The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-11-25

Splers has been Kept very busy ois'
posing of the cases brought before
him, and the festive court room
loafer has had o great feast. 1t il
evident from the number OF arrest:
made, that the police force was IN.
crossed none TO soon. A few items
are given which may be interesting
to HERALD readers.
BEER AND MUSCLE.
Thomas Austin. gentleman OF
color, was charged with assauitiDg
aud beating sidney Harker at Lacy Z
saloon near the Horn Silver Smelter
Upon Examination it appeared that
Oh {, 18Th OF October some bottles OF
beer were taken from L,cy's saloon,
and that Austiu-xho was doing
chores for Lacy ADD held the keys OF
the beef ceilar-heard the bottles
| jingling 10 the brush short distance
from the saloon. and going to the
| blace discovered the beer and Hsrker,
who 90 menced to run away.
Austin grabbed him and pummelled
| him to such an extent thatth bridge
of Harkin's nose was slightly dissr-
ranged. Austin Ia his speech said
Il jest came out of the back room
and l pause1, listened, and sure
enough / heard clink, clink, clink,
in the brush and l knowed in q min
ute they were beer bottles. knew
the sound, and [ had q sort of an
affection for the bottles. just felt as
If I owned them, for / knew if them
bottles were gene my chances of
keepin' the job would be in the came
condition, 80 l made for him, and |
tell you boss 1 could have caught a
race boss in them weeds. Ny honor
was involved and you bet / caught
my man. He cslled me Mormon
SOD OF b-h, and that. and the sight
of the empty beers, all in row like
soldiers, made me boil, and |
smscked him ope-dol't know how
bard. I've spared all over, bit he's
the first man I've bled. 1 have never |
peeled mans nose or dlscolorsd his
eye. Be light On me. boss."
The judge 6ned Austin 800 and |
costs.
CHICKEN CHARLEY.
This we'll kuown gettlemsp, who |
has lately been re-christensd Honest
Charley" had to face. an army
OF charges yesterday-drunk, disor-
DERBY. profanity and fighting, He
claimed shat be was not drunk, and
when arrested was as sober as bis
honor; that be was innocent OF all
the charges and az white and pure a.
the virgin snow. The case was CON-
tinued until Monday to give him an
of proving himself hen
tirely innocent. We have reason to
believe that Charley once had a
Thanksgiving feast ever our turkey.
bat every Indication now shows that
he will not do so this year. During
his incarceration let the chickens re-
lolce.
THAT BRUTE.
TIE case against Pat Lsnders, for
making indecent approaches TO the
little girl on First Esst street, as
mentioned in yesterdays HERALD
was put off until December Sd. 1881
during which time he viii,
be safely kept in the city jail.
ANOTHER.
DEPUTY Sheriff VIM. Calder, on
arrested q man named
Ham;ll fer grossly insulting young
lady on the U. G.. BY. The state
ment made to she writer ia that while
the train was passing through Davis
county the young lady was sp-
preached by Hamill. who sas down
beside her and asked her where she
lived, etc. She left the seat and be
followed her. wanting to go home
With her and desiring to know where
she lived. tina! be might call On her.
She became frightened, and q pass
enger seeing the trouble arose and
dealt the bastard blow between the
eyes that sent him rolling to the floor
d the Car. Hamill was locked up and ,
will be tried Monday. l.
OyERCOATa IN LIMBO.
Within the last week there have
been more evercoats stolen in this
,ity then ever before in so ehors @
lime. Five men were arrested on Il
.uspicion OF having been implicated |
n the sheits, but the evidence was Of
,uch frail character, that they we're
discharged. One man, named Philip
charged with stealing a
GOAT belonging 10 Barton & Co.
pleaded guilty and was fined SIS.
While Mr.. Barton was at the police
,oHrt masking a complaint against
his man. another coat was stolen
rom his store, of which nothing has [
since been heard. VIM. GALLAGHER
also lost coat and found it in Geo.
Brooksbank's secondhand store.
refused 10 deliver up the
coat, and GALLAGHER went before the
Justice of the fifth precinct and 60.
,ut writ OF replevin for it. Brooks
oalk couldn't recognize the man
who sold it to him. Again, about
ten days ego, an overcoat belonging
10 Ed, Mcclellan, was stolen from
Don G. Tufts saloon, snd afterwards