The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-27
KANGAROO FINES.
United States Senator and Ogden
Delegation Put Through.

Delegation Put Through.
There was a break in the proceedings
of the kangaroo court yesterday at
ternoon when the ogden Elks, in fine
silk hats, linen busters and Elk canes,
marched past in double file to the
strains of Held's band. They counter
marched in the carnival enclosure and,
after breaking ranks. crowded into the
court ROOM Director General StoI in
trOduced them to the court, and Judge
Silks, on behalf of the court, made
few very appropriate remarks, the bur
den of which was, You look nice and
fat to me-" Remarks were also made
by Director Stou and Prosecutor Ben
Allen, bidding the visiting ElkS well
come to the carnival. Then a couple of
malefactors were run through. tried,
sentenced and fined, just to show the
visitors how it was done. The Ogden
ties waited. pleaded guilty to any old
thing, marched over the Bridge of Signs
and each paid the sum of 81.
The Ogden victims who went through
the mill were Ralph Hoag, J. F. Baker,
c +. Taylor. Rudolph Kechler, H. H
Henderson, +. A. Wheeler, l. J. HOl-
Their. jr., G. Ashmore, Judge H. II. Ro-
lapp, J. Lambert, Charles Dee, Gus
Saunders, G.. H. Corse, J. II. Knauss,
Albert Richie, G. d. Ives, John S. Cor
lew. William Binford, w. J. Dalrymple.
NJ c. McGale, A. w. Wright, J. H.
Linehan. T. s. Feeney, Z. J. Cunning
ham. r. s. Ruble, z. w Bannister, H.
V. billiard. II. r Mcmillan, w. A.
Overlook, H. A. Lander, z. a. Burt, T.
c. Foley. Max Davidson, H. S How
ard, J. I. Lynch, J. H. Brady. II. 2.
Randall, o. B. Mansen, J. s. Sees,
Charles Meaghan and T. W. Jones'
There were sixty in the party alto
gether, but as some of them had been
before the court before. they were let
off on this occasion. Postmaster Mea-
CHAN was given so cents extra for sell
ing sticky stamps. j, ConlislS, the chief
Of the Ogden police, was let off without
81 fine on the understanding that he
was to spend = before leaving the city.
Colonel Dorsey's offense.
The afternoon session of the court
opened with the arraignment of Colonel
w. E Dorsey on the charge of being
wiser than a weaZel, of opening a jack
pot with a bob-tailed flush and variSus
other high crimes and misdemeanOrs.
J. H. Conrad and Lindsay Rogers ap-
peared as witnesses against the pris-
oner, but when they found that pho
tOgrapher was trying to get a snap
shot on them as they stood in the dock.
there was the quickest scattering yet
though the camera was an internal
machine, and Rogers has not been
found yet. Colonel 'Orsey was fined
50 on the charges and 81 extra for
run in a minute later and fined IS,
Dorsey testifying against him.
United States Senator Fined.
United States Senator G. d. Clark
of Wyoming was one Of the star pris-
Oners of the afternoon. He was charged
with enacting the laws under which the
Kangaroo court was operating, pleaded
guilty TO the charge and paid the fine
of IS. Others who paid 50 fines during
the afternoon were Judge H. p. Hen
dersOn, w. w. Thompson of Eureka.
Jacob Einstein, George Pexton of
Evanston, WyO., L. L. Harr and DR.. G..
Z. Ellerbeck.
Josh Davis was up again, this time
for driving a runaway horse. He put
in a terrific plea in his own defense,
and Ben Allen acted as his interpreter.
The trial was the most animated of the
crowd. David paid his 81 like man.
Light Business in Evening.
The Kangaroo court was completely
swamped in the evening. The crowd
was so dense in the carnival enclosure
that no patrols could be used, and
very few malefactors were run in for
that session, that convened at $3.50 and
run till H. At the morning session
ninety-nine prisoners were tried and
condemned. the result being 5000 in
cash. At the evening session fifty-nine
lawbreakers We're run through and S10S
was the result. This made S30S for the
day, and this, added to the amount
previously reported, makes the grand
represents the fun earnings of the
court, as some sinners have sent in
various amounts TO be excused from
appearing in the dock.
Judge II. II. Rolapp and Alderman
Flygare of Ogden were two of the Kan
CARGO victims last evening. The former
got away for So and the latter for 81.
This was the second fine for the judge
yesterday.
W. H Cunningham, the mining man,
was one Of the big fish at the evening
session. He was caught in the act of
trying to steal one OF the papoOses from
the Indian village. and he was bonn
barded with other serious charges till
he threw himself on the mercy of the
court. The court had no mercy and
the prisoner was glad to escape with
the payment of SIS.
The drag-net pulled in a genuine mill
iionaire last evening in the person Of
Z. A. Faust. This gentleman is from
St Louis and is the vice president of
the Anhenser- Busch Brewing company
of that ely. he was touched up by
Judge silks to the tune of SO and took
great pleasure in paying it.