| Show SP FORK BURGLARS they are found guilta in very short order PAT COLLINs THE PROVO MAN shares a similar fate ada simmons home is granted a divorce from il brutal husband AFTERNOON court resumed session at 2 the jury in the chadwick Cha awick and ohp ale larceny crises returned a verdict of guilty as charged in the indictment was bet for october ath and aonda pending a motion for a new trial were fixed at mr esaua asked that the case ot the people vs james chadwin grand larceny be dismissed and the witnesses discharged alie defendant was accused of steal ing a horse but the evidence was incent to convict the case of the people vs william goodwin and william smith burglary was called and jury empanelled empanel led L A wilson appeared for the defense john rockhill was called I 1 live at spanish fork have a gun shop was living there on the of may last on that date my son came ana told me that some one had bac en ahat pistols were taken some postage stamps and scrip had also been taken left the store on the night of the about 12 came back at sunrise in the morning six pistols had been taken about a dollar and a half in postage stamp and about CO in scrip was gone a bos was produced and identified by the witness he also thought the pistols and came from his place A newspaper was found liebing there the next morning it was a utah valley gazette with benjamin argyles name on mrs argyle I 1 have seen mr goodwin before am not acquainted with hica he came to my house one evening and for something to eat gave him seme bread and cheese wrapped in a gazette it had mr argyles name on it heard of the burglary the next morning the name is nut on this piece of paper it was torn off by the children never saw mr smith before the paper was offered in evidence benjamin argyle AIE marshal of spanish fork remember seeing that paper got it from one of the police my name was on it it was torn off by the children telegraphed around for people to lie on the lookout for burglars the men were found at payson found pis tol cartridges cigarette paper cigar cites scrip and 25 cents in silver on alie larger of them mr smith bad a cou fitt with mr amith they I 1 told contradictory stories as to w here they had met and the length of time they had bean together fredrick have a grocery store at biyson Pi dont remember seeing these defendants at my etore james creer I 1 baw these defendants on the or of may last at the depot in spanish fork I 1 saw them at paydon after the robbery they in the custody of alie marshal saw mr argyle take the scrip and cigarettes from them the prosecution rested mr goodkin Go defendant was in sli fork on may remember getting supper from mrs argyle went to the depot about 0 or 7 went from spanish fork depot tu lykou where I 1 was arrested sadgun had gun cigarette paper and cigarettes on me when I 1 was arrested bought the pistol in dpn ver got the paper in grand junction got the cigarettes at P V junction first saw smith at san francisco met him here at provo have seen that piece of scrip before got it from smith he said he had found it never went into Rock bills store on the night of the they interview me they tried to ana I 1 them mr smith another defendant kaow mr first saw him in sin feancisco Faan cisco next saw him in provo was going to get work to make a few dollars su that I 1 would get back to the coat and get aboard a ship im a sailor never as in mr Rock hills store had in my pos session two 0 thos wim heater cartridges some scrip and ties got the cartridges at tacoma found ahe scrip from a man we were bunking with ina dugout remember the interview I 1 had aith the marshal in spanish fork he me months i I 1 would teil all about ibe business told him I 1 know anything about it to mr evans I 1 got the 25 cents iu money for some I 1 sold the stamps were sent to me by my sister when I 1 was in sail francisco the case was argued and submitted to the iury the chae of the people vs william davia assault with intent to commit murder was culled and a jury em paneled mr hamilton appeared for the defense J W all red was called and that he had seen davis and harty have a quarrel over a pair of spurs which had resulted in dayis striking harty over the head with a pistol As the witness left he had heard two akots fired the details of arrest were related by the witness thomas holdaway had been st andine on the platform of the store iu vernal when this trouble occurred mr davis came up and asked for a pair of spurs harty said they were down at hi place where lie davis had left them davis said left be d d you come and get fiem and I 1 want you to gt them in a hurry mr harty said he would get them in a minute davis then struck harty over the head with a pistol and harty ran in the store and got ben catli the counter davis folio ived and fired his pistol over the counter twice dont know what he fired at mr harty ran away and davis went out and after getting his horse from a mr garib a was fired from the