The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-05-16
BEAVER BITS.
The Inquiries Into Unlawful CO.
habitatiOn Cases.
BEAVER. MAY u. 1885.

BEAVER, May Ia, 1885.
re the Editor of THE HERALD
Very little business has been attended
to in the District Court during the past
week. the reason thereof being the lacl
of witnesses for both petit. and grand
juries. Now, however, the "testifers'
are beginning to arrive and it is thought
that the two juries will be kept fully
employed for a week or so at least. The
grand jury has thus far given its exclu-
sive attention to Ian inquiry into such
unlawful cohabitationn cases as could
be "corralledn in the immediate
vicinity. AS a result, the following per
sons were arrested yesterday: M. l..
Shepherd, David Lewis, William Scho-
fielo and William Robinson, the last
named gentleman not being arrested on
Indictment, but simply on a United
States Commits toner's warrant. All of
the accused promptly gave bonds, the
amount being fixed at 81 500 in each
case, except that of Mr.. Robinson, who,
waving examination by the Commits
sioner. gave bond of $500 to await the
action OF the grand jury.
The case of the United States VS..
William Fotheringham. charged with
unlawful cohab." was called for hear
ing yesterday, the defendant being rep
resented by Messrs. kirkpatrick &
Denny, and the prosecution by Z. B.
Critchlow and-the Court, at least, such
is the rumor. As the defense, however,
was not ready for trial. the attorneys
having only an hour before arrived
from Salt Lake, the case was adjourned
until this morning at 10 O'Clock. A
curious feature of these trials
is the great preponderance of ladies in
the audience, over four-fifths of the at
tenders at the Fotheringham case yes
terday being of the fair sex, and the
room was literally jammed.
The" Underground" is being literally
patronized, so 1t is said; and Deputy
Marshal Armstrong. who has just re-
turned from subpenaing trip south,
reports that the roads are almost lined
with vehicles travelling in either direc-
ton, witnesses and jurors coming north
to attend court, and excursion parties
going into the genial southern climate
to see friends they hadn't
seen for twenty years." The I'M
precedented mild nature of the
charge to the Grand Jury last week,
and the precise nature of the questions
put, as well as the manner in which
they were put to the talesmen of the
same body, together with the permit
ting" of three of the inquisitors to be
drawn from the Mormon ranks, is now
said to have been preconcerted ar
rangement between District Attorney
Dickson and Judge Boreman, SO that
should the peoples appeal to the
national executive bring about the APP
pointment of committee of investiga-
ton, the modtss operandi of the courts in
Utah would have more of an appearance
of impartialitY than they have hitherto
had. That such an arrangement has
been entered into by the parties named
has every appearance of being fact.
Mr.. John Lang, of this city, hearing
that the grand jury were examining
witnesses on presumed charge against
him, of unlawful cohabitation. went to
the jury room on Monday last, and re-
quested that they would desist making
further investigation in his case and he
would plead guilty to an indictment,
the jury, thereupon, found the neces-
sary bill. XIaENEs.