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Show "WAR" IS KEYNOTE IN GYPSY CAMP Five Servian Women Engage in Conflict Con-flict in the Heart of Salt Lake City. It is "war to tho knife" among the gypsies now encamped in Salt Lake City. The riot call Monday morning brought about the arrest of a wagon load of the nomads, five of whom appearod in court yosterday afternoon to face a charge of disturbing the peace Three were sentenced sen-tenced upon tholr own plea to pay a fine of $10 each, and this was promptly paid. When the cases were called there were enough Servians In court to furnish a nucleus for a colony. Also an array of legal talent, Including Roger Powers of the firm of Marloneuux. MclClnney & Powers, who, speaking for Joo Lconan, (Nick Adams and Pete Adams, entorod a plea of guilty to the "disturbance" charge But this Is only preliminary to the developments de-velopments that promises other things. Yesterday afternoon Attorney Powers filed suit in the district court of this county on hehalf of Joe Lcehan against Nicholas Adams and Milan Adams for the recovery of S2900 which he alleges -was taken away from him in Chicago. Also there were other developments-Five developments-Five women of the Romany camp, who were directly Interested In the control versy over the $2!)00. gathered at the corner of Main and Klrst South streets at 5:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon and engaged in a contest that, according to the statements of the arresting officers, would have made any "battle royal" of the ring look like a Sunday school picnic. pic-nic. Hair by handfuls that had been separated from the scalp was In evidence. evi-dence. The result was the arrest of Mary Adams, .May Lcehan. Marie Adams, Rosle Adams and Annie Adams on charges of fighting. Patrolmen K. Walgreen and A. J5. Taylor made the arrest. The prisoners pris-oners were, after a brief confinement in the city jail, released upon depositing, bonds in tho sum of $25 each. Joe Leehan, who appears to be the storm center of tho strife, declared last night that there was a conspiracy among members of the gypsy camp who wero In sympathy with Lilian Adams, his cousin, to drive him away. Ho declared that he had been robbed of $2000 In Chicago and that the money had been taken from the side pocket of his coat while ho and his cousin were walking side by side in the street. This occurred last September, Septem-ber, according to Leehan, and, although reluctant to believe that his relative robbed him. later investigation convinced him of his cousin's guilt. Henco the complaint, com-plaint, hence the "riot calls." hence the tenseness of feeling In tho gypsy camp. |