The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-10

81 am ready
John Poulse, nights lodger at the
city Jail, surprised Jailer Kimball with
! that remark yesterday morning wher
the worthy with the keys threw back
the crashing iron doors for Poulse to
walk out.
! Ready for what?'' asked Kimball.
ITO be hung" was Poulse's still more
laconic response.
What have you done, my friend
persisted the jailer, now curious to see
what sort of a new freak had dropped
in upon him.
This is the da1 set for the eXecu-
tion," came the solemn tones OF the
! night lodger. Il am resigned. l killed
a man across the water and his spirit
has been pursuing me. am ready TO
die"
BY this time Poulse had reached the
main office, where the sergeants desk
is situated. He sat down calmly and
asked that he might be taken at once
TO the scaffold. Kimball suggested that
shooting might be a speedier method,
and just as enduring. Poulse accepted
the idea and started toward the rife
rack where the riot arms are stored.
The jailer thought the thing a trifle too
serious and asked the man to go to
the Salvation Army barracks and pre-
pare himself for death, while he got
the rife ready. Poulse left headquar-
tiers and about an hour later call
came over the telephone about a crazy
man who was talking of doing himself
injury.
An officer visited the place, but the
demented ledger had vanished. Some
of the police expect to hear of another
suicide if Poulse can get something
with which to accomplish his end. The
man looked weary of life, hungry and
otherwise forlorn. 1t seemed as though
privation had deprived him of all
reason.
John O'Connor, relieved by Justice
Wenger on Monday from the charge
of burglary, was arrested again yes
terday for petit larceny. The crime
was the same in fact of which O'Con-
nor had been accused before, that of
stealing cut glass from the establish
ment of Little & Roundy on last Sat
urday evening. O'Connor had demon
strated TO the courts satisfaction that
he had not effected an entrance to the
store, but on the contrary had walked
into the place. The court considered
O'Connor guilty of the lesser offense,
and sentenced him to 20 days in the
city jail in default of a fine of $40.
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John Bollwinkie, Raymond Slater
and Matthew Ackwell were in the po-
lice court at the instance OF the Rev.
John Nutting, pastor of Plymouth Con-
gregational church. They were boys
whom the clergyman said had dis
turbed his worship on Sunday by
whistling in his edifice. One of the
lads-which, not known-made a signal
to another inside the church-which
not known-and the one within an
swered the one without. 1t might have
been either Ackwell or Slater, but there
was some doubt. However, it was
clear enough that Bollwinkle had puck
cred UP his mouth on the outside of
the church. while both Ackwell and
Slater denied that they had answered.
Ackwell said that Slater could not
whistle if he tried, and as for himself.
he was sure he did not disturb the
services. Bollwinkle had to admit that
he was a good whistler and did not
think it wrong to try the accomplish
ment in the vicinity Of a church on a
quiet Sunday. Justice Wenger re-
served sentence until today. Slater and
were discharged.
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Henry Lewis, the colored porter who
assaulted his lady love, paid S. for the
privilege. j. F. Dugan was fined So for
guilty to stealing hams from a butcher
shop on Third South street and was
sentenced 70 pay a fine of SO and to
serve five DAYS in the city jail.
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An arbitrary alarm came into police |
headquarters yesterday afternoon, the |
wires being burdened with the voice !
Of a woman, who related the startling |
story of how some man was intercept |
he fr-an %
children by turning a horse and wagon /
in front of them, in the vicinity of |
Sixth South and West Temple.
Sergeant Wire and Officer johnson |
the patrol wagon. /
When they reached the scene, it was /
Just after the woman hunter had dis
Although he succeeded in |
eluding the officers, his painting animal |
and muddy vehicle were found at Mar
ket and West Temple streets. The
horse had not been tied, but was so
overcome with eXertion that it was
making no attempt TO stir from its
tracks. 1t had evidently been left in
a hurry, for the perspiration had
worked into foam over the brute's
,oat. Horse and wagon were taken to
he headquarters behind the patrol, and
1t a late hour last night the owner
lad not appeared to claim them. The
horse is now in the city stable and the
wagon stands in the Jail yard. The
nan who caused the disturbance was
intoxicated and perhaps will not come
after his rig until sober moment in
luces him to reflect. When he visits
he headquarters the charge of leaving
| horse united on the public highway
yill be the very worst thing that may
confront him. No other accusation can
De made for the reason that an Of
icer Of the city failed to observe his
amusement.
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Lena Erickson, a disreputable woman
Who makes a speciality OF filching coin
md valuables from drunken men, was
Lrrested last night for relieving an in
briate of $50 in the Sullivan saloon, on
state street.