Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-06-28

Fltuuas' response aud he iert the couf.
loom AMI sought the fresh air a. the
iailiu threatened TO clear the auditor
UNI unless silence was maintained.
orricRR wiLsoS
aid he assisted In placing the defend.
mt Rose Miller aud GOlIte SheAri
under atrst Il was about IL O'Clock |
ON the ight oil the l1th inst. Saw |
several msn jump uut at tho window
aud over the ieucy.
Attorney SIrEup why dilnst you !
arrest Thorn?
Witnoss-Had no warrants Tor them.
Attorney Slfaup--D'n't you know
Mr.. Wi,sDn that there arc wire screens
over all the window aud that jumping
through them would bn impossible?
witness There may hs now, but
there was not ut that time.
Attorney 3ttAup-Again I say why
dll MT you arrest these men
Of whom you SPEAK?
Wituess--'rhat would have been im.
possible, because they moved with n
rapidiiy that could tot easily lbs
SERGEANT SHEETS
was recalled aud further tes,ifcd-I
saw four men and Que woman ca.
dcavor ~ escapc. The former hal no
in,euIion Of going through the gate
but Jumped clear over the icucc, and
scattered IN all directions. did not
SEA the mcn come out u che building,
but saw them on the porch and a. they
ran through the yard aJd lsapei the
fence.
"why diin't you, a. an officer In
search Of viOlalor, Of the Law, make
an attempt to catch tns men az well rs
the womeu2 II the place l. n house Of
prostitution the men were certainly
equally guilty, were they not2"
"lt required all our time " take care
OF the fumals.n
80" sail Mr.. S.raup, "it required
the strength anu diplomacy OF three big
policemen TO arrest three. little women,
did it2D
At this there was another burst Of
merrlmvut, and again this bailil was
called upon 10 restore order. This last
question rather confused the witness.
aud Attorney Straup ala not pes, him
further hut inquired: SIS II not n mat
ter VI fact that these men you saw
were merely rODm9rs?"
"Weli, they acted rather strangely
for regular inmates Of the mousse"
Witness was again asked N he did
not think It was his duty n have
placed these men under arrest. He
replied In the affirmative, but said that
II would have taken at least eight
policemen To have done tho work.
He finally reduced the number TO elk
and Strsup once more muttsrcd audit
| ~: "rhrre policemen three women"
| aud the witness was dismissed. TINS
ended the testimony Tor the prosecu'
| ton and
THE DEFENSE
opened by calling NJ. W. Palmer. He
testified live at No. l2o East Fourth
south, next door to where the dtlend'
ant resides. | run a livery stnblei
know Miss st. Omer; she occasionally
hires n livery rig from me; her hous'
has very good reputation 81 far a'
morals and chastity are concerned
have heard no one say aught agains, i
MRs. N. W. PALMER
wife OF the preceding witness wa
called and gave similar evidence. SIN
had frequently been In the house uur
lug the time covered IN theIcomplaint
but hal never seen anything tina
would excite her suspicion a. 70 tn
place being bad one. IL certainly
was very quiet all hours OF the DAY
and night.
Attorney Coad ASKED n II was no
possible 10 conduct house OF prostitu
lisu in quiet manner.
To this the witness Indignantly re
piled that she did not know Us she hn
made no such experiment.
GEORGE HENRY
testified that he lived at 315 south
state street, within two hundred Zoe
Of Miss 81. Omer's residence. He wa
a grocery aud provision dealer aud ha
often delivered goods there. He under
stood that the defendant was koepiu
roomurs. The defendant had owe
him 5000 for goods aud on inquiring .
to her reliability ho was Informed TIL
she once maintained q sporting housi
but that she had reformed and WI
going 10 got married.; said -p1riiu
house was not the one Ia question. NJ
Bnxan bad told him that Miss N
; Omer was good pay" NJ good la ia,
that no proposed ~ liquidate his bl
Tor him II necessary. lie had take
pigs' feet aud other canned goods i
, | night. j. W. Norrell testified simila
ly.
NORRIS LivISoslos,
a corpulent German saloon keeper, wi
= runs n liquor store near tho AndeIsC
house, sail so far Rs he knew tae pc
, sons and house In question We
neither good nor bad. The dsfendan
Z some tunes bought beer OF him, b
/ very little.
DEPUTY u. s. MARSHALL GLENN
I live half a block east Of defenda
= on the sAme street. Have heard not
ing Of the defepdant keeping = 10
house Hincs SOME time before | left u
police force until this arrest was mad
4 Have heard the defendant repeated
Il say that ahe was leading q private III
!, Attorney Coad-Haye you ev
4 visited the placer
Wltness--I have. / was recent
d called upon TO go there aud arr
IL Policeman Albright but refused 10 Ia
1t MIN into custody az had no warrar
IL Attorney Coad-Any other ocC
sion?
Witness-A few evening" ago.
Attorney Coad-With certain oou
d cilmenp
e Witness-Ycs, sir; and newspap'
II men.
.. Attorney Coni--State who th
* were anu for what purpose they W,
u there.
h The witness here enumerated /
)f aldermen and newspaper reprcsen
tIva. and u,idsd that they ware ont