The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-04-08
PROVO.
-FOUR CONNECTS ESCAPE.
They-Locked the Tailor in and Decamped-
Tintlc Railroad Fight

Tint1c Railroad Fight.
The case of the Union Pacific railway
company VS.. the Rio Grande railway COM
pany was taken up in the First district
court and jury empanelled. This is
case wherein the Rio Grande company con-
tends for right to cross the Union Pacific
track at Mammoth gulch, at Tintic, in order
to reach the Bullion t eek mine The duty
OF the jury will be to pass upon the amount
of damage done
The court will determine the right of
condemnation. Sutherland & Vancott are
Tor the Union Pacific, aud Whitecotton &
Bennett Tor the Rio Grande.
Ii was ordered that the question of dam
ages be first decided
Mr.. Whitecotton made an offer in behalf
OF the Rio Grande company to allow S100
Tor damages done to the Union Pacific
company IN crossing the tracks, Mr., Van
colt said the offer should not have been
made IN court, and refused to take any
action upon it. This attorney then gave
description Of the tracks of The companies
running into Eureka, and showed how the
Rlo Grande attempted to cross them at the
ComstocE, intticting considerable dam
age.
j. c. MELNEMEY,
division engineer of the Union Pacific.
described the character Of the country
ABOUT Ilnuc, showing the Rio Grande 10
nave down grade across the Union Pacific
at The Ccmstock at an angle of about 80 de-
grees. Along this liue is handled all the
ore o. the mining company. The Union
Pacltc has no other line on which TO carry
90 its business. Should the Denver com
I pany cross the switch tracks of the Union
Pacific 1t would be INSTRUCTED These
tracks were put IN near the first part of
March, but they are not vet entirely com
pleted. The Denver q Rio Grande COM
pany could not very well cross these tracks
without putting in swarts, and however
They cross would prevent the brakemen
cong their work ut the switches. Fire
from the ash pan would be in danger of
constantly falling upon the Union Pacific
| tracks. The witness estimated the damage
IN crossing, there being Likelihood Of one
man being killed in ,Welye years, TO be
! 50, 000.
| MIR. Whitecotton-- Were those side tracks
Put there as an obstruction so the Rio
Grande could not get in! A-No, sir.
Didn't you know the Rio Grande
were coming across there2 Al saw them
working there making some excavation.
| Q.-Nould it prevented the Rio Grande
company crossing had but two instead of
three tracks been laid.
Objected to by Sutherland Sustained.
motion was made to conduct the Jury
to the grounds in dispute, and the twelve
took ride on special Rio Grande train to
Eureka to make an examination Of the
premises.
AN INDIAN NOT GUILTY.
Nephi Burson, burly Indian, who has
! oeen reared among the whites and there
fore wears their habiliments, came before
loci Or,a,-
charged with adultery, said TO have been
committed with a fair-skiuued daughter
! OF America named Cornelia Fowler. on
! the 9th day of February, 1882 ut Mill
creek. Burson is a resident OF Spring
! vile. After the complaint was read tie
defendant blurted out II am OF guilty. u
Edwards, the attorney Tor the Indian, en-
deaVored to get postponement, but it
was not granted.
The girl in the case told the story that
! the redman came TO her bed and almost
frightened her out of consciousness and
that sue succumoed to his power. There
was no other testimony againkt Burson
and he was discharged, the testimony not
being sufficient to hold him.
SMALL SINNERS.
Jack Hautz, c. A. Slefer aud w. L. John
a trio OF lntoxicanrs, left the usual So at the
police court yesterday.
FOUR JAIL BIRDS ESCAPE.
a breeze Of excitement swept over the
city last evening when the report went out
that four jail birds had escaped and locked
the lalor In the county jail with the balance
OF the prisoners.
! IHE HERALD man was at the Jail at Z 80
O'Clock, about one hour after tie birds had
fiown and discovered large crowd of peo-
pie peering anXionsly into the windo US of
the jail and watching Mr.. Selby Jones
with his hammer and tools trying to effect
an entrance TO the Jail he jail being
/ broken open q crowd tocked in but was
excluded except officers and reporters.
Jaller Mitchell, who was locked behind the
1 bars, told the story that he was in the act
! OF giving the prisoners their supper when
| Convict Piedmen, who was brought from
4 Salt Lake G few days ago, sprang upon
him and Frank Pierce a tramp who
/ burglarized E. T. Bees place a few even
lngs ago drew knife and said if he uttered
word they would put him to sleep, Two
others assisted, one of whom is John
Moore, the ham thief, who fought Officer
] Strong with razor short time since and
a large hurley fellow whose name could
not be secured. They dragged Mitchell to
the inner jail. then locked the door and
also the outside door making good their
escape. A posse was soon in pursuit but
nothing has yet been heard from the fugi-
( tives.