Show LOCAL NEWS FROM FRIDAYS DAILY APRIL 9 fine paid last evening commissioner mckay rendered his bis decision on the question us as to whether isaac groo could be released without payment of the flue fine in wh which ch he be arrived at the conclusion that he could not mr groos fine was therefore paid for him and he was set at liberty having been confined 30 days longer than the period for which he was sentenced another release this morning brother chas L white who was sent to the penitentiary on oct 0 6 1885 for refusing to renounce a principle of his bis religion and who has served 30 days more than the period of sentence was brought before commissioner mckay and after having undergone a rigid examination as to his not having any property exempt from execution he took the required oath and was set at liberty he like the others who have suffered imprisonment for conscience sake has no regrets at having proven true to his convictions the davenport case the demurrer of the defendant in the case of the people vs fanny davenport for keeping beeping a house of ill fame was argued before judge zane yesterday afternoon the point at issue being as to whether counsellor counsel for defendant defend ani could enter a plea for their client or not the mat ter was submitted to the court who took it under advisement and this morning district attorney dickson moved that the plea of the defendant beeaker betakes be takes which was a virtual confes sion of the demurrer jud judge ge hoge of counsel for the defendant fen dant claut waived the reading of the indictment and asked that a plea of not guilty be entered the court asked Is the name in the indictment your true name causing caning a general titter and mr hoge replied that fist it was the clerks fault if it was not right Mr Dickson then asked that the other indictment charging the defendant with selling liquor in violation of law be read out but as judge hoge did not appear as counsel in that case the matter ditter was postponed until monday interfering with jurors today to day mr john M young who when being eya examined mined as to his qualifications as a juror in the morris morria mammoth suit ats stated ted that he had bad been spoken tb by one of the parties was called up by judge zane and further interrogated on the subject he stated mr J A cunningham ning ham of the mammoth mining co had bad approached him previous to the tria and asked whether he had bad been excused from serving as 49 a juror for the term mr young replied that he had botand not and mr cunningham remarked that he be was glad of it as he was interested te in a case coming up for trial after learning these facts judge zane said that while there was probably not enough in this to warrant thel arrest of cunningham Cunning bam still he considered that a man who would thus approach one whom he knew to be a juror was corrupt and dishonest and was anything but deserving of the confidence of the community the judge further stated that he be was determined to put a stop if possible to any attempts to influence jurors brors and th that at one of these days men guilty of such a course would find themselves hem selves in a tighter place than they ever dreamed of with this warning the matter rested FROM SATURDAYS DAILY APRIL 10 the exponent the april alst 1st number of this interesting int cresting periodical was placed I 1 laced upon our desk yesterday and found to be brim full fall of bright and spicy reading nutter master especially to the ladis for whose benefit benefit it is published amon other articles we notice an editorial letter from chicago to the sisters at home shirts stolen this morning in rulaf about 8 a man went into mullett co s clothing store on east temple street and asked to examine some clothing he left the store without making any purchases but shortly afterward attree the salesman found that three shirts were missing evidently having been taken by the recent visitor the thief has not yet been arrested called this morning we received a call from brother andrew W cooley who emerged the other day from the penitentiary after serving a six months sentence for having lived with his wives his health was at times quite precarious while in prison and the strain upon his hia mind on account of sickness and bereavement in his family was so great as also to tend to reduce him somewhat physically he was respected by bis fellow prisoners on account of the kindly and ancl accommodating mo dating disposition he displayed ile he comes out with a full fall determination to keep clear of everything not in unison with the spirit of the gospel gospe 1 robbery at about midnight M last night three men who from omaha via last evenings D K R G train visited the house of a woman known as sadie noble and while in one of the rooms succeeded in robbing the safe of the thieves made their escape but the pollee police were notified and this morning officer calder arrested one ot of the parties who gave his name as J belbert Bel bart at woods gross and brou brought I 1 lit him im to this city belhart Rel Re bart lhart who admitted being with the others denied any complicity in the crime but it is evident that when he be purchased his ticket to woods cross he intended there to meet the others and continue their lourney journey to california the remaining two were arrested this afternoon at farmington larceny last evening a man came to the city hotel on first south street and engaging a bed retired for the ni night lit about bout midnight natte abe hotel ote proprietor pr eter had two more ore applications a p licanto s for 5 sleeping leeping accommodations com ovations f from ro parties artles who had been carousing a at t iri fitzgeralds tz geralds den and placed them the in n a double doable bed in the toe same room with the other man this morning when he be arose the first named guest discovered that his bis pockets ock had bad been rifled and about gido 20 in cash taken and one of the others also complained of being robbed of 4 the pollee police made diligent search but failed to find any indications of the room having been entered or of the whereabouts of the stolen cash there is a trong suspicion that the man who lost the 0 20 o has been victimized by the other two A broken limb an eight year old eld boy of alfred painter of the ward had the misfortune to break his leg on thursday lost last between the knee and the thigh what makes the accident all the more sad bad is the fact that he had bad the abe same limb broken only in another place some time since and was only lust just recovering from it when this fresh calamity befell him the father of the boy