Show OGDEN occurrences occurrence progress of a celebrated case some one teas has lied infamously bur assailant found guilty miscellaneous there i is s po town in this northern section ogden that basu ared more conspicuously iu id the ahe first fire t district i strict court for several years past than the maiden city on the banks of the bear corinne her litigation has been continuous and the end thereof at present no mao man and no man within fifty miles ol of the same place has been more prominent inthe in the same coultas cour tas a defendant than william johnson from the developments made in the court room it appears that near six years sine since e mr johnson settled on some wild land in ie the nort northwest from here on oh the land are found quite a number of springs a fine lake of water and near to it are gulches alches ul ches ravines ravine small caf canons tons and little hills covered cohered with verdure the locati location onis is POINT LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN soon after settling 06 there he put up about a five mile stretch of wire tence fence which enclosed a large grea area of hay and pasture lands which included the lake ake springs etc some Som etwo two years suase to johnsons settlement a cor 4 was organized at corinne un an der the name and style of the corinne mill canal and stock company alexander was the foreman or manager among their property they owned about thirteen thousand head ci shep sheep which rf ranged on laud land in the beig neighborhood boyhood of johnsons caal claim in and many of them found their way through his big fence the wires being wide apart and trespassed in Jobb johnsons sons pasture D he e gathered up about three thousand head bead and drove them to the stray pen this in the summer of jegi agthe As the chief of the company brought suit against johnson for unlawfully impounding the woolly q quadrupeds u drupe ds the case came up before J judge not ge po powers w and after occupying considerable time of the court the case went over aver to this term the same plaintiff then bommen commenced zed criminal proceedings in the same court against johnson chang ang dg him with wantonly ard unlawfully destroying about two hundred head bead of sheep belonging to kc jc M C S co after consuming a couple oi 01 days that suit went over for the term also IQ in the early parly part of the present week THE impounding IMPOUND INO S SUIT CIT was again resumed but in consequence of tile the non accept ance of the transcribed notes of the late court reporter and more especially ally because of the absence of a material witness the plaintiff asked to have the case postponed and placed at the foot of the calendar which the court allowed by the plaintiff plaint ff paying 52 dollars dollar 6 the costs of the salt to that time the sheep billing case against ithe de fen lenfant clant was resumed this time no not as a criminal but as a civil suit charging malicious mischief pi and claiming damages to the amount of the value of sheep at aper 3 per capita C S varian vanan prosecuted and judge emerson and J gr marsh defended dJ johnson ajohnson 1 fhe he kil killing lingis is alleged to have been done in july 1884 1881 by one ode john brookes and wm win asberry the latter person is not now in the country brookes was the chief witness for the prosecution re he was employed by johnson in the summer ot 1884 to put up hay bay etc they have since become estranged and 4 bad blood exists between them when afien on im the witness stand brookes testified that in the month of july t the defendant hired him to drive off aud and kill kill a large number of sheep which belonged to plaintiff alleging as s a reason for their destruction destruct ioni that he be joanson Job 1 WOULD GET CHET EVEN with plaintiff for ii it it bad calved at their hands brookes swore that johnson furnish furnisher hr e ed him with a hatchet and a commil corn men butcher knife for the slaughter of tte animals he drove them into a gulch witness said he also ajao had a PI pis sto toLof his own the sheep were driven ia aito to a secluded spot asberry we t an 61 A the top of a large hiu to watch 1010 wit ness was the animals tie he struck some in the head with the hat chet then cut their throats from ear to ear others he caught and ran the knife through the neck and some he be alet with his revolver the ball passing through the jugular vein while t this ilis malicious mischief was being perpetrated pet rated the innocent creatures made yet little t tie or no effort to escape from their bayer although there 0 of f and opportunity to da ao ax fyhen ei he had slain abbat twenty ly thiem jils his hand faltered his accused him of crime he became a coward a craven criminal he feard discovery and retribution he left the carcasses where they fell and went off ff since he quarreled with johnson he turned I 1 St states stes evidence it is said for a consideration but not ifor or many months after the deed was done the plaintiff claims to have found a year or morel more after li finding holing the ft remains mains thirty ry or forty of the missing sheep in t te the place lace where the tae slaughter was done their baand wasi still on the hides and there were eviden evidences cew of their throats having been cut from ear to ear A number of other witnesses were