The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-19
Both Were Severely Censured
by Judge Smith.
THE COURTS RULING.
MAY BE AN INVESTIGATION BY THE
GRAND JURY.
Gamblers and Nymphs du Pave Fined
A Number of Minor Gases Dis
posed of in the Police Court Ies-
terday-scramble for the Money
Put up in the Bunco Game.

Police Justice Smith decided yester-
day that if the grand jury had any de-
sire to investigate the charges Of rape
preferred against Fred s. Godbe and
Ernest Dawes it must do SO without
any documents from his court. The
men We're discharged.
The case was called as soon as the
record was cleared Of the minor mat
tiers, and the prosecution declared its
intention of putting in additional di-
rect evidence, but the attorney for the
defense entered an objection and the
question was argued. Justice Smith
overruled the objection, and the evil
oence, which had developed since the
arrests, was introduced.
Two Tribune reporters had been in
4 the Oxford saloon on Thursday night
Rand there heard Dawes concentrating
himself while in the midst OF a crowd
Of interested fellow tiplers upon the
reported suicide of Jennie w lsen. the
alleged victim Of his lust. News had
just been received from the city jail
to the effect that Mrs. Wilson was the
sui eide, and with his befuddled brain
Dawes is said to have supposed this
would end the case in the courts. In
Dragging manner the fellow asserted
IDdI &c WIS the NOTORIOUS IdplSl.
The witnesses were both positive of the
words they had heard. and were not
shaken by the defense. When the news
OF the suicide was reported Dawes said
he wished 10 God the woman had
died before the charges were prefer
red"
A Officer Gillespie was also put upon
the stand and testified that on the
night of the suicide he had, from across
~
gathered in front Of the Oxford.
The former was yelling Justify and
evidently felt very joyful because Of
some news he had received. The Of
ficer crossed the street and learned
that the cause Of the defendants flow
of spirits was the receipt Of the news
of Mrs Wilson's suicide"
For the defense Dawes took the
stand and denied having been exulting
because of the death of the woman. He
had been drinking, he said, and was
not quite clear.
This ended the testimony Of both
sides. and, contrary to general expec-
tatiOns. the attorneys submitted the
case without argument
n In giving the decision the court said
3hat, while it was of the opinion that
"a crime had been committed, the evil
dence did not bear out the charges
and the defendants would be discharg-
ed. The police court was not the court
Of last resort, however, and the case
will more than likely be taken before
the grand jury.
This case has been very strange
one" continued the justice, the testi-
rony being OF a most contrad ictory ma
ture. 1t is. perhaps, not as faVora bic
to the defendants as when the prose-
cution closed two days ago, from the
face that they. when last on the wit
ness stand. failed 10 impress the court
with frankneSS and cand0r that might
reasonably have been expected from
them As to Dawes, the circumstances
are not such as to lead the court to
believe that he was asleep when found,
as he pretended to be The unfortu-
nate woman. Mrs. Wilson, was in such
a condition that the crime might easily
have been committed without her
knowledge Still. there are witnesses
for the prosecution who testified That
she was able to assist in dressing her
self The officers, to be sure, testified
that she was apparently lifeless when
found. But it seems that she was con-
scious soon after. and still later in
cornotose state again. The physician
Or. Beers testified positively that the
woman had been made a victim as
charged. but there seems to be some
doubt as to the correctness of his
conclusion. The fact is, there is not
enough evidence to convince the
court that the crime has been commit
ted"
In conclusion. the justice subjected
Arthe defendants to a severe censure, and
said their conduct had been such that
a cloud would hang over them for
years and proba bly, for life. The word
i "indescretion" did not cover the case.
other Cases Considered.
The revenues of the city were in
creased S767.5O by the fines and forfeit
ures of forty-five prostitutes, five ma
DANES" and six gambling house keep
ers. The raid was made on Friday
night. All cf the girls had the neces-
sary bonds and none were lncarcer-
Neither shad Green nor Charles Rob
fnson. the youthful housebreakers,
were arraigned. their attorney request
i1g that the case be continued until
Ionday These boys are charged with
fthe robbery of the residence of D. r.
Allen and the barn Of r. D. Millett.
Henry Wallace is a poor fellow who
came here from the east, and IN his
endeavor to obtain the staff Of life
peddled some rings. He was arrested
on the charge OF peddllrG without
license. and while he enr"ed plea
of guilty sentence was suspended I'M
Nine r:de-steaIers. arrested upon their
arrival at the Union Pacific and Rio
crande Western depot, were given
i've days in the city Jail
Fifteen days in the city Jail was the
sentence melted out to Peter Nelson
for being drunk and resisting an of
ficer
Bin Nixon. one Of the escapes from
the city Jail. arrested al Ogden by Cap
tain Donovan. was sentenced TO thirty
DAYS in Jail. the time to commence at
the expiration of the old sentence. This
sees him seventy five days.
THE BUNCo GAME.