Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-02-02
PETER sHuPE DISCHARGED.
Hearing Discloses Pltable Condition
or Afiairs.

Ogden Feb. 2.--Hearing was complet-
ed late yesterday afternoon in the ac-
ton brought by Sanitary Inspector
Power against Peter Shupe, charging
him with violating the quarantine laws
OF the state by removing from his
home on Jan. a. 1906. his neice, Blancn
Shupe, II years of age, who was sur
fering from smallpox. The case was
submitted to the jury. composed OF J.
j. Hancock. A. j. Watts, j. I. Mignault
and II. A. Hicks, who. after being out
for a short time. brought In a verdict
Of mot guilty" and the court dis
charged the defendant, The case was
prosecuted by County Attorney tiulan-
iski. and Attorney n. ]. Harris repre-
sented the defendant,
County Attorney Hulaniski argued
that the case was one of the worst
cases of disregard for the health and
life of others that he had ever heard
Of as Mr.. Shupe admitted on the wiz
ness stand that after the doctors pro-
nounced the disease with which the girl
was suffering as smallpox, he took her
to the depot. and paid for her ticket to
Salt Lake City. The mitigating cir
cumstances were. however. that de-
PENDANT had large family The girl
refused to stay at his home, and In
sisted on going TO Salt Lake city, and
said that she would take poison II he
did not let her go. hence he took her 10
the depot and paid for her ticket.
An unfortunate condition of affairs
is that Blanch Shupe has no home or
parental abode where she could go,
her father and mother being divorced.
The mother Is now serving a term IN
the Idaho state prison for killing a
man, and sad as It may seem, her faith
err William Shupe, was brought into the
courtroom Immediately after the hear
ing of Peter Shupe. and convicted or
drunkenness and sentenced to 10 days
on the rock pile
SCHOOL BOYS CAPTURED.
Roy Mccall the boy who escaped last
November with two other inmates OF
the state Industrial school, has been
captured at ely. Nevada, by the sheriff
OF that county. who wired the sheriff's
office of this county OF the boys ar
rest. The arrest of Mccall was made
through watching the mail. a letter
addressed to his mother was observed
by the authorities, the post mark
showing where he was. He was work.
ing in surveying party
Oswald Ferris the other Industrial
school inmate who ran away and was
captured at Omaha. was brought back
to Ogden last evening by Asst. Supt.
kness of the school.
BRIEFS AND PERSONALS.
II. C. Peterson. who has been con-
ductor on the Twenty-ffth street cleo
trio car line for number Of years, has
been appointed by Manager Matson Of
the Ogden Rapid Transit company to
superintend the running Of the cars
throughout the city.
j. S. Peery and wife left yesterday
for California 20 spend few months
for the benefit of Mrs. Peery's health
Heman Voss was found guilty by
Judge Murphy of cruelty TO animals
and fined s..
Hon. Rulon s, Wells OF salt Lake
was an Ogden visitor yesterday on
business.
For Saturday night Manager Grant
has booked THE Missouri Girl" TO be
played at the Grand Opera house
Tonight the complimentary ball to
Edward II. Chambers. previous 10 his
departure on a mission to England,
viii be given at the Fourth ward
amusement hall.
II, 0. Hardness OF McCammon is In
Ogden this week on business.