The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-23
TRIAL OF THE ITALIANS.
Most Of Them Were Convicted on
General Principles.


Sunnysidc. Utah. Dec. @.-Scventecn
men convicted OF breach of the peace
Ncrc Sunday uiEut were taken TO the
Price jail today Nineteen of the men
tried We're convicted at hearing last
night only two paying fines The pros
eCutlun Was conducted bE Mp BralIet
attorneys in Suuuyside az the time of the
hearing being company attorneys and
Virginia BouviciuL complaining wit
ness. was q striker and with hiswife
was be- the htchen Of TIE house where
the dance occurred. according To- the tes-
tm0uy at The hearing. BCnVic-ui. iu
fauSing of the strike. said he preferred
n ornOn. another striker and guest at
the dance. asked Bouyiciui if he would
rather go back To- work than move into
ca tent. and Bonvicini said NE would. At
this six OF seven men iu the kitchen be-
gan calling BUuvicinI scah and other
offensive names Bonvicini. 1t developed
81 the hearing. was not assaulted. but
10 Justice HIUI The arrest of thirty-three
men followed. as told in Yesterdays Her
AID. The evidence showed that only six
or seven men took part i'm the argument
with BOuvicini.
When the officers reached the house
much hiiarity with considerable beer
drinking. as well as singing and dancing.
was going ON inside. s. majority Of the
prisoners testified that they did not know
anything of the trouble until after Bon
Niciui left the house. ard there was no
evidence 90 show that they took part i'm
AT the conclusion of the testimony
Braffet read list of fourteen names.
When the men stepped forward Justice
Ail pronounced them not guilty and let
mem 20 WIN q Mdfhih4- braliel tltH
called up thirteen more men and the jus
riCc fined them 50 each and costs. 81 add
uitCuaI Five more men called uD by
Braffet were given $40 ard costs. while
am Italian named PicastaEnO was lined
El4 and costs. The evidence showed that
LICastaguO was enuedNOrinU Go reaCn
hhonviCini after the latter lett tho house
Dut was restrained by several others.
The conviction OF several of the men is
believed Go be because they were noisy
ON Sunday night. as &c was not shown
that more than SIX or seven took part ln
the discussion with BoDVicini one COM
piaint was flcd against AN and the men
were arraigued and tried I'm a body;
The party of seventeen taken % Price
appeared in good spirits. when they left
Sunuyside. Many wore feathers I'm their
hats said 30 have been pnckcd from
stuffed eagle iu the *. OF T.. hall. where
ErEe delegation of strikers gathered at
the train to see the prisoners Off
captain Esiinger of the company guards
REPORTS that after the arrest he found
several oagCcr5 ON The ground lu the
vicinity of the house where The dance
took place. evidently thrown away by
into custody.
Many strikers express the opinion that
the affair was planned for the purpose of
getting several strikers out OF town and
thev say the loyalty Of B0nviciui 20 the
strikers has been suspected heretofore.
An emDlOyc of the company stated to The
Herald before the trouble occurred that
Bouvicini was not favorable 90 the cause
of the strikers and was only kept from
work through fear of violence BouNlcIIi
g. am Austrian by birth. but was raised i'm
acted MS interpreter during the hearing Of
Scalzo last week.