| Show IN THE TOILS the vindictiveness of the prosecuting attorney is once more exhibited in the course pursued towards orson P arnold the sum of his bis offense is his bis supposed association with the movement of president george Q cannon towards the west president cannon was on a mission to which he be had been duly appointed and mr arnold and others were on the train when he was arrested it was alleged that the latter was assisting the former to escape from the territory it was a matter of public comment at the time that an official threat had bad been made to the effect that I 1 geif if arnold ever showed his face in utah again things would be made decidedly hot for mm him whenever it was reported anat he had bad returned similar remarks were repeated and it came to be generally understood that mr arnold was marked down for that vengeance bance which is easy to execute with a packed jury and ir a court mr arnolds arrest last night the extraordinary bonds required tor for his bis appearance when the f full all penalty if he is convicted is fine and six months imprisonment the refusal to take as his bondsmen gentlemen well known to be good and sufficient sureties in every sense of the word wordani wor dand and the hustling off to the penitentiary of the captured defendant all indicate the malevolence with which he is to be pursued and the probable result of his bis prosecution no matter what may he the facts or however closely he may have lived within the law according to the definition of that term announced by the court when mr arnold made his agreement since that time ilme the court has turned several complete judicial summersaults summer as the prosecuting attorney pulled the string and the words unlawful cohabitation have today to day attached to them by decree of court a meaning exactly the reverse of that given iriven to them when mr arnold last appeared before that peculiar tribunal he may look for the extremes punishment that can be inflicted not so much because it will be made to appear that he has bias not kept the law as at present resent construed by tire the court as that ge he is understood to have aided president george Q cannon when in need of assistance well we believe he can stand it and he be will have the sympathy and s support of his friends in the trial that awaits him and the experiences which he may have to undergo |
