The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-10-11
BITS FROM BEAVER.
The Recent Proceedings of
the District Court.
HOW A PRISONER GOT AWAY.
The Case Against Orrick-Nelsont the
HOrsethief-Other Matters in
Rev. BOreman's Court.
HOW A PRISONER GOT AWAY.
BEAVER CITY, Beaver County, Utah,
October Z, 1885.


October Z, 1885.
Correspondence of THE HERALD.
The September term of the Second
District Court still drags its weary way
along. The amount of business done
in court this term is certainly not much
more than the average, Notwithstanding
the free use made of the new-fangled
open yenire system. The system re-
ferred to does not seem, however. to
work with the certainty especially when
the cases are those arising under the
Edmunds law, that it does in the Ter
ritorial metropolis. One attempt has
been made this term to try an alleged
violator of the law in question, but its
signal failure seems to have admonished
the prosecution of the futility of further
efforts in that direction, and the bal
ance of the pending "cohab" cases were
with one exception promptly continued
for the term. The exception referred to
was that of John Lang, who withdrew
his former plea of not guilty, substitut-
ing therefore that of guilty. Although
Mr.. Lang promptly and decidedly re
fused to make any promises as to his
future conduct as regards the observ-
ance of the Edmunds law, Judge Bore
man, contrary to the usual practices,
imposed but three months imprison-
ment with fine of 5000.
The case of w. H. Orrick, held FOR
the murder of a man named Severance,
at Milford, little over three months
ago, resulted in a verdict of murder in
the first degree, and not that the child
was still born" as was blunderingly an
nounced by The last issue of the local
news sheet known as the UtORinR. Or
rick is to be sentenced on Saturday,
when motion for a new trial is to be
argued by Messrs. Denny and Chris
tan, attorneys for defendant.
The disgusting cases of rape and at
tempted rape upon the persons of four
little girls, the youngest not yet eight
and the oldest eleven years old, the Of
tenders being an cd man of seventy
five years, and a younger man of be-
tween forty and fifty years of age, came
up for hearing Monday, with closed
doors. The evidence in both cases was
of a most filthy description and reveal
ed state of morals among a certain
class of nOn-MormOns at Milford, where
the diSgraceful affair occurred, that
would fain make one Shddder. 1t is a
wonder indeed that the WretcheS who
attempted the foul deed were not strung
up without judge or jury by the citizens
of that town.
The verdict in the case of George Bu-
chanan. the older of the two defendants
referred to above was merely of guilty
of an assault with intent to commit a
rape. The verdict in the case of thr
younger man being also of the same
character.
To-day the case of John Nelson, an
alleged horse thief, who had fed to
Montana and was arrested at Bannock
in that Territory and brought back here
at our cOunty's expense, has been heard
and goes to the jury in the morning. 1t
is expected that the District Court will
get through with its labors for the term
in another four or five days at the furth-
crest.
A laughable case of a prisoner escap-
ing occurred here Monday night or
rather very early Tuesday morning.
1t seems that an assault had been COM
AlilttCu SOAlAC Jay Ad1S WON III
Valley, the most westerly part of this
county. The assaulting party, a man
named Temple, was arrested, brought
distance Of between fifteen or twenty
miles to Frisco, there tried before JUS
tice of the peace and sentenced to
twenty-five days in the county jail. He
was then placed in the hands of ConSta-
bic LammeFsdorf, who is one of the very
self important "ShacoOb Straus" kind
of officers, to bring to Beaver, a still
further distance of some fifty-6ve miles.
After an all day and nights travel, the
party got here and after finding the
residence of the sheriff, proceeded to
arouse that functlOnary from his uncer-
tain slumbers. The first rap had, how
ever, barely resOUnded upon his door
when the prisoner, manacled though he
was, leaped from the wagon and got
away into the darkness The vain
glorious Dutch constable had just
moment before scornfully rejected the
offer of bystander to aid in watching
the prisoner. Profane objurgations and
pistol shots in the supposed direction OF
the fugitive followed by an active search
all proved of no avail, and the fellow
has thus far succeeded in Guiding recap
ture. The long journey and relaxed
vigilance on the part of the officer with
ms subsequent failure brought forcibly
to mind the trite saying that There's
many slip between the cup and the
lip" SCRIBENDI.