Show THE TOPPING OF TWO MACHINES INVESTED TO DC THIS HOT the sugar beet industry can be made to the city exchequer robart edwards was tried before justice alexander yesterday on the charge of disturbing the peace on the fourth by using foul and obscene language on the streets the trial was set for 2 but through inability of the attorney to attend at that time it was continued till A at that time a iury was paneled em boatz appeared for the for defense mr edwards pleaded not guilty officer strong whimp and fausett asti sad to hearing mr Edwar ilg using the term 6 af a b and even a lees classic expression they and him to desist and asi he did not do BO in fact had teemed oblivious of the wrong he bad committed and treated the matter lightly shored him in the coor mr birch testified for aba defense mating a very good witness on direct examination but when mr mr houtz tori chiai in band ha corroborated the testimony of the officers the old when remonstrated with by mr houtz for not tilling all he knew about the affair upon direct tion got the idea that ira veracity wai doubted and his hand upon mr houtla knee said 1 I am a poor hand at making up a satorv lawyers sometimes do that but I 1 cant I 1 am telline the truth mr make a splendid speech for the defense and evidently had the sympathy of the jury but mr houtz called attention to the fact that an had clearly been proven to have been committed and that it was their duty to bring in a verdict of cuilty this they did after being out a short time and recommended hica to the mercy cf the court justice alexander deferred sentence till tomorrow the causa of mr edwards wrath finding vent ia the vocabulary of the gamin seems to have bean that mr birch presented him with a clipping from a newspaper calling attention to the invention of a machine for topping beets mr edwards ia inventing a machine ef that kind himself and did not think the ena the other fellow had invented waa of any account he said BO in a figurative way and this caused his trouble |