Copied from the Deseret News, June 13, 1860.
“Correspondence from Weber County.
Ogden City, June 8, 1860
Editor Deseret News:
The weather is fine and very warm here. – We have lately had several refreshing showers of rain which have been very timely and beneficial. The wheat crops in this country look well and promising; indeed some of the farmers say they have not seen wheat look so well for a long time before. Much of the corn which was planted very early in the season did not come up; some of the farmers think it was in consequence of the inferior quality of the seed; and others think the ground was too wet and cold. Be that as it may, the corn which has been subsequently planted – the ground being much warmer – is doing well.
Three Indians belonging to Togwick’s band, a few days since, entered the houses of some of the citizens of this place and commenced plundering their goods. From the house of Mr. Benjamin Hawkins, they took property to the amount of about $100, consisting of carpeting, blankets, clothing, handkerchiefs, &c; all of which they carried off and secured in the mountains. The same day, Mr. Leavith saw them on Birch Creek, and being suspicious – but not really knowing they had stolen anything, he brought them back to the city when they confessed all. Some of the officers were then sent with one of the Indians to the place where the articles were concealed; all of which are recovered. They are now in custody and will be tried by civil authorities and dealt with according to the law.
[Court documents still exist for this case — see here. The names of these three men were recorded as Queep, Soe-Got-up, and Suop. Their arrest warrant was dated for June 6, 1860. Only five days later, on June 11, a jury found them guilty of burglary and sentenced them to six months imprisonment in the penitentiary of the Territory of Utah. Queep and Soe-Got-Up were pardoned by Governor Cumming on November 20, 1860. Suop escaped the penitentiary on June 25th, 1860 — see here.]