Salt Lake Telegram | 1903-04-10 | Page 10 | Vagrants Procure Good Meals Cheap

VAGRANTS PROCURE GOOD MEALS CHEAP t Smooth Scheme Used to Defraud Restaurants Res-taurants Offenders Are Ordered Or-dered to Leave Town. The nollce are continuing their cam- paign against undesirable men who ars making Sait Lake their headquarters, end vagrants and others of that class are being driven from the city. ;i The- city's criminal court is crowded every day with men charged with vagrancy va-grancy and other petty offenses. FAnk Lee, Frank Kelley and J. Allen Al-len Were in Police cofrrt today charged with vagrancy. When these men were arrested a stack of "begging cards" and fictitious meal checks were found In the room occupied by them. Their plan was to order a meal costing cost-ing from 60 cents to $1, and then present to the cashier a check for 20 or 25 cents, paying that amount for the meal. The men pleaded guilty to the vagrancy va-grancy charge, and were given until 5 o'clock tonight to get out of town. If found here after that time they will be given sentences of ninety, days each In the city Jail. -. . . I