Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-08-09
spRESGER'S WAY.
His Contemplate Trick TO haAe q
Case Against 4 NaH.

oil mas Netu tA---1 -
m cuIiar cases. One Of these was an
- ag"-t 10 arrrst a small boy, and
y, ,rben the hoy ou;ran him, he fired
-, him. But. luckily for the lad,
.e sprenger W. no better a marhsnian
than he Is cn officer.
d LAST evening this deputy was
: an,ared in another affair. Some
time ago Mr.. Paul Hammer was
arrested On a charge Of unlawful
,ohabitation. He was taken before
Commissioner Greenman, where
( he admitted that he had
two wives, and had lived
/ with them. The Commissioner
fixed his bail Al $1,000, ana this was
given. tine condition being that Mr..
! Hammer would hold himself IL
/ readiness 70 await the grand Iuryis
/ action. Since TIA, L9'v he has
I never. prior o. last night. been mott
/ fed or called for TO appear m court !
. This fact is Uf imVrtance IN the
case. But the eelOty got an idea, Z
! OF saws he had II, that Mr.. Hammer
/ was going 70 Jump his bonds, and I
Z he wsrist-i 10 take him ia gain. Just /
where this would he II benefit /
{ J. beyond mortal ken. Mr.. Ham /
mer's b0RG on the Indictment found /
against him was 5000, precisely the 1
! SAME As the commissioner haG Fixed .
I il, - il rIsle not cent difference
- III as the forfeiture Of bail goes.
But Mr.. Hammers intention .
in this respect Is best shown 10y the
fact that he has been about attend
ing h his business steI.iiy since
last SIarch. when the first b0nl
was given.
S,l.enger, however. had the idea
he also had a warrant, such |
as Is usually Issued vixen an 4
Indictment is found. This one was
Issued months ago. tut 10 attempt
had been made 10 serve II. Last
evening. however, SFrgnger saw
Mr.. Hammer and "a LAZY ~ into a
house az the corner If Seventh South
and Fifth East streets. The uuilL-
Ing is new one, aud = owned hy /
the lady. She met Mr.. Hammer
passing. and asked him 10 look N the
structure. lie accepted the iuvILa-
ton. Sprenger gut out OF his buggy,
and began dOdglug around the place.
lie saws Mr.. Hammer tried 10 run
away from him. Mr.. Hammer says
tiiGt when he saw 4 person whom
he did not know, and whom he
thought was sneakinC arOuud fer
some unlawful purpose. in these
DAYS Of numerous burgiar!es, he
stepped 10 another part Ui the house
10 get look at the INTRUDER.
The deputy called to Mr.. Ham
mer. Don't you try 10 rum
"Whc are yOu2" was Mr.. Ham
mer's response.
Then the deputy stated his official
position, ami Mr.. Hammer listened
to the reading Of the warrant and
turned 10 70 with the officer
But Spreuger was going 10 the p
G!Id not 10 the [ niiei +,
states n,arsnal's office. The latter
place was ahou. mile distant ana d
.ht. former about three miles. The .
leHutv proposed TO have Mr.. Ham s.
nCr take In. round trip Of seven 2
miles. This Nlr. Hammer did not :,
ike. because IL wUuld then be - II
ate Jha. he would be un dole % find i'
.Bulsmeu. Bar the deputy insisted. e
Here j. where the c8utemptihls 81,
part uf the affair. on behalf Of the
,f'i-er, was maLe glITiugly mani u
lest. His story l. that Mr.. Hammer il
ATTEMPTED 20 bIi1a him, and offered r.
aim 81 % let him 20. ~aTeEger o.
says that he advised Hammer T. ~
wait a little willie. n he wanted 10 ii
.al uu friend. This friend WIS
Warden Nauierc0Ok, ami when tine "
two arrived ia his Presence, Sqreng- =
er asked Mr.. Hammer for the =,
money. The conversation was car Il
Iied on in German, a. neither Air. lt
Hammer nar Mr.. SPrggser speak ii
good English. 50 Mr.. NauierCO0k
IiG lot learn what rally was going a,
iu. except that hc laI been told 10y I 81
he deputy that there had isreu an li
leE lU bTjle him. t.r. Hammer : 2.
landed out the 80, but was not It OF
ua-gl. lie was, however, Brought gf
agk 10 the city. "a
On Icing taken before Commits II
he was tul. that AZ ID.
lad been found ag.Ins. n
i'm for unlawful cahahitstiou and s-
hat lac would be required 10 furnish sr
sE haii f.r Slllt. Il was just 81 I'd
G feared, that he was too late 10 ir
ui bOuIsmeu. and he stated that -.
e had given SpruHg,r $50 g. II Z,
aaSe him till morning. GheE .r.
e found out that ne could aut 20. II.
nj, farther, that SFIeU-e- bad PEE q,
rrel the charge Of bribery a,-a'Es. I H..
i'm. Commissioner Gr.pumla 81.
Nei the bond la the latter clse p,
$1,000. remaTEing at the SAME DI
nae that he vas as-ouiShyd "a an a.
temp, 10 iIioc an officer IN which { rr
iers was not the slightest seiTort e.
conceal any Il the facts. tIr. o.,
hammer was taken n the peui-
.ntiaTy. hut came dowu today [ ~.
nd secured boulsmeu.
The idea that rSul Hammer -
'0u!d attempt % urite an officer -
as such 4 remarkable departure 80
'om that geutlsmau's past career. -.
lat an Interview was sought with 80.
i'm. =.
Bride him?" said he; 81 never r. r.
fought Of such a thing, and he -,
lOws it. l did not know him, and he =;
leaked and followed after mt, a ] ~,
ave told yoI tanI rs hefore n
lated). When We got II the "A
'gEy 1 told him had some -,
rgent business 90 attend h.. AMI I
luted 10 know ii I could arrange o..
leave money with him for nv aIs- -
.arauce IN the morning. 1 UslI -,
I'm / only wanted q A. a friendly =,
{. aud said that II Il va, not al u
hit | wanted him to advise me. :.
knew that az the City Hall. and I
other places, money is left FOR q a.
ans appearance when he agrees ~
come, ami il i all right. That is -
lblished many times in the y,
Ipers, and that Is just what / -
inted him 10 30. He told me -
wait little while, and ne would az
E. / asked him If $50 would he -.
Ough. He lid not give me n di- ~
Il answer, and told him 10 name -
Z amount, rs I did not want 20 ~.
main in custody ali night -,
He says you wanted TO get away ="
thOut giving bOnds.' 20,
He knows better than that. -
Is under 5000 bonus. and he '--'
ew it. If / went away, my hail
uld be forfeited. had no reason
leiieve that the amount would he
'rea-ed, and you see that il was
t. SO what was 10 gain by run U6
x away? IL would not be any e.,
vantage TO me 10 give him money
let me of, for that would Toe only me
much thrown away. Besides, I ~
We never hal any thought Of IT