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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-03

at the request OF the prosecution. They
have interfered with the business of
the court, and I think you ought to
go to trial
CASES DISMISSED.
Mr.. Whittemore then moved that the
two cases against Cahoon be dismissed,
for the reason that at present he had
no witnesses to prove the charges.
Mr.. Dickson asked that a jury be i'm
paneled and a verdict returned.
The court thought he could not inter
fere with the orderly conduct of the af-
fairs OF the county attorneys Office
and ordered that a dismissal be en-
tered.
HAYKEN CASES CONTINUED.
The county attorney then said that
by mutual consent it had been arranged
that the Hayken cases, which were set
for trial on Monday, should be contin-
ued till April 20. AS the new term com
mences on April IA, the order was en-
tered that these cases go over for the
term.
Judge Powers-I now desire to give
the county attorney notice that the
trial of the indictments against Joseph
X. MOTIFS, winch are set LOT MoLudy,
will be insisted upon by the defense and
any further continuance will be OPP
posed.
Mr. Whittemore-The prosecution will
not be ready and now give notice that
a motion for continuance will be
made.
IMMUNITY OFFERED HAYKEN.
1t is stated on good authority that
the county attorney has offered i'm
munity to Hayken and also offered to
pay his expenses back to Salt Lake If
he will come, turn states evidence and
help convict the other defendants in
these cases. The county attorney is
in hopes that he will succeed in get
ting Hayken to accede to his request
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-03
Easter Flowers.

Utah grown roses, per dozen, /,
60 CENTS
Utah grown Carnations, per dozen,
so CENTS
Only one dozen sold to each person
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-03

General A T. Goshorn of Cincinnati
and his two daughters are at the
Knutsford. The general was the
president of the Centennial exposition
at Philadelphia, and is out west for
pleasure.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-03

at the request OF the prosecution. They
have interfered with the business of
the court, and I think you ought to
go to trial
The morning times., 1896-11-08
LAWYER HAD TO MOVE.
All on Account of Meeting Lady
on the Stairs.

Had people in the vicinity of an uptown
boarding house cared to arouse themselves
and listen at rather early hour one night
last week they might have heard ycils and
screeches and other noises that would have
tnade waIlike Indians utterances plain
silence.
Suddenly the noise husheu and lights
burned in the house that had, up to the time.
been dark. Many of those who halted TO
lstcn as they passed went on without know
ing any more about it.
In the boarding house resides q LAWYER
Sometimes another day arrives before he
returns from his last trip of tile day before
He has long been in the house and is con-
sidered as ''one Of the family" One OF his
duties is to turn out the gas as he goes to
his own apartments. No one is ever sup
posed to be away from the house after he
has returned.
Another deniezn of the house is q Young
lady. There is nothing uncommon in the as
sertior, for there are young ladies in almost
every well-organized boarding house.
on the night in question the lawyer left
darkness behind him as he went upstairs
| t so happened that the young lady started
Tor The Easements as thelawyer extinguished
the first light. She expected to meet no
one and dressed accordingly. She decided
10 stand on n landing on the stairs and let
the lights go out and the lawyer pass and
none would be the wiser.
Fate had arranged matters otherwise.
The last light was turned out and the dis.
ciple OF Blackstone wended his way up
the weary flight. He thrust out his hand
as he groped along. The elapding was reach.
ed. The hand followed tA wall 1t touch.
ed the young lady.
Yell followed yell, and the bannisters
trembled with the vocal efforts. Then
came noise such as would be soatfe IL a
lawyer slid from a stair landing to the
floor below on =he bannister. Another
The morning times., 1896-11-08
DISTRICT LEAGUE.
Old Officers Renominated and the
Organization F1ou urishfng.

The District League held its regular
annual meeting, Friday night, in the Ad.
Writers room, Times Building. A large
attendance was present.
The report of the secrctarytrca surer
show ed the division TO be in the most
fluurishing conditions. A year ago there
was but 912 in the treasury, and now there
is S151. The membership one year ago
was ~ and now it is 237 This member
ship was built up by the hardest kind of
work.
The meeting decided that the election of
officers should occur Thursday night, al
the same place. The present officers Were
renominatcd for reelection. No 9th er
Nominations Were made, and il is believed
that the election next week will be practi-
cally unanimous. These nominations are s
follows: Chi ef consul, Mr.. William T.
Robertson; vice-consul, Mr.. W. X. Larri-
more; secrC:ary-treasurer, Mr.. Charles L.
Wood; Mr.. G A. Mansfield was the only
Candidate for District representative, and
he viii probably be elected with the other
officers.
The morning times., 1896-11-08
INTERVIEWED A MUTE.
Rcportorial Feat That Drew

