Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-12-18
CHERUBIM IN HOOK.
The Gang of Bad Boys Taken From
the City Jail to Answer TO Two
More Charges Of HOusebreaking.
An Innocent Husband Is Laid Out by
His wife For the Deeds of the
Bloody Handed Burglars.
Other Police Court Clips-A Bingham
Man Pulled for Selling Firewater
without License.

Judge Piper again nailed upon hall
dozen bad boys this morning, and Assist
ant Prosecutor Ferguson put on his
sternest looks in vain attempt to break
the spirit of the red-handed rufiians OF
the mud wards
A long line OF dimnutive men filed in
from the Jail and took their seats with
the sang .froid acquired by a long expe-
rience, and the trial was proceeded with.
The crowd includes Dan Henry, little
tad of about twelve summers, who came
in through the mud without shoes and
only dirty pair OF white holy stockings
on his feet, Nudge" and William Pad
dock, Sam Chatterton, the two Curtis
boys and Fred Bubble.
THE FIRST CHARGE
Was that OF breaking into the house of
Mrs. Jane Perry in Brighton Ward and
stealing brooch and the deeds to her
property.
Mrs. Perry was put upon the stand and
told her story of the affair. She said
that one day in November last she came
to the city on business and when she re-
turned in the evening she found things
in fearful state. "When i first
went in," said Mrs. Perry, 81
see the table covered with crumbs,
and knowing that hadn't
left it that way, | politely went to my
husband and says |, Couldn't you wait
for your bite % victuals till | came
home and when he told me he didn't
know anything about it, | began to look
around" She then went on to relate
how she had found her trees all broken
up, the wire screen torn from her win
dows, and general destruction visible.
SHE MISSED THE DEEDS
To her property, and also gold brooch
which she was keeping as relic. 1t had
belonged to her husbands former wife,
and she valued it very highly as an heir
! loom.
The little Henry boy was sworn but as
| he did not understand what the Judge
meant, the oath had TO be explained to
him. He then gave the whole snap
away, and admitted that:he and Bill Pad.
dock went in the house, while "Mudge"
and Chatterton stayed outside.
THE NEXT CASE
Was that against the two Curtis boys,
|
with breaking into the cellar belonging tC
was strong and there is little doubt that
the boys will spend their holidays in Jail
In this case it was shown that they en-.
tered the cellar and found any amount OF
canned fruit there, but instead OF grab.
bling and running, they calmly picked out
the most choice kinds and then left the
place eisurely
ALL GUILTY.
After the evidence was all in, Attorney
Ferguson made brief argument upon
the merits of the case, and the matter
was submitted without any talk on the
part OF the boys.
Judge Piper concluded that all the
boys were guilty, but before pronouncing
judgment he delivered u telling
lecture. Contrary to all expectation
and all precedent the boys were moved
and for the first time in their career as
toughs, they all shed tears. This was the
nearest to sign OF repentance that any
of the boys have yet come, and thinking
this was the dawn Of better future the
Judge decided to suspend sentence in
all the cases during the good behavior Of
the boys
TIE LIQUOR CASE.
Edward McGhie, Il resident OF Bing
ham, was brought in from the camp yes
terday and was examined before Judge
| Piper this morning on the charge OF
selling liquor without a license. 1t APP
pears that McGhie has been the victim
of some more OF that delectable spottel
work.
The witnesses for the prosecution were