The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-25
PRESIDENT SNOW FINED.
Kangaroo Court Had a Distinguished
Victim.

Kangaroo Court Had Distinguished
Victim.
The Kangaroo court recovered very
quickly yesterday morning from the ef-
fects of the storm of the night before.
Loads of sand and saw dust were scat
tered on the floor of the lookup and the
worst part of the court proper, ana
with Judges Pardee and Silks on the
bench, the mills of justice were soon
running full blast. The greatest ac-
complishments of the court during the
day included the arrest and conviction
of President Snow, and the ''pinching
of the entire city council But the de-
moralizatiOn of the police department
is shown in the fact that the Repuo-
lican city committee held cOnclaNe
last night in open violation of all the
laws and ordinances Of the Kangaroo
court, and not single arrest was
made. The number of victims VINO
. PASSED over the Bridge of Signs during
the two sessions was 224, and the
amount of the coin of the realm that
they added to the building fund was
S360.15. This, with what has been pre-
ViOuSly reported, brings the total col
lections of the court up to $1.41O.40.
1t is noted with the deepest regret
that the populace that crowds into the
Kangaroo court each day to feed Its
morbid curiosity on the fearful revela-
lions of crime and vice made there at
each session is growing more and more
blOodthirsty as the carnival proceeds.
At first it was common to see the red
blush of shame mantling the cheeks of
both men and women as the records or
the hardened villains were laid bare
now it is not uncommon TO hear such
/ remarks as Soak him. Give him the
/ limit, judge" Make it ten, make 1t
tenl' and others equally sanguinary-
1t is suggested that the court room is
bad enough for women and children,
but it is a totally unfit place for in
nOcent men,
President Snow Fined.
The absolute fearlessness of the court
/ was shown in the fine of 50 gold piece
| assessed against President Snow. Inere
was furore in the court when President
Snow appeared, accompanied by her
| royal highness. Queen Mabelle, and
! outriders, maids of honor and other at
| tendants. 1t was $3.50 in the afternoon
| and the court was busy showing
through a lot of vags at the time, so
/ that the presence of the royal family
/ was not discovered until 1t was too late
| for Judge Silks and Judge Pardee TO
wash their hair and comb their races
! before the case was upon them. d.
/ rector General Stoli, who preceded
p President Snow, was hauled up and
/ severely reprimanded for usherlng IN
! the queen without heralding the fact 10
/ enable the court to at least rise 10 It's
: feet After cOnsulta ton it was decided
to fine Director Stoll 'steen dollars for
this crime. but that gentleman pulled
| out a card from the queen eXemDtlng
/ him from all fines and puniShmentS.
! Then the rage of the court turned upon
! the queen herself, but one look at her
/ smiling cOuntenance disaTmed the irate
judges and they could bring no case
( against her. But the thirst for cash
had t4be satisfied in some way, and as
( President Snow was the only remaining
I victim he was fined s. on general prin-
| ciples. This he gladly paid to help
along the building fund. President
10 Io1I
PEELED to appear in the dock like the
I ordinary criminals, but occupied seats
on the bench in the rear of the judges,
and for time watched the proceedings
| with great apparent relish. Their pres
ence in court attracted the largest
I crowd of the day.
City Council in the Dock.
Taken all in all the worst gang Of
! desperadoes that has yet come before
! the court was the Salt Lake city coun-
ell This gang was caught red-handed
| in the act of cOnspiring against the
welfare of the people in the city and
/ county building Great credit is due A
A. Robertson for this capture. He
/ turned states evidence on the gang
| and at the risk of his precious life ap-
! peared in court against the conspira-
tors. 1t was a plain case. the gang
had been run in by the patrol. and in
spite of the most desperate attempts
to escape they were all landed in the
| dock at the same time. Their looks
| convicted them, and the people yelled
to the judges to show them no mercy.
Fernstrom, Edgar and Charles Howe,
! Hewlett. Buckle. Cottrell and A J.
! Davis covered in the dock at one and
the same time while Robertson con-
fronted them with the evidence of their
crime They got 50 apiece
j. f. kelliher asked for change Of
venue and got fne of 81 for his ex-
hibition of nerve Deputy Sheriff Wal
I +aTsS va fr1n
a. eight weeks old baby at his house.
| w. II. Boothe, d. s. McCurdy and G. H
Valentine of the New York Life were
| fined 81 each for trying to insure people
/ on the midway. thus insinuating that
the carnival was an unsafe place
| George Curley was fined 50 for putting
| rotten stone in the foundation of the
/ Elks building. and Fred Hale was
| fined s. or trying to steal Fatima. j.
/ G. Edwards, from Oregon. was the
| worst character to come before the
court during the afternoon. He was
| openly charged with being friend Of
A. j. Davis and had not a word TO saw
when confronted with the proof Of HE
out of the clutches of the law The
mob was bowling for his life as he left
the dock. protected by the officers.
u. D. Houtz, ten attorney of Provo
was run in early in the afternoon
charged with being from Provo. look
ing IKE w. j. Bryan and a number Of
other offenses. He was fined 81 He
Ielt so good about getting off so easy
maj maj iater IN the afternoon he sent 81. 50
more TO the clerk of the court, Herr
Enzensperger.
Tried to Steal Temple.
irving to steal the temple was the
fearful charge preferre5 aoainst
CHARLES Moslander. and IS was the fine
assessed against him. He was heard
70 remark as he left the court that he
stole pretty girl out of the temple
some years ago, and the police are on
his track for this crime.
Major Stanton was ha,,lad IN and
nned 80 for driving Dave Levy and his
drum corps out of the city with his ne
fArious music. Later the same Of