Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-06-29
ON TRIAL FOR ARSON
F. E. Wamb0ldl Is Facing a Very
Serious Charge


Fred l.. wambllJl IL on trlal before
Judge Hilss today ora the very forious
charge Of arson.
The allegations are that IN December
u last year the defendant got Ore to
hls butcher shop on the corueroi Finn
Esrt and Eleventh South streets, hsy.
4 dut removed everything Of value
nom the building. The doicuduut had
tbe PREMISES secured by Insurance in
the Royal Insurance company and BE-
was To secure the amount Of the insur-
auce, II Il alleged, the place was 1ted.
l.. o. Erhgu was the fret witness
,or the prosecution. His testimony
vns that ut oue time he was In part
urfship with Mt Wamboldt In the
butcher business, but not n the time ui
the Ore. lie identified the butcher
bltck on exhibition aud was sblo 90
Jisliuauisb one Of the weights Of tho
st,olyards because " some repairs be
had had made on H. Other tools IA
also recognized as belonging TO thv
shop.
jas. q. Mcdonald testified that be
broke open The door u the butcher
snOp when he discovered the IRE. IL
wa imroshiblp, On account ct smoke,
Tor him 10 zee The contents OF the shop,
tut AZ tue IRE burned up he distin.
guished a tault OF tOuutHr on which
ftoud very large Hard bucket He
saw no butcher block Or tools In the
building aud he did not fnd any Ia the
Iuius next morning.
George n. Davis was called and toe
tfitl tuai be was IN the employ q
Wamboldt In his butcher suop anu
arriving the delivery wagon from OclO.
Ter, 1895, e. December OF the same
year. He was iu his employ when the
lire occurred, anu was in the shop
ABOUT q o'clock u the evening on
which the 1fe occurred. He Lett tnu
hatcher shop Mt that time anu Mr..
WambDlit was there when ho LETT.
Eyotylhing-tools, etc, - was In IT,
usual place at thst time. He identified
the block, scaltt, saw, etc., which we've
used 10 the business anu which we're
on exhihilou IN court.
Earl Orr III piHsterer aud lives In
Edel Waterloo. lie had been ON.
ployed by Wamboldt and was able %
distiugui'h the tools used In the busl-
ness. tic explained pcculiaritirs
about the block, stetlyafds aud weights
belonging 10 the business, which he
recognized In those on exhibition,
Witless had talked with tho deiond'
ant previous 10 the IRE aud said Wam'
boldt remarked, In speaking OF n fire
which had recently occurred, that II
he iouuu his business didn't pay he
would get II out Of the Insurance com
pary or something 10 that effect.
GA cr0ts.eXAminAti8n by DEFEND
ants attorney, Mr.. Or testified that
he was we'll acquainted with MI
MAmb0ldt-waa friend Of hii--ant
that he would not Intentionally DC
Anything 10 harm him,
Madeline Fofsbay, n little ten-year'
old, lived Gcross the street from the
butcher shop. She testified that wheI
nhs iirst saw the IRE she TAn and no.
lied Mt. Mcdonald and another
Hsighbor ana then went 10 MT. Wan
boldps anu notified him Of the fife
Mr.. wamboldt Immediately followed
her from the house 10 thu NE.
OfiigUt Shauu0a testified that alto
the uru hu went 10 "A shed on the othU
side o. the street ana about hali.wa
between the butcher shop ami Mr.
Wumboldpi residence, 70 hunt Tor "a,
running gear Of buggy, which wa