Show PROSECUTION RESTS IN ERNST MURDER CASE Defense Rely on Plea of oC Homicide for lor Acquittal OGDEN Jan HAl the openIng ot of court yesterday In the case ot o Clar once nce Ernst charged with murder In Inthe the tho first degree the tho prosecution rested d dand and the tho attorney for the tho defense m an flounced that It was Isis his Intention to 0 tl try th the CaSe e on the grounds of able ablo Ct City J 11 Pender and Chief of Police T P E Brt testified to the tho Goo good tor of tine defendant and also to the tho fat that Ernst had told that Staples Was a haul bad man and that ho to fear leal the deceased A L Brewer H H Spencer Spencor n fl E Hoag and nd Horace all prominent busl ness men Islets of the cIt city teStified that tho thoy had known the defendant Cor or sever several 1 years and that his reputation wu above reproach D Carter Cartera a cook In the employ or of W H nan Ban Bancroft croft general manages or the O 0 S L testified that lie he had hial known the tho do dc ceased Staples for about 12 years nJ that ho he was an all round bad man manThis manThis This was objected to by the tho district attorney but bul hater latel the objection was overruled Ernst was placed on the stand stancl and testifIed In his own bo be behalf half Ho He was sas on the stand when court adjourned till Ull Tuesday morning was as still on the stand when court COutt ad at al noon today It Is expected the case will bo be concluded and given to the jury this evening It looks very for lor un acqUittal WEBER COUNTY OUT OF DEBT WITH BIG Jan 11 For the tho first time In many decodes Weber county count Is s out or ol debt and also has n a bal bai balanco anco on hand lIand o of showing was VaS made to the count county corn missioners th s morning at their r rep ular w kl meeting wien the report ol of County Auditor D Dyo o fa for I the year 19 1909 1 was read The rhe county starts the new year with all of Its debts paM paid In full and with the amount glen given over and above all which haVe beers been contracted It Is considered that In the past year Weber county has done elone more mom road Ork over before In Its history which Ili easily reach a total cost of that salaries of all OO In iii he county have hao boon been Increased and have been ma made out or of the tho the show in jag b by the county officials Is an excel excellent lent one oneAt oneAt At the meeting today the tho tax taC sale salo ro re redemptions Vcr as follows State Ogden elt city Ogden city school district Weber OO school district COAL SHORTAGE UNRELIEVED OGDEN Jan coal shortage uris not miot been relieved yet et In spite or of orthe the tue united efforts or of the coal dealers and amI these tc arc man many families In Ogden Ogdon who are unable to got gel fuel tuel to heat their homes Unless something 13 i done dono by the railroad companies who ho have absolute control of the situation It Is feared that citizens will suf suffer fer luring during the present cold weather AlthoUgh hundreds or of cars of coal are arc sent through Ogden Oden daily vcr cry little of It is s for lor commercial put poses and amid scarcely any of oC It Is allowed to re remain remain main In the city a car arrives the people who are arc there with a dray or means of are sue RUC In iii obtaining coal cOlli but those who ate an enough not to lie ho pros out ont the tact that their ordeal have been on file tot fOl man weeks do not ant got gol any fuel This Is 18 not the tho ea case e and this Is not holly the tho fault or of the shealor who has a limited amount to dispose less than is 18 called for 01 hy by the orders on his me file Tan Jan amid are ale witnessing tIme splendid bill at the thc Orpheum week Is the tho equal or of any seen here Stevens steven In by Miss Tins Tin Marshall In An Evening With Dick ellis ens Is the tho hea CROWDED POLICE COURT OGDEN Jan o an and Russell ar arre arrested re rested ted 39 mon men early Monday morning In tins Rio Grande railroad yards amid brought them to the poll police 0 station share whre thO wore were held on n a charge or of on railroad property All 11 of the b e were e found asleep e In e I ears r anSi other tj ep p places and stated t e eI that I thc they vere simply waiting till morning when tiley would move on to other p point Judo Judge Murphy closet closely questioned the men and after a eon with of Police T ii E Browning the they wore well