The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-17

PROVO. Sept 16.-Judge Hatch made
citizens out Of Paul Keil, Morzellus
schmitt, Frank Brom, Conrad Kutterer'
John Tishner, Albert Joest, Nick Soret,
Nicholas Comes and Jacob Brand, all
formerly of Germany, now of Eureka,
Utah; also Ole Peterson and Gudmund-
sen Magnusen OF Schoheld, formerly OF
Denmark; A NJ. Bartholdi and Jacob
Tassiner Of Eureka, recently of Aus
tria- and Gustaf wickman, recently OF
Russia, now of Eureka.
Other court business was as follows:
Estate and guardianship of F. A
Crandall ct al; petition Of guardian for
allowance of account and discharge al
lowed. and Franklin A. Crandall ap
pointed guardian.
Estate of George Buxton; amended
report filed and ordered continued TO
September Is.
William Christmas VS.. Elizabeth
Homes ct al; permission to amend
complaint given
A. c. Murphy and Frank Wilson, the
two young men charged with breaking
into Robinsons' store at Clear Creek,
pleaded guilty to burglary, and were
sentenced to three years each IN the
penitentlary. Frank Keller, boy Ii
years of age, who was arrested in com
pany with Murphy and Wilson, was
discharged on motion of State Attorney
Cash.
BAD BLAZE.
A very disastrous fire occurred early
this morning at the Rio Grande West
ern depot.
A company playing Uncle Toms
Cabin in tents showed here last night
and after the performance, stakes were
drawn and their traps loaded onto a
car at the depot After the car was
loaded and the men were preparing for
bed a can of gasoline in one end caught
fire from a lighted lamp and spread
with great rapidity, and in q very short
time the cs- was a mass of flames.
The firemen were soon on hand and
put out the blaze. The car was dam
aged about $780, and the tents and
wardrobe belonging TO the company
were nearly a total loss, amounting TO
between 81. 600 and $1,000, which Will fall
on individual members of the company
IN the loss of their trunks and ward
robes.
A DIRTY CASE.
one of the dirtiest cases ever brought
10 light in Utah county, the details OF
which cannot be published, for decen-
cx's sake. is the one spoken OF this
morning in this column. Word was re-
ceived here yesterday that gang CT
trarnps had committed a horrible CRIME
against nature on small boy at Span
Ssh Fork Deputy Sheriff Fowler Went
over there Yesterday afternoon ana re
fnrned this morning, bringing with him
eight of the fellows. There were htteen
in the gang. but the eight under arrest
ere ali the boy could identity. me
hov. who was so cruelty dealt with
halls from California, and is Is years olc'
but looks much younger. his name .
Thomas H. Clark. He says the men
were nearly all drunk, and acted more
IilTa tends in human form than Ike
mon. The men give their names as
THOMAS Rogers. James Holden. Patsy
calvin Frank Merrill, George w. Mer-
Ri Leon Bemish, Hugh Nichols mao
one other whose name could not oe
learned.
Mr.. Fowler handcuffed them all To-
rether and brought them to Provo ~
-, aSTcursion wagon. The boy was also
brought along as witness, and VIII pe
kent here until the men are given tileit
5nst dues. The time for holding a
1,eIirninary examination has not vel
haen decided upon, but in all propaoll-
stv will be this evening. The genera
sentiment here among the people i
that the fiends ought to be dealt VIII
~ s,ch a manner that a repetition OF
The crime would be an impossibilify-
NOTES.
lack Giblin. an old and respected res
,denf OF Eureka, died there yesterday
morning. The remains were brought e
provo and inferred in the cemetery 70
dav. A great many Eureka people
came over to pay their last respects
10 the deceased. ,.,,r a.
Senator Cannon said last eVellllie, a.
-. NJ Varian finished speaking, thai
as long as God gave him the power rs
would never vote for general lail