Ogden Evening Standard | 1910-08-26 | Page 5 | Greek Will Plead Defenses

GREEK I'll PLEADDEFEHSE SALT LAKE, Aug. 25. P. P S(a-thakort S(a-thakort was this morning formally arraigned ar-raigned before Judfio Whltaker on tho charge of muruVrlng Ixul3 Poulan i Tbrouph his attorney, Sniu II. Kins, th d?f-odant waived the reading of i the complaint and entered a plea of ' not guilty. The date of his preliminary prelimi-nary hearing will he set within the next few days and niter hl.s arraln-iiient arraln-iiient he will hp remanded to tho custody cus-tody of the sheriff without ball. The charge aeralnn Statbukorf and Ms confinement followed tho shooting of Poulas and Gust Merllsas Tuesday nlpht in front of a coffeo houte In Creelctown. Stathakos will plead self-defenso, self-defenso, and In his ttatcments made po far contends that he fired at Poulas Pou-las and Merlt.sas after Ponlns had drawn u rovnlver and fired ono phot. According to Stat.hakos' Statement the shooting occurred whllo Stathn-J.os Stathn-J.os was endeavoring to bring about J'.n amicable settlement of a row between be-tween Poulas nnd unothcr Greek over u gambling gamo in which 5 cont3 was involved. In tho shooting Poulas was mortally mor-tally wounded, whll Merltsas received re-ceived injuries that will confino him to tho hospital for some time. Louis Konnokas, another Greek, who it Is said, attempted to secreto the revolver which Stathakos used, and who was arretted at the same time, is still held in tbe city jail hut without charges acainst him. Following the shooting and the death of Poulas feellni? in Greek-town Greek-town Is running high, and tho police po-lice have detailed extra officers lo rrevont trouble. The Greeks nro divided di-vided Jnto two factions, one sM taking the part of Stathakos nnd the other that of the dead man. No outbreak out-break occurred last nkht. but the pollen po-llen ar apprehensive that the fued may break ut at aJiy time.