The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-12

to keep NIT de yard out. only ven RICH
of way to get in vas, an to hang III
clothes. Veil, de horse vas tied to d.
rope an tell him not be could use 70
de yard pasture; just de house. An
ven l go to take horse out he say yol
I can't come nit de yard in or he va
smash something Veil. L go ofer fenc,
an he get picket an bounce me down.
Cross-examined by Attorney Straup
You knew his mother-in-law was
there, didn't your
Yes, l don't know dey tell me-"
She came in in a horse and buggy
fair"
He told you the horse was not there
P a. anently?"
ell, dey vas dere'
Wasn't your great inducement to &C
in the fact that he told you not top
NO, sir. De only inducement vas he
def1ed me. Dat vas my own grass, my
own eferyting, and 1 hat right to go
j in"
Why didn't you go away?"
L hat no business to go way. want
to see If he hit me- An he did nit de
poard. 1t vas right here"
Aren't you excitable?"
No. sir; vas very easy tempered
{. b. Cole, a neighbour testified that
Barnden tried TO keep Schneider from
chewing him up.
Attorney Straup then made an argu-
ment so long that Matthias MealSin had
| to be awakened. about the damage a
stick with tack in it might do.
The court admonished Schneider to
raise the rent and Barnden to move,
discharging both.
The hobo lawyer, Smith, came next,
opening his gun by Directing to Ser
geant Browns saying he met the gen.
! tleman in a boXcar.
| Il am sustained" he continued, "by
SO high an authority as the supreme
court of the United States, in the case
of the United States VS.. Lorenzo Snow
| for unlawful cohabitation. This is a
continuing offence, and the court has
decided that a. series of acts or omis-
sions complained of shall constitute but
one crime
! getting at, but he offered no segrega-
ton of his ideas. The objection was
overruled and exception noted.
Several policemen testified to Smiths
habits, he Directing to all the testi-
mony, arguing every point and the
court overruling every objection. VIII
liam Byers, a. blacksmith, said he knew
Smith in California, and that he was
perpetually on the tramp.
What's that got to do with it?"
shrieked Smith. we object and we
protest against such evidence"
Detective Sheets said he had it from
good authority that Smith was aiming
to be king of tramps.
"A lofty ambition" observed the
court. Sheets also said Ed Murtie 'Ias
a petit larcenist. it having previously
been shown that Smith had been seen
in his company.
Smith then went after dates. saying:
L propose to prove this witness is ly-
ing, and 1 can't do it unless L pin him to
d. tes."
He got no satisfaction.
Diehl introduced the tramp story
written by Smith for The Herald, and
for once Smiths objection was sustain
ed. Said the clerk:
The man who wrote that story is non
cOmpoS mentus, and l desire to prove
| it,
Am I on trial for Insanity" asked
Smith.
mo: for vagrancy."
well. the young man ought to be, it
seems
Frank Smith, no relation to John, ex-
cept in the fraternity of letters, said
Smith was a recognized hobo among
the gang in Tacoma, and swelled with
pride while relating he had been ap-
preached by Smith for money; also
that the defendant was driven out of
Tacoma by the police.
Smiths defense showed he had work
ed ten hours out of eight days and had
paid for his meals always. He argued
for just one and a half hours, while
Prosecutor Diehl occupied three min
utes. Smith is brilliant. but talked him
self into jail. He got fifty days.
In passing sentence. the court told
Smith that with his ability he should
l.. he, oh 81,
tramp. He had no sympathy for a man
who would not earn a living when he
was able.
The convicted man shuffled off to jail
with a contrite heart. He may appeal
the case.
Carl Baker pleaded guilty to stealing
pair of shoes from Teets. He was
sentenced to fifty days Imprisonment
Alma Ellsworth went up for ten days
on a charge of drunkenness. 1t was
brought out that he had beaten his
wife while drunk.
Lewis Davis, Robert Adamson and
Abe Davis, a Shamefaced trio, were lee
tured severely for destroying electric
light globes. sentence being suspended.
The court warned them that they would
be breaking rock if it continued. The
electric light company is said to lose
500 month by boys with rocks.
F. B. Jewett, Joseph Ravage's as
sailant, was fined S25. Miss Jamison
and Mrs. Elbon, the restaurant ladies,
were put upon the stand. but no new
facts were brought out. The court re-
minded Jewett of his luck that the
charge was not more serious.