The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-27
A COMPLICATED ROW,
IN WHICH A KEG OF BEER
PLAYED A PART.
Tom King Fined $40, Mrs. Brown
S25, and Mrs. Tullidge $40 and
Other Participants Have Sentence
Suspended-other Police Court
Items.

Tom King, T. c. Cardwell, Susan Tul-
ledge, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Butler, Charles
L. Johnson and Benjamin Farrer were
the actors in a play enacted on Sunday
| evening, the account of it being given in
the police court yesterday. It seems that
Benjamin Farrer. a farmer, came to the
city on Saturday. and being little anx-
ious to have some cooling beverage for
the next day, he purchased a four-gallon
Saturday night in order to witness the
! fireworks and Sunday evening he started
to drive home in his buggy. On the road
! he was met by Johnson, who asked Far
! rer TO give him a drink. The keg had
not been tapped, and il was not Farrer S
intention TO open it then, so he. refused
Johnson's calling Farrer vile names, and
in the row Johnson snatched Farrer s
handkerchief from his coat pocket.
Now ii happened that in this same
pocket was kept Farrers pet spectacles,
and as matter of course, when the
handkerchief came out so did the spec
tacles. Farrer demanded his handker
chief, which Johnson handed TO boy TO
return to him, but when the angry farmer
received it. the spectacles were missing.
Johnson then made his way up the street,
and F'arrer jumped out of his buggy and
tieing his horse, followed him. When
Farrer reached Johnson, he Immediately
accused the latter of purloining his spec
tacles. johnson denied it. and IN the row
that followed. Farrer threw a stone at
- nson, which struck him on the head.
h.rrer then went off and found an officer
and had Johnson arrested for petit lar
Gerry, and Johnson retaliated by having
Farrer arrested for battery, and both
Were locked up.
This proceeding left Farrer's team I'M
guarded, so he sent word TO his friend,
Tom King, to take it to the city hay
market. TO this, Tom responded without
loss of time, and took the conveyance TO
the place designated but not the beer.
Tom could think of no safer place to
leave the beer, so he deposited it in his
room, and took Mrs. Butler with him in
the vehicle.
When the pair returned, Tom went to
his room for the beer but to his aston
diately went on still hunt for the
precious article and soon discovered that
Mrs. Brown, 7. c. Cardwell and Susan
Tulledee had discovered its whereabouts
and removed il to an adjoining room,
where all were greatly enjoying the bev-
erage.
This led to general mixup and in the !
midst of the clamor of angry voices, Of /
hcers Shannon, Carey and Siegfus APP
peared on the scene and took the whole I
crowd to the station, where all except |
King were charged with disturbing the I
peace. King was charged with petit lar |
ceny.
The result of the trial yesterday was
that Farrer and Johnson were discharged, /
Tom King was fined $40 Mrs. Brown SIS, [
Susan Tulledge $40 and Cardwell and Mrs
Butler had their sentence suspended.
OTHER OFFENDERS.
A. p. Poulson who was charged with
stealing a purse containing 500 from one
George W. Dutton, who resides at 1863
West South Temple street was taken I'M
der advisement until 10 clock this morn
ing.
Josie Cleghorn was fined $40 for de-
stroying property. 1t appears that Josie
played havoc with the flower beds on the
joint building grounds
Ed Haley. a morphine fiend. was fined
$40 for tresDass.
The city funds were enriched by the adj
1ition of $500 yesterday The amount was
declared forfeited from prostitutes,
trunks and so forth in the police court
Of this amount, $40 was donated by pros
-f1utes