| Show t r DINGS IN THE COURTS y e following Is from the EVEN EVEN- EVENt EVENa t a y of ot Sept 24 Ss 1 THIRD DISTRICT DISTRI T of of E N Jen- Jen Jenc Jen t t lury in the case C Clury J c with fornication were aU akl night and came in this g with a statement that they 2 not lot agree so they were dis- dis dis J ced At first they stood eight 11 r for conviction or conviction During the p about forty ballots bal lota were taken t Ia one resulting four foul for conf con- con f D and eight for acquittal it w is the fellow who created i ca a stir tir in Colorado recently and morning ning whom the people wereY were Y kad ed d up that th there was waR talk of 3 Y ti tied violence against him SIp wp was tried d on a char charge e of abor- abor r P but got off while the doctor f Aes sent at to prison The case was wasH Miss Misa Minnie Davy a aIH le who be- be f gamble IH young lady 4 iJ Jenkins Jankins victim and who J ere Bred in the effort to proc proc- proc W an an- abortion Jenkins had hadi c i and ad after fter his connection tion with wy y case she refused to co have do with him She has however obtained a divorce gut outto to Utah as the manager i I of the Warren Piano A Agency ency and Miss Childs was engaged by him as asa usa a piano player Then followed the events which led to the trial which has just closed Jenkins admitted that he lie hat hai promised to marry Miss Childs as soon as his wife got a divorce There is cO considerable dis- dis dissatisfaction dissatisfaction dis dissatisfaction satisfaction at the failure of the j jur ur urto to arrive at a verdict as the fellow is looked upon as one whose room in inthe inthe inthe the community is far preferable to tobis tobis tobis bis company c R B D Winters vs M G Col- Col haune Col-haune hau haune ne default of defendant decree of foreclosure of mortgage John Hepworth was admitted to citizenship Chas W VI Morse of Kansas was admitted to the bar E E M Hansen petit juror ex- ex excused excused ex excused because he had not Dot been a citizen a sufficient length of time A An n open venire was issued for six petit jurors The case of Catherine H Bur Bur- Burrows Burrows Burrows rows vs Wm Shurtliff Shurtliff was post post- postponed postponed postponed till the next setting of cases at the request of the attorney for the defense Shurtliff to pay the c costs ts not to exceed 15 In the affidavit for a continuance the defend defend- defendant defendant defendant ant stated that his attorney Y formerly had been H R Watrous that he had been unable to find him or his office and that the case caRe had been neglected and he ha had employed another attorney The court stated that the mat mat- matter matter matter ter of Watrous neglecting or I beIng incompetent to attend to cases should be inquired into People vs P T selling liquor on Sunday on trial before a jury FIRST DISTRICT Yesterday at Provo the court ad- ad adjourned adjourned ad adjourned for the morning session Bession the Judge not being present At 2 o'clock a session was held hele with Judge Judd on the bench A report was presented by the grand jury Jury E A Beckstrand will wUl plead to- to tomorrow tomorrow to tomorrow morrow morning to a charge of un- un unlawful un unlawful lawful cohabitation Thos Johnson charged with adultery will also plead Stephen H Allred and GeorgeW George GeorgeW W Bean were called caned but were not present E B P Martinson pleaded guilty to unlawful cohabitation and arid was sentenced to days imprison imprison- imprisonment Imprisonment imprisonment ment Jens L Brown came forward and was arraign arraigned on a charge of adul adul- adultery adultery adultery tery he took till tomorrow morning morningto to plead I IJames James Chadwick Chad wick and Ed Edward ward Whipple pleaded not guilty to a charge of grand larceny The in- in indictment indictment in indictment contained two counts J John Joh oh n L Li Butler came forward for sentence Twelve years age ag he had met with a severe accident and Dr Simmons certified that the de- de defendant de defendant was liable to become insane from the effects of these injuries The court said in ill response to the de- de defendant's de defendant's statement that his l last child is three years old the gov gov- gover government government er ment is here and you people will wIH have to sto stop it will never stop while the sun Bun sines shines A light sen- sen sentence sentence sen sentence tence of eight months was given the defendant t I i iThe The trial of H H Wells was set for the Lawrence H Stewart said that thata a he had obeyed the law since May 1889 when he came from the penitentiary At the suggestion of Mr Evans sentence was suspended during good behavior Christian Anderson stated to the court that he was a poor man and asked for a light sentence for forthe forthe the sake of his family It was ob- ob objected ob objected by Mr Evans that Mr An An- Anderson Anderson Anderson derson had lived Jived with both plural wives up to the time of his indict Indict- Indictment indictment indictment ment He was sentenced to seven seven- seventeen seventeen seventeen teen months imprisonment and to pay the costs of the prosecution The court gave an order toI to clear I the deck T for the trial of Parson Dodds of Uintah County on a charge of murder and the impanel impanel- ing