Rcportorial Feat That Drew O
Crowd on Newspaper Row.
Two persons stopped on the Avenue at
the lower end OF Newspaper Row" One
was an elderly man, nice looking and with
white hair. The other was young man,
rather stylshly dressed.
Not word was heard to pass between
them, but both drew paper pads and PEN
ellis from their pockets. A third man, a
very ordinary individual who appeared to
have his daily allowance Of time to spend
at that interval, came along. He saw the
Two figures and stopped on the curbstone
to watch them.
Two young men came up about the same
time from the other direction. Then they
walked over to a neighboring show win
dow and pretended to look at the things
within. A messenger boy came strolling
along with handful OF kilograms. He
spied the men with pencils and pads and
stopped short to watch them. The man on
the curb and the two men at the window
saw him and a spirit OF boldness seemed
to strike all three simultaneously, for the
next instant they drew closer to the men
with pads and pencils.
Seven ont of every ten men and boys
who passed in the next five minutes stop.
ped and joined the crowd. But the two kept
scratching on the pads and gesticulating
without a word. The crowd grew until
the sidewalk was blocked.
1t took the messenger boy to make the
discovery. He had drawn trifle closer
Than the others and was immediately be-
tween the two, when the brim of his hat
touched the pad on which the younger man
was writing.
We'll, say" exclaimed the messenger
boy, as he drew away in disgust. Its
reporter interviewin' a deaf an dumb
man."
He was correct. The young man laughed
and wrote something on his pad The cid.
erly gent read it and gave a gout.-natured
grin. The next moment there wasn't a
sign of crowd along the whole block
The morning times., 1896-11-08
OLDEST DETECTIVES YARN
His observations on Some
Hotel Crooks.
Mr.. GEORGE BUCK. ESQ.
Reminisceaces Of the Nervi-
est Man He Ever Ran
Against.
MR.. GEORGE BUCK. Es(

Among the inhabitant of mystical,
far-away Egypt, there is superstition
that to speak or write of u robbery is q
sure method of inviting a visit from the
thieves. Should the descendants of Cleo
patra be correct there is a lively possibility
that several prominent hosteries OF Wash
ington Will be robbed about the middle Of
the week.
The Oldest Detective is to blame for II
He would ''reminisce," and when he put
his feet up on the pawnbrokers' reports
and leaned back against the steam pipes
and said: II remember," everyone sat
down to listen.
.'You fellows can talk about smart
crooks he began, but the keenest ella IS
OF thieves that ever turned trick are the
people who work the hotels. A hotel thief
has reached the thirty-second degree of his
The morning times., 1896-11-08

nothing So very picturesque about it. But
stand mere and you can see the shadow the
building casts on the street below.
il little further on, il you will come over
here, you can see the back Of that ware
house. Do you notice the shadow OF the
building almost between us ana il? II don't
require a big Imagination TO see the out
lines Of a face in it.
Now lOo!: over there were the ra yS of the
sun are reflected from the windows of that
row OF business houses. You have seen
forests in the autumn time when they We're
all red, ana yellow and gold, and they made
you think of the time when you were boy
III the country and drove the cows home
and stopped a minute to gather a few
green persimmons to fool your little sister.
Yes? Well, did you ever see a greater
variety of rich cDlors than you see in those
reflections.
The little old country church, covered
with vines, where you used to go to Sun
day school, was, of course, very pretty.
Maybe you will never see anything to equal
it. But You will surely admit that that
big gray church yonder, with its tall spire
that looks like a great silver needle in this
light, isn't half bad for Il thing of beauty.
THE sun isn't too low yet for you to
icethe Capitol, either. Now to be honest,
it does look fine in this light, that is
beginning to get a wee bit red. Is there
Il woman in Washington that wouldn't be
tickled half to death to get such gown
as the goddess on the dome is wearing
just at this minute. Why, say, is there
any man in the country that could help
help falling in love with the leading lady
of the land?
II know that YOU have not failed TO
look at the gold dome of the Library build
ing. 1t is worth a trip ~across the conti-
nent to see right at this minute. 1t looks
like the palace of the sultan; 1t is big
chunk of gold; it is the sun itself.
Look, quick! The sun is almost down.
Look at the whole city. Don't 1t seem an
Eldorado?''
The man slipped away and left the re-
porter wondering If he was the lunatic for
not having noticed it all before.
The morning times., 1896-11-08
"a m an named Martin and his wife and

