Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-03
Defendant Fears q Failure TO
Agree Which Would Mean
Long Dclar
HAS ENGAGEMENT IN new YORK
Considered Hls Eseapade In Salt lake
A Merely o Big Lark 80 Happy
IN Sorrow

Al i0ls0 o'clock this morning the case
of the United states against J, G, Pei
ticr, charged with lmpcronatlng u
poptoilloe Inspector, went TO the jury,
This afternoon no decision had been
reached, and m impression was cur
rent about the court room that the
jury would fail to ngreo, At 1880
o'clock the jury went to lunch, and mt
80 returned 10 take w the debate
on tho verdict
The trial was concluded yesterday
afternoon, except Tor the closing orgu.
lnents which were heard this morning,
Judge O, w, Powers, representing the
defendant, attempted 10 have the IN.
dlctnent quushcd because peltior IN
representing himself 10 be postof'
flee Inspector had not done any work
IN that capacity on dofrluded the goys
eminent cut OF any money, The OBJ.
lection was ovorrulod by Judge Mar
shall on the ground that pelticr had
used the claim that ho was n govern"
mont Official To obtain credit, and this
mndc the care properly ono for the fed.
cral court to handle
PELTIER WAS ANXIOUS,
Mr. poltlcr II n portly man, and IL
not without u sense of humor lie has
not The appearance OF u CRATER uf
criminal but rather Of n mum with
VIZ fund Ut practical Jokes and an un-
comfortable desire 10 practise them,
This morning during the long wait for
tho Jury 10 come I'm, he sat In the Of
nee OF United states Marshal Hey
wood ana laughed over the testimony
OF his late entertainers lie even w0n-
dorod II he could take u mortgage ON
the police headquarters or the Tabor
naVlo.
back TO Texas with him, II he really set
about to Obtain IT, Referring TO the
testimony of Postmaster Glove, that he
had invited poltler TO have n lemonade
IN Provo Poltlcr Indignantly denied
that the testimony was true, and as-
serted that while the Invitation was TO
go In have n lemonade, the name Of the
drink was changed once they lined up
at the thirst counter,
one thing brought AN expression Of
anxiety 10 the face or the prisoner, II
was the remark OF u court attaCho that
the jury was liable TO bring In hung"
verdict poltier asked what this meant
ana when told that II would cause his
case TO 20 over until next November he
became worried, shat would be hard"
he declared, | have u position NJ $3.50
a month waiting for me, and | have to
be on hand by June 10 TO take up,
My wife and family down at IN paso
wouldn't enjoy having me locked up out
here for that length OF time" In re-
gard 20 life IN the county jail, the prs.
unor said he had been In every room
but the rotary ana the padded cell and
that while he had no previous expert.
onco 20 compare HIS NE there with, no
aid not ma II particularly bad,
FOUND LOTS or EASY MONEY,
The testimony IN tho case shows that
poltlor went about salt Lake gathering
NJ all the easy money he could mud
for week W ton days lie explained
this on the Side ont OF court, by stat
Ing tina, he considered his visit here IN
the nature OF a vacation, ana was out
for n large time, lie oven sent his re.
CARDS TO senator Burrows by Mr. chat.
tcrton, who came from Washington TO
testify,
Tho nrst witness was Fire Chief By.
water who testified that he had met
pcltlor last August At this time
peltlcr told him no was n unltod
states pos,oi'loo Inspector, sent ont
here by senator Burrows To work upon
tho Smoot case, aud that he wanted 10
be introduced TO the leading people OF
the city, Tho Same afternoon he bor-
rowcd s36 from l,ywatcr on the pro.
tonse that his vouchers had not ar.
rived
Other witnesses were A, Fred Wcy,
OF the Wilson hotel whore poltcr loft
hls bin unpaid, l., s., Dickinson pro.
prlelor OF n South Main street saloon,
Senator Rmool, l., A, Dolcs n pnrlnor
Of Dlcklnson's, and Postmaster james
Glove Of Provo,
THIS afternoon In the federal court
the ease OF Alex Glllla w the Daly.
Judge Mining company was begun, Tho
case " n suit for damages for pcrson-
al injuries,