Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-28
Another Neighborhood Row Is
Passed Up to Judge Whit
aker for Adjudication.
AMAZON WITH VOCABULARY
Charges and Counter Charges In
Which Scnldcd Pup is the
Bone of Contention.

Another neighborhood row was aired
in the criminal division Of the city court
this morning before Judge j. J. Whta-
ker, when the case of William Clure.
charged with battery upon Mrs. Julia
A. Wood, was called. 1t was alleged
that on Monday last Clurc jumped over
a fence into Mrs Woods yard, struck
her on the back and wrenched her
arms.
When he wrenched my arms, said
the women, he started out the gate
and he said to me. Nov, damn you,
call your police, and said, Right you
are an | did
Wood took the stand In his own be
half and sad that the woman had a
-half-old puppy in a sack
and declared she was going to sculd the
pup TO death He said ne protested
against such cruelty and interfered to
the extent of taking the sack from the
woman. a neishbOr, Mrs. Noonan,
and her lO-year-old daughter corrobo-
rated Clure's story He was found not
guilty and discharged.
After the case was thrown out of
court, Mrs. Noonan asked Mr.. DAILY for
q warrant for the arrest OF Mrs. Wood
on the charge of threatening to murder
her. The woman was referred to the
county attorney, and while she was on
her way to lay her complaint before
that official Mrs. Wood was talking
Chief Pitt hlaf to death and demanding
the arrest of Mrs Noonan for threaten
ing her life. She also was referred to
the county attorney and at once started
for the latter's office. Mrs Wood is
regarded by the police as being a bit
Eighty mentally. month or so ago
she spent about a week in the city jail.
Every night for that period she Gales
at the jail and demanded that Jailer
Ripley lock her UP at night and give
her beHkfast at O'Clock the next morn
ing. She didn't get her breakfast that
early but Immediately after eating
would return TO her home in Ballard
court.
HOBO GETS 80 DAYS.
Ben Wink. the typical hobo who looks
like 4 Russian anarchist of the bomb
throwing type, who was arrested for
vagrancy yesterday morning by Lieut..
shannon. pleaded guilty to vagrancy
before Judge Whitaker this morning
and was sentenced to 80 days on the
rock piie. The fellow has apparently
had bath since his arrest, as he looks
half a shade lighter in complexion than
when brought in yesterday. Just as
of the sand out of the fellows beard
and the mower In condition, part OF
the hrsute adornment will be amputat =
ed.
KOOYMAN WARNED.
c. Kooyman, of the notorious fami-
ly, was arraigned on the charge OF
drunkenness and pleaded guilty. AS
sistant City Attorney DAILY asked that
the man be sentenced. He has been
here before for various offenses and
has been before every court in the city
ON different charges" said the prose-
cutor, Kooyman had not been arrest
ed before for drunkenness, however,
and the court discharged him with the
promise of stiff sentence should he
return.
PLEA OF NO AVAIL.
Chris Larsen. an d-tlmer ON the
mourners bench begged to be set free.
He declared he had a good job at Car
Held and would get out in four MIN
utes by the stop watch II given n
chance. The fellow was discharged
yesterday morning for drunkenness and
last night found him behind the bars
again on the same charge. judge
Whitaker gave the man 45 days on the
chain gang.
VACAS IN \ HURRY.
Paul Braun, whom the police believe
to be a crook and eN-convict Edward
Luke and NJ. J. Vacas, the latter n
Mexican, pleaded guilty to vagrancy,
and were sentenced to 60 days each In
the city jail. but sentence was sus-
pended for "a hours. in which time
they viii have a chance - leave the
city. When Nacas left the court room he
started to walk out OF the second sto-
~ window, but was prevented by I'm
Gle Billy Hilton
Just before court adjourned, Mr.. pa
" again called the attention of Judge
Whitaker TO the negligence of certain
policemen who make arrests and then
do not appear to file complaints against
the prisoners. Mr.. DAILY vigorously
protested against the unfair practise
of keeping persons accused of crime IN
Jail without Il hearing just to suit the
pleasure of some bluecoat Judge
Whitaker ordered the clerk TO notify
Chief Pitt to instruct the officers to
furnish the clerk each morning with a
list of arrests and to see that the ar
resting officer signed complaints.