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Show PLEADED THAT EVERYBODY'S i DOING IT . "Everybody's doin if was the excuse ex-cuse gien h .1 i m (Jcnlral, an Italian charged with stealing coal from the yards of the Denver &. Rio Grande company Jim could not speak good I English, but he could make gestures and he had his brother with blm to) aci as attorney Between the two the put up a good case but ludge; Reeder decided against lim giving j him a sentence ol fifteen days or fclo. The railroad officer said that nam- i eron.s complaints had been received 1 bv his company from retail coal dealers deal-ers to the effect that cars consigned to them were often under weight The officer came to Ogden on bust-1 ness matters and strolled over to the ards thlH morning shortly after 6 o'clock Passing down the tracks, he said he saw the Italian on top of a 1 coal car busllj engaged in empty inc1 the contents. Upon inquiring the man said that he wns getting coal for his house and had Ueen in the habit I of doing It. The Italian did not deny that he had taken coal, but said that no one in his nelchborbood bought fuel but all helped themselves from the csrs Because everybody was doinc It, he believed he had the same right. He denied, however that he was on the car and challenged the officer to bring his witnesses forward. H's ar-ciment ar-ciment with the rcllroad officer was c ii short by the Judg who imposed sentence |