Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-17
VERNAL.
Busy and Lively scenes In Court true
Version Of the strip" Trouble.

term OF the district court convened
here on the 10th and Judge Booth has
disposed Of the business before him
with dispatch our people are well
pleased with the judges buslness-ilke
methods and his prompt decisions Ia
| questions u law.
Following IN the business disposed of:
May Kendall W cyrus Kendall, de-
cree VI divorce grnntod plalnttn. with
$40 per month alim0ny t2j attorney
fee and Gusts Of court
Nancy Nielsen vs. James Roas: caap
settled out OF court ana dlsmissed at
plaintiffs cost
Pardon Dodds w william preocc ct
al continued fof the term on afiidavlt
u plaintiff,
The case OF Olive Atwood Va John At
wood. and Of Emily Atwood W Chns.
Atwood, both divorce proceedings. were
continued Tor the term. The last named
ID fcndant. Charles Atwood. Ia now
serving a term In the pen for grand
larceny.
Tho Two cases against James ]. Me-
lScc Tor Cattle-HteHllng were also com
tlnucd fOf the term. the defendant be-
INK IN the pen doing time for assault
on Attorney beuthi, and another case
ct grand larceny
The cases against Jos. Workman.
burglary, and Leo Camp. grand lar
ceay, were BY consent. continued for
the term. also the long druwn-out
rivll cases of I'D Whpple vs. VIM.
rrcecc. and George Hinton Va George
Sourlc.
The case OF tintah County W w. n.
Gngon ct nj was dismissed the bonds
men having made settlement with the
county on a compromise Of the case,
Elizabeth Mclean. formerly OF Scot
land. but FOR thirty-ninc years resi-
dent Of Utah. made application and was
admitted 10 citizenship.
The two cases around which the chief
interest centora ~ the case Of Ncfnal
city w Harry Yornoll for violation OF
city ordinances. In regard To- keeping
saloon open after II y. m. The case
was up on appeal from the justices'a
court. The jury stood from the begin
ming four for conviction and four for
ncquittal. and ms there was no prospect
Of their agreeing they wcrr discharged.
Then followed the case " Thompson
w Thompson on divorce proceedings,
Attorneys Leuthi and Walsh appeared
Tor plaintiff and King and Gable Tor de.
PENDANT Tho case was htubbornly ana
bitterly fought ON both sides, the trial
lasting Tor three days, and about thirty
witnesses were examined.
The details ~ the case are not NJ for
publication. The complaint alleges nom
support and cruelty and asks for Gus
tody OF the three children. alimony. at
torncya' fees etc. Defendant on his part
charges his wife with immortality. a
great deal OF interest II felt In the case
and Considerable morbid curiosity over
the unsavory details was manifested.
Judge Booth rendered his decision IN
the case last evening, granting Mrs.
Thompson a decree ~ divorce, $40
month hllmony, until November ana
the children were given Into the cuHto-
dy Of Mrs. Thompaon'a mother until
that time. when the case Will be called
Judge Booth. Attorneys King and
Rhodes and Court Reporter Roberts lot
for home this morning.
A TEMPEST IN a CANTEEN.
Two or three communications havo
appeared In the Herald recently from
their correspondent at Price relative
to an alleged murder. shooting, etc,
ut the strip" on the Fourth, also quite
n lengthy article appeared In the
News" Of July u on the same line,
based on the aforesaid communications.
This IL not the first time the Herald
man has garbled facts and distorted
truths relative 10 events ia this coun-
". and We are becoming tired OF It out
here.
All there ia TO this killing. etc.
NJ the strip" on the Fourth Is that
a couple OF Indians, one OF them a po-
licemhn, procured some liquor, pre-
Humably from the fellow Orin Currlc,
who has Just served n term In the State
prison for q similar ofiense, and pro-
cccded TO get "full" The policeman
In his drunken condition imagined II
his duty TO arrest tho other Indians for
being In the same plight In the row
which naturally resulted. the policeman
shot the other Indian In the calf OF
the leg. The affalr was reported TO
Sheriff Precce ana papers gotten out
Tor the arrest OF Currie and
notorious female named JrS-
SO Robinson who was with him.
When Sheriff precce arrived on the
scene Currio ana the woman had fled
20 parts unknown and tho Indians had
been swallowed up In the bosom VI
their tribe. Indian Agent Myron and
the other officers were very doubtful
whether II could be proven that Curtlo
sold the whisky 20 tho Indians even II
he we're found, 80 the matter was
dropped, then and there. and all were
glnd to get rid OF Currle, and the wo-
man 30 easily. That's an there IL to
the ease No posse was formed. no one
was killed, nor beaten, ana the whole
frachH was between two drunken In
dians as stated.
In the aforementioned article In the
News OF July i2th, u. $, Marshal
Glen Miller " quoted AZ saying, among
other things, that the people OF Ulntah
county can never expect to be rid OF
hutH NhNpItuhh 10 long US intN NlOW
the sale OF whisky or any Kind OF in
toNicanta whatever, II rests with
them. They can by using their vote
prohibit the sale OF spirituous drinks"
etc, MIR. Miller IN evidently misin-
formed on this point. FOR not only have
the people used their vote In tho mat
ter. but no license for the sale OF liquor
on the strip" has been Issued for more
than two years. and u our county uni-
Gals had formerly received the assist
ance from Fort Duchosne that they arc
nov rcct wing, the whole "peatlferouH"
place would have been abandoned long
aFo, The facts are thnt the place re-
ceivcd IT. entire support from Fort Du-
chesne and few struggling Indiana
but now under the strict surveillance
OF the commanding officer. Captain
0uilfoyle, the soldiers and Indians are
Kept away, except In rare cases, and
as result the place IL being abandoned
and the buildings torn down and
hauled away.
We try TO send out reliable reports
from here and don't like 10 have our
work undermined by such wild and
wooley reports aa that from some IRE
aponslhlc fellow In Price, 1876 miiea
away, who never yet got anything
straight from our county.