The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-01-24
well-Known Ogden Business
Men Put to Flight.
THREE SHOTS WERE FIRED.
Members OF the Stevens Family Have
a Close Call.
The Pugilists in Court-A Minister Des.
cribes the Prize Fight and shows
a Familiarity with Sport
ing Terms.

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pany muddle will not down, and nearly
every day adds some new act to the al
ready terror inspiring snarl. Today the
Waterman placed in the store at South
Ogden by the company at the beginning
OF the trouble, took three shots at Sidney
Stevens, Sidney o. Stevens and Frank j.
! Stevens, three of the directors who were
making an attempt-with the aid of an
expert locksmith-to gain an entrance to
the office of the company for the purpose
OF holding regular weekly directors
meeting.
The bullets, evidently from rife,
passed through the door.a few feet above
the heads of the gentlemen who were
! gathered around the smith while he was
at work. and caused panic. The lock-
smith refused to continue his labors and
the officers withdrew. The matter will
probably be ventilated again in court to-
morrow.
| At the last hearing of the case on a mo-
ton to strike out the company as plain
tiff, Judge Miner decided that the three
named gentlemen were the rightful di-
rectors of the company and that pending
the flnal hearing they, in connection with
the other directors, had the right 10 con-
troll ali matters connected with the com
pany. When they went to South Ogden
this afternoon they were refused admis-
sion by Frank Carr, the Waterman on the
inside, who stated he was now getting his
orders from Stephens Brothers, the other
contestants and defendants in the case.
The shots were fired from the main store
room and the balls before reaching the
door had to pass through a thin petition.
This probably saved bloodshed as Carr
was forced to guess at the location of the
parties.
PUGILISTS BOUND OVER.
Jim Williams, Henry Williams, Lon
Turner, Peter Gillespie, William Newell,
Charles Walker and George Morrison,
principals, seconds and interested parties
in last Thursday nights glove contest at
the Utah Athletic club, were this after
noon bound over to the grand jury by
Judge Cross, the charge being "prize
fghting.' Morrison, jim and Henry
Williams gave the required bonds, s., 900,
but the other four were taken to Salt
Lake by Deputy Marshal Gill and will
probably give bonds before Commissioner
Greenman in the morning.
When the case was called for trial the
court room and corridors of the Loan and
Trust Company building were crowded
With sports and witnesses. Rev.
Hayden and J. T. Hurst were placed
upon the stand and told how for several
weeks the ministers had held meetings for
the purpose of organizing and making
combined effort to suppress prize fighting
and prostitution, and to compel, if pos
sible, the observance of the Sunday and
midnight closing ordinance. In a very
graphic manner, Rev. Brant described the
battle between Williams and Turner, and
with the accuracy of an old sport told
how the principals entered the ring, fol-
lowed by their seconds, adjusted the
gloves, shook hands and got down to
work in earnest. When telling of the last
round the reverend gentleman became
very enthusiastic and used terms that
would have put to blush the sporting
editors of the daily press.
SALOONS CLOSED ON SUNDAY.
Sunday was practically dry day in
Ogden. Acting under instructions from
the mayor, backed by the police COM
mission, Marshal Metcalf ordered all sa-
looms closed on that day and the order
was very generally obeyed. The minis
ters are now well organized and declare
that they mean business. In the future
the saloons will be closed on Sunday
perhaps.
MORE AUSTRALIAN EXHIBITS.
The steamer Mariposa, of the Oceanic
Steamship line, from Australia, arrived
IN San francisco on Sunday with a large
number of passengers and much freight. |!
On the hold were 500 tons of Worlds fair |
exhibits from New South Wales. The |
consignment will come east over the
Southern Pacific and Union Pacific by |
SPECIAL trains and consists of minerals |
woods and specimens.
A SMELLING PLANT.
The city council tonight gave bonus |
of S15, 900 to the Union Mining and Mill |
ing company to erect shelters and reduc- |
ton works here. The plant is to cost not |
less than 800. 600, and work VIII begin by |
March L. The proposition came through |
the chamber of commerce, and was pre- /
sented at the last meeting. The company |