"A an named Martin and his wife and
one or TWO others used to o down there
every Sunday and have prayer meetings
with the prisoners. Buck took to the game
right Off. and they had him converted In a
couple Of weeks. Some one gotup a petit.on
to have him pardoned and MI. Martin and
his wife circula; ed it. Mr. Martin lived
up on J. street then and one moning about
2o'clock who shoul d appear at his home but
Buck. He rang the old gentleman up and
had him down 10 open the door IN his night
dress. Buck told him he had cone &c say
goodbye, W as going in an hour, but wanted
to thank him for all he had done and The
hep and comfort tie had gwen him.
1T was a nervy thing to do but Buck
was a bit Of practical joker and had a
good deal Of dry humor about him. You
see, the whole thing was a fake. Buck
had escaped, sawed his way out with the
help of somebody On the outside, and taken
Lum Sewell with him. They always
thought he hughes helped him. The TIVE
got acquainted while they were in Jail,
and De Hughes had been take nout on a
writ several days before the escape
well, the three of them went to Gin
cinnati from here anu tried the hotel
game there. Buck got caught again in a
mans room in the Central Hotel, but got
off on as neat game as two crooks ever
put up. They had hardly got him down 10
ned uuil rt,.rS wtlen III rliSiit,G ID Hughes and
declaredit was all a mistake and that Buck
had come there to meet him and got into
the wrong room.
Would you believe it those farmers let
him go and the pair shook the town in
short order. They turned up in New Or
leans about two weeks later and tn police
nabbed Buck for working a bunco game.
They didn' thave avery good case, andwhen
they heard that we wanted him they tele-
Sraphed-to send man down at once.
HE WENT FOR BUCK.
Maurice Joyce was deputy marshal
then, and went by the next train. Coming
back they stopped over night in Cincinnati
and Buck suggested they go to the Central
again and have some fun at the expense OF
the clerk.
THE same man was behind the desk
who had given Buck his room when he had
been there before, and no sooner had they
tive office. Well, sir, sure enough, about
12 o'clock that night round came three
men from headquarters and arrested buck
and Joyce too. Made 'em get up and dress
and carted. 'em round to the station or
course, Joyce showed UP his papers when
things began to get serious and gave the
officers the laugh. Well. Bucks up IN Al
bany now and 30 is Lum Seweli He was
caught at his home in Georgetown nos long
afterward."
The Oldest Detective leaned back a little
The morning times., 1896-11-08

bank job. or hold you up on . back street,
provided there was money enough In It,
I'VE got him here for turning j trick
UP at the Arlington. He got Sc 900 worth
of Mrs. James Brown Petters diamonds.
You know Mrs. Potter, the actress
Well, that was fair specimen Or Bucks
work. and IL Was mighty Cieveriy done.
You see, Mrs. Potter had gone down
to the theaCer to a rehearsal, matinee, or
Something, and left her diamonds in the
room. There were several actresses
stopping at the hotel, and they had ROOMS
on Une same floor. When they went out
coIored man was sent up to guard the
rooms. He hadn't been there more than
ten minutes when he heard some one NOV
Ing in Mrs. Potter's room. The clerk
had given the watchman gun as big as
an Oid-fashioned musket, and he hoisted
1t out of his lnp pocket and crcpt up close
to the door and listened There wa3 some
one moving about inside, and presently he
heard womaD.s voice say: Please bring
me a cup Of tea,' and man reply: IN go
down at once and order it. Pm glad you
feel better
see, it was Buck doing the whole
business He was clever at that kind OF
thing, but he didn't fool the watciiman a
little bit.
When he opened the door he looked right
into THAT gun, and knew it was all over.
The coiored man let out Il yell you could
bear down in Lafayette Square, and in
minute half the bell boys in the hotel were
up there. They got him that time with the
diamonds in his pocket, and when Mrs
fotter came back and heard about it she
tainted.
We'll, it was easy to make the case
after that, but the funny part OF it all
came. later. Buck was tried and sentenced
in snort order. The judge gave him eight
years in Albany, and he was sent down
to the Jail to await transportation. Lum
Sewell was there then for housebreaking,
and man named De Hughes, who was
waiting trial for bigamy.
The morning times., 1896-11-08
WOMEN WHO STUDY LAW.
The Glass at the New York Univer
sity Begins It's Seventh Year.
Aslr Enri I',.ihnne

