Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-02-27

a STEP BACKWARDS.
Lafayette Hilbert, an inoilonsivo
looking youth Of N, withdrew his
former plea Of not guilty to a charge Of
houevbrenkiug, ami Ton the consen. Of
the prosccuuon) plead gully to petit
larceny.
Proceeding Attorney Nyo sall he
had consulted with Assistant County
Attorney Eichnof, who prosecuted
the case Ia the lower court, aul learn.
ed from him that this was not at all an
aggravated otlouse. The house entered
was vacant onu aud the property
taken by the defendant was OF com.
pafntively little value. IL consisted "
"a sun anu twl books.
Attorney Frank Pierce, on behalf VI
the driondant, said that Hilbert WINS n
respectable boy and the son uf hard
working parents, who were present iu
court. This was his nrst tfansgtessiou
against the law aud he thought the
present would DO a lesson 20 him.
Judge Merritt hoped w aui said he
regretted 10 see the defendant la suUl
position now. AZ he had hcnn 90
prison twcnty.one days already await.
ing trial, his Honor sentenced nin "
Unity days IN thu county jail.
TWO YEARS F5R BURGLARY.
Harry Stevens, who was defended
by Attorney J. W. Corey, was plarrd
Ou trial on hn Indictment Tor burglary
ut the aiottr0om Of Robert Wallace, On
Feb. iih. Attorney Nyo pfosucutcd.
Mr. Wallace IL u merchant tailor,
carrying on business on Wtrl SECOND
South street. Upon going to his store
about hali.pnst nine O'Clock ON the
morning OF February ih, he louni
that i0toible entrances had been
gained through a rear door, tue gllss
Ia which was broken nnd the door an.
locked. Articles inside tue store were
scattered around In confusion aud
number Of bolts of cloth were missing.
When the prosecutor len the premises
on tho pfevioua night (5aluiduy)
everything was safe. The defendant
wasatreftii shortly after the burglary
Ia the CuugtusH saloon by Detective
Sheets hnd when charged with the
oiienso snid that " tho officer would
ACCOMPANY him he would show him
where some OF the stolen goods were
TO be- found. lie took him 10 n house
occupied by Ffilz RIepon on Fact
South Temple street, aud sixteen bolts
Of cloth were there recovered, Those
were Identified by the prosecutor Ms
Improperly. The duirniaups explain.
alton was that the cloth was handed to
him by another man, whose name,
however, he diI not give.
The defense sought % show that
Stevens had been drinking tor some
months past and was not wholly re-
nlOnsiblb Tor his actions at the time In
qutaiion, In answer 20 Mr. Corey,
Detective Rhodes sajd that thu dtfcn.
daut "appoafUd % Have hal big log
onp aud when asked whether ho had
not often seen hun iu that condition
tue officer answered Gle generally
had QUO with himin Attorney Corey
seemed dvsif0un u prOlong his cross.
examination on the subject Of uinga,D
but the cOurl declined 10 allow this,
although counsel protested that his
object was 10 show the accused wa,
next 20 an imhgCi.u In coustql rnce OF
his hard drinking at the tlm1 Of this
affair
Fnlz Roipun testified that Stevens
came 10 him on the night OF tho
f0uith Of Feb., informed bin that he
had "a whole lot Of truck In his room"
and that somebody was "llablen % rob
him Of It. Ho therefore asked wit.
ness 70 allow him 20 leave II at his
house Tor safety, and he did 10, though
not paying much attention 20 him.
Stevens was "qui,r fullv on the even
ing II the alleged burglary.
Afer some OH testimony had
been given the defendant Stevens went
upon the witne-s.Htand, He is q
L.. ~. %
ngo and we'll known among the gam
bling fraternity Of this city, where he
has resided between two anu three
years. IL n stated that no has
won and lost very large sums OF
money Mt tho gnmbllng.tablo ani
since October last h known 10 have
sunk something like 81, 900. Ho trsli.
fed that be has besu married about
Fix mouths, that he knew Ftilz Rlepen
and had been accustomed 10 visit
his saloon-tho Congress, Witness
was there on February 3rd, aud 10 was
man named Chandler, Tue latter
engaged In conversation with Rlepeu,
who afterwards asked Defendant N he
would take "sOmn stul" 20 his (Rio.
pen's) house that night. Ho "suppOsod
he said yos" at all events he "spOke
something" Riupnn said something
with respect TO a friend OF his being
about ~ make an assignment ana
that he wanted 10 save" some OF
the goods. Witness anu "thlB fellow
Chandler" walked 10 the corner
OF the street, when Chandler ~ queslod
him 10 tell haok-driVer VINO was
hating there TO drive up tho alley anl
wait Tor him. Tbs bolts Of cloth
Wer0 placed IN the hack and,
acting GA ChnndloI's instructions, wit.
nels went with II up 20 Riepen's
rouse. R,epen came 20 tho door and
the defendant threw them into tue hall.
Rlepeu handed him s5me mOnoy-he
dld not know how much-Rud he gave
Il 10 tho hack driver. Witness had
been drinking around there that
day. Chandler gave him couple
OF coats, told him TO try anu sell tham,
and that thoy would then "make
play.n Ho did not remember how no
got home ami next morning nsksd
nlepen what "stuil" no had taken up
10 bis house for him the night before.
10 was then no ans gerBl that a friend
OF his was about 10 make an assign.
ment and wantei n Gave" those
goods. The detective came into the
saloon and arrested witness while he
was talking,
iChandler, whoever he may ba, IA 70.
ported 20 DO nov missing, ami nothing
can DO obtained az TO his whereabouts.
RieHen was arrested VI tue tims on sus.