Deseret Evening News | 1901-12-05 | Page 3 | Timber Case is Dismissed

TIMBER CASE OASE IS D Time The ThelM uns of ot tho the United States Slates vs W AV W v and others oth rH was wan dis dismissed missed In 1 the federal court this morn mornIng Ing irig on motion of ot time the United fJ Dis Is District 1 nd Attorney Mr Air Tho Time case was a u criminal prosecution for tor al at alleged all l during the In uJ US ly Iy August and September 1893 ms on oh lands lamia III In the tho vicinity of ot Cotton Colton In I addition to tho the criminal case a civil case lIlI brought lo to recover tho time value of or certain pine timber taken by bytho bytho tho time defendants This waa wl fJ settled And tho time government nt was paid by the tho do de defendants an 1111 amoUnt aggregating soy sev several oral eral thousand dollars A second report was recently mado 11 10 by Special Agent Sowers Howers and nM It 11 wan waa wn concluded from It that lint n a criminal pro prosecution lIe could not be b sustained and since a it recent decision of ot tho the United limited States court of ot appeals nl eala In Inthe Intha inthe the tha case of ot the United States S vs VI Price Trailing In company hold held that timber could conic be taken takemi for lor now n w railroad con construction nt at any ay point adjacent to the tho main Una of ot tho lie road read Consequently tho the case ease wan dismIssed The Tho case of ot VB vms the tho Silver Sliver King ICIng Mining company Was WIlS ordered ord lct din dill missed The federal f grand Jury JUr Is 1 expected to give a IL report this afternoon Thomas C Hanley n a railroad brake brakeman man ma of Ogden today filed a n petition 1 In Involuntary voluntary bankruptcy His Ills amount to HUt all nil and lila his n to 1000 1000 claimed claim exempt Arthur E K Peterson filed n a petition In voluntary bankruptcy with liabilities of ot ansi and nn assets of ot claimed exempt Lorn Lemn Parr Farr was discharged from tram bank