Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-08-12
NINE TRAMPS.
A Box Car HaHl.-Polioe 'oui'
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"Wait a minute and you'll Sc til'
ponulation OF tramp town, = said Az
ID iorney Eichuor 10 a reporter, in the
police court room this morning. \
e. moment later long Me Of prisoners
IN n-ar-.ed Ia and formed a semi
,ircl. In front OF Justice Laney's
= desk. Nine tramps. who had been
:; found Steering in box car stood
u before the Judgment sFsli. One Of
them slu-E ,ratS ont Of the row and
n. Gown.
He don't belong to this collec-
o tiou.'' Observed the Prosac:;t0r in
e reply TO question from the court.
! The former tiien proceeded TO read
to the eight standing prisoners
the complaint, which accused them
Of having entered, lodged and slept
in box car belonging 10 the y. q.
without the q. r.. ,,ohsenL. At
about ti,r,-- -s,iotS this morning an
on Ger found the whole crowd sleep
ing in a box car and run them in.
A. soon As the complaint had
been read Justice Laney addressed
the uuwashed multitude before him,
stating that it was the privilege Of
each person composing il 10 have
counsel. Commencing atone end Of
the row the question Wa asked go |
you wish 10 employ sr Attorney" 1
With more OF RS dUlefulneS-. a |
negative 21srTer was given 10y each. 4
"N"mber one what i your |
name:" asked Justicc lIancy Of the I
west end man. Metz. = was the an /
swer. "Well, Metz, are You guilty 4
OF not guilty."
During a long pause, Metz. 4 tail
lanky, lack-energy sort Of a fellow.
aged about - years, looked down |
his nose. At length he said in n
slow, low tone, Guilty, | guess"
The same plea, like cOutagiUn.
went from man 10 man down the
long row, the resIcnsC Ia most in
stances heiug Prompt, hut never
cheerful, Commencing with Metz. !
the names were given a fellows;
feter Millen, n ScOtchman; Charles
and Phillip Briscoe, hruth.r-. f--.-.,
LOnion, judging by tl'eit accent:
Charles Jeu~p-, nonchalani
Peter Murphy. a
short dark, r0und-headei, prompt
Irishman; John Doe, who insisted
that that was his true name WI
IDENTIFY an American. s.lamei Of
and Jsrsya WEIGH, a mouy.
sleepy looking young man, Of un-
certain nationality.
f-aCh IN turn WAS questioned Ly I
the justice as 10 how long he had /
been In town, where lac came from. /
hOw much money lac had when he
arrived, etc. All had, according :
10 their statements, reached town
since Saturday morning, and all
had some money when they ar
rived. Scnre SIN hsi a little.
Three had come from Kansas City. / Z
.hree or four from Butte, ana ~.hers Z
nom different points
Millen and tl'c BriScO brothers
,aid they tr,l been hired hy the Z
IUn-'rav' 0f an extra gang on the L.. {
I. 10 commence work at : O'Clock I
his morning. They were out Of
money and could not get 4 buarding
,laceuniil they had worked one day.
nhis was the way in which they e
anne 10 lie sleeping in \ box Ear. :
'HHHa.aH .lsHHHnsfH.Hn u
ruth. Murphy claimed t:Ist he anu u
Jensen came here rndcr promise u I
yOrS from = contractor. who hal b
greed % shiD them 10 Milford this :
fterncsu. The matter Of seuienc- Z
* them was taken under al Il
'isement until this afternoon.
The ninth tramp was James Muir. q
Thy, who was found last night ia 81 %
3. q. ". box car. lie claimed C. q
ave been working in i,i-.>=..,. si;.., and &
% nave been abUrt b start lack a
here vince takeB, lie talked very n
At and ir low tone, and was fiu-d /
IL. e.
Frank Kelly promptly pleaded d
uiliy 30 a charge Of obtaining a u
real without Eaying for il. IL v
Gems he went into 4 restaurant. n
rJiered and consumed = meal. r. a
Ised Ia pay fer "a, snd was arrested. NJ
he had - CENTS, hut seems Ia have n
ladC ur his mind Deliberately tu 1.
'rrk FOR the city awhile. He was q,
ned Sln, which hc will pay ia u
lhOr. -
Clarence l.. Bean. changed with :,
zEaHHNH mi NHaHH.a=rH g o
500 20 appear At = ,. m. tomorrow n
II trial. a
John Simmons j held 10 answer a
charge Of fighting. and John Glib "
N was fined Sip for iciug drunk. mi
Henry Wadsworth. ]. ". Boyle ia
nj b. Downing are held on "a 70
large Of drunkenness. Az oGrusg e.,
T " hich Pat O'Brieu paid -. M
VIM. Roberts is held % answer ls
large Of begging. %
At a late hour last night r. 4. tn
'Brien began 20 make \ speech to nj
crowd near the Walker corner. 4 M
liceman told him 10 stop, which It
did. Someone in the crcW1i then D.,
gan TO chafi him when he replied III
vigorous language The trouble e,l
suited IN the arrest 81 O'Ericn. hJ
no was taken 10 the City Hall. IA
here he left so Tor his appearance. N
Yesterday afternoon l. Ashmau 10
eadei guilty 10 a charge Of tres ID
- and was fined Sl5. IN
Levi ANtel was tried On a charge in
exhibiting n deadly weapon, and "a
r. convicted and fined $50. II,
Thomas Bywster became iutoNi- a.
ted last evening and fell down 4 T.,
sement stairway on Main Street, O.
mere he vas found 10y an officer
ln after midnight. He was r
venely hurt His uOse was badly VI
1, and there was a cash above 81
: eye. He was sent 10 the no. e.
ital, hut his name appears ia the "a
lice court neconl a. being under r.
rest. 4.
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