Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-05-19
ROUND The COURTS.
A Light Day for Judge Merritt aIlef
the Storm.
rGE suru.ucEESSA ,QUlBBLE
Murray Excited over Another Sup
posed Sensation al the 1hicdc
Residence.

10 must have been a welcome rellei
60 Chief Justice Merritt, after tho
excitement In his court Of the four
preceding days, 10 nnI that he hal NO
little 10 engage his attention today In
the legal arena. Two or three short
orders were made; then casa spec.
iaily act down Tor hearing was taken
up IN uu aimoll emmy courtroom and
continued with until the hour Tor al.
iournmont Tor tho Jay bad arrived
1880 y. IN.
TO PIE AAiENnED ANswER.
In the case of Mrs. b.. Jones " III,
Emma Mining company, limited,
defendants were allowed tiil Monday,
the 2lst Inst, " ile amended answer.
ny AuiEEMESr.
York Minlng company Va Patterson,
| order made for witnesses Tor the
defendant 10 be- HubpWuaud 10 attend
before StenOgApher Frank MoGlrrin
ON Friday, May IS, 10 testify. This b.
agreement and stipulation Of parties.
A CONTEMPT MATTER.
About two weeks ago the case Of
| Sarah J.. Pembroke W J. T.. Dew0Ody
1t al was heard before Judge Merritt ut
sumo length, anu reported Ia the NEWS
/ IN detail NJ tho time. On that occasion
an order was made Restraining tbs
defendant from interfering with the
| collection by the sheriff 0f u'ftain rents;
but last evening an affidavit was hleu
setting forth that Dowoody had been
attempting 10 prevent certain tenants
from paying their rents, anu on this
| representation the defendant was now
cited 70 show cause why he should not
be- punished Tor contempt. Argument
was FIRST had on demurrer 10 complaint,
the plaintiff being represented by
| Attorneys Whittomote a Waite and
j. q. sutherland, anu the defendant
ny J. NJ. Denny and Richards and
/ Richards.
Tho demurrer was oyertuled and fivs
days given 10 file answer; the other
matter went over for two weeks.
SETTLED OUT " COURT.
II tho case against J. \. MoKenna
"a warrant for whose arrest was issued
yesterday afternoon, as stated In that
days NEwsl had been gone into before
COmmisAiouor McNAlly this morning,
as arranged, II IA probable that some
tracy" Developments would have at
tended H. The charge against the de-
PENDANT WAS that OF fiouriahiug re-
voiyer In tue face Of Samuel h. smith
In an angry anu threatening manner
smith being the complainant. Me.
kcnna, u seems, had been paying
lis addresses 10 Smiths sister Tor
come time, and his attention ia this
regard evidently dii not meet with the
unqualified approval Of the young
lady's family, IL was out Of this thAt
this trouble sprung.
When the case was called on today
the announcement was made that a
settlement had been effected out OF
court, anu tue breach having been ~
this extent healed, the commissioner
dismissed the charge.
ANourER STIR Al MURRAY.
Itistho intention Of sheriff Nc.
Queen to 20 10 Murray this evening "
on Monday next, take one or more Of
his deputies with him, aud make y
search which may Ur may not be At.
tended with sensational results. IL Il
suspt cited that the dead body ola man
!. named Miller lies buried somewhere
d beneath the saloon premises until latslJ
I kept by Charles Ihirdo, where his wife
"a was NJ brutality butohefed a iew weuKi
o ago. 10 II now remembered by Muir
D ray residents that sumo months since
1 Miller, who hau Just beiore Teiurne {
n from Butte, Mont, myaterlously dis
q appeared. IL IL said he pOsseFsei
considerable money and wa
frequent caller at Thieds'
place Of "business." His sudden dis
appearance, though talked ABOUT at tn,
4 time, did not excite any suspicion o
foul play until Mrs. Tniede's murder
y but since then people begin 10 call 1
10 mind certain strange remarks dr0ppe,
X. by rhiede now auu then, among other
p. his assertion that he had buried hi
|. horse, "Old Dick" underneath th
B. billiard room, anu uiH asking some o
I. the callers whether they could smeI
II. anything Offensive, These cifCum
q. stances having been brought 10 tn
q notice Of sheriff Mcqueen, an Invest
10 CATION Will he set on foot forthwith
and the belief OF Murray resident
Is that Il will result IA the discovery o
MilluT's remains. Until tue diggln
- around the SPOT has Wken place, now
70 ] .Var unfHIuu can bN nENsFtuTurU.