Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-13
BOYS
ARE NOT GUILTY
Startling Developments Promised
In the Case Of Vandalism at
Westminster College.
BEEN GOING ON FOR WEEKS
II. \. and r. &. Lund. Drunk on Drug
store Whisky Entered Premises
After Damage Was Done.

Some rather startling developments
are promised iu the case OF vandalism
at the Westminster college one week
ago last Monday night II. a. and p.
@. Lund cousins, who are under ar
rest on the charge Of destroying
property az the college. were ar
raigned this morning before Judge
Bowman on the specific charge of
malicious mischief The young men
were represented by Atty Dana r.
Smith. who asked until Thursday
morning TO plead. Their bail was fixed
In the sum OF $500 each and the
bonds will be furnished before night
That the real facts will disclose an
entirely different state OF affairs than
az first reported TO the police. Is the
firm conviction OF counsel FOR the de-
Tense and also Of at least 20 citizens
in the neighborhood. That the Wanda
lism had been going on for weeks and
even months is claimed by those who
say they know
II is not denied by the Lund boys
that they were in the college building
but they do deny they were there in
the night time. and both insist that
the most serious damage was done
before they entered the building
c. y Lund, father Of p. O. Lund.
and r.. II. Lund, father OF II. a. Lund.
have been making careful investiga-
lions on the premises since the arrest
Of their boys. and F. H. Lund has
the names OF al least 20 well known
residents OF the neighborhood who
claim that the work Of destruction has
been going on for many weeks. in
fact ever since the place was used as
storchouse
Co,-,r.f noel e-f-T,....
smashed Bullet holes are plainly I'm
evidence and the floors We're Uttered
with stones and sticks which had
been thrown through the windows.
Leaves from books and pamphlets
are scattered in every direction and
some OF them are even stuck 70 the
splinters in the rasters That the
damage was an done at one time IS
plainly a physical impossihility.
LIQUOR FROM DRUG STORE
1t was stated by the police that the
Bund boys had confessed. The state
-mcnt Is in part true The boys admit
being there on the Monday afternoon.
but deny being there at night Both
were at home early in the evening as
each was sick as a result Of drinking
a quantity OF wine and whisky mixed
Ia this connection, a complaint Is 10
be asked for by one OF the boys father
against the Acme Drug company on
Ninth East and Tenth South street
where. it is claimed, the boys pur-
chased a bottle of whisky which they
mixed with wine
According 10 the story told by the
boys they began drinking early In the
afternoon and became azed with the
concoction. They do not deny entering
the college and admit doing some dam
age there by tearing up pamphlets.
bus they declare they did not break
the windows and deny having con-
fessed TO the police that they commit
ted all Of the damage THE boys We're
together that afternoon" said r. n
Lund "Halvor got the whisky at the
drug store and got IL on credit. They
mixed it with wine and when they
came home between and o'clock I'm
the afternoon they were In a maudlin
state That the damage could have
been done In day is absurd in the
extreme. Il simply could not have been
done. and we have positive proof that
neither Of the boys were out OF their
home on that night. That the prop
erty was wontouly destroyed We do
not FOR moment doubt but 80 had
geen going on for a long time We are
not trying 10 shield our boys from any
part they may have taken I'm the az
fair but I'm view Of the evident facts
n does not seem right 20 lay an the
blame upon them