The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-01-10
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MEN IN
JAIL 8

Thirty-nino men. charged with tres
passing on railroad premises, were
arraIgned before the Judge OF the
municipal court this morning and all
but two pleaded guilty. The court
decmod II not advisable to pass son
tenco upon the men until a confer
enco could be had with Chief of Pc.
lice Browning In disposing OF the
matter. temporarily. the judge said;
Il do not care to make final dis
position of this matter until | can
get complete information regarding
these men. It is a large crowd OF
men 10 send to jail without learning
whcthor they are really criminals.
Most OF them have the appearance OF
laboring men md It seems quite I'm
probable that they are intentional Of
tenders of the law. I Will require
bond Of $40 In each case and order
the men who do not furnish bail to be
held In jail until tho matter can be
! fully investigated"
None of the men furnished bail,
hence all were taken back to the bas,
tile The men were all reasonably
we'll dressed, they were quite tidy In
appearance and thoy did not boar the
marks of tho vngrant or mendicant
They were ell arrested last evening
IN the depot yards. most Of them be-
Ing found sleeping IN vacant mail cars.
Some Of the men stated to q Stand.
ard reporter that they were laboring
men. out Of employment and without
funds. and that they were simply
sleeping In the cars until morning
when thoy expected to move on to
some other point
Maggie Messenger. vaG Of the old
school. was sentenced TO pay fine
of $40 or 90 to jail ten days. Mag
gle pleaded guilty to the charge, but
earnestly importuned the court TO
give her q chance TO leave the city.
The court could not see IT that way.
When the sentence was passed, the
court remarked:
You arc too old at the business,
Maggie, to let you get away You
will feel better after you have serv-
ed ten days In the bastile."
s. Cammeron pleaded not guilty to
the charge of yagrancy and he sue
ceeded In convincing the court that
he has been working for q living
He produced twenty cents In cash
that he said he had ready to pay for
tlcer arrested him The Judge took
that as prima facie evidence that the
man had Visible means Of support"
and released him from the clutches Of
the law Cameron was admonlshed
by the court. however. to advise the
officers of his headquarters. SO he
could be watched.
''lf you do anything wrong" said
the judge. "the officers will get you.
and 1t won't so very easy With you If
you aTe proven guilty in this court
Let the officers know where you are
stopping and | think they Will look
after you"
Pat Froden acknowledged that he
had been begging on the streets. and
the court sent him To q place where
lodging and food are free. For at
least ten days from today the man
will not be under the necessity of
begging his way. MOS
Ten dollars. or ten days for this
man. said the Judge.
A young man by name Of w. Dru-
zer was arraigned on the charge Of
drunkenness and when the lad stated
that he was only IS years old the
court ordered that tho case Ire held for
investigation.
Hold this boy until the Chief can
see him, and I want him to tell Chief
Browning where he got his liquor to
get drunk on. Boys Of this age ough.
not TO be drunk. and. when they are,
some one Is responsible for furnish.
ing them the whiskey."
The young man unhesitatingly
pleaded guilty TO the charge against
him Ho Is not home boy and has
the appearance Of being knight OF
the road
Frank Farley was a puzzle to Judge
Murphy and his honor freely admit.
ted that he did not know what to do
with the man" 1t was ordered that
this case, too. be taken up with thee
chief Of police.
Frank was hauled in again for
drunkenness and he pleaded with the
court and officers to let him out on
bail Il am a resident Of this city
for It." Farley said, as he was taken
in charge by the officer.
Yesterday afternoon a representa-
tive of the press Of the city was seen
gleefully carrying away fine suit Of
ClolUeS, PAIR Oh S0OeB anu OtD9T
wearing apparel from the sheriff's Of
fee. He was not stealing them. but
was simply carrying them home after
the sheriff had recovered them from a
thief.
This morning in the municipal court
Jack McCann pleaded guilty to the
charge of petit larceny and he was
sentenced To pay a flne of So or go
to the county jail for fifty days. Jack
had no money, hence may be found
most any time within the next fifty
days at the county jail. It was alleg-
ed in the complaint that on the 18th
Of December. McCann stole a pair OF
shoes. suit of clothes and shirt or
two, all OF the probable value OF S25.
Late this afternoon Chief OF Police
Thomas e Browning held confer
ence with the thIrty-niue men who
were arragned before the municipal
court this morning on the charge of
trespass. each man being closely
questioned regarding himself and the
occupation he follows
The chief stated. after the confer
enco that he could not but conclude
that the men are not of the criminal
element, and that most of them are
lEborers The men were all released,
with the understanding that they find
employment at the earliest possible