Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-16
In POLICE CIRCLES.
Justice Wenger Handles ATbor Day
and Other Offenders.
RAY PHILLIPS STOLE NEWSPAPERS.
Kllbourne the Sh'plif,er Dealt with
jailed for Stealing Shoes-Car.
ter and HID. brand.

Shsbbily dressed and trembling ne
he spoke was the condition In which
twolve-year-old Ray Phillips faced
Justice WenRer in the police court
this morning. He had been arrested
for stealing newspapers and pleaded
guilty to the charge, experimenting
his plea with the remark that 1t wss
his first ofiense, and that he had re-
sorted u that unlawful tactic in order
to get sufficient money with which to
buy himself q pair Of shoes. Ray lives
over the river and for . week past has
been robbing subscribers OF their news.
pspers, thus giving rise to much com.
planning and nurmuring among the
losers. He promised to do better,
however, and as the complaining wit
ness only wanted the boy to be
taught a lesson, Justice Wengor gave
him some fatberIy advice and suspend
ed sentence.
IL. Kilbourne arrested yesterday Tor
shopliitipg was given fifty days In
Isil. This came on n previous suspen.
sion OF sentence for vagrsrcy, the
prosecution calling the COURTS atten.
ton to 1t. Kilbourne's last ofiense was
the larceny OF neckiie from the fur.
nishing house OF Brown, Terry &
Woodruff on East Temple stres,.
When arrested he had in his possession
q number OF skeleton keys, showing
him to be iuiIy prepared for n burglary
should occasion present Itself. The
officers size him MP as = bad man.
James Whitney and William Null.
ian, who were arrested Wednesday
Tor stealing sboes were also dealt with.
Whitney pleaded guilty and went to
trial, with the result OF his being found
guilty, although sentence was sus.
penatd. Mullen pleaded guilty. He
took the shoes ana confessed to II, but
by testimony given ne attempted To
clear his pal entirely, causing Justics
Wenger to remark that he hsJ de.
hberatcly committed perjury. He was
consigned to jail for slxty days.
James Garter, Frank Hlidebta no
and Harry Needinghause, the trio
arrested yesterday charged with steal.
ing pantaIoons from ID. L.. Dsvis's
store, had a hearing before his honor.
fne two former were found guilty, q
Hbc VI Seo huu SoU feepoctlNely DeIuk
imposed Ia each case, while the latter
was found not guilty and discharged.
The boys who did the detective act
In tho case, outlining their
while trailing the men
lbroug bout the city.
Arthur Collins, the man from the
Black Hills, was fined SO for stealing
1ra nges. Collins when arrested had
Dushy ringle,s hanging down his back,
out when he appeared In court thih
he had had hair cut, or
rather his golden locks mad succum bed
TO some kind OF an instrument-possi.
ply an ax-as his head presented the
appearance Of furrowed field, while
his facs looked q stranger to soap and
water, so dirty was 1t.
Charles Ball, T. Schneider, Charles
Nelson, VIM. MOyle anu +. 5ellers. a |
Jolly crowd with fictitious names, Tor. |
ieileb S2a piece Tor last driving while
Joe Quigley, who was enjoying the
minstrel show while drunk had sen.
Ience suspended that he might leave
Town ipstanter.
John Miller young lad with q de.
lermised expression, was sent TO Jail
20 days on a former suspension oil
sentence for begging.