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Show MONEY III PLENTY, BUI HELD US j VA6BAHT Workinman Placed Under Arrest Ar-rest Because He Was Spending Spend-ing His Monev. "It's a trange condition of things and a strange way ou have of doing husi-liew husi-liew hi-re," said a well-dressed, gontle-manl gontle-manl appearing man about thirty years of age to a Tribune reporter Thursday evening "It eent- that a man who com i hero end spends hii monej and walks through tht street is liable to be arrested and fttn-d as a vagrant, and I know what I am talking about, because I have Just passed through the mill and only escaped sentence because i was financially able to hire en attorney, prove who I was and that I was merely one Of the many tourists or strangers who como here." "Who arrested ou. and under whit ii us was your arrest accompli accom-pli ih d V was asked. How He Was Arrested. "Well ' said the stranger. "It was tills way I came here about a week ago and a d,' "T tWO after reaching 9alt Lake I met n former friend of mine nnd we de- 1 to spend a little money. Both of us had plent and w agreed to hae a good time with a portion of it. Among other place that We IslP-d were the gambling houses, which. I understand pay a license and. are protected by the present administration. We didn't spend much money there, hUt we admitted that a few dollars were thrown over the gre-n cloth. Then we patronized a saloon In the 'tenderloin' to the -xtent of a few-drinks few-drinks As far as I know that Is also thi- privilege of a new i omer or resident of the town. In each place that we vis-lied vis-lied mi in ted as gentlemen. We didn t t-il-e an disturbance, merely pa- lug for what we got and minding our own business. Chaiged With Vagrancy. "Saturday i wai arrested; thrown In jail on a charge of vagrancy; compelled to furnish i-ush bail in order to get out, and whe:i bronchi up for trial the prosecuting prose-cuting altorne trl.-d among other things to prove that I was a professional gambler, gam-bler, an opl.im fiend and other equally choice iiffenxes. Was a Working Man "The truth of th. mutter is I ;im ;i ' working man I cum- here with money ami while here w. tii out to have a little fun. the vain- as thousands of others do I paid uiy was as i went, molested no one and minded my own buslntM, I still have money, still reside here and lnt nd to for some time. In case 1 get work, and nd other Officer throws me In jail. It a expensive, to the say the leust. to get out of sm-li mix, ins with the police force." Given His Liberty. The speaker was .lack Harrington. When his case came up for decision in fudge id. hi ' court he was found guilty, but sentence w u3 suspended The testimony testi-mony of the Officers ioj.-. have been sufficient suf-ficient to convict, but the Judge evidently believed that Harrington was not a vagrant, vag-rant, and so gae him his liberty |