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Show REN AND JOE . TO DO STUFF . INUiMT Jolly Boys From Sevier County Figure in Melodramatic Melo-dramatic Feud ; Joe Is Facing Booze Charge Ton pinch m and VU pinch you la th Interpolation of a one popular popu-lar song which will be featured at tha next terra of the federal court hero when Ren and Joe, th Jolly boys from Sevier county, will top the calendar. So saye attaches of the office of United Ststsa Marshal J. Ray Ward. A sketch of their gyrations In. and out of aha state, and federal courta, with first ons and thsn the other alternating In the roles of defendant and complaining com-plaining witness, would In back stags parlance be a' "Wow." It Is said. .' Ren has bstd Jos respnnslbls for a large measure of his llfs's troubles, and. convsrssly. Joa haa held Ren to be a mean guy. How they ever got 'close enough together for Ren to get the eupposed good on Joe Is sn unsolved mystsry. but. neverthe- I less. Jos Is being hsld for th federal fed-eral district court her an a charge sf prohibition violation, and Ren Is ths boy who produced tha evidence. It Is said. FEUD LONGSTANDING. - Ren Rasmussen and Joa Colby reside re-side near Sallna. Utah. : How the feud started haa never been divulged, di-vulged, but tha principals on both aides hav at times given their version ver-sion of the episodes hsrawlth related. re-lated. Each haa claimed to be the Innocent victim of tha ether's machinations. About ons year ago Joa waa listed aa a star witness for ths state In a case of sheep stealing which in-I in-I volved aa defendant a Sevier county man whom Joe claims waa a friend of Ren e. While this ease ss pending, pend-ing, according to Joa, Ren one dey enticed Joa to ride over to Richfield. Rich-field. En route Ren, Jo claim, piled him with drink, which for soms reason Induced sleep; and Ren, Ilka a good follow, put him to Whan Joa awoke he found himself In compromising proximity to a wife whoss husband stood nearby menacing him with a shotgun and Insisting upon payment of M0. In default of which ha threatened death. Joe haa aald. Joa waa relieved re-lieved of what each he had and told to "git" I Ho igttts)d" to thaoouaty attorney's office and swore to a complaint charging Ran and the other with blackmail. OOTLIO RUMOR. Now comes Ren. Not atalsfled with besmirching his good name by alleging blackmail. Jos. Rsn eaya, started a rumor that. Ren waa a bootlegger, which led ultimately to hu Jurist 'by fsderal prohibition agents. Ths whols schema. Ren claims, wss a cabal by Jo and hie friends to discredit Rsn la bis own horns town . Anyhow, Ren was proagni for trial and Joa came along to aea how Uncle Sam would handle his neighbor. Rsn waa tried at tna last term of court and acquitted. I When Ren em I led and declared that truth alway prevails i and that Innocence will assart Itself, etc. ad. lib, Jo nly pulled a wry fac and groaned at tha aasa with which guilt goes unpunished. And he begged lolterera In th federal building build-ing eorridore to "Just wait until I get Ren before th court down In Richfield' But, reports her are that Rn also beat tha blackmail case. With hla record wiped of the scores against It. Rsn aasumed a poaltlon aa epeclal under cover agent for a group of central Ltah counties. Among others wera 1 b iJ own county of Srler He worked diligently and long and a few weeks sgo ha Journeyed up her to make affidavit of hla evidence. Ren went to bat with a Babe Ruth feellnc. and so his list numbered, num-bered, among el here, tha nam af Joa Colby. , . JOE ARRESTED. ' As a consequence, Jo waa placed under arrest by Major H. P. Myton deputy United State marshal. Thursday. Ha appeared before the federal commissioner at Richfield and gave bond to guarantee hla appearance ap-pearance her for trial. But opinion IS dlvld4 aa to i whether or not Joa will be aa sue-. cessful a defendant aa Ren proved to be I |
