The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-10-27
TERRITORIAL NEWS.
Daring Cattle Thieves Arrested by
Sheriff Beinap.
Robert Adams Sent Up for Ten Years
A Death at the Insane
Asylum-Items.

Ogden, Oct. 26-Sheriff Belnap is
after the alleged cattle thieves who for
the past few months have been plying
their IiefaIicus trade in Ogden valley.
Their method has been to drive the cat
tie from the pastures ana ranges in and
near the valley and sell them to Ogden
butchers or slaughter them and peddle
the meat around the county. Over a
hundred head have been stolen recent
ly from the settlers in the valley The
Sheriff has arrested three of the alleged
thieves-E1yrum Farrell and William
Carr, Of Eden, and Thomas Gibbons, Of
Ogden. The two former have been re-
leased on bonds Of 81, 900 each, while the
latter is confined in the county jail.
Some thirty head Of the cattle were re-
covered, being found in the yard of a
local butcher. More arrests are likely
to follow, as it is said a number Of
others are implicated in the stealing.
Beinap is covering himself with glory.
The attorneys Tor Robert Adams, the
young man who was found guilty Of
the crime of rape by a jury in the
Fourth district court last week, and
was sentenced to ten years in the peni-
tertiary by Judge Miner, this afternoon
will endeayor TO secure a new trial be-
fore the supreme court Of the territory
They claim that the court erred in its
charge TO the jury and that several of
the jurors on the panel listened to the
testimony at the former hearing and
must therefore have formed some opin-
ion Of the case. Adams is now in the
penitentiary, having entered upon the
service of his sentence last night.
I)r.f9a,-C la- Janc. he
head offices of the Southern Pacific at
San Francisco to work the shops here
10 their fullest capacity and allow the
men eight hours each day, six days a
week. This will prove a godsend to the
employees of the company and greatly
increase the pay roll of the Salt Lake
division. The new shop buildings are
being pushed with all possible haste in
the hopes that they will be under roof
by the time the snow flies. The COM
pany IS very anxious to have the work
completed and is hurrying the contrac-
tors up. The main shop building and
the Offices and the store rooms are rap
idly nearing the square.
Judge Miner was engaged the entire
day today in hearing the case of
Charles Crawford VS.. William Craw-
ford, one Of the many cases which
sprung up shortly after the mysterious
disappearance of the Ia ter Crawford
who was wealthy rancher of Rich
county. Charles Crawford claims one
fourth of his brothers estate by reason
of an alleged partnership. His claim
is being contested by numerous cred
itors of the estate, and the fight will
be hot one. The estate is worth over
5000 000
James Anderson, of Salt Lake, has
again challenged Becker, of Ogden, tc
shoot for the gUnners' championship
medal, held by the latter. Becker re
Gently defeated Anderson and the lat
ter is very DESTROYS of having another
chance for the valuable prize. He lays
his defeat to defective shells. The
challenge has not yet been accepted
James L. Loar, the special officer ap-
pointed by the Utah commission to
hear complaints of wrongful registra-
ton. has not received a complaint and
1t now looks as though the record for
Ogden will be clear.