Eureka Reporter | 1916-06-02 | Page 8 | Must Stand Trial at Nephi on Slander Charge

must stand tand S trial tn a I 1 at nephi on slander charge paul cacich who wag was arrested last week on a complaint which charged him with making slanderous statements about mrs A C barrich had his preliminary hearing before judge bromley on wednesday and thursday of this week and the case was one of the most sensational lonel ionel ever held in this city the complaining and the defendant are austrians and the former operates a boarding house in this city for many months cacich seems to have been a star boarder at the barrich home then there was a disagree ment and it Is alleged that the de fondant made sla slanderous statements about mrs barrich in the presence of fellow countrymen when the preliminary hearing was held the defendant took the stand and told a story of his illicit love affairs with mrs barrich that was racy in the extreme and he also put other witnesses on the stand in an effort to show that mrs barrich was unchaste judge bromley held the defendant to the district court and as cacich was unable to put up a bond he will be kept in jail pending the trial of the case at nephi cacich was represented by actor ney udall while the prosecution was handled by county attorney me ic knight