The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-04-22
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f. The following article, headed 1.-The
Insolence of Office" and GLOW the
Police officers get Back on the Bail
Business, appeared in Tuesday morn
ing's Tribune: ''''''' go i'''''i'iI'
p byron Robert was treated with great
3ndignity, by the police officers of this
city on Saturday hight. He was Camp.
| ing. in aswagon on the Eighth Ward
Square, with his, family. and at 10
lAo'clock at night was dragged out of bed
1Eby an officer and escorted to the City
Hall on charge of embezzlerhent! The
I Officer however, went with him ito his
brother Bolivar Roberts,. and the three
proceeded then to Judge 81 eirs'. who
refused to admit the accused to bail, or
doianything else except to direct the
officer toll lock him up. Bolivar Roberts
| offered to sign any sort of document
that the officer might draw up to
guarantee The appearance of his brother
/ before the Court, yesterday morning.
but to no purpose. They thrust him
| INTO THE JAIL and there held him until
yesterday morning, when he was
released on the deposit of a check for
5000, signed by Bolivar Roberts. At 2 p.
m. the case was to come up for hearing,
and it was then discovered that the
charge had been changed from
tembezzlement to that of selling "a
wagon alleged not to be
the defendants property. and
the hearing was postponed until to-day.
Some two years ago. Roberts, and a man
named Maxfield purchased wagon of
an implement firm in this city, and
gave Joint iron-clad note for payment.
The two failed in the enterprise in which
they engaged, and on breaking up, last
May, Roberts disposed of the wagon re-
ferred to- Subsequently he went to
Idaho, where he took up ranch. and
was, when arrested, on the. way to that
Territory to settle. If Marshal Ireland
SHOULD treat one of the brethren in the
same manner in which the city officers
treated Roberts he would never hear
the last of it; as it is, his deputies are re-
viled in the Mormon prints. like pick
pockets. Roberts is not Mormon
Il How easy and natural it is for the
Tribune to publish an article like the.
above with little or no truth in it; and
how difficult it is for that sweet-cented
sheet to publish facts even when they
possess theml How the local scribe got
hold of the article quoted IcannOt say,
but it trlkes me that its righteousness
should be shown up. The facts in the
case alluded to are about these: Satur-
day night, about 10 O'Clock. Mr.. Rehr-;
man, accompanied by F. D. Maxfield
and Constable Crow, called at Justice
Speirs' house, in the Tenth Ward, and
presented 10 him an affidavit signed by
Maxfeld and sworn to before notary
public, charging Byron Roberts with
''unlawfully obtaining property to the
value of $780, by means of false and
fraudulent representations The par
ties refused to issue on the affidavit,
unless Max6eld would appear before
him and make oath to the same. Max
field, being present, swOre to the cor2-
plant properly, and warrant was
issued. The party left, and after IL
o'clock. Judge Speirs having retired,
was again called up by Rehrman, who
stated that Roberts had been arrested, |
and that the officer desired to know
what to do about bail. No bail was Of
ferred, and none had been prepared, |
and the justice said he could not sit up
all night waiting for bail to be found
but that he would uphold the officer in
taking $500 for his appearance. This
was not offered by the defendant, nor
was any proper bail offered, though the |
Justice afterwards learned that Bolivar !
Roberts offered to be responsible for
defendants appearance. The justice |
did not order Roberts to be locked up; |
he simply stated that he didn't wish to !
sit up all night awaiting bail to be fur |
nished. He didn't refuse anything, but |
was ready to receive any bail oaered. |
the police officers had !
whatever to do with the case, |
and the writer of the Tribune article |
has no reason for the display of his t
natural spite and venom against those |
officers. In regard to the indignity |
offered Roberts by Mr.. Crow. that Off !
Ger made the arrest, as his duty forced
him him to do, and even at that time OF
night escorted the defendant, first to
Tenth Ward, to Judge Speirs' residence,
to see about bail. If this accommoda-
ton constitutes indignity Mr.. Crow was
guilty. There was no dragging" or
Hthrusting" done by him. othe wise he
would have dragged" defendant TO the
Jail and left him, without going to see
about bail. A police officer or con-
stable cannot take bail, and although
they sometimes take security for
mans appearance, yet in this case the
fact that Roberts was on his way
out of the country, was sufficient to
make the officer particular and require
a proper bond. The statement about
the first charge and the changing of it,
is entirely untrue, like all Tribune
stories, and simply designed to reflect I
upon the procedure in the Police Court
and cast a slur upon the justice.
The charge originally was IS
above stated. and when the case
was called for trial. Mr.. Fletcher (who
did not draw the first complaint) asked
eaye to file an amended one charging
The same ofense in a little different
anguage-a perfectly legal proceeding.
The charge never was ''embezzlement,"
nor was it changed to selling wagon
alleged not to be the defendants prop
erty." The writer knows nothing about
the offense charged against Roberts as
the testimony was not offered yesterday,
defendant having waived examination,
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