Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-28
MURRAY TRAPS
FOR FISHERMEN
Game sldeIights on a Thriving IN
dustry, and Spectacular
Arrests.
PECULIAR COURT METHODS
,nno-ed without Any Formally
OF serving Warrants or Even
\ Trial.

The story printed in The Deseret
- Thursday has attracted consider
sttention from fishermen who have
- hailed into court at Murray anu
a. SIS Tor trespassing on private
according to stories told IN several
eos the proceedings at the justice
,,,, al Murray have no parallel IN
st JURISPRUDENCE. one victim Is au-
,s,,ity for the statement that there Is
s,ay evidence that there Is scheme
loot 10 drag fishermen INTO cpuit,
soak Il 90 thcm anu then Vu' "P -"
~ shake down.
~, n couple OF instances the parents
~ boys who have been arrested
"a convicted on the charge OF steal
49, without even the formality Of
.aisl have served notice that they are
-, to contest the cases In each in
ss,snee the Justice at Murray has drop
"a "procsedings" IN a hurry and the
pf,nrt has exhibited every symptom OF
Sssring To forgive and forget
typical instance OF the methods
employed By trout companies ana tarn-
ss m Increase their revenues Is relat-
"a bv AN 1S-ycar-old boy. son OF
Iii known salt lake citizen who re-
lstes the following.
about week ago he and his 1l-ycar-
al hrother we're fishing In the stream
which for part OF its course is claimed
bv one OF the trout companies; and
,fesnassad on the private area. The
bov sta,es that while he saw the sign
announcing private ownership he had
been Informed by acqualntanccs, who
had hshed In the place before, that 'hs
stream was open 20 the public. How
ever he does not deny that ne ana ms
br,ther were actually trespasslns
though without malicious intent.
ENTER MAN WITH GUN.
The first he learned Of his error was
when caldwell. who Is neither a game
warden nor an officer, came rushing to-
ward him yelling ana swearing and
brandishing a revolver in a threatens
ing manner. The boys naturally ran
and they state that the man Caldwell
followed them up and fired two shots
during the pursuit When he came up
with them he boratcd them I'm profane
terms and called 10 hts aid man who
came up at the time, placing his gun
IN the newcomers hands with instruc-
tons to cover the two formidable pris-
ouers while he secured the fish poles
and the fish (Which had been caught
elsewhere). The older boy exhibited
Ms llcense and was told 20 appear be-
Gore Justice Holm in Murray the next
day
KANGAROO COURT.
He was on hand before the appointed
time and when no one but himself, the
;lstlce, and the informer were present
ie was told that he was fined $40. No
aiioney was In attendance; the boy
was not Informed as to his rights In
lhs matter OF consulting his parents
O. securing counsel. nor was any COM
Paint presented TO or read 20 him. He
was permitted 10 go with the in1unc-
ton 20 see that the fine was paid with
Out delay.
The young mans father requested an
tttorney 10 transmit the amount OF the
fine provided he found the proceedings
10 have been regular. Investigation
proved, however. that while form OF
complaint had been duly prepared and
had been approved by the county at
torney's office In due order said COM
paint had been neither sworn TO nor
tgned
DOCKET FAXED.
OF court the justice had to admit that
The proceedings were null and void
tfom the beginning. II is reported that
THIS Is not the only case Of unauthor-
zed and violent arrest and OF Illegally
'sessed fines in cases OF alleged tres
ass on private fishing grounds. The
justices docket In the case alluded To
above certified that warrant had been
ssued served, returned and filed, and
The fee for such was duly charged up
against tho county, while the justice
acknowledged that no such warrant
had been issued
THE OTHER SIDE.
For the other side s. ID. Bradford.
President NJ the Mountain Trout com
psny which owns a hatchery at Muir
ray, sends the following communication
10 The Dessert News.
win reference to the article that
appeared In The News on June q. re
saIdlng scheme To lead fishermen
mo Trap so as 10 b. able to arrest
uem Tor poachIng. | desire to say
u.at the article Is misleading, Every
Ivvdutlon has been taken by the
-4ouh,alh Trout company to place
skhs IN such "a position that fishermen
.au readily ascertain that the Noun
YIN Trout stream Is private property.
Sts'n DESTROYS Of avoiding ishing In
MNate ponds would really not need
sls 10 Keep him straight, because the
nuouc streams have very few fish in
nenl ana they are so frightened by
ns ushefinon that IL is very difficult
NJ NY. 70 get sight Of one i'm the stream.
tnsn one LOOKS into the private stream
h."ureas OF large trout may
~ seen darting about in
~ hLcaln. anxious TO jump
~, ~. anything that might be thrown To
, II D. wei known by all fisher
,nen mat In that locality there arc a
~ many private ponds and streams
h. ~ ell conscientious people are natural
9n tne look out so avoid trespassing.
"a rue that the persons mention
-, u inc article did plead guilty to
ssS% larceny In Justice Holm's court
~ pay me OF SIS This is also true
sven others but these matters have
M handled in the regular way.
NJ, NtioWtu, superintendent OF the
M, ',''"lu Trout companys hatchery IL
he VepuN game warden. However,
~ nas been instructed by the company
W. 'ure names and addresses OF any
~, arc caught fishing in the com
go streams. and 10 file complaint
esr,iu t them and to make no ex-