The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-27
PLEASANT GROVE RIOT CASE
TRIAL OF YOUNG MEN FOR
BEATING YOUNG BoLEY.
Big Crowd Listens in Provo Court
Room TO Evidence in This Case
Jurors In Attendance.
1srecia1 Gorresnondence.l

Provo, Jan. 20.@IOQaV the fOuTtn us
trict court resumed session. with Judge
Dusenberry on the bench. This was the
first day, practically, of the January
term and the-oourt room was filed with
jurors, witnesses and htigaDts.
The following panel OF jurors was IN
attendance. sFrom Pleasant Grove: L. L.
Lund ana Alexander EAllSi from fIONos
Alex Wilkins, John ID. McEwan, Heter
Johnson, Philip Speckart ana u II.
Berg; from Provo precinct, John StuhDs'
from American Fork, David Mitcneu,
Henry r. SagerS, J. W. Preston, AM
Goshen, George Wnitesei; from Lem,
George Zimmerman, James Allen and
Elisha Peck; from ~Sprincville, III. Nj.
Dougall, jr.; from Payson, Aipert .
On account of sickness IN their tamlieS
three jurors were excused, namely, Pd.lu
Mitchell. Laurence Hutchings and Al
The case OF the state VS.. John Heron,
Hunt Nelson, Sidney ShOels, Ohm Har-
nock and Noel West, creating riot; came
on TO be heard The last m deiend-
ant pleaded not guilty.
All the forenoon was occupied in draw
ing a jury 70 Try the case, me IohoW7
case: Alex Wilkins, George WhlteSei,
Peter Johnson. George zimmerman,
Elisha Peck. John II. McEwan, John
Stubs and w. 3. Allen.
The indictment charges the defendants
with having, on the 2nd day OF December,
1898, beaten. bruised and wounded one
Warren c.. Boley, in Pleasant Grove and
compelled him 10 leave the town.
The first witness for the state was
young BOleya a boy of IS. He stated that
on the above mentioned date he went
from American Fork 70 Pleasant Grove
to q dance. At the close of the n
he was leaving the hall when some I'M
known person struck him. He managed
10 get to his buggy and was about to
drive of, when a crowd him,
in. which he recognized John Heron.
Those in the crowd tried 10 get. ar MIN,
but could not. He whipped UP his horse
and drove away only TO be headed off
by another crowd, in which he recog-
niZed defendant WarnOck, who hit his
horse over the head with a club. Again
he got away, but was headed into a
blind alley. AT the end of it defendant
Shoels grabbed his horse by the head
and held him. a crowd closed IN on him.
Witness said he recognized the five de-
PENDANTS. At the end of the alley they
began 10 beat him-witness naming John
Heron and Noel West. He said ne was
beaten and bruised. his clothes ruined
and himself disabled 10 suc az extent
that he was unable TO care for himself
His story was told in a simple straight
forward way. The crowd in the court
room, that filled every seat, listened with
intense interest to his every word. Many
citizens from American Fork and Pleas
ant Grove We're present. The young girl,
Lucy Heron, carrying BoleyS alleged
child in her arms, Occuple a seat d1-
rectly in front of the witness chair. and
quite frequently the little fellow cried
out papa" as his eyes caught those
of the prosecuting witness. his alleged
father.
asked il he had ever mad criminal rela-
lions with the said Lucy Heron, but he
refused 10 answer the question on the
ground that it would incriminate him
self.
Witnesses corroborating BoIey's story.
his companions at the dance, were: Oscar
Doyle. Nellie CrOokston and Matte
Crookston. Other witnesses for the
prosecution were: s.. H. Smith. Joseph
II. ShoeI, c. NJ. Jefferson. The eXamina-
ton of these closed the case for the
prosecution.
The first witness for the defense was
John Heron. Who stated that on the
night in question he took his sister to the
dance. That he saw young Boley there.
and that he became incenSed against
him. knowing how his sister felt. whom
that he hit BOley, but denied that there
had been a plot or an agreement be-
tween himself and others against the
American Fork boy. Out of the dance
fleeing buggy, caught it and pulled the
boy from the rig. beat him and, as wit
ness stated, beat him some more. until
he got d promise out OF hlm tBOley) to
come back to Pleasant Grove next day
and make it right with his sister. Upon
getting this promise from him he and
witness shook hands and parted. Wit
ness also said that no one, to his knOwl-
edge, struck Boley but himself. Defend
ant Heron is d boy Of IS; his fellow de-
PENDANTS are of the same age, some
younger.
The second witness for the defense was
defendant John WarnOck. His story was
simply c~OrrObOrative of Herron's. Four
other Witnesses. namely George Black
hurst. Noel West. Sidney ShoeI and Hent
Nelson, were examined during the course
of the afternoon. Their evidence was
similar To that already given. All denied
that there had been any disturbance, and
that any one other than Heron had
beaten BoIey. This is the main point on
which the case for the defendants rests.
Testimony end to show that there was
simply Il fight between BOley and Heron.
in which the latter played the principal
part. Court adjourned at $40.
Tomorrow Lucy Heron viii take the
stand. and it is expected that some start
ling revelations Will be made.