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Show THREE MEN IN COURT FOR BECCING OH STREETS There were three men in police court this morning charged with beg Ring. One pleaded guilty while tho others denied that tbey had been indulging in-dulging in that manner of gaining a living. Officers Chambers and Burk testified that they had watched the .ViC-ii operating on Twenty-fifth street. The one who gave the name ot Blunden and who entered the plea of guilty seemed to be the active one of the party, the others hanging about in the background while he approached approach-ed those whom he met, asking them for money. The two defendants who pleaded not guilty, Mack Allegre and John Jon-kins, Jon-kins, were asked to explain their actions. ac-tions. Allegre stated that he was employed em-ployed In the city and was not awaro of what Blunden was doing although he admitted that he had noticed the latter speaking to quite a number of people along the street shortly before his arrest. Jenkins stated that he left Edwardsvillo, Illinois a few days ago and had been making his way west, arriving in Ogden Friday afternoon l'1 time to be arrested with the other two. |