who can ill afford to be bear ar the expense of these accidents and support his family having been out of work most of the winter is to have a benefit in the shape of a social party tendered him by some of his friends fri the affair to t come off in the ward assembly rooms 0 on n friday evening next when it la Is to be hoped there will be a large atten attendance e and a goodly sum realized boy thieves this coining mo ining three boys dan henry lucien adams and charles martini aped aged respectively 12 13 and 14 were ai arraigned before justice on the charge of petty larceny and ana their trial was set for monday next the boys admit having stolen several old pistols a lot of keys and some other articles most of them from Brooks banks second hand store and state that they sold a part of the property at various second hand band stores the case against them appears per fehmy clear and two of them martini and adams have before been convicted of a similar 0 sense offense it Is to be hoped however that if the young in are sent to jail as they will have to be that they will be kept be separate from more hardened criminals so that their punishment may have the effect of reforming them it if possible it would also be a good thing it if the law could be made to reach parties who purchase articles under circumstances such asthore as those connect connected edwith with this case for there can be no doubt that the purchasers knew the goods were stolen when they were offered f for or sale A pleasant affair brother W G phillips who for some time past has boen been acting as counselor to the superintendent in iu of the ward sunday school was tendered a reception last evening in the school house bouse of that ward by his fellow superintendents and teachers as also by the larger scholars of the school and many of the parents of the ward who had been invited to attend the object was to manifest to brother phillips who is about to start on a mission to england the appreciation entertained for his bis services in the school by his associates aud and the people of the ward generally and it was done in a style that must have been gratifying to the re recipient of the ovation as it was pleasurable to all others who were W ere in attendance A very nice sting of vocal and instrumental music and speeches was rendered after which refreshments were partaken partaker par taken of by all present and then some time was spent in general sociability and offering congratulations and encouragement to brother Phillips on the new sphere he is about to embark upon for fora a time the affair closed at midnight all present feeling that they had bad enjoyed Is a good time the defunct grand jury following is a list ot of the names of the grand jury for the february term of the third district court who were discharged today to day MH M hiwalker HW walker alker foreman vice prest dent dept union national bank and of walker brothers company salt balt lake TI city C L haines of gilmer salisbury co salt lake city 0 IT parsons of C H parsons C co booksellers salt lake city ov I 1 B wilder vilder mining engineer and U S deputy surveyor salt lake city A J gunnell agent union pacific ity by coal department salt lake city simon goolt of J C malsh co salt lake city milt barratt of barratt brothers i furniture dealers salt lake city F M bishop assayer salt like lake city EV E NW ruff bookkeeper book keeper with geo A lowe salt lake city cit joseph simon ot of saon simon Broth brothers millinery goods salt lake city A R arter carter salt lake city wm win terhune salt lake lair city ct R D mcdonald DM cDonald salt bali lk lake g city i t john S barnes capitalist salt lake city joseph foreman salt lake city A Lich lecherous erous brute yesterday after afternoon noAn one nels bonkofsky Bou kofsky kolsky who was as bep aeu known in this city for a num oer of years earll went to a house bouse in the eighth ward nar a and inquired for a lady with whose husband he be had bad formerly had some difficulty and who was absent from the city the lady was not ome lome but the summons wax was answered y a young girl who lives in another art of the house bouse bonkofsky Bou kofsky came r a nto to the room and finding that the lady for or whom he be had bad asked was not pres preb aint nt he be asked the girl who is only only 13 year age to go out riding with him this soe she promptly refused to do when made some further remarks and nd seizing the girl gin around the waist kissed her she tore herself away from from the whisky besotted wretch who then hen itrich ed to lock the door but was prevented re vented he next seized the girls irys hand and placed jp fai it a half alf dollar asking her oot bot to say anything about it she rejected the modey money but bat bonkofsky Bou kofsky would not take it back and left the house the lady soon afterward returned when the girl related what had bad occurred and gave her the money about dusk last evening bonkofsky Bou kofsky xe returned turned to the house bouse and made the aade ame inquiry as before the door was opened uy by the lady herself who invited lm im in and asked him to sit down while she he lit the lamp as it was getting dark ice at t the same time she called the girl to see if it was the same man who was there in the afternoon as he be answered the he description given bonkofsky Bou kofsky immediately media ely started to leave the room but the lady seized him by the collar and charged him with his bis beastly conduct net bonkofsky Bou kofsky denied it but the girl os isted that he was wame toe the same one and a struggle ensued in which bou kofsky was considerably scratched coed ened and received a bow blow in the nose which brought blood freely finally to get away he struck the lady a severe blow continued on 88 continued from page in the left eye causing swelling and discoloration so that the visual or organ gan presented a rather unpleasant spectacle this bonkofsky Bou kofsky wis was soon arrested but was shortly afterward released through a misunderstanding as the lady refused to appear against him it afterward developed deed that a dr nesbitt had taken a disreputable potable part in the affair and had bad secured the ladys signature to an agreement 11 that she would not prosecute bonkofsky Bou kofsky this morning however a warrant was issued for the latter and the trial will be had before justice bonkofsky Bou kofsky is understood to be in the employ of a san francisco firm as drummer and is now in the city in that capacity if he begets gets his just deserts for his conduct in this instance iastan ce he will probably give salt lake a wide berth iu in the future |