examined for the prosecution but nothing was elicited to confirm the testimony of brookes and in apton of them took anft any V stock in hinc his i g eltty or op verat veracity ity johnson took the stand he swore that that he NEVER HIRED BROOKES to do the dastardly deed he charges he never knew of any s sheep beep kill killing ing at the time and place named by any one he knever furnished brooks brookes with a knife or hatchet for any such purpose brookes was not in his employ to exceed six or olgat weeks since the al caged slaughter defendant ant had asked broo brookes es to te tell 11 him anh and show hiim him the place rehe killed the sheep but he could not dot ar r would not doit do it defendant had since ridden over the hills bills through gullies and hollow in I 1 sea search of their remains but could not find any he had occasionally found the carcass of one that had bad died of the black leg the statements of brookes were ware a tissue of black falie falsehoods hoods and brookes knew it johnson sustained a s searching arch cross examination by varian be was unmoved moved and never varied varied from hi his original statements this closed tb the testimony mony for both sides after the pleas of counsel the case was given givan to the jury at 5 p in they were out about six hours when they returned with a verdict of A I 1 no cause or of action this makes felteen suits that have been instituted against johnson within two or three years in all of with few exceptions thip the plain i miffs tiffs have been non suited on monday do n another suit will be commenced against him in this same court by the same company ON SATURDAY a member of the genus tramp while passing the mercantile establishment of W G child son main street stole a pair of overshoes mr E R wilson oneff one of the clerks saw the theft he followed the thiel thief as far as the railroad depot where he saw officer john wilson told him of the th theft e ft and they followed the t tramp rafn as far fai as the utah central railroad bridge where they captured the purloiner and shoes he was asken to the justices court and when arraigned be pleaded guilty and was sentenced to twenty five days imprisonment with which the defendant was much pleased indeed he be only regretted that the crime was not heavy enough to make his incarceration six months the same day john carver of eden john C dewey of deweyville Dewe and N C of huntsville were ar be before foreJudge judge henderson on the charge of living fth and supporting all their fa families milles they will plead on monday indictments against some others of the same class are filed and will be revealed ere long I 1 al four saturday after afternoon hoon the trial of john mclaughlin for ASSAULT AND BATTERY on the person of james burrup was concluded conclude ld several witnesses were examined and all both for plain tiff and defendant testified in the main similar to what has already been given burrup appeared with his head bead bandaged it was jbv severely 91 ely battered and bruised he went witness stand lud he said he had bad special reasons to know the defendant and the fisher beer hall he then stated that on the night of the battery te he be was not in company with defendant but with other parties he did remark to ane one of his bis friends in a joking way that the editor of the paper which had been read was a ge gentile when mclaughlin blin said to wa wm nessa ness land ancl you yon are a V chaab 4 11 witness replied you are mistaken ta e en 11 shortly they both went out at atthe the rear of the he house anti and while witness aia was defendant can e up struck him several severe blows on the right side of the heid head and forced the left side in violent C a post ormall he was stunned 9 and afterwards bled profuse ly me he s aid he did not retaliate he ge never struck defendant in fact he be declared he ae had lite aaen eill in this territory 36 years ears and had never yet struck a man in all that time he said the battery was altogether unprovoked as a be never ga gave d mclaughlin spy apy just cause for it I 1 I 1 I 1 T WAS wad SWORN and testified op on his bis own behalf he said all that he said to burrup in the beer hall was your our area coop co op 11 but he declared that plaintiff tiff applied the epithet sito the editor fie be was coed of doing also swore that barru burrup went u up t to 0 him and said apu are a 6 d gr liar w when hen you call rae ine that for the tae church 10 years ago nied died this statement emphatically defendant taid said when he wen senjt 0 on 11 burrup followed and struck him and then grabbed him and held onto on to his cost coat defendant struck bick back ischi sn or seven times he struck him four blows with his right hand and two br three with his bis left hand mclaughlin t then hen went back into the saloon and in reply reply to questions by his friends said the old man had jumped onto him but he had given him a receipt for what he gave after the argument of counsel pl pro plo o and co justice dee up his judgment was that defendant was guilty as charged sentence will be aronou pronounced need on monday morning tonight to night sheriff G E R belnap yaho ho went to pocatello tor for billy 33 illy andrews arrived here with his man whom he lodged in jail to await an examination on the charge of being accessory to the death of