Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-31
Mourners' Benches Filled With
Penitents at Exercises Con-
Quoted by Judge Bowman.
MAGISTRATE WAS MERClFUL
Most Of Them Told ln go and Re
Goud--LucklC~- Exception
Broke His Promise.

twenty-five ponitcnts lined up be-
fore judge Bowman Boo the police
court this forenoon with their varied
excuses for their delinquent ways. and
an but one made good with their
stories
II j. Farrell was the lucklcss one.
his admitted 'Iltuc slip up" costing
him s. or five days Farrel had been
before the court early last week re-
pentant after bibulous spree. lie
had promised the court he would
abandon the twisting trail that led
20 the mahogany bars. and This morn
ing could only offer 200 extonuation
for the breaking of DIS promise the
fact that DE happened miss again"
1T was little slip uy, that's AN"
Maybe it was the hot weather 81
the past few days or the too Jealous
Observance of holiday that made
the list OF "drunks' "a long one on
the docket Some of them had begun
as early as Friday night landing In
Jail SATURDAY, and Few mad been
50 affected that they could hardly
tell today whether they had been
drunk or not
DtlNk IliEltN lNlffAtN'fs
Den Nevc was one who didn't know,
but he guessed be must have been
drunk or he wouldn't have been IN
Jail
John Miller could not oven tell whom
he WAS arrested All he could recall
was starting out Saturday night and
waking up iu the strange surround
ings OF the city Jail sunday night
John Flynn had luckess tale. too.
A few weeks ago he had boon robbed
by "A fellow named Shea who was
caught with the evidence upon him.
shea rs 10 appear Zoo the district court
for trial within q couple Of weeks and
FLYNN Is waiting around as a witness.
In his waiting Flynn lonely and unac-
auaintcd has sought companionship
that has brought him before Judge
Bowman three times on a charge Of
drunkenness This time. he has prom
ised however 10 go out 20 Bingham
and work. and so be out Of temptation
while waiting for the district court
trial To come M.
There was "a fairly good sized 'vag'
class. and with their prompt and correct
answers they won clearance papers
DISCHARGED PROM ARREST
stou Pappos and Mike Ietract. two
Greeks charged with the theft Of two
sacks OF coal from the u. a r. q.
yards were discharged. when through
an Interpreter it was explained that
the men had only been in the country
three months and in their ignorance
had thought IL was an right TO pick up
coal In the yards after they had seen
other people doing the same thing
Fred Larsen. giving his age as 81
years. pleaded guilty 20 having stolen
"a small bundle Of copper wire from
the Bamberger yards. but pleaded
plaintively that he had done IL 70 keep
from starving when asked by the
court n ho worked. larsen In pitltul
way replied "No: 7 can't get work Mo-
body has any use for an old man Tho
value Of Abe wire taken was given IN
the complaint as ST. but the old man
averred that an he could get for II was
90 cents He was discharged on his
promise that he would leave within the
Cav for wyoming where he thought
he could get work
The criminal division Of the city court
began IT'S summer sessions this morn
ing with the holding n court at
o'clock IN the morning instead of In
the afternoon