The woman's law class of the New York
University entered upon its seventh year
yesterday morning, the exercises being held
III the university building, in Washington
| Square. Among those present on the plat
form were the chancellor Of the university,
the Rev. Dr. Henry NJ. MacCracken. The
president of the Woman's Legal Education
Society. Mrs. John p. Mum; tie vice presi-
dent, Miss Helen Miller Gould; the dean of
the law faculty, Prof. Clarence d. Ashley;
the lecturers. Prof. Isaac Franklin Russell:
Miss Haggerty, Mrs, Werner miss Stanley
cite Titusl and Mrs. smith, All Were in
academical caps and gowns. Mrs. Mum
presided.
Addresses We're made by Mrs. Mum,
Chancellor MacCracken, Dean Ashley and
Prof. Russell. Mrs. Mum and the chancel-
iUr welcomed the incoming class on the part
OF The university and the WOman's Legal
Education Society, and the chancellor ex-
pressed the plea sure in feing able, az the
| representative Of the university, to cooper
| ate with the Societ VI in il IS cnGcavors to cX-
| tend legal knowledge among wcmcn.
Prof. Ashley spoke of the Importance Of
| the work of the Wornan's Legal Education
| Society.
The class affords to women he said,
"an opportunity to acquire legal knowledge
| in pleasant way and without any publicity,
and legal knowledge is something which
every woman sooner or later is sure 10 need
| 1tmay be said that when scch necesSit Y
arises they can consult lawyers or friends,
| but advice Will lie of no use TO them unless
| they can understand it, and they will Ee
obliged TO put themselves unrr&.rvetily in
;he hands &c the adviser, and act blndly
Moreover, as means of mental disci-
pine. there is no study like law. II gives
logicalness and power Of thought, and am
not one of those who think the feminine
| mind incapable of developing these quail
lies. That fallacy has been ahundantly dis
proved by feminine successes In his line
l believe in encouraging women TO study
| law, Doth for their own personal lie velnp-
ment and use. and as a profession. / scc
no reason why they should not practice law
successfully, and think there is q large
field that is peculiarly adapted 10 them. l
believe these classes are destined to grow
| Till We cannot accu,nm odate all who wish to
enter, and as time goes on think 1t viii
be absolutely necessary for other uni
| versitics to initiate u.s.
The morning times., 1896-11-08

profession He ha learned to DO one thing
and do it well. 1t takes brains to be
crooked and make it pay, and the hotel
robber is the brainiest Of 'em all
''Of course, it's not every thief that can
work that lay. A man must have quail
fications for it just as he must for any kind
of business to be successful Bank burglars
excepted, your first-cass hotel man takes
less chances ndmakes more than any other
class Of criminals. 1t isn't every man that
can work the hotels successfully. though
Why, I've known some of the best crooks
in the cou ntry, men who have made fortunes
doing banks and cracking safes, who fell
down the first time they tried the hotel
game.
is A STAR CROOK.
The first-class crook who works the
hotels must not only have the appearance
of gentleman and be able to put up a
good front, but he tpust be a good tasker,
well informed on general topics, and have
the knack of making acquaintances easily.
Then he needs the aEiiity to keep his
nerve under all circumstances and have
a plausible tale ready at any moment to
account for his actions.
Besides these requisites the know ledge
of how to pick n lpck is essential, and the
fact that a door, is. bolted from the inside
must not for a moment be allowed to inter
fcrc with his plans The man who can
muster these qualifications, together with
a silk hat, frcck coat and well-fed appear
ance, will Come about as near fooling US
as any of them. ~
"Luck and instructive knowledge of where
other people keep their valuables will make
his fortune. Washington used to be n great
graft for the best hotel workers in the
country Late years they seem to have
fought shy somewhat.
.Wher was first detailed up here at
headquarters we used to get 'eE regular;
averaged one week, l guess. They be-
gan to thin out, though, ten years ago, and
nowadays a real good case of hotel work
is pretty rare. Maybe it is because people
1cn't carry round so many diamonds with
them as they used to, or perhaps they take
better care of them, but big case is
mighty rare now.
"There was a keen one here in 30 or
'91, i think it was. don't quite re-
member without looking at the records
You fellows remember George Buck,
guess. He was as good as there was.
That man had brains; plenty of 'em, and
he was the nervieSt crook 1 ever ha,i to
deal with. He was good at ANYTHING.
He'd pick pockets, crack a safe, do q
The morning times., 1896-11-08
BALL DID NOT MOVE.
Virginian and His Bride DisappOnt.
ed at the Capitol.


