Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-30
With No Word to the Court. They
Smile as the Proceedings Take One
Step After the Other.

This morning at $3.50 o'clock. John II.
Cummings and W. o. Rose, with a nod
of the head and numblcd word Of
guilty, admitted the tt.ueness Of a
complaint charging them with the as
sault upon and attempt to rob d. F.
Sweet, cashier ofi5the Pullman COM
pany, Just 16 minutes later they We're
in the police spatrol wagon on their
way to the city and county building,
where under q pre-arranged program
they were to appear in the district court
under similar procedure and accept
their sentence.
The hurried incident of the morning
was due to the anxiety of the two men
TO begin their term and .get it over
With" fter their ready confession, and
the equal desire Of the local authorities,
after a week s strenuous work and the
fisuitless proffer Of aid to the OgdeE
officials. to get the men off their hands.
The two men were arraigned in
Judge BoWlnman's chambers per-
hnPs in deference to their diffidence.
" ere were present besides the
Judge. clerk and the. two defendants.
II l)ist. Atty. LoofbouroW, Asst. County
iAtty- Bowman and chief of Detectives
sheets Upon the reading of the COM
plant Cummings objected to being
iaccused of having struck Sweet on
THE head With the gun, but admitted
1tllat he had pointed a revolver. a
sthe victim of the attempted hold-up.
When assured that he was not direct
tly4 charged with having struck Sweet.
Cummings willingly pleaded guilty to
the complaint as filed.
SENT TO DISTRICT COURT.
Rose also. pleaded guilty and both
men We're bound over to the dis
5trict court in the bail Of $1,000 each.
From the Judges chambers the two
men were taken first to their cells
In the city Jail. and then to the Jail
office where they We're given what
few belongings had been taken from
them. A minute or two later they
were seated in he patrol wager, Il ac-
EcomPanied by Chief of Detectives
Sheets. Detective Geo. Chase, Deputy
Sheriffs Emery and Steele and Dist.
ATTY. LoofbonroW. III i t.E5 E:
Within All hour this morning after
leaving the city jail, Cummings and
Rose We're on their way to the state
prison to serve a tiYe-year sentence.
When Judge Morris u. Richie pro-
nounced this sentence, he did so 1T
the request of Dist. Atty. Fred G.. Loot
sbourow. Cummings tried hard to SUP
press a smile that played upon 81 his
heavy Gsullen face during the proceed \
ings, which lasted less than 10 minutes.
Rose darted a furtive glance about the
court room several times and seemed
,unea sy5sWhile he ginforina Il on. was be-
ing read and Mr.. i 90 fboulow was max -;'
ing his statementsto the court.
SHORT SESSION oF,tcoURT.
IN order to get their case before
Judge Ritchie it Was necessary to get
the consent of attorneys in civil
suit to allow an Interruption. MI
Lofbourow accompanied Chief of De
tectiYe Sheets. who had the prisoners
in charge, into the court room. After
the Information was read Cummings,
and Rose pleaded guilty Then Mr..
Loofb ourow arose and said that these
men had attempted to hold up Sweet in
the entrance Of the Commercial club.
They presented a gun and demanded
the money which he carried on his
person. Sweet showed resistance. he
said. and struggle ensued in which
they rolled TO the bottom of the stairs
where Sweet was hit over the head
with a revolver and rendered uncon-
scious. When they We're arrested, Mr..
Loofbourow said. that they had con-
fessed to the attempted robbery.
Under these circumstances i recon-
mend that they be sentenced to five
y eai o LIS
said and then sat down.
We'll. what about Mr.. Sweet.
would like to hear his version of the
affair. Isn't he here??" Judge Ritchie
inquired.
"No. heiis not here responded Mr..
I4oofbourow. but have talked With
him. He was confined to his bed for
couple of days, but he is out and
around now attending to his work. l
will say further that Mr.. Sweet has
been unable to positively identify his
assailants and for this reason i have
asked for a sentence of five years in
each case"
Without further comment, Judge
Ritchie asked the highwaymen to stand
up When he asked them If they had
anything to say they both replied in
the negative and We're sentenced. They
were then turned over to Sheriff Jo-
seph C. Sharp who soon had them on
their wa TO the state prison.
During the entire proceeding moth
| ing was said of their past record The
| alleged confessions that they We're i'm
| plicated in the Utah Hot Springs hold
up where one man was shot, the rob
| berry of the Bambergei depot in Ogden
and numerous other crimes were not
| mentioned.