The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-21
LEA MUCH AGITATED.
Town Excited BY Court officials, DEN
fists and Robbers Boosters.

Especial correspondence
loa, Sept. 1S.-Another term of the dis
trict court is in session here which to-
gether with the influx of lawyers, jury
men, interested litigants and weening
women-mothers, sisters and sweethearts
OF the parties up for trial-creates in this
uttle pace such a commOtion and ex-
element as never before was seen. This.
added to the presence here of firm of
dentists and their aching-jawe1 clientage,
and the presence in town OF two alleged
members of the Robbers Roost gang. to-
getheT with somewhat strange and SuS-
picious looking strangers thought TO hail
from the secret confines of the Robbers
Roost and TO be here as witnesses for and
friends of the accused parties from that
country. indeed makes Loa today whirl
of excitement, as much as if big circus
were in town.
In the case of the state VS.. Pete Logan.
ailas Pete Nielsen, an alleged Robbers
Rooster for whose arrest Governor Wells
paid reward of $500, the defendant is
represented by Judge W. II, King and
Attorney G. Il. Bean of Richfield. Pete
was arraigned. and before plea was en-
tered Judge King made and argued at
length a motion for change of pace of
trial. This motion was granted and the
case set for trial at Junction, Piute coun-
ty Oct. %.
Were the case tried here. a charge of
unfairness and persecution would be
acquittal could hardly be expected here
for the reason that under the evidence
in the Lee case (and Lee served one year
III the states prison for the offense),
Nielsen and Lee Charles Lee, son of
John ID. Leel were principals in little
cattle gathering expedition to the south
and southeast of here, in which cattle
not their own were taken off into the
San Rafael country and sold, and If Lee
was guilty, Nielsen also would be. OF
course. at the time of the Lee trial. Mel
sen was not in the country. and the de-
tense was an effort to saddle the whole
thing on Nielsen by saying that Lee was
in the employ of Nielsen. 1t is generally
conceded that Nielsen is not regular
member of the Robbers Roost gang and
has not associated with that gang. He
IS, in fact, a trusted employee OF Mr..
Nutter. the big cattle man, well known
all over the state.
In the case of the state VS.. ]. b. Buhr.
Joe Bushs case wherein he had Buhr and
Mrs. Jake Moore arrested for aiding and
abetting members of the Robbers Roost
to escape and succeeded only in having
Buhr bound over. it was found that the
preliminary hearing was all irregular and
the case was referred back to the mag
istrates court.
The same. fate befell the case of the
state VS.. H. r. Huntsman, charged with
adultery.
James F. Howells. alias Silver Tip,
came in late from Provo in charge of
Sheriff Chappell and Joe Bush. Silver
Tip was arraigned and took statutory
time in which to plead. He is represented
by Colonel Tatlock.
A civil case is brought by Mrs. Jack
Moore for ST. 100 alleged actual damages
and $1,000 yindictive damages from the
members. of the posse of Grand county
Blue john SILVER Tip and others
whom they were pursuing at the time the
shooting took place. the result OF Wnlcn
shooting is that Silver Tip is to be
placed on trial for assault with intent to