| Show Is he the incendiary As may naturally be expected in view of the series of fires which have occurred at bountiful during the past few weeks public opinion against the incendiary has been very strong and diligent diH dill igent efforts have been made by sheriff david 0 willey and the citizens generally to ascertain who the guilty party was the fact of the holbrook residence which was the last place burned having been insured on the of july only two days before the first fire that of newton tut ales stack yard occurred was considered significant especially as it is somewhat unusual for the citizens of bountiful to insure their theia property and sheriff willey began some time since to suspect that there was a connection between that po polley policy issued in favor of enoch A IN hoi brook and the fires he was however unable to find proof of the fact until yesterday when he decided to arrest holbrook as the suspected eted person he was brought to this city on the evening train by sheriff willey and lodged in the county jail and on the return of the sheriff a thorough search odthe of the holbrook premises was made resulting in the finding of six two bushel sacks filled with household goods which were supposed to have been consumed with the house and which were in tact fact included in the inventory of property burned to which enoch A holbrook made affidavit enoch A holbrook is a son of the late judge joseph holbrook eind and comes of a most excellent family with the exception of one or two circumstances of a rather questionable character with which his name has been associated in the past he has borne abood character re he is about twenty five years of age and of a fir firof determined ne disposition is altion and ap appeared ared when arrested to be stolid and not disposed to talk had the accused remained in bountiful in place of being brought to the city his safety from violence would have been a matter of doubt as the people as heretofore explained pla ined are greatly incensed on account of the fires the action of the sheriff in bringing the prisoner to town was a judicious step at 2 september 6 the ex ami nation of holbrook opened before commissioner greetzman Gre green etiman man A large crowd of spectators thronged thron ged the room and hallway ballway around the entrance to it many of them apparently belag from bountiful the complaint charges as follows that enoch A holbrook Holb of bountiful davis county territory of utah in the he n ht tt time e of said day unlawfully maliciously licious ly and feloniously did put pat fire to and burn ala and destroy a ce tain dwelling house with its ito valuable contents the said house and contents being the property goods and chattels chattel of the estate of the late holbrook deceased 11 judge powers appeared for the prosecution and waldemar van cott fox for the defense the defendant waa arraigned but did not plead as mr van ott desired a continuance and that the plea be deferred until the next sitting mr van cott stated that he had been spoken to about the case only a few mi minutes nu tea before judge powers said he had to try a ease case at beaver and though the people were ready he would not oppose a postponement the case was by consent set for saturday Batur day next at 10 a in |
