BOino bills printed In Lohl advertising himself ns ti lyceum cn-lortnlncr cn-lortnlncr and cousin of W. J. llryaii. Ho hired tho l.ehl Tabomaclo in which to give IiIb show, but bceauso of tho medium of advertising only sold six tickets. When In Kurckn ho Joined Join-ed tho Mormon church, but when tho bishop refused to donato Ills n ton of coal, ho Joined tho Baptist church. When he. left Eureka, it Is said, he took tho sheets, an electric iron and Bevornl other looso nrtlclea from his lodging place. Upon being nrrested ho '.mailed n $2.00'. bill -to the.. Juab County BhcrUya.fed'eem thpflglrpn j0ht jHrkfrtf(''ft c rrjiud Jj H I rp r irmrtTrY in" Loiii. ' Tho Junb'County Shorlff enmo up to I-olil Wednesdny nnd redeemed re-deemed tho tint Iron, ft |