Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-17
OGDEN.
.....s,. Career ends In Penal ser
,,,uds-p~s,h Of niles rideoch.

.,.m.,r.s,. Career snds In rsusi ser
,uua. Death Of niss rideoch.
Special Correspondence.
osaen. May IA musical recital
III, no given this evening at the state
s,h,oi for the Blind. 10 commence At
80 o,clork. A line program VIII make
~ occasion a pleasant one anu many
sili doubtless be present, AZ the M
citation To attend Ia general.
VETERAN cELEBI'ArEs.
Yesterday MIR. John e. Thompson OF
,,,,.,daie celebrated his rcventy-eiahth
h,r,hdav. lie met In the city yestcr-
80 Ma old comrade and incrsfnnte IN
~ Mormon battalion. Mr.. Joseph
'raylor Of Farr-Weat. and together thcy
i.Juircd In "reminiscences Of the old
aays The team that led the march
~ the battalion the plains across was
driven by Mr. Thompson. lie has
a,,Ssl In Weber county since the
days Of -" and hauled the hrst load
~ atone that was used IN the founda-
,i,n az the ogden tabernacle.
ADRIAN Cortez. the Southern Pacific
,,,Eefnan who underwent an operation
a, the ogden General hospital on Mon
d.v Tor appendicitis. IN reported nA get
tins along all right
M DURANGO VILE
I. the summer Of 1890 there came 20
o.ien /. ''natty'' appearing little Eel.
t1, who announced his intention OF
,oskinr here his home. lie had some
,,,dy money and TO those whose ac-
ausIntance he made he stated that ne
vas a retired officer " the british ar
my. also that he was member ~ the
Enaiish bar. Furthermore, TINT he
A.. a In Ia
tba courts nf Minnesota. liy various
devices b. worked his way Into public
confidence and some Ogden merchants
and tradesmen. including saloonkeep-
,ta fell over each other In their 81.
forts 20 secure the smooth Eentleman'h
patronage and cash. Some ~ them
were very Hurcessful In settlns the
coveted patrunagc. and the most OF
those eventually got left.
The story 10 y, rheppeli liennetta
adventures IN ogden and Salt Lake arr
well remembered and need not be- re-
rcated here. Hufiicc II To say that the
.bafrlater .at.iaw has been heard from
and that he IL safe. Ills pcnchant for
marrying and gathering In rhckclr by
means Irregular and unlawful, caused
his undolng. aa viii b. seen from the
following. CLIPPED from q Dublin ,irc.
inrdl Paper of recent date, the item
hsinr headed. ''i,emafkable Career Of
Hramist"
al The Dublin city Sessions on sat.
uriay. James e, Bennett tinl, repre-
ssntlng himself ~ n captain In the
American army. was sentenced 10 I'VE
years penal H.rNitudc for obtaining
various sums ~ money from Dublin
merchants by means ~ fraudulent
checks. drawn on n mythical bank In
British Columbia and on the iandpost
branch 81 the London and Provincial
bank. The prisoner. who was born IN
London. where for u tim. he followed
the business ~ an nuctionecr, was, II
was stated, convicted nj Chester ~.
sizes. IN 1911. Of bigamy. and sentenced
10 twenty years penal s"ryitude. ON
70 America, where he married q lady
a. Salt Lake city. lie aftorward re-
turned 10 England, where he deserted
his vito NJ Reading. BERKSHIRE. repre-
rsntinH that he was u retired army
officcf studying for the English bar. lilo
was arrested on the prrnsnt charge
some days ago Ia Belfast. where h. had
cessive days BENNETT denied that he
was the person convicted nj Chester.
but tho recorder. looking at the photo
taken on the occasion N the trial there.
said he had no difncuity IN establish.
ms the Identity ~ the prisoner"
Last Saturday =. =. Smith sold his
N.l,ay printing plant 10 A. W. Lirht.
bourne II Nampa, Idaho. and yest"r-
day Il was packed and shipped TO It's
destination.
DEATH OF Mrs. PipcocK.
MIR. Alice pidcock. wife ~ Ralph
fiicock. the mall carrier, who under
went a surgical operation last week
N the h0pe % saving her ilfc. died at
haif'past o'clock yesterday after
noon.
FUNERAL or Mrs IIESINGER.
The funeral services were held on
Monday AZ Eden over the rvmainH ~
Mfs. Pauline iicninEer, pioneer Of
Weber county. whose death ht the axe
Of 81 years, occurred on the 18Th Inst.
Deceased was the last ~ the older Hen
lnFers and ~ the family which came
from Virginia many years ago.
usnefnl Pred. -. Grant accompanied
by captain fcntnn. his chief ~ stan.
came In from the East yesterday after
noon and went west en- route 10 tho
Philippines.
q. n. Weaver. for whose arrest A.
W. Putnam. the clothing man. nwore
out warrant last week. on the charge
" having forged an order for some
clothes, was caught NJ Pennington by
the sherin " Davis county, and yerter.
gay afternoon chief Davenport went
down "a bring him 10 ogden.
owing To q decision rendered By
Judge liolarp In regard 10 the manner
w which the assessor must describe
property assessed by him, II will be-
necessary 10 Insert IN all the nsseas-
nfhi rolls neten and bounds dencrip-
I'VE of all real estate property which
haH been assessed. An extra force OF
clerks viii have employment for several
weeks
The police department has received
new pearl gray helmets for the men