| Show ALLEGED ROBBERY neila loses his watch while drunk in salt lake city on tuesday afternoon robert wm yates and L day were arrested in salt lake city on a charge of highway robbery their examination was commenced before commissioner greenman and was continued till wednesday jhb victim was nells Om ansen proprietor of the grove bathing resort in prove history his tory is that on monday evening he salt lake he was about town and went into hill Trew helas saloon where he remained till nearly 5 tuesday morning he fell in with and day and as he was about to go to his room in the hotel they asked him to make the trip in a hack driven by yates he at first said he would walk but finally consented to ride the hack was driven to the south part of where day and relieved him of hig baah and yates took his hack fare the defendants denied the robbery and explained their possession of oman sens watch by saying that he it as security for hack fare they say lie was drunk oman sen finally admitted that probably he have lost his money and watch in the carriage the defendants were promptly discharged and upon motion of mr varian was sent to the penitentiary for five days and fined for contempt of court colonel kaighn was the attorney for the defendants |
