The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-04-28
GRAND LARCENY DAY.
Mollie Thompson and G. B.
Gillette Guilty.
ONE YEAR EACH IN THE PEN
Bemberger-@65,O 900, Interest
aud COsts-Uther Business.

ing, the case of the United States vs.
Sarah Vinegar. charged with fornicaticn
wes called. Arthur Brown, for the de-
| Tense, announced that he was ready for
trial, but Mr.. Peters said he was not.
| The witnesses IL the case lived IN
Tooele County, and were not on hand.
Mr.. Brown insisted that the defendant
was entitled to either a trial or an &C
qulttal, and thought the matter should
be settled there and then. Mr.. Pc tiers
thought the case should go over for the
term-there would be considerable diff
Guilty, doubtless. experienced in obtain
ing a jury, as most of the panel had
heard or read of the Brown case, which
had Just been concluded. Mr., Brown
| however, insisted on trial or a dis
missal, but the judge ruled
that the case might go over
temporarily. anyway, and ;he case
of the people VS.. Mollie Thompson
heard in its stead. This order WAS &C
cordingty made, but inst before the
noor adjournment, Mr.. Peters appeared
| and moved the dismissal OF the case.
The judge so ordered.
MoLLIE THOMPSON
was then arraigned on the charge of
grand larceny-the indictment alleged
that she and one Charles Wilson, Cd
the 28th day of Octob r last, robbed ona
Charl - Tong, a Chinaman,o of The SUN of
$lO2 IS. This was the defendants
>ecOnd trial on the same charge. toe
Jury of the previous trial having failed
60 agree. Her accomplrce, W.l-on, was
convicted, aud is now serving = term in
the Pen. W. w. Gee appeared for the
fair MoIlie, while Mr.. Clarke
represented the government. The
first witness called WAS Charley
Tong, diminutive specimen
of the celestial race, with mod est, lily
like air about him. AS is usual, when
ever a Cninamau gets into trouble,
Charley needed the services of an inter
prefer, and Jimmy Ling was called.
Through the interpreter, Charley said
he was 10 years OIL age; on the 18th of
October last, he was near the Palace
Hotel, when u man named Charles
Wilson. who at that time was running a
small excursion wagon, approached and
replied that he was going down to the
D. & r. g. depot; Wilson told the
healnen to get in and he would take
hun there; Charley complied, when
wilson drove up to the Ken
lucky Liquor Store, and bought
bottle of whisky, after which he
drove the Chinaman down Main
Street TO about Eighth South, aud
where tent was pitched. Charley re-
ma ked This is not the depot" when
Wilson told him to get out. He did so,
and botn entered the tent. Wilson then
Wen. away for a few moments, and
when he returned he threw Charley on
the floor, took off his coat. vest and
Shoes, and appropriated all the money
be bad on his person, including that
contained in a buckskin purse, which
was emptied and then thrown into the
stove. They took red sash which he
h d around his body, and tied his
b luds to his head; and then Wilson
GALE d upon the woman for knife in
the meantime holding The Chinaman
down on the floor. The woman failed
to answer, and when Wilson arose. The
Gilman an got up and ran. About a
block from the teri he met three
young fellows, and told them what had
occurred. a few seconds later. they
met Adam Paul, and be accompanied
the Cninamau back to Tho tent, where
he arrested Wilson and took him to the
City Hall, when he turned him over to
the police.
Adam Paul corroborated the story Of
the arrest, and Officer Pratt. who was
on the police force at thatume, testified
to tinCing the remains OF a cuff button in
the ashes III tie crate of the stove.
Sol Kimball, assistant city jailor, was
then called. He stated that the defend
ant had approached him one day while
she was detained at the City Jail, and
esked him whether it was too late for
her to make confession; she said the
Chlnsman had told the truth about the
matter, and i, she was granted the OPP
purtunlLy, she would tell all she knew
about il, saying, further, that II she
could see Wilson-who was then in The
county Jail, she thought be might be
induced to tell where he had buried the
money taken from the Chlnaman.
Onoae Wing Sing testified that Charley
Tong had drawn $50 IN silver, which be
had had on deposit at his place, to be
changed for gold, so that he could send
it home. It was about 3 O'Clock in the
afternoon when Charley drew the
money, and the mkt day Quong heard
that his brother heather had been
robbed.
This closed the evidence for the
prosecution, and Mr.. Gee then
introduced the fair Mollie, who
took the stand in her own de-
tense. Her story was to the effect
that the Chinaman and Wilson came to
the tent together; both had been drink
ing some, she thought, and they had a
bottle of whisky with them. 1t was
cold night, and both of the men took a
hot drink, and went off towards the
barn. Soon the Chinaman returned,
aud asked her If she was not afraid to
be alone. She replied no, when the
heather requested her to turn down
the lamp, and made insulting pro-
posals to her. She rejected them, and
when Wilson returned she told him OF
the Chinaman's conduct. Wilson then
gave the heather whipping and
threw him out of the tent.
On cross-examination, she denied
ever making the statements attributed
to her by Jailor Kimball, and said the
only money she saw on the night the
Chinaman visited the tent was the 81
which he offered her, and which she SO
Indignantly refused to accept as the
price of furnished name.
The case went 10 the jury at about 3