Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-17
wlirIiY AND ClGAn8.

the so,tiugs fot this tern.
wItrHy AND CIGARS.
John Eisbcr,, 20 yean Of age, was
arfaigued this morning ON an iudicJ.
mcrt charging him with hou'tbrslk.
ing nn Oa.H.tl, 1903
AS, H.agt District Attorney Richards
informed the court that the DC'yu.a 90
unrnso consisted VI stealing bottle Of
whisky aud a box or twoof cigau from
tie saloon ana warehouse Of 4. u So.
from, In ihs city. THIS appeared o.
have been Elsbcfg's nfst trnussJJssi Ia
against tho law. Tho articles mon.
toned were taken by the Ju'cndaut
while on ga apfec, "and as Mt. Nystrom
did uo;wish to press the charge, tue pos.
eCu,iou, under the clrcumalancu7,w ouli
bc willing b. accept u plea %. guilty.
10 p,tlI larceny which the tg.culau.
now Uut lu.
Attorney Corey was abou, o. say
someih.ugin the do'cndgups Behalf
When 1ho court stated lac wUulI huar
him tomorrow morning upon tbs PASS.
/ lug VI tcutvu,c.
il LOOKS vEHY TIIIS.
The trial a Arthur Finest Edwards,
| formerly manager of the White House
h1jtl, on gu indictment iorUmuuzEuuE
Tie sum of siJu, the money! No Iu1mls
! NvHuIJ, uu september 10, 1899, was
/ tuUn taken up, a second count
/ changed tuu Defendant with grAuu lar.
| Ccuy Ia connection with tine PANE
| matter. rus prosecution was COO.
| Quoted Uy Assistant ps,r.ui Attorney
| Richards, n.touin.oi with whom vas
AuoTnUy Nyc. Judge Powers nuI
| Attorney CUaI duiuuuud. Much time
| was sIuut In tue tmpa nulinE Ola Jury,
the defense masking iuli usu VI iADr
challenge, Hu 9 % WAS ll;lO Dgiofu tue
hearing actually tosau.
Judge Powers, On behalf % the
Defendant, maIv tho rtqucs. in tue out
set ina; the prosecution elect upon
which OF tuutwO counts thry utsirvI 20
/ pr Cttu.
Attorney Richards said tho two
counts embodied tue same ihcs uui
the same Nct, Hud the Jury ouuii nnd
him guilty, % tuey 30 agaiss Ui titner
/ Ouo Of tuU OusuBus charged, Hu was
not prepared, however, " proceed Oh
one count Ia particular
Attorney Richards then made
| DIitf opening statement On the part OF
/ the prosecution, alter when Judge
| Powers nslIeu that, On tho strength vi
such statement, Vac count uf gTanu
| larceny DO slrlu en- out The moot that
/ could uu uIaduut the testimony when
U all 90
a cuatgv Of emf. element
! IhIs motion tue court OycTtulrd, anu
| Judge Powers nUlru bu exception.
Ine prosecuting witness, ME Ven
nrJ, met went upon the Btiul. lie 10
a uiueg anu has resided iu salt Lake,
| on anu oil, tor many yoars. From
umB 10 time, ho sail, hu uau been az.
| Cualumvl 10 stay 20 tuu White House,
/ where In September Hst tue Defendant
| was manager. On tue night uf tho
! / itn OF that mUulu he deposited $lU1
/ IA gold with james Slater, JlUia AT
| tue hotel Tor keeping. olgItr put tuB
mOuey la au uuyaiJpu AMI placed Il Ia
q small drawer Of tho rAlu. Next
morn NJ witness Callyd Tor gHe money,
| but II could not bu found, lie uld not
see the defendant around there, but
heard Afterwards that lac had gone
away. Tue money In question WAS
the proceeds OF sale VI orc winch hs
had effected ~ tie agent Of MussTs.
Foley and Carlson, anu belonged 10
those guntlemeu.
OILS Gross said he was night clerk at
the White House ON sept. IA, Rud 70.
maiueu there untilB U'ciugk nCAtmuru,
lug, tut knew nothing about this
money having uten plaUrd In tne talr.
Edwards was Une VI tuUse who had tue
sale combination.
EK.CIuTk slater said that other Der.
6Ons IN the White House besides M.
wards had the combination whiun
opened the outer door Of tle sale.
Witness received tho $500 from Mr..
NenarJ. This he placed IA n drawer
luside the sale, which he locked alter
tho deposit anu ual lhu key. Ho uId
not 10 to the safe agnil tnut day anu
went or uuty 90 y. IN. When he
went 10 look Tor tue money next day,
upon us bying wau,ud By Mr.. VonAtu,
lac found ~ Wss gonu'
CTOui-sXaminUI ny Judge PJwors
the wiguus8 said he was employed on
ranch before going to tue Waite
House. CrOsf, tue ui6ut oivgEi TOOK
charge OF tue safe Wuun witness LOTT.
MF. Holt, WHO was part proprietor OF
the White iuusC, was his mo her, sud
witness folt some Interest Ia tuia cast.
HB volunteered mis- testimony 10 the
prosecution,
edo you want 10 SEQ this man con-
viulel2" asked Judge Powcre.
Wiluess-NO, OH; that n, not uni, ss
no Ia guilty.
Judge PoWors-Did anybody sug.
gest that you might be- gulliy2
Witness-NO, slr Ito further said
he did not know how many htys there
had been originally 70 the insldu door
Of the satu or That several OF them had
been lost,
Attorney Rlchatit-Wh had the
koy OF tue box lnlO which you put this
money!
Wiiuess-Tho key was left in the
box.
Attorney R.charis--Do you know
how many gsys there were to that
b0X2
Witness-Nu, sir
Mira. Holt who now re6ides In
rOuele, said she was prJprlelregs OF the
White House last september, when
Edwards was engaged there aH man
eyer. Witness was present when tho
money was entrusted 10 her son by Nj.
VenRrJ, but seemed 10 know nothing
more about H.
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