brewery and he fired a shot towards the brewery the jury in the smith goodwin bur alary case came into court and rendered a verdict of guilty mr evans stated that a number of ot witnesses were present but the bo jle had agreed with mr hamilton that the jury should return a verdict of guilty of assault with intent to do bodily ury his honor the jury and they fetu rued a verdict accordingly mr hamilton in behalf of the defendant stated eliat harty and dayis had ben partners and harty had circulated rumors on and out of this the trouble had grown the defendant had already been imprisoned for six months awaiting a trial he was sentenced to six months im B W drish plead not cuilty to the charge of adultery court adjourned until 10 saturday morning MORNING the grand jury came into court and reported three indictments tho case of the people ys henry croue soren jensan jos fairbanks and ted barkdell were ignored benjamin foreman plead not guilty to the ch arge of grand larceny the case of the leonle vs burglary was called and a jury emean aled evans and king prosecuted alie taip and mr E A wilson appeared for alie defenso john mcewan was called on the of this month I 1 was engaged in the r T r T salmoa business in company with mr Raw JinKs saw the defendant at my place of business on that evening left the saloon about 12 prior to my leaving I 1 missed some cigars and cigar etts got back 0 boxes of cigars and one box of cisa the cigars were woith and the cigarette 5 mr strong came in and asked me if I 1 bad lost any cig irs I 1 went into the back room and fondd the cagara missing the boora from the saloon to the wareroom were not locked that night saw this defendant before justice brown to mr wilson there were a great many people in the saloon did not see the defendant go into the back room see him go out dont think he was in the room for ad minutes prior to mr strongs entrance he direct an exit could be made from the warehouse without passing through the saloon alex wilkins im a policeman in pro first saw the defendant on the night of the was standing un the bank corner with mr elliott and heard a row went across the street south and saw three men at the east coop co op cor ner drop some boxes and pick bliem up joaie one came up and said that the man had come out of the alley ay we started after them and they dropped the cigars hollowed fur them to stop but they paid no attention I 1 stooped over a moment to try to catch the sound and I 1 received a blow on the bead with a rock I 1 fired my yun and this man fell against the fence and said for gods sake man dont shoot me told him to lay there one of the other boys came up and took charge of him could not catch the other two to air am not sure that this man was one of the men at the east coop co op corner am sure there were three men in the crowd I 1 chased dont know who threw the rock know there were three men alien the boxes were throw ed and I 1 hollowed loll owed those three inen enow that only two men ran because they did not run until I 1 fired wilim strong am a policeman in frugo was here on the night of the at about 11 saw four men come out of mcevans Mc Ewans place one of ahem seemed to be very drunk and we locked him up saw three men running down the street heard the boxes over the fence mr and mr elliot was after them caught the defendant at the first ward schoolhouse corner henry elliot corroborated the money of jessra wilkins and strong wm horrocks bad seen the three men come out of the alley way by jones store and go across to the east coop co op corner and down to the school house corner with the officers in pursuit and had assisted in picking up the cigar boxes mr wilkins was recalled and produced the rock with which he had been struck the prosecution rested pat gollins the defendant was arrested on the of this month was in mcewan rawlings saloon left there about 10 or half past 9 bonc know anything about the stealing ot juose cigars never had anything to do with itin leaving the saloon two fellows came on behind me and passed me I 1 followed on behind them when the fired I 1 hollowed for G d bake dont shoot I 1 aint done nothing i was going down to almans place eliere I 1 hoard to mr evansa I 1 able to run I 1 had a pretty good jag on me never threw any rock at mr wilkins alie prosecution waived their open in argument and mr wilson addressed the jury in behalf of the defense mr evans concluded foi the prosecution and alie case was submitted to the jury the case of ada home vs C W home divorce was called the plaintiff took the stand and testified that the defendant had deserted her an d had failed to support her her name had bead forged to a check and he had repeatedly peat edly assaulted her A dec reo of divorce was granted D was excused from faither service aa a juror for this term of court ake jury in the pat collins case came into court and rendered a verdict of aty an fn the indictment court adjourned until monday morn iab at 10 |
