The daily sentinel., 1907-07-12
MOTLEY COMPANY IN
THE POLICE COURT
Officer Mahaney Made n Big Round
Up Last Night-Eight In
teresting Characters.

Police Judge c. B. Hill certainly
ad his hands fun this morning VIII
had his hands full this morning
when he convened his tribunal at his
chambers in the city building.
Eight men. each and every one of
them giving indications that they had
seen better days, took their places in
the prisoners dock.
Trespassing on private property
and lettering without visible means of
support was the charge preferred
against each member of the crowd.
Officer Mahaney. special police for the
union depot and railroad yards was
the protector Of the peace and dignity
Of the community who made the ar
rests Of the double quartette. He
found all of the men in the railroad
yards last night, four or five he pull
ed out Of box cars where they had
snugly ensconced themselves for the
night and perhaps for an unpreten-
tious journey across the country
Three of the men were interrupted
and arrested while they were enjoy
ing their evening repast on the top
of a fallen telegraph pole. After the
round up had been made Officer Ma
hsney took the catch to the city Jail
where they spent the night.
In telling their tales OF woe this
morning to Judge Hill and City At
torney Rozelle it appeared that
wide range OF professions and a great
diversity OF native homes were rep
resented by that crowd.
One man said he was an iron mold
er with his home in San Francisco.
another man was a sailor from New
York City who evidently came west
to take passage on a prairie schoon-
er. Still another. a young German
who could speak English only broken
ly said he was a brick mason and his
home in "the ain Countrie." One man
admitted that he was a general and
experienced roustabout, probably a
relative of "Jack-of-all-trades
Three young men in the crowd
claimed that they were wild west
show men, that they left the show at
Ogden a few days ago or rather II
left them in the night without leav-
ing any salary checks with them.
They said they had been riding horses
int he show They are en- route to
Sugar City to see one of the owners
of the outfit and attempt to collect
what's coming to them.
The Sth man was an itinerant tail
or who was loaded upon corn juice
last night. He is an old offender
here.
When questioned by City Attorney
Rozelle six of the men Indignantly
declared that they had never been ar
rested before in all their lives. The
tailor had to admit being arrested
before as this is his second time here.
1t is really remarkable how very
few men are brought into police court
that were in trouble or never arrest
ed before in all their days. The eigh-
tn man had the nerve to admit that
he had been arrested once before on
a drunk and disorderly charge. We
must admit that his reply to the form
al question: Have you ever been ar
rested before?" had a more genuine
ring OF truthfulness about It than the
answer given by any of the other men
Six OF the prisoners entered a plea
OF guilty but two declared they were
not guilty.
As some of the men arrested for
trespassing seemed honest in their
efforts to get work the Judge thought
the better plan in dealing with the
crowd would be to assess fines against
them ali. suspended sentence giving
few hours to get out of town. This
was done and the seven "hiked" at
once as none are anxious to get on
the chain gang. The drunken tailor
was given $3.50 and costs. Being
unable TO pay up he takes position
on the chain gang.