Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-22
WOMEN BEATERS IN COURT
Judge Timmony Hands Out stiff Sentences 10
Two Men Yesterday,
W, ~. weller Gets Fined s5j-Lewis
johnson Goes TO Jail for Nine
y Days -Otber Offenders

W. Y. jenkins, who says he is a car
penter by trade, was arrested by officer
PalmerNonday night on the solicitation
Of Thomas Mikesell, a young man who
lives at 2is Gaeber avenue. MikeHeh
says he was walking home at 10 o'clock
last night when DE heard woman
screaming near Second South tnd FIRST
West he promptly rushed TO the spot
and saw Jenkins knock @ woman down
With a brutal blow In the face. she
begged him 10 get a policeman, when
he accordingly dld ard The man was
arrested.
Al The station The woman gave the
name Of Mrs. Matson. OF 2j3 west Fourth
South. and stated that she, jenkins ana
Miss May Plat, had been to q room IN
the Argyle block, whore they had IN
duged In some wine and refreshments
While walking home q quarrel arose
and Mrs. MatsOn said that jenkins
Knocked Miss Plat down aud when me
latter ran away he turned on her ana
handed out the same courteous attcu-
lion. The accused was locked up after
1890 had been taken from his person
By the officers.
Jenkins. who stated that his true
name was w H. Weller, appeared De-
fore Judge rimmony this afternoon ana
pleaded guilty TO drunkenness ana MOI
guilty 60 assault aud battery upon the
person OF Mrs. Matson.
After hearing the evidence the court
imposed a fine Of s. on the first oitense
and $50 on the latter, or fifly-nve days
In jail
Lewis johnson. another beater OF wo-
men. was given ninety days In jan ior
Vagrancy. During the course OF the
testimony Of two C0lored witnesses u
trangpired that he beat his paramour
shamefuUy on several occasions. oh
one occasion. said G. r. Griffin, the de-
PENDANT felled the unforEnate woman
with a blow because she was drinking
and he was afraid that she would get
too drunk 10 bring him in any money
-
Z. ". Larsen called on r. /. wight
man. the Second South street real estate
man. Yesterday afternoon, and INTRO.
duoed himself. As Larsen had iuu
cargo II fluids under his belt the lazy
Typewriter st0pped her ears and rushed
FOR cover. Larsen's language, before
and after taking by Officer hempie'
was simply checking, and when h. was
thrown into jail. even the most mar
dcned llnguist behind the bar shud-
dercd and cxpostulated. m
Judge Tmmony imposed a fine OF }lO
upOn Larsen for disturbing the peace
Mrs. Marlell INDUCED IN a real good
time az the afmily mansion near the 100
Grande Western depot Monday night
50 much so that a lady arrived posi-
haste al police headquarters and de-
murely impaired the information tha'
"My sister Is raising Cain. only she
aid not say Cain. officer f1tzmaurict
went post haste 90 the scene and iounu
that the messenger Of peace had been
very conservative In her estimate on
her sisters cauabilities. seraphic
Mother Mantell deded the 'blankely-
blank" limb Of the law TO enter her do
maine. when Fitzmauuce hnaiiy
stormed the citadel and beat down The
portcullls. he found that Mother Man
tell had wrecked the furniture and pro-
ceeded to light pile of ncwspapers IN
the center OF the reception salon The
lady with the extensive vocabulary
thon took a ride behind a pair OF
spanking horses with a kind policeman
on the step. TO keep her from falling
out. and a body guard n honor, com
posed of an the touscl-headcd raga-
mullins in town. whoopIns through the
mud In the rear
When the charges OF disturbing the
peace ana drunkenness were read, Mrs.
Nantou wlnked her discll0red optics
and nodded her head.
Drunkenness so; disturbing the
peace $780, 30 days, was her por-
ton.