Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-20
STRONG PLEA FOR THE LATTER.
Attorney Wanted Small Bond Fixed
Aud it Was Made $4,000 Instead Of
$4,000 as Suggested.
Jones SULLEN AND HANDCUFFED.
Both of the Accused Men Refuse to
Discuss the Merits OF Their Re-
spectiye Positions.

Charles Jones, alias John Warde, and
young d, Bynon Davies, arrested for
participation i'm the bounty Frauds were
before Judge O. B. Diehl In the city
court this morning for arraignment.
Davies was brought TO court by
Deputy Sheriff Butler while Jones was
escorted to the hall Of justice by Depu-
~ Sheriff steele. The officers and
their prisoners walked on opposite
sides Of the street Jones was hand
cufted, procedure that he did not like
at ALL but Davies was not compelled
to suffer that humiliation. The latter
seemed cheerful and confident, but
Jones was sullen and non-communica-
tive. Neither would discuss the case,
leaving that matter with their counsel
Jones was arraIgned first. His at
torney, Joseph Chez Of Ogden. entered
plea OF not guilty to the charge Of
defrauding the state. lie said:
III the court please we will enter a
plea at this time OF not guilty, and
we win ask that no bail be fixed at this
time We would like the preliminary
hearing be set for a date not earlier
than Thursday next"
The case was allowed to go over
without date, and I'm the meantime, the
attorneys for the state and the de-
fenss VIII confer, and decide upon II
time FOR the preliminary examination
YOUNG DAVIES CASE.
Col. NJ. NJ. Kalghn represented young
Davies, When the complaint, charg-
ing him with obtaining money under
false pretenses from the state, was
read TO Davies, the latter entered
plea OF not guilty. His case was also
allowed to remain as II Is, and arrange
ments for the hearing win take place
at later date
COL Kalghn then asked that bail be
fixed.
This young man is property own
err and has wife and child here" said
Col. Kaighn. II call your honor's at
tentlon to that fact, and also To the
fact that his wife and child are III,
and they need his attention at home.
! hope the court will take this into con-
sideratlon, and make the bail az light
as IONrlblfH Al' hiuhhilA Rf'iA ~ hNf-
been Incorporated Is only 1913, and
| do not think that excessive bail
should be required In this case"
Asst. -County-Atty. Hansen called the
courts attention to the fact that the
complaint alleges that public money had
been taken, and that the offense charg-
ed is "A serious one, made more serious
by the fact that the defendant was
public official. and he asked that the
bail be fixed IN the sum Of $4,000.
At this statement and request, Col.
Kalghn laughed and said that the re-
quest was unreasonable
"There is nothing IN the complaint"
said he, TO show that Mr.. Davies Is
or was a public official. He stands here
as a citizen charged with mn offense,
and | do not think the court should
take judicial cognizance OF anything
outside OF the complaint. The defend
ant has rights as well as the state,
and I think the bail asked by the state
Is unreasonable
Judge Diehl said he thought tho
amount asked by the state WAS too
much, and that the amount asked by
the se--S373--entirely too small.
The court then fixed the bail I'm the
case OF Davies at $1,000 Col kaighn
said he did not know whether the
amount could be furnished or not, but
that every effort would be made TO Sc
cure bail,
The court then adjourned until this
afternoon. and the accused we're taken
back 20 the county jail by the officers
who brought them 10 court. Jones was
again handcuffed.
In entering plea IN the Davies case,
Col. Kaighn stated that one OF NOT
ntFiF tho rlnht
served Ia withdraw that plea In the
event that demurrer Is filed later,
proceeding he seemed to think would
be taken. The offense Is alleged 10 have
been committed on or about the gSrd
Of December last
Davies was asked how he felt about
the case, but he did not care TO discuss
the matter lie simply said he felt all
rIght and hoped that the outcome would
be favorable to him.
IN WEBER COUNTY.
Five additional complaints have been
issued against Deputy Clerk swan Of
Weber county IN the matter OF the al
legged bounty frauds. These were Med
as covering the receptions or swan
wherein he used John VI. Lee as dunn
my I'm the securing OF certain claims,
The bail IN these cases viii probably
he 40 high that swan viii not be able to
secure bondsmen, and he will likely
have 10 go to JAIL Lee has not been ar
rested and may not be, but VIII be
used as n witness against the accused
II Is stated In Ogden that Swan has
made a FUN confession 10 District At
tornev Halverson, and shoulders the
nlI responsibility OF his acts I'm the
premises, The import Of his confession
b,,yovsr has nor heeu disclosed He
has furnished the sheriff with an ac-
cIrato description of four other mon
who are prominently connected with
the big steal These arc: Henry Hicks
/ Charles Andrews, j. 4. Miller and
James Mitchell.
County Clerk Matteou claims that
| through hls efforts The fraudulent bual-