where is the Capitol?' he asked, he
got Off a Norfolk boat early In the H. orning.
lie told the man he made the ,nGuiry of
Shat it was his first trip to Washington.
After he had received all the information
he cared TO get, he went back to the boat
and led forth lady. She was his bride
1t was an easy guess that she had never
been in such great city before.
They were seen III front Of the Capitol
about 10 o'clock A man came along and
they asked him something. He pointed to
the statue of Washington out in front of
the main entrance, and more particularly
pointed to the hand that was raised in the
air as though III the act of catching some
ing. Then he pointed to the group en- the
north side of the main cntraEce-thc group
representing Mechanics where the an
stands with the great ball nhisoutstretched
hand. All the time the man who was
stopped said something as he pointed.
Looks of wonder and amazemcnt could
be found on the faces of both man and
woman
They We're seen in front of the Capitol
again at noon. He looked at his watch
frequently and both looked at the man
with the ball in his hand and ut the statue
of Washington. In fact, they never took
their eyes off Of one or the other of the
objects, as he looked at his watch more
The morning times., 1896-11-08
BLooMER GIRLS DREAM.

From 1t She Gained the Courage to
Propose.
CHAPTER I.
Country road. Girl in bloomers. Broken
wheel. Look Of despair.
CHATTER II.
Cloud Of dust. Man on bike Situation
grasped. Assistance. Eyes meet. Same
road. Agreeable. He stops at. her gate.
CHAPTER III.
Ride on tandem. Gather flowers. Ere.
quent trips.
CHAPTER ".
Some Of the same. Leafy mock.
CHAPTER v.
Same old road. Ditto nook On her
knees. His large, blue eyes full of tender
ness. Now orneveg.
she-"Truly YOU are the only man 1 ever
loye-s
Alarm clock sounds. Time to get up.
Cold beads Of perspiration on her brow
Wipes them off and puts on bicycle suit
she-lt was bad dream, but I've made
up my mind and I'm going to ask him
tonight anyway.
The morning times., 1896-11-08

men In washington and one thousand in
Baltimore TO each deposit dollar. For
this dollar each depositor VIII receive q
receipt.
The money Is not to be used in building
The foad-not a cent of it.. If the road
is built each depositor will receive four
FOUND trip tickets over the path Or course,
II any one wants to take stock he can do
II. In case the road is not built within q
year the money will be returned
Subscription books are now being pre-
pared and they Will be placed in the hands
of bicycle riders here and in Baltimore. So
1t now depends OIL the wheclmen themselves
whether the path shall be built.
The morning times., 1896-11-08
AMONG THE CLUBS.
Elections Kept the Riders at Home
During the Week.

During the Week.
During the week there has been very little
going on in bicycle circles. The election
and the road race of the Washington Road
Gu took up all the time and attention OF
the riders.
The ArliIStOnS mold their regular monthly
meeting Tuesday evening. The boys have a
number uf matters to straiGltcn up, be-
sides having good time, as they always
do at their banqucts.
The Eastern Athletic Club is still paying
attention To basket ball, and its gymnasium
is crowded daily. Today there is no schcd-
uled run, and the riders 20 us they please.
The Capital Bi Club has whist in full
blast, but some OF the hard riders find
pleasure in taking runs a their own sweet
wills diCta ate these days. Some interesting
croSs-country runs are being made.
The Washington Road Club is till out in
the cold. cold world. No clubhouse has yet
been secured, but the boys expect matters
to assume shape pretty soon.
The Quecrs are having good time. Their
new clubhouse is a most comfortable place
to visit, and new members are constantly
coming in. The arrangements for the pub
lie dances to be given during the winter are
approaching completion, and they promise
to be events of more than usual interest.
The morning times., 1896-11-08

frequently and with increasing nervousness.
They paced back and forth until many
minutes after noon. Capitol policeman
came over and. d.asked them what tney were
doing.
.'M ell, it's noon, amt it?" asked the
man.
1T is said the policeman.
I've read that there's big ball here in
Washington thet drops when it's noon. Is
thet right:''
ut is.''
And a man came along here two hours
ago and said thet was the ball in thet
feller's hand and thet Washington over
here ketchcs 1t every time he throws it.
Now, thpt / s what we come back clear from
the Monument on purpose to see and green
apples never growed If thet balls moved an
inch since We've been here"