The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-02
Promises Judge Lewis, Through
Attorney, to Be Good
for Week.
CONTEMPT MATTER PUT OFF
THAT LENGTH OF TIME
Plea for Delay Is That Bunch
Has Not Had Time to
Get Ready.

The "Gimletp crowd has one moro
week of grace under the contempt pro-
ceedings ordered by District Judge Lew
is, provided it will be good and not
publish any more articles which might
be considered as contempt. In answer
to the citation for contempt Colonel
Hiram f.. Booth, director of the Her
aid Republican company, appeared be-
fore Judge Lewis Friday and asked,
on behalf Of the company and Managing
Editor a. J. Brown, Acting City Editor
Paul Armstrong and Carl r. Williams,
court reporter, that the matter be con-
tinued for one week for the reason
that the respondents were not served
with the papers IN the contempt pro,
ceedings until Thursday afternoon and
had had no opportunity to prepare Tor
the case.
Judge Lewis said that he was opposed
TO a continuance unless he could be as.
sured that the Smoot "Mouth would
publish no more articles which might
be construed as contempt. Colonel
Booth gave his word that the % Mouth :
would be good for one week at least,
and on that assurance Judge Lewis
granted continuance. 1t is understood
that the attorney for the company and
its employees will file a demurrer TO
the contempt petition and Will endeavtor
to fight the matter on technical GROUNDS,
Two Contempt Charges.
There are two charges of contempt
of court apainst the "Gimlet' and one
OF these includes the employees men,
toned The company first was cited
for contempt at the beginning OF the
Thomas Riley murder trial last week
because of its publication of the con
fession of Harry Thorne in which Ri,
lev was implicated in the murder OF
George w. Fassell, The confession was
published on the second day oil the
trial and before any of the Jurors had
been secured in the case This action
on the part of the Smoot Mouth
was considered by Judge Lewis as In
terfering with the trial by making IT
harder TO secure a jury and hence tne
proceedings were commenced;
When the Harry Thorne murder trial
was commenced Tuesday the g Glmlet'
once more printed his confession again
before a jury had been secured.
For this conduct Judge Lewis issued
4 second citation for contempt and in
cluded the three employees of the pa
per named. The matter will be heard
next Friday morning. The promise OF
Colonel Booth to see that the Gin
lct' is good for week and that 1T
prints no more stories that might be
considered in contempt in that period
is looked on with much uncertainty by
MANY who are acquainted with the
character of that paper, as doubt is ex-
pressed as to its ability to be good for
seven days in succession,
Murder Jury Completed.
The jury was completed Friday In
The case against Thorne, on trial for
the murder Of George w. Fassell, and
The taking of testimony will begin next
tuesday morning. on account of Mon
lay being legal holiday: The Jurors
Friday are John H. Wellington
md Frank II. Hyde, Jr.
Following are the names of the other
isn sjS Jurors Thomas Fs1bo92Rs c9qR 'I Peter G q
Hoffman. NJ. NJ. Atwood. r: n Free
nan, C. T. Hemenway, H. M. Pearson,
4. c. Thorn and J. A. Bateman.