impaneling of a jury was begun The following is from the EVEN EVEN- EVENING ING INO NEWS of Sept 25 THIRD DISTRICT Judge Henderson again presided and the following matters were at at- attended attended attended tended to The People vs P T selling liquor on Sunday verdict of not guilty The grand jury reported five in- in indictments Indictments in indictments under Territorial laws and three under United States laws The grand jury reported ignoring the following cases People vs VB Riddle and Laehr as- as assault as assault sault United States vs Nellie fornication The t People eople vs Wm sell sell- se selling selling ing liquor on Sunday trial before a jury verdict of not guilty The People vs VB James Bates John Wilson E Faber M Fitzgerald and J McKinney prize fighting defendants arraigned and pleaded not guilty Samuel and George Thurgood were admitted to citizen citizen- citizenship ship shi Ise Hose Brose N Nobles bles vs Chas F N Nobles on report of referee a decree of divorce di- di divorce vorce olce was granted The People vs George assault with deadly weapon plea of not guilty This is the casein which the defendant endeavored to stab Policeman Andrew Smith The People vs Ernest Conk crime against nature plea of not guilty United States vs VEl v Samuel L Grif Grif- Griffiths Griffiths Griffiths bigamy defendant arraigned and a plea of not guilty entered The defendant was sent to the peni peni- penitentiary in default of bail United States vs Wm P Evans Evana adultery defendant arraigned and took two days to plead The people vs P T and N Gray selling liquor on Sunday continued for the term by the court People vs VB George D Bee he adultery ordered brought from the penitentiary to plead The People vs Joseph Coult Cout BCD sen assault and battery continued till I tomorrow owing to the failure of the officers to su subpoena bp na witnesses The People vs Wm Paddock and Henry Fisher burglary defendants arraigned ned and pleaded guilty The I burglary was committed last May M y 2 1 ter r- r Mi j f Ol the store of Jag T Clasby being heing l broken into The plea was not re- re ref re received f r by the court Assistant Dis Die Dietrict District District Attorney McKay suggesting that they had bad hadnot not had an opportunity ty opportunity of conferring with counsel r FIRST DISTRICT Mon Monday ay afternoon before Judge Judd the getting of a jury in the Dodds murder case was c continued A Albert Ibert Burton passed for cuse c use and was seated T Hallet was on the grand jury that found the indict indict- indictment II- II ment and went down Mr son Ander-son Ander- Ander Anderson Anderson son W G 0 Barton Parton and anti Jno Jun T Leonard Lonard passed for cause This filled the box Peremptory challenges began with the prosecution excusing W Moore the defense Mr Leonard Leonard- prosecution Rasmus Anderson ands and defense Mr Herbert Mr Barton Mr Alexan Alexander er Mr Burton Mr Hone and Mr Alfred The three remaining good men and true were sworn Mads Chris Chris- Christensen Christensen Chris J Jno no Forth Ferth and J Jas 88 Me- Me McAulay Mc-Aulay Mc Aulay Charles Patt Patten n Jno Shaffer Shafer Jos JosL L Jensen E Vivians R L Kin Kin- Kinnison Kin nison Kinnison nison and P Evans passed for cause The prosecution peremptorily challenged Jno Ferth Perth Jas Mo Me Aulay Jno H Jas L Jensen and P Evans D C Daniels Peter Smith C M Fairbank M N Tidwell and A P 1 POwen Owen passed This again filled the panel The defense challenged off Mr Tidwell the prosecution let out Mr Daniels and Mr Oman W B Thurman fhurman George White and William K Hewry were The The fhe defense challenged Mr Hewry Mr Thurman was excused by mu mu- mutual mutual mutual agreement on account of rela rela- relationship relationship relationship to one of the attorneys Jno Kirven and J M Mendenhall were accepted i This completed the panel and the ther r following is the sworn jury jurY worn to try the case C P Larson Oscar Coolridge Herbert Burton Mails Mada Christensen Chas Patten E Bibbins R RL B L Kinnison Peter Smith C M Fairbanks Fair Fairbank Fairbanks banks bank Geo Oeo White John and James Mendenhall Judge Judd gave the jury the usual caution and putting ng them inthe in the tender care of t to 0 bailiffs ad- ad adJourned adjourned The court opened at 10 o'clock yesterday morning and Peter J Hansen of Sweden den Jacob Lorensen r of Denmark and Jonas Anderson of Sweden were admitted to citi citi- citizenship citizenship Jens L Brown pleaded guilty to te adultery and sentence was set for pm Thomas Johnson to the same charge entered a similar plea and the same time was set for sentence E A for unlawful co- co cohabitation co cohabitation habitation pleaded guilty J B Martin entered the same Bame plea and was given till October to be sentenced Jno J no pleaded guilty to tor r two charges one of unlawful co co- cohabitation con coi cohabitation cohabitation i habitation n and one of adultery covering different periods of time however it was temporarily passed r h rh r- r 1 k H J- J J Jens Jorgenson was arraigned on ona ona ona a charge of unlawful cohabitation an l took till tin 1 o'clock to plead l ad Jens Jensen was arraigned on the same charge harge and aud entered a plea of guilty sentence set for this after after- afternoon afternoon afternoon noon Nels Anderson A C i