The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-04-12
HOl FOR THE PEN
The Inmates Increased on Sunday
to the Extent of Thirty
Who are Brought Up By Deputy
Marshal Pratt.
A Good Jury for the Country.


: were thirty-tWo IN number. On
Saturday morning at 10 o'clock, Mr.,
Pratt started from Beaver for Mil
. ford, with thirty-three prisoners,
who were in five wagons drawn by
four horses each, with ten mounted
guards, two for each wagon.
, No difficulty was experienced,
and Milford was reached at 6 o'clock
in the evening, when the prisoners
were turned into the car chartered
for them and guarded all night, or
until the train left for this city on
Sunday morning. Of the ten guards
that accompanied Mr.. Pratt to Mil
ford, eight were brought to this
city. The prisoners came on the
regular Utah Southern passenger,
and quite a large crowd assembled
at the depot to see them. The back
end of the car in which they were
confined, was left outside the depot,
and up to this end an omnibus
drove, and the prisoners marched
out of the car into the bus, the
guards being on either side. When
the omnibus was filed, band
wagon drove up and was also filled,
while Jared Dalton and j. b. Ste
vens, both convicted of murder, and
who were ironed, were taken in the
wagon belonging to the Peniten-
tiary. Under charge OF Captain
Greenman, the whole number were
taken out to the Penitentiary, where
they arrived at S o'clock, and were
then taken into the prison. No evil
dence of any desire for break was
eyinced, and they were compare
lively cheerful, many knowing some
| of the prisoners already in the
lPenitentiaTy.
Of the total number brought up
twenty were the Silver Reef strik-
ers. Thirteen of these were con-
yicted of riot, on Tuesday, according
to a special received by the HERALD.
These thirteen are as follows: a. ID.
Lewis, president of the union, be-
lieved to be the only American in
the number; NJ. 0'Laughlin, presi-
dent at the time the Stormont Mine
was closed by the miners, Lewis
being elected at subsequent meet
! ing; Mike Enright, E. F. Hanley,
Mike Regain, John Chatham alias
Dee, A. L. Taggart, S. Edwards, J.
Fitzsimmons, j. Carr, j. Walsh
Dennis Murphy, James Baldwin.
Their sentence is postponed until
Nav 10th, with the understanding
that il be still further continued if
necessary until the September term
of the Second District Court, in
order that the Supreme Court may
have an opportunity to pass upon
the trial and proceedings IN the
meantime. The names of those I'M
tried are T. B. Granville, Ed. Ennis,
Pat Murphy, Con. Harrington, Tom
Diamond, Pat Wall, j. Z. Twaddle,
T. Hartle, Dan Myers and Pat
Shea. These were Reef miners with
whom Mr.. Pratt started for this
city, and who were to be held until
tried. at Milford, dispatch was
received by Mr.. Pratt from Judge
Twiss, stating that Pat Murphy,
Con. Harrington and Pat Wall had
given bail, and they were accordingly
released. They had expected that
all would furnish bail, but only the
three mentioned have so far been
successful Against some of them
there were three indictments, riot,
false Imprisonment and conspiracy,
and five of those now convicted on
the first charge are still to be tried
on the other two counts, as well as
some of those who have not yet been
tried. Against some there are but
two indictments. Among those
convicted are five who escorted
Colonel Allen out of the camp, E.
F. Hanley carrying the American
flag in front of the mob, flag I'M
der which Colonel Allen had fought
for four years in the late rebellion,
with honor to himself and good
service to his country.
Tue other ten prisoners brought
up at the same time, and convicted
and sentenced at the present term OF
court, are as follows:
Jared Dalton, convicted of murder
in the second degree-the assassin
and ravisher of old Mother Parker
sentenced to twelve years in the
PenitentiaTy.
John B. Stevens, who killed Hill
burn at Grapevine Springs, on the
4th of July last, convicted of volun-
tary manslaughter, and sentenced to
four years in the Penitentiary.
Ellis Reese, Jason B. Webb, David
Gorge, Joseph Moves and j. r. Phil
lips, convicted of HOUSEKEEPING at
Beaver, and sentenced to two years
each.
William Tanner, convicted of
mule stealing, and sentenced to three
years.
John Harris, convicted of cattle
stealing, and sentenced to eighteen
months.
Edwards, convicted of burglary
at Milford, and sentenced to three
years and six months.
The criminal term at the Second
District has closed, and has been
one of the most important that has
ever been held there. Twenty-Five
persons were arraigned and tried
for criminal offenses, and out Of this
number there we're twenty-five con-
victions-not one escaped. The ac-
ton of the petit jury has every
where been applauded, and is certain
to have a salutary effect, such as
nothing else could. In the case of
the Silver Reef miners was the YER
dict especially important. Had it
been otherwise, the persons now i'm
prisoned would have returned to
Silver Reef triumphant, would have
continued their course, keeping the
camp in a state of terror, and going
to greater excuses. Not only would
/ it have had this effect there, but III
every other camp in Utah miners
unions would have sprung up; when
ANYTHING did not suit them. they
would strike and run the town to
please themselves, and the result
would be the utter ruin OF
of the mining interests of the entire
! territory. The thanks Of the coun-
try are due the jury, which had the
courage to do its duty. For it re-
lquired no little courage to do its
duty under the circumstances.
There were twelve men, several
! grey haired and some young ones,
sitting in one box, and thirteen
/ hard miners in another, whose
course has shown their disposition
to do extreme acts if displeased;
and to bring in a verdict of guilty,
! when none of the jurors knew what
! might be the result to themselves
l.