The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-11-18
PROVO PICK[NGS.
AN ADULTERY CASE THAT FAILED
TO Pan OFT.
bN-Postmaster Charged With En-
bezxiement-A Horse Thief Brought
in From Uintah Country-GeneraI
News Notes.

HI from IIntah COuntry-GeneraI
News Notes.
Provo, Nov. II, 1S94.-The case of
Belmont & Kinney VS.. Samuel Lidiard
& Co. was decided this morning by
Judge Smith. The decision was to the
effect that defendants had, by their
actions, led people to believe that a
partnership existed and he, therefore.
rendered judgment against all the de-
PENDANTS. The amount involved is
$500
Joseph E. Daniels VS.. Julia A. Flem-
ming; plaintiff sues defendant as an
lndorser on note for $1,000. Judgment
will be rendered Monday.
Last evening May Fairchild. of Park
City, was granted a divorce by Judge
Smith against Hyrum H. Fairchild.
Desertion and failure to provide were
the grounds upon which the action was
brought Plaintiff was awarded the
custody Of one minor child. 500 ali
mony, costs of suit and attorneys fees.
United States VS.. Laura Moss and
George Christianson was called. The
couple are charged with adultery, COM
mitted at Richfield in May last Mrs
Moss is the mother of five children.
and is about Sc years old. Christianson
is only 10. They acknowledged their
guilt when arrested by Deputy Marshal
Bean, and pleaded guilty at the pre-
liminary hearing, giving as their rea-
sons Tor living together that Mr.. Moss,
the husband of the woman, went away
and on his departure gave the woman
to the young man. Deputy Bean testi-
fed as above, which was corroborated
by Deputy Marshal Bolitho. The de-
PENDANTS were put upon the stand and
denied ever having any criminal rela-
tions. They said that the marshal and
attorney tod them to plead guilty,
and it would go easier with them, be-
cause they would have to go before
the grand jury any way.
Owing to this advice. they had
pleaded guilty before the commissioner
The jury found the defendants not
guilty and they were discharged
The case of the United States vs.
Samuel Porter was then taken up.
The Indictment charges Porter with
embezzlement, in that he appropriated
to his own use about $T00 of govern
ment money while he was postmaster
at Fairview, between 1890 and 1893
The prosecution was looked after by
United States Prosecuting Attorney
Judd. assisted by Captain Nichol. S
A. King and jacob Johnson are acting
! for the defense.
| Sven o. Nielsen was called and testi.
| fied-I live in Fairview: know the de-
PENDANT, Porter.
Here the attorneys for the defense
objected TO any evidence being taken
as the Indictment did not state Wit
the money belonged to that was en-
bezzled.
The objection was overruled and the
witness continued: Porter was post.
master at FairvieW in 1893. before an6
after.
Captain Nichols, the government
postoffice inspector, was sworn and ties
tilted that he suspended Porter from
| his position as postmaster January 9
1894, and placed his sureties in charge
| A transcript from the postoffice a
Washington was put in evidence. L
shows a deficit of about $50 to $40 pei
month from June to December Is, 1893
! in Porter's accounts.
| The defense rely upon the fact tina
! the postoffice was robbed and the post
office funds, together with some o
| Porters, was stolen.
Defendant, Porter testified: L wa!
postmaster July l. $780, TO June Q, 1894
My wife was assistant postmaster
! She attended the Office in the evening
Of September 20, 1898. He described In,
! office in F7airview. On the morning o
( September u, 1898, when witness wen
/ TO open the office he found the doc
! open and also the safe open and al
/ the money. together with some letter.
and q pocketbook, gone. Afterward:
the letters and books were recovered
| but none of the money was found. II
notified toe chief postofice inspecto
| by telegram, and he also notifie;
the county officers of the robbery
! There was a skeleton key found in tn
lobby of the office which would opel
the doors. Witness stated that hi
books were in bad condition, and h
hired g bookkeeper TO straighten then
out; but it could not be done.
In the cross-eXamination it wa
brought out that the defendant hai
been and was at the time of the roo
berry, a very hard drinker. The case i
still in progress.
4 HORSE THIEF.
Sheriff George Searle, of Uintal
county, has brought in Gallon Wilsoi
who is from Arizona and is about .
years Of age, who is accused Of hors
stealing. and was bound over to avail
the action OF the grand jury by Justic
Billings, of River Dale, Uintah county
in $500 bonds, in default of which h
is in custody. The stealing was com
mitted on the 26th of last month. VIZ
the prisoner and a Mexican stole six
teen head of horses and a camp outfi
from a man who was camped near Yer
nal. The criminals were overtaken tn
next day by Sheriff Searle and posse
who fired upon the fugitives. To
Mexican escaped but there was n
/ trouble about capturing Wilson, wn
tainted when the firing commenced
The officers, however, had considerable
| trouble in bringing him to lis senses
His Mexican cenfrere went to an India
camp in the vicinity where he remainei
| for two or three days, and was kindl.
cared for by the red men, who dresse