The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-08
No ONEDARED
TO ARREST
DENNY
BUT DENNY WAS ARRESTED AND
BROUGHT INTO COURT.
Automobile Ride Which Caused Con-
siderabIe Stir in Washington Ave-
nue. Sunday-Offlcer Got Busy.

The morning grind OF police court
! introduced a variety OF petty offenders
! some Of whom were treated to unex-
/ pectcd bits OF lenicncy while others
were more severely dealt With. The
| offenders ranged from a prominent
! business man, arrested for speeding
j his automobile. down To diSconsolate
Greek charged with the theft of
noisy cheese.
Denny A. Smyth. proprietor Of the
European hotel ran foul Of Officer
Rcast, Sunday, shortly after noon, his
rapid passing Of the officer on Wash
ington avenue bringing forth the as
sertion from bystander that Nobody
dared to arrest Denny Smyth for
speeding his machine" Of1cer Reast
was OF different opinion, however.
and promptly called upon the hotel
proprietor with the information that
! he was under arrest for violating the
automobile ordinance. The plea from
Smyth that he was brother railroad
man had no effect upon the doughty
guardian of the peace and the result
was the formers presence In police
court Mr.. Smyth pleaded not guilty
and asked for time to secure wit
ncsses. The case therefore, was con-
tinued until Tuesday morning.
j. r. Wiley was arraigned on the
charge OF carrying concealed weapons
and pleaded guilty. Detective Pender
stated that Wiley was taken apparent
ly with a sort OF epileptic fit, Sunday.
while in front of the Broom hotel. Up
on being taken In charge by the OIL
Ger, Wiley made an effort to draw a
loaded revolver from his pocket. He
was considerably under the influence
of liquor at the time. which fact, to-
gether with the Information from the
officer that Wiley was not bad fellow
under ordinary circumstances, result
ed In his receiving the light fine OF
So OF five days.
Bill Smith pleaded guilty to charge
OF drunkenness and was given the Gus
tomar, fine of S. or five days.
Sam Marchem was charged with
vagrancy but upon the arrival Of his
time for arraignment, he was nowhere
TO be found. A search OF the Jail fail
ed to reveal his whereabouts and 1T was
surmised that someone had secured
his release from the night officers.
Ed Fern was charged with mendi-
cancy and pleaded guilty. begging for
a chance TO leave town. Fern Is an
old offender. but, as no one appeared
against him to bring out the fact. the
court assessed him a nominal fine OF
$40 or ten days.
NJ Hopkins and G. Hopkins were
charged with disturbing the peace and
forfeited bail to the amount of s. each
by not appearing In court. One Of the
mon. who are brothers and are en-
ployed in railroad construction work
In Ogden canyon, became involved in
an animated discussion with friend.
Saturday evening, over the relative
merits OF their respective jobs. Hop
kns asserted that man with half an
eye could distinguish the superiority
Of his particular line Of work, where
upon the other side of the discussion
smote Hopkins on the jaw, putting
that member temporarily out of COM
mission, and causing lull In the pro-
ceedings. AS il TO refute the ancient
adage, Never policeman in sight.
Chief Browning happened along and
took Hopkins into custody. brother
OF the prisoner. noting the inability OF
his relative TO adequately express him
self, stepped up and started TRADE
of abuse against the chief and the
police force in general. Chief Brown
ing promptly secured the agitatoT by
the nape of the neck and threw him
into the street where he was taken in
charge by another officer and brought
to the station.
Joe Harbertson and Gloyd Stanley
two local youths who were arrested
a few days ago on the charge of va
grancy and were given suspended
sentence OF ninety days, with instruc-
tions to quit loafing and go to work.
were picked up by the officers Sunday.
and are commencing upon their some
what lengthy job with the municipal
ity's civic improvement gang.
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