The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-16
.FIREBUGS HELD
TO GRAND JURY
Ewen's Wife and Seven Children
Left Homeless and Hungry.
BLACK RECORD OF THE PAST
MURDER AND ARSON RUN RIOT
IN KENTUCKY.
JACKSON. Ky. June 15.-Interest in !

JACKSON. KY. June 15.-Interest in
the trial of Curtis JetU and Thomas
y White FOR the alleged murder OF
J. B. Marcum was secondary today TO
the preliminary hearing OF the team
sters of Hargis Bros. arrested by the
soldiers on the charge of burning the
hotel yesterday morning of B. l.
Even. the principal witness of the
commonwealth against Jett and White
Many people spent a sleepless night,
exDec-Ing~ the torch 10 be applied TO
their houses next. Fourteen residences
and stores owned by those known as
CardweH-Cockerju sympathizers have
been burned in Jackson since 1910, ana
the number of lives lost greatly eX-
ceeds that number
Since the burning of Ewen's large
new hotel and the rally of the Harsls
faction TO the aid of the men sus-
pected of having burned 1t, the cru
zens, hopeful that when me mllllEt
arrived the intimidation wOul1 CEASE
ECw shake their heads and say the
state can render no relief
Even Family Homeless.
The Even family, including seven
children. presented Il pitiable spectacle
today Even tried to console his near q
broken wife and daughters, but their
distress was great. Kind-hearted cl1l-
zens, although feeling that in doing so
they are risking their lives and prop
erty have sent them clothing and pee
ding. They were breakfasted by the
soldiers.
The jail last night was under =
heavy guard. The prisoners suspected
of the burning of Ewen's house wee
kept in the camp guard house, man
acled so they would have no opp.
tunity to escape They were greaJiy
frightened during the night, fearing a
mob would come to release them ana
that the soldiers would shoot them.
Crawford cried during the night ana
repeated. What a fool 1 am! what
fool ! amt
1t is believed that these men viii be
released. because the grand jurors arr
residents of Breat hitt county and VIII
fear vengeance similar to that Wreakeu
upon Even il they indict the men,
Held to Grand Jury.
Joe Crawford and Ed Tharp were
brought before Judge Redwine this
morning and testimony heard on the
writ Of habeas corpus sued out by the
Hargis people yesterday. Gray HAD
dicks and Jerry LunsfOrd identlned
Crawford as one of the men seen COM
ing from the Even hotel just before
the fire was discovered, and 4. r
Short said he saw Crawford and Tharp
crossing the bridge before the FIRE Tne
prisoners tOId conflicting stories or
their whereabouts on their detention
yesterday. Judge Hargis and the al
tOTaeys ne employed 70 defend 5eIl
and White represented the prisoners
Judge Redwine decided to hold them
to the grand jury which was recon-
Vened this morning.
Excitement in Court.
After the ha beas corpus proceedings
of Crawford and ThaTp were disposed
of. the trial Of lett and White was
called. The prisoners, who have been
greatly alarmed over the arrest and
detention of Crawford on the charge
of burning the Even hotel, were
brought into court by the militia and
turned over to Ellison Jones. The moth
ers of both the alleged assassins were
in court as was Miss Sarah Hargts, the
young daughter of Judge Hargis.
There was much excitement abou-
the court house, and those entering the
court room were not only searched, but
J also closely watched