Comments on: A Crime in Progress (Utah history)

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 04:10:12 +0000

I’m glad you’re pleased, Ken — I like to give people back their family history.

By: Ken Taylor

Ken Taylor — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 23:08:18 +0000

Dan Borg is my Grandpa Borg, and Hans my great-uncle.
I’d heard this story from a cousin a while ago, but the details were sketchy. It’s amazing that just 2 generations before me, folks were arrested for adultery by armed officers.
This is probably the most exciting story I’ve ever read about my family’s history. Thanks for publishing it!

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 20:07:36 +0000

Stan, this is a republication of one of my Trib columns from a couple-three years ago. Just after it was published there I heard from several descendants of the eavesdropping lawmen — there was not the slightest hint of embarrassment from them. I wish I’d heard from descendants of Clara and Albert.

By: Stan

Stan — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 20:01:41 +0000

I grew up in Redmond (the fields north of Salina). My mother’s family were all “Jack Mormons” from the Sanpete Valley down to South Sevier near Joseph and Monroe. Reading this was like reading a story that would have been told at one of my family’s Thanksgiving Dinners when I was younger.

I’m just glad I’m not related to these folks. Luckily my family’s debauchery never made it into the paper (as far as I know).

Thanks for bringing back some fond memories Ardis. Even if it did involve fornication and prison, it was a fun read, and luckily no one died.

By: David Y.

David Y. — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 06:37:21 +0000

Wow — what a story! From start to finish.

By: Jeff Johnson

Jeff Johnson — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 05:15:26 +0000

I was born in the hospital in Salina years later and both Doctor West and Doctor Freece were gone, but I heard many stories of both. There is an interesting biography by Victoria Burgess, "Dr. Margaret Ann Freece: Entrepreneur of Southern Utah," in Sister Saints.

By: Gary Bergera

Gary Bergera — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 00:38:50 +0000

Thanks for the reminder, Ardis. I have to admit I hadn’t thought of the 1943 incident. Although in that instance, I don’t believe any criminal charges were filed. Still, it’s interesting to wonder how aggressively such acts were criminally prosecuted over time.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 22:30:43 +0000

Well, Gary, there was that one on November 11, 1943, on Center Street …

But no, I really don’t see these much, in either newspapers or the court records. I have no idea at all why this one was pursued, or whether it would have made the papers if there hadn’t been a shooting.

By: kevinf

kevinf — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 20:25:48 +0000

I’ve been to Richfield, and some of those same cars are still there.

By: Gary Bergera

Gary Bergera — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 20:18:03 +0000

Interesting find, Ardis. Any idea if other such morals-related crimes were pursued with similar or equal vigor?