Ogden Sun | 1905-10-31 | Page 8 | A Tale of a Coat

A TALE OF A GOAT how it wandered and brought a maa into court from mondays standard this Is the tale of a coat it abow the trip it took and how the owner came into his own saturday peter shorten avenue went to a dance incha city and hung his overcoat on a peg in the waiting room later in anc evening when he contemplated a hoial trip the overcoat had disappeared after the dance at the globe is caurant tau rant three men eating cakes and sipping coffee when C A dunning one of tho part handed to ell gray his companion a coat and requested ahat he take it lo 10 their room gray said the coat was his soon J F dunster came along and made known his business lie was looking for K coat and on recognizing it on dun ning promptly asserted his ship to prove up the claims to tho coat a search was made or claude true who it a alleged disposed 0 the coat to gray this gentleman could not give a convincing story of haying lawful possession and the indignant men had him arrested peter gras then came to the station and identified the coat as his true was arraigned on the charge of petit larceny and pleaded noc guilty his case went over until tn morrow when the city attorney will conduct the prosecution for monday court was quieter than usual win autes and john roberi were fined 3 for being unlawfully drunk rogers ladd to the court that ha had been indiscrete in drinking at much when he knew he could stand so little but he claimed it was a weakness of humanity to act in opposition to common sanse his plea for freedom was without avail and now he will crack rocks