Allstrum Chas Jensen unlawful cohabitation took till tiU this afternoon to plead Lars J Larsen charged with adultery took till tin to plead L H Newman H Jl J Milsen and Newman for unlawful cohabitation waived reading of in- in indictment in indictment and took till p m to plead At 1030 the Dodds murder case was taken up District Attorney Varian and Mr Evans prosecuted d dand and Dickson Thurman and Geo Cleo Sutherland appeared for the defendant After the clerk read the indict indict- in indictment indictment ic ment to the jury Mr Evans made the opening opt statement A diagram was placed before the jury showing the saloon and surroundings in Ver Ver- Vernal Vernal Vernal nal Uintah County Mr Evans explained from this map how and where the deceased was killed by defendant after a wrangle over a game of pool Albert Kone was the first witness caned called for testified I I was living at Vernal on the of November last knew Parden Pardee Dodds have seen Wm Crane saw both on that day at Browns Browns Brown's saloon at 10 o'clock others were there Mr Crane and I were playing pool Mr Dodds was watch watch- watching mg ing Mr Crane was drinking didn't tee lee Mr Dod Dodds s drink that da day in the morning Mr r Crane took one of Mr Dodds balls and Mr Dodds said nothing about that the dis dis- dispute dispute dispute was about balls baBs in the rack and the bartender took some out of Mr Dodds and put them in Cranes Crane's rack The ladies present were here here ex- ex excluded ex excluded excluded from the court room by order of the ju judge ge Kone continued Words were ex- ex exchanged exchanged ex exchanged changed about the balls bans being taken from the rack and Crane began to toi i abuse Dodds Crane called caned him vile vUe names and said he could whip him any mark in the road he could eat ea t him Dodds took it coolly and told Crade he didn't know what he was wa s talking about bout Crane kept on abu s- s ing abusing ng vile vUe language to t this o his wife mother sister and grand grand- grandmother grandmother grandmother mother as well Dodds offered to pa ay y for the disputed game and let the th e matter drop Finan Finally a Mr Luxton n paid for forthe the hands went wen t up to drink hut but Dodds Crane said he had a rifle at Bod Reynolds Reynolds- Crane and witness left the saloon n and went up to Erickson's saloon was gone half an hour and returned began abusing Dodds soon as-soon as soon as he h e got back back- Crane sat on the pool l table and and looking over his r at Dodds said he would like Uke to kill that s-b s s b Dodds took notice no of o ol f Cranes Crane's talk tali but went up to the bar ba r with a pool check in his hand say say- saying ing he was going to have a cigar Crane asked Dodds if he wasn't t going to set em up they all went wen t to the bar and Crane in drinking drinkin g tg said Heres Here's your health you s-b s s b r Dodds went behind bind the tw L Crane Crane said he would get wag with the b s-b s b before sundown witness 3 witness was drinking con erab himself Crane called every everybody up to the bar but Dodde Dodds Soe Som 4 Be e asked him why he didn't lave luTito ia Do Dodds d he replied he wouldn wouldn't woul n tei eau l up th that t b s-b s b and that If the th others others didn't like it they could have nav what they wanted tried to t get Crane out Crane was waa full full IM seemed to be sick at the to which caused him to go out of the to- saloon They went out and while witness was saddling a h horse bone en Canon 0 was leaning on a hitching post port with his head on his arms arm Wit Witness ir e Dodds wAlk toward Crane and pt pistol beard heard Dodd say pay Wake Wak W you s a s-b s b and then mi J Crane fell feIl back five shots shota W was fired one taking effect in m left Idt tem temple le one In the right Ml and three in the right i in the region of the heart r walked up to Crane and kicked Idia in the head hE-ad saying take that s L b Crane had haj a ape pe didn't see any other arms on was considerably intoxicated J knew w what hat was going ou the fing ing occurred about 4 in the noon it was about five minu minutes th they y returned from Ericksone that that the shooting took saw Cra Cm Crane after the shooting v no coars coar's the co corners corner's rs r's inquest didn didD him buried but saw bl his bis grave gra a- a aJohn John one of ti of the saloon wh where r tragedy happened was When Crane came in I was waa wa t Cb b iK alone Witness here recited T quarrel and trouble over the dI pool The rack was waa ou out and w when ben I went to fix it B charged Dodds with balls Dodds denied it and called him a G- G Gd G d d- d liar y offered to give Crane two Mw Crane got angry and a 8 ay y him with a cue cut Luxton l it away from him nim Lim he talked I Dodds in a shameful manned mannet 1 then pulled out a penknife and d to fight with that or an IK else He also abused abased M K- K drews because he wouldn wouldn't t drink with with him Dodds said aid If It f you rt quit abusing me I will t t They then drank drunk and Crane agate eg began his vile abuse I told to be careful of the man maD then Dod asked me if I had anything 1 I 18 i a aM i Id Brown had a pistol under uDder the bal baland and when I went in the oth the pistol was taken and I 1 think p Dodds took it I then went out oat oa W m |
