The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-20
ga RIOT NOTICE. +"
"MIss, vICKERs LOSES A CASE OF
ASSAULT.
just Because She Has u Temper
That Destroys Her Judgment
Circus Day in the Police Court
Easy on the Vags.

Yesterday was "discharging" day in
the police court. George Brown, Mark
Vaughan and Joseph Dell, charged
with vagrancy, were. discharged, and
David Berry and William Riley, two
cases of excessive intoxication, were
allowed to go because of first offense.
Almost the entire afternoon was con-
sumed in hearing the case of battery
charged against Walton NJ. Pratt upon
the person of Miss Rose Vickers, a
widow residing at 2S9 West Second
North street. Mr. Barlow Ferguson
came into court as counsel for Mr..
Pratt, and announced that owing to
the ten per of Miss Vickers he would
like a 1 the witnesses excluded until
they were called one by one.
What are You afraid OFF," asked
Prosecutor James of Attorney Fergu-
son.
I'm afraid of nothing replied Mr..
Ferguson, ''but you'll find that this
scheme will work for mutual beneft."
There's no scheme in it, snapped
Miss" Vickers.
"You keep quiet" said Mr.. James,
appealingly, to his complaining wit
ness.
Finally the witnesses were sworn and
retired to the hospital room in the rear
of the court room, and Miss Vickers
took the stand She is a. cross-eyed
lady with a temper that she could not
control for a moment at a time. She
Swore that Mr.. Pratt came to her
house last Tuesday evening while she
was at tea with her father, mother and
the 'boarder;" that he came through
the screen door without knocking Or
any other formal ceremony, and at
tempted to serve a notice on her that
her rent was to be raised from 81 to SO
a month; that he had been there before
and tried to make her vacate the prem
ises with only a weeks notice. and that
she had refused all such schemes and
demanded that she be served with a
notice of thirty days; that she would
not accept or listen to the reading of
the notice and then Mr.. Pratt struck
her in the face twice in the region of
the left ear; that her father and the
"boarder' pushed him out of the house
and he then ran home, next door, and
got a club. During the recital of her
testimony she fairly "chewed and
minced Mr.. Ferguson into small bits.
Time after time she convulsed the
court and audience by her highly eX-
centric conduct and answers, and her
demeanOr was much against her in the
case
George Vickers, her father, so years
of age, and Truman Orion, the board
err testified that Miss Vickers' con-
duct was exemplary, and that Mr.
Pratt was entirely a villain; that ne
had struck Miss Vickers, but wheth-
er she was standing up or sitting down
they were not sure; in fact they were
not sure of anything that would mill
tate against the complaining witness.
but otherwise their memories were all
right.
Mr.. Pratt, the accused, testified that
he had made frequent attempts to get
the VickerS family out of the house
owned by his mother for which he is
agent; that they refused to go; that
when he went the last time Miss
Vickers threw the notice of a raise of
rent to the floor twice; that he picked
it up and started to read it and she
flew at him like wild tigress,'' and
tried to scratch out his eyes; that her
father also assisted in the assault as
he backed out of the door and held
out his arms to protect his face; that
the "boarder" joined in the assault
and struck him in the mouth as he
was going out the door; that he ran for
Tor fear of his personal safety and
finally took refuge in his own home
next door.
Mr.. Frank Eldredge verified Mr..
L Idll SlOTy.
Counsel then began the usual ex-
change of gatherings about pleas and
arguments. Judge Smith brought them
to silence by announcing that he wouYd
not find the defendant guilty under anv
circumstances, and discharged him.
Miss F1ckerS was as angry as a wet
hen, and she murmured her disapprov-
al of the courts finding but finally left
the court with a mien of naughty dis
dain.
Heny Jack, alias John Doe, and Will
liam Rudoman were each fined SIS for
drunkenness
The vicious dog case charged
against Mrs Park. was dismissed.
j. H. Frisby alias John Doe. charged
with vagrancy, had his hearing con-
tinued. ~
Three bicycle ordinance violators
We're fined 50 eacn.
Five. gamblers paid S225 fines.
f; D. Thompson" and Jim Peter
son" whose names are Isaac Wolff
ana Louis Wineright, charged with
lighting in the Utah Liquor companv's
store Saturday night, each forfeited
$40. John Doe upon whom the as
sauit was made, pleaded not guilty and
VIII have his hearing at 3 O'clock To-
DAY. He says he does not intend 70
pay $40 to get black eye from the
Wolf family"
1t Makes us Shudder