Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-13
SROPL|FTERS. ARE
IN COURT TODAY.
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Preliminary Hearing Of L. Davis
And Pretty Ola Hayden
Begun.
BOTH PLEAD NOT GUILTY.
Five skirts and -Four Waists Found in
Their Possession Idcntilcd-Batcs'
Bail Is Increased.

Practically tho entire morning session
in Judge Dichls court was taken III
today in the preliminary hearing OF L.
Davis and pretty Ola Hayden, ALLEGED
shoplfters, charged With grand larceny
The case viii probably take this after
noon and tomorrow morning before
Judge Diehl Will decide whether or mo-
they shall be bound over to await tbs
action OF the district court.
Davis and the woman were represent
cd by Atty. William Newton and the
prosecution is in the hands of Asst
County Atty. Myers. The defense
waived the reading of the complaints
and pleaded not guilty.
Milton IT, Lippman, manager for
Cohn's, testified that the firm he rep
resented was the owner of five SIX
skirts and four silk waists which were
found In the possession of the man and
woman and wnicn We're stolen from
Cohn's. Mr. Lippman gave the price
of the articles and said they totaied
III value the sum of S95.o5.
Three lady clerks for the store testi-
fed that they saw Davis and the Hay
den woman in the store on two or three
occasions and that while the woman
made some minor purchases the man
wandered about the store and hung
y
and waists were displayed.
The man Davis Is having his hearing
first. Miss Hayden was in the court
room when the cases were called but
before any Testimony was taken Dctec-
tive Sheets took hei. back to Jail. Her
hearing will follow that of Davis.
If Mike .Guilfoyle returns to salt Lake
he will serve six months In the county
jail for exhibiting deadly weapon
and threatening violence to Mrs Mag
gle Hilborne. A few days ago Guilfoyle
pledad guilty to the charge but was
permitted to leave town. and the time
for sentence was fixed for today. Judge
Diehl sentenced him to six months in
the county jail and IL the man returns
the sentence will be in force and he
will have to go to jail.
Atty. Newton made a strenuous CT
fort this morning to have the bail OF
Ollie Bates, the Idaho rancher charged
with the abduction of Miss Nettie
Walker, aged II years, reduced to SEQ
but instead of the court doing that,
the bail was increased from $500 to $7oo,
and tomorrow the matter will come up
and 1t Will then be determined whether
or not Bates goes back to Idaho to an
swer the serious charge against him.
Extradition paper from Idaho are On
pected hourly, and in the meantime
Bates Is charged with being a fugitive
from Justice and with abduction.
Atty. Ray Van Colt appeared In court
this morning as associate counsel for
the state He said that the girls ia
thcr had employed him to assist in the
prosecution and indicated that the man
would be vigorously prosecuted.
When Atty. Newton sought to get the
ball reduced. Judge Diehl stated that
lie had been informed, on good author
ity. that it was Bates purpose to give
bail IL the amount could be reduced,
and then leave the state, FORGETTING the
and to guard against this and
to insure the mans return to Idaho the
amount was increased.