the late isadore despouey Dey no trace of the other tellow who Is it implicated with him in thet the broil 0 has as been discovered is as yet D diligent bl li g en search and inquiry for or him wi will 11 be econ con tinned I 1 I 1 I 1 Atimer numerous ous applications for citizen ship continue to be made in the district court some are admitted while others are denied this latter fact is not an exhilarating one to the ellb alb brals 9 11 for in a number of cases they have lost a vote the weather here ha has been very warm lately A great ded deal of rain has bas fallen and the ground hasi thawed out which makes travel by teams and pedestrians very difficult especially outside of this city the people Regi registering gin in en earnest rnest A loyal league scheme a failed to work johnson Jo and seln in interminable suits snits cle general eral men hen tion th this rooming morning as per er announcement heretofore in the NEWS the office was op opened ened and the work of i I 1 registration I 1 commenced in earnest major ste stephens h I 1 of course presided at the he head 0 of f this bureau at an early hour the of flee was besieged with visitors who were there not merely out of idle curiosity but for bus ness 11 there have been so many little developments of ate that the peoples suspicions have bees been excited and they were promptly on liand hand today to fo day to look after their franchise anchise ir and to know that their names were still on the registration list while those who recently became enfranchised were there to see their names put on the roll thus you perceive that so far today the pe peoples I 1 party are alive to their poll political J interests te BUT THE LIBERAL LEAGUE I 1 art are at their wits aft e nasi because they have been outwitted and defeated at one of their chief nefarious games of blind mans buff during thelast the past week a dilapidated whisky sodden wol tool of the hoyals loy als and mind he was not the only one made a canvass of the wards othis city ostensibly to find aind out who were and who were not registered dorthis For this purpose be had with hi him w what h a t purported to be a deputy registrars tr ar I 1 a paraphernalia he visited t the e residences of the citizens and spread out his bis records with a business air that was well calculated to deceive the unwary but to all who were au an the alert teething th the thing ething was so transparent that it was seen through without any telescopic aid THE REAL OBJECT was discovered it was twofold first to tad dout out their own present voting strength to draw up recruits and to urge the loyal laggards to exert exertion exer lon in the loyal cause and second to throw the peoples party off their guardiani guard guardi and without saying so to all imitated imi mated to them thail they need not further for their names would be printed on oa the registration sheet as soon as it was comple completed tedA at the same time he knew that if any of their names had been inadvertently dropped it would be too late then to remedy the matter before the election elect iop put but the tramp like aspect odthe ot the specimen pe e who visited this part of t the h e city i t aroused suspicion in the minds of the most superficial ol observer server and while they treated him with civility as is their wont they took no stock in his bis speculation today to day some of the people 8 party followed in the wake of the bogus registrar and the result of their visits was waa an impetus ano and new incentive to the people to at onceco once go add aad look after their interests themselves in this instance the hoyals loy als were HOIST BY THEIR OWN PETARD they are energetically drumming up their squads and their diminutive organ here they literally shriek to weir few followers ol lowers to go to tue the office and basure they are regi registered stere d and armed for the light fight for the auni municipal I 1 government in february ne net t they tell them what is very true and applicable to the peoples party that the price of victory will be leter eternal pal vigilance 11 and that every vote will bornt at the coming election there continues to be such a rush of applicants to the district court goyert cpr citizenship that the present incumbent of tho the judicial bench here has felt fea it to be hip by duty to put them through a political 0 o catechetical crucible po th that at those w i bo pass muster may hereafter herleth hereth be considered intelligent citizens but it is lamentable to witness the igno ignorance of some applicants who aspire to the high dignity of citizenship p of the proudest friest freest nation in christendom some of 01 them know not the name of the county seat sear nor the name of the county in which they reside much less they know not the name of the capital of the Terri territory tor y or the me nation nor bior yet the capital of the land of the theia i nativity his honor is kind viry very in indulgent helps them all he can legitimately to answer the questions he propounds ro pounds to them and it ap appears to ge be with much reluctance that he advises them to withdraw their applications for fok the time being GENERAL NOTES the grand jury today to day ignored ignore dIthe the cliart charge against aaron of logan in W which ich ne 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