Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-26
JUDGE ROBERT S. LOvETT

the purpose of the conspiracy. Hence.
tho two propositions which the gov
ernment must provo are the existence
of the unlawful agreement and the
overt act
WAREHOUSE MAN TO PENITEN-
TIARY.
In the case of the state of Idaho VS.
W. j. Hanzell. convicted OF an unlawful
sale OF grain stored In a warehouse.
the supreme court handed down an
opinion the fore part of the week af-
nrming tho judgment of the Nez Perce
county district court 1t was charged
that while the defendant was manager
of warehouse he received certain
grain for storage and receipted there
for. and that he afterwards sold or
disposed of it without the consent or
the authority of the holder of the re-
celpt- He was sentenced by Judge
Field to the state penitentiary. 1t was
urged on appeal that the receipt given
for the grain had not been of the form
required by statute but the supreme
court denied this and affirmed the low
er court. Hanzell has begun serving
sentence in the penItentiary.
CONVICTED OF SERIOUS CRIME.
BY jury trial in the district court A.
w. Heckner was convicted OF the
crime of abducting young women for
immoral purposes and was sentenced
to the state penitentiary under the
indeterminate sentence law. enacted
by the last session OF the state legis-
lature. His alleged partner. Vern
Huntzbery. must also stand trial on
the same charge.
It Is charged that these two Young
men virtually drove Henrietta Lohman
and Louise Doherty. both under IS
wears of age. into a life of shame.
travelling with them from place to
place in southwestern Idaho. finally
taking them to Ontario. Oregon, and
placed them in a house Of prostitution.
COURT DENIES DIVORCE.
Denying him a divorce from his wife
and allowing her $4,000 for attorneys
fees and $3.50 for costs was the dose
Judge Fremont Wood Administered
last Monday to Valentine Winters.
The trial was of such a nature that 1t
was for the most part conducted be-
hind closed doors.
NO BLUE BOOK" FOR IDAHO.
Hundreds of innocent men through
out southern Idaho have been the VIC
tins of one ]. Bruce Murray of latc.
who with smooth and polished arGu-
ment drew from them payments for
q proposed write-up of their lives and
thoir photographs in Blue Book Of
Idaho" which would soon be pub
lished. In the town of Shoshone he Is
known to have procured SIS from
each of five men within q very short
time. But this suave gentleman"
with polished argument and great
promises has suddenly dropped out of
sight and tho people arc beginning to
wake up. to the fact that they have
been duped. He Is known TO have
used freely the name of Frank H. Par
sons, cashier OF the Bank OF Idaho.
whom Murray claimed was treasurer
of the concern and handled all the
funds Mr.. Parsons. however. denies
having any connections with Murray
whatever.
II the latter is apprehendod he will
be called upon to answer TO the
charge OF forgery. claimed to have
been committed in the town of Sho-
shonc.
COMMITTED ON TAXES MEETS.
A very profitable and interesting ses-
sion of the committee on revision of
the revenue laws of the state was re-
Gently hold In the senate chamber of
the state capitol This committee was
| appointed by the various boards of
| county commissioners at their late
state convention. At the meeting were
| present Gov. James H. Brady. State
| Auditor s. D. Taylor, John D. Rob-
| ertson of Washington. T. C. Bell OF
| Bonner and Charles Il. Harte of Lin
| coin counties. Gov. Brady had this
| to say of the meeting:
"rhe memberS of the committee were
| oil present and 1 am glad to say that
the commissioners have been doing an
| effective work ever since the adjourn
| ment of the convention. and 1 believe
| that they are on the right plan now
| to do something of material benefit
for the people of the state in the way
| of equalizing the taxes, 1t was not
| the intention of this committee at this
time to raise the valuation In the state
but to equalize the value In the diff
| fercnt counties"