Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-07
supt. MCGOWAN Appears for Cham
pion Payer and is Listened to Re-
spectfullS--Worse than PickpoclSct.

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3 p. j. Moran, the man who 9slves the
streets Of Salt Lake, was defendant
in the police court this morning, his
name being sundwiched in between two
x just plain DRINKS on the docket. The
health board has forgotten that Pat
4 Moran made d worlds record in re-
paving Main street, that he is q Won
der in his own line and has had some
thing to doiSith9the intercepting sewer.
Maybe, according to the board or its.
emissa1tes, Pat has removed lots Of
debris. offal and filth from the streets
OF salt Lake, but all the board or Its
enissstries know lis that r ut failed to
at S37 south Third West street. e
Unavoid ably, = OF cour se, the defendaHt
"A had to be. absent from the city, EFT
seeing thai, II was Pat nm exception was
made in his case. Usually either the
defendant must be present In person,
represented by counsel, or forfeit ., bail
Pat did neither. but instead u t WAS his
4 handy man Supt MCGOWAN, who while
he has charge and supervision Of Pats
numerous ana varied city deals yet
can, t read, z who talked to the court.
And AfcGoWan's happy, persuasive
way seemed TO have its effect. Only a
couple or days ago, Mrs. G. Cereghino.
nj, elderly widow who. because she had
been confined to her bed for a day or
two and without help, had let her gar
i bage perhaps a bucketful, remain on
Z her premises for a day or two, was not
given the chance even to explain, but
was held OFF until Aug. Il, when she
will be tried for the offense.
fOY
I city street ctor, was given all the
! time he wanted to explain, wh Itch he
used up In explaining to the court
4 how M r. Moran had been using manure
and ofsal to fl Mn the premises mem!
Toned. and thenas aconcession he was
$glven until Aug. is In which to enter a
plea of guilty or not guilty BY that
time, IT. Is expected, under the rush
measures of the firm, the offending
filler n will be removed and the plea
or not guilty made. i ~
VAC yvo RsE THAN THIEF
ss Crawling into a barn for a.Knight's
sleep fs$a heinious offense as compared
with pickpocke ting. ID j ames Kel ly, at
rested several days go as a suspected
pickpocket, and with a known past
record 4 need not get out OF town until
]; Monday morning FRANCISCO Ferdi- u
loft in q barn a Z a l2 south First West
street last right To find "a bed In the
hay, being penniless, and ( not Of q
s. hteving nature For chat he has to.
/ leave Salt Lake by tomorraW morn
ling.
KIND NJ n, r. oGERs.
& After Keeping ~ defendant in Jail for
i aiWeek5 awaiting trial because the pros
eeution had failed to obtain It's wit
& nesses, Asst. City Atty. Rogers, after
stating that the earliest date for the
trial now would be Aug. 20, made Il
concession which permitted the defend.
ants liberty. B. w, Chon and s, Lee,
" two Taps. We're arrested on the charge;
of having stolen $40 from Peter Gla-
{ Nios, IA lshon was a Bile to put UP $50 cash
! bail required, but Lee, less fortunate,
has been confined IN Jail for over a
week When Prosecutor Rogers. after
numerous delays on account Of failure
ITO have witnesses present, asked that
the case be again continued until AllE.
Z 20. Atty. Judge Dana r. Smith Insist
led that In hat event some provision
+ be made for giving his imprisoned
client his liberty. Mr. Rogers recon-
aniendad to the court that the .present
\ bail of $40 In the case OF Chon be al.
Z wed to cover Lee as we'll, M
BLACKBURN FINED $40.
lFh2 d "
After all the evidence was in today
In the case of the city against Samuel
Blackburn, and his son Roy, a lad Of
about ~ or 10 years. both charged with
I having. assaulted II. g. Meyer, foreman
sof the steel construction on the Me-
51ntyre building the court found the
4 defendants guilty, Blackbur pater.
was fined $40, and the boy let go with
an n a1monitio Meye accused the ia
Ether and son Of having tried to throw
him down the elevator shaft in the new
building from the fourth story, because
lie had discharged the father. The
father and SON. with their witnesses, as
serted that Meyer had been tho ag-
gfessor and that ii was he who ex-
pressed the bloodthirsty intention of
hurting somebody down the shaft. The
court accepted the. prosecutions YER
sion, In view of the testimony, and
found the defendants guilty.