The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-15

As to the first charge, Officer Roberts
said he had first laid eyes on Jim
marching merrily down State street,
but that he (Jim) must have been
seized with something suddenly, for
when he saw the brass buttons he put
crutch under his arm, and could
hardly walk. A bunch of cards con
a cripple and that if anybody threw a
$50 gold piece at him he would turn
the other side also, was introduced in
evidence. and filed.
Il got me hip hurried, me arm mash
ed, me head battered, me eye bunged
up. me ribs broken, liver fractured,
ear peeled, nose broke, face lacerated
and a carbuncle in q. Rock. Springs coal
mine.'' said Jim. in one breath
And" said the court, gravely, are
we TO presume this is your ghost?"
Hair-raising silence.
How about being drunk"
We'll, my ears bad, too; / can't near
word you say said Jim
Eph Kelly fioated from the room like
a cork, and returned with a mega
phone. Things then progressed SPLEEN
didly, and the accused was sent to
prison for three days He thanked the
court for selecting the Jail instead OF
the court room, and made a high dive
from the bench, to the amusement OF
the sea of faces.
Mrs. swanberg, clad in a gracefully
fitting bathing suit, answered to a
charge of drunkenness on the 18th day
of October
Thirteen days." she repeated, tap
ping her ear significantly, as a white
cap broke over the jury box. Diehl
smiled and read it again.
ssOh I'm eli IN r111y head all de time. y
she said.
Then Officer. Knowlton was ungallant
enough to say that Mrs. S. was dead to
the world, stretched at length on the
east side of the Temple block, with an
empty whisky bottle by her side. Wit
ness was sure it was empty. Had taken
particular notice.
On this showing the lady was as
signed to Kimball for ten days.
Charles Powell, the liveryman, admit
ted that he had slapped George Pen
rose for language he used, one time on
the left cheek with his left hand"
Diehl took this to mean plea of
guilty, but desired to introduce some
evidence. Penrose said he was sitting
at a table in State street establish
ment, talking horse. He told Powell
that Powell's boy had told him (Pen-
not had any bread of horse life-other-
wise defined as hay-last week, because
he (Powel), Powelrs boy had said, was
out of hay. This is all he (Penrose)
said. Whether the sentence was de-
clarative, imperative, explanatory or
interrogative didn't matter. AS soon as
it was uttered, according to Penrose,
Powell hit him, and abused him. and
hit him.
Charles Fitzgerald said Penrose was
right, and Powell scorned the invita-
ton to ask questions.
Powell, when given a chance, said he
had asked Penrose to treat. Penrose.
ne said, kind O. threatened him. say
ing DO you think I'm a chump?"
Powell asserted that very belief, and
then the subject of the horse came up.
The liveryman said Penrose would have
to prove that his horse had eaten no
hay This being impracticable. the lie
was passed; then the blow. The de-
PENDANT admitted saying he would lick
the packin' out of his customer if the
trial cost him a. cent, and the court,
with an eye to business. imposed fine
OF $40. The reporters waited around for
awhile. but Powell went away peace
ably, and Penrose even earlier.