Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-16
CAUGHT A TARTAR,
TARTARCAUGHT TOO 0
lap Beats Off. Hold-Up, is Him
self Beaten by
Police.
HE MUST cLUB SOME ONE.
So Fastening Officer Landed on Inof-5
fcnsive But Excited Victim Of
Attempted Robbery.

| Will Powers, flighwaynan, caught a
Tartar Saturday night when, masked
and armed with q revolver. he attempt
ed to hold up a japanese rooming house
at IS Pollard court. When Powers APP
peared MT the door of the ioorning
house. or cabin, about 10 O'Clock, with,
his demand that the occupants throw
up their hands, instead of the expected
compliance the Japs grappled with him.
dragged him inside, and after beating
him to inscnsibility, bound him with a.
rope.
While this was going on; one Of the.
$Japs ran through the streets calling
for the assistance of the police and fir
ing a revolver to attract attention. In
doing this he became an unfortunate
victim, as the police, hurrying to the
scene, mlstook him for the object OF
their search and it was only Ritter he
had been knocked down with the butt
end OF a revolver by one Of the officers.
that 1t was discovered that he had
really been themen who had captured
the highWagnan. n
8 Shortly after 10 o'clock Saturday
might Powers, masked and accompanied
by a negro, appeared at the door of
the Japanese roorning house. When 1T
was opened by G. Urata, he was
tSreeleu Win usllllIltl iOT4illS sltloIIeSJ
and faced Powers. leyelled revolver,
5llrata grabbed the barrel of the gun
and screamed for help. A dozen laps
rushed 10 his assistance. and In the
struggle Powers was oycrpoWered,
while the negro made his escape
During the turmoil a Greek ran to
the house of S. G. Phillips. No. sc Pol-5
lard court. where G. "A. Pickett was
visiting, and told the two men that the
SJaps were beating a man to death in
their home. Pickett and Phillips ran
out to see what was going on and
reached the door just as Urata came
out firing a revolver and crying for the
police. The. police were already on the
way in response to a summons, and
n,istaking the excited Jap for the sup
posed hold-up, went after him. When
the mistake was discovered they hast
2ened to the house to find Powers bound
hand and foot and lying on the floor
bruised, beaten and almost insensible.
+ He was brought to the city Jail, where
he is held pending the charge against
him of attempted robbery. The Jap
was also taken To tile emergency hos.
pital where his wound from the blow
of the officers revolver was dressed.
POLICE &COcRT PICKINGS
The Greek American Grocery com
pany. through it's principal, was ar
raigned in Judge Bowman's court this
morning on a charge Of selling an adul-
4terated article Of food, Or specifically,
substituting cotton seed oil for olive
oil A plea Of not guilty was entered
and the hearing set for Oct. 4.
Charles Reynolds, the alleged pick
pockek caught at Salt Lake Friday
night. was arraigned this morning on
a charge OF attempting to commit
grand larceny, and took until tomor-
row morning to enter his plea. The
complainant In the case is f. Miller,
who alleges he caught Reynolds wfllaf
the latter was attempting to pick his
pocket containing s25.
4 #. II. Willard, who was arrested fol-
lowing an alteration with Joseph Bar
halto. which occurred at Redmans
barn and during which Willard drew
a knife and Inflicted a wound upon
Barhalto. was arraigned this morning
and pleaded not guilty to the charge
of assault with a deadly weapon. In
default Of $500 bonds he was given into
the custody Of the sheriff pending his
hearing Sept. 10.