given their rrt tUh the un that they would procure work All MI ot of the m men n appeared to tn bp of oC the laborIng class and were 8 1 a rule rille In appear appeal once rence However tho they were I all I without fundS and amI on only things of value found on entire crowd wore three pocket pocketknives knives and oven even these ha had broken Ma Maggie le Messenger was arraigned ed on the of vagrancy and given 10 day In the ell city jaIl jaIlS S Cameron WOK charged with va vagrancy grancy and was given his hili with the that ho he would get at t ence Pt Fat Fr Froden den was wa sentenced to 10 days das dasIn In jail JaB for tor 1 w no ci mere youth was f r charged cd with sith Ho He stated that his hla a age was IS 18 years The Tho court tonic th the mattei under Frank Was as charged with I drunkenness und and the judge his CW case under before passing sentence John McCann WI was J charged with petit larceny and cl was wa tu to 60 50 days in III the county jolt jail I CONVENTION OF I GOVERNMENT FORESTERS I OGDEN Jan Jami rhe government foresters COI tim rore Forest l District No 4 be bc Jan cams n rn 9 s nv n 1 u Monday morning In tine tho forest ChIef Forester Clyde CIlIo Leavitt In the chair The cia CIn nil all of o Utah Nevada evada southern I Idaho a antI northern tI The d go goa of 1 the 11 first I meeting was pleasing to 1 Mr 11 Leavitt and at al the homo home and It yas predicted that the tho conventIon would arouse earnestness 1 ol of purpose that meant good results rl delegates were vere In their eats when tho Gavel fell and it Il tas NIR thAt thero was wa loom In the ball bail lor or about 16 15 to lo later The Th Problems to lie be considered have havo to 10 do 10 with the tho question of what a knowledge of means the or of oC th thin the tho dl ills th the force employed In the tho hand ling hug of th tIne Individual forests tIme tho of Improvement along all lines or of the tho servIce the relation of the forest to departments ol of the Iso the question u or Of claims ansi and the duties dutleR of forest 0 re t supervisors and I rangers ARRESTED FOIl FOn THEFT OGDEN Jan Jail Cn Ca of the western division of the PacifIc arrived In O morning brInging with him H Y Evans Enns a fleas agent on the tho trains whom lie he arr near fleno Erans Is with stealing IL a hand handgrip grip 1111 which lie hI left In O Ogden den In of a bar tender It to bring him home so that the grIp could be recovered from tIm friend He will bo be taken to Reno for trial ANSWEl FILED OGDEN Jail Jun a lengthy length nn an ser naves to the complaint flied by the Orpheum compan Gideon 1 Y Candish and Mar Margaret Margaret garet Candish the defendants set forth certain alleged facts b by which they silI 1111 endeavor to flint I nn O los lor e enter l r a Counter Counterclaim ut claim agaInst the Orpheum Amusement company compan They Thoy that they have been hien damaged In the tho sum of and that sifter applyinG 1000 or of this amount as rent for November and De Dc comber the they are aro entitled to the hal bal balance ance and the they ask that dam damages I Inges ages In this amount be awarded them BLAME OGDEN Jan the I regular gular me meeting or of the tho county commissioner L L I Dagron chief of oC time the Utah Light Railway company ap appeared l amish stated that his company compan acknowledged that tIne the recent damage lone done to tIme the county bridge near tim tho mouth month of Ogden can canyon on by tIm tho ice Ico slide was due to the ne neglect of the com company pan In shutting off the water In Inthe inthe the oer overflow ow pipe and that the corn com compan pan pany was ready to settle for the darn dam damage age as soon ns asIt had been determined No definite action was taken taleen In the u OGDEN BRIEFS The National bank his has Instituted instituted suit to recover from Nelson and amid others loaned on a prom Issor note Hjalmer Emanuel BorG Berg of Sparks and Virginia Lee of oC Ileno were ap applicants for a marriage license Mon Monday day clay afternoon at the county clerks ot of lice John E B Dooly has blought suit agaInst the tho S Sylvan Ian Amusement company compan to the sum of oC alleGed to be duo for lor hack rent of con tam real estate in Ogden A A writ ot of attachment hits been on the of 01 hirers of the amusement company nail the tue buildings are now In the tho sheriffs I charge pending the decisIon ol of the suit |