Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-12-14
VARIANTS BOMB SHELL!
The Third District Court Knocks the
"M0raP Crusade Higher
Than Kite.
A Scathing Review of the Infamous
Plot and the Fellows En-
gagged i'm 1t.
Judge Zane DismiSses the Lewis Case,
and Says Language Is Inadequate
to Describe the infamy.

Z Third District Court this morning wi
his attorneys, Messrs. Sheeks & Rawlir
and demanded time set for trial fort
with. Assistant United States Attorn
c. S. Narian then arose and made Il
following motion:
| was notified that the defendant d
sired to have trial, and 1 have invest
gated the matter and now desire to Or
sent my conclusions to the court in ord
that the court may take such action
may be warranted upon my suggestion
This case is a case of appeal from tt
Justices Court upon the provisions
the Revised Statutes of the laws of Utal
which provides penalty for keeping. n
siding in or resorting to houses of il
fame, for the purposes of lewdness. Til
defendant, it appears by the complain
is charged with the violation of thu
statute, and with having resorted to
certain house for the purposes indicate
under that statute.
This is a case-one of a number {
cases-which has been prominently be
fore the public during the past tire
weeks, under circumstances of great note
riety. l therefore desire to state for th
benefit of the Court. Grand Jury, an,
others interested,
THE FACTS THAT ARE IN MY KNOWLEDGE
Drawn out by the investigation of tn,
Grand Jury, as well as the public press
For some years the statute has been upo1
the Territorial statute book, so far as M,
knnWladnQ md 1.
ever been instituted under it. It has been
solar as the authorities here are concerned
dead letter upon the statute book
As indicated by the report of the Grand
Jury, of which your Honor will take no.
tice, tits said there are and have been quite
a number of houses of ill-fame in this
city, known to the officers of the law as
houses of ill-fame. This being SO, about
March or April of the present year, a
number of individuals, some of them
holding official relations in the Ter
ritorial, County and Municipal gov
eminent, and perhaps acting in their
official capacities, entered into a combi-
nation one with the other to raise funds
to carry out certain purposes, and
TO HIRE HOUSES AND PROSTITUTES
To place in these houses in order that in
dlvlduals in the community might be in
duced to visit them. Preparations were
made in pursuance of this scheme.
such persons, male and female,
who might be induced to enter these
places, could be observed, and whatever
they or any OF them did there could be
noted.
In carrying out this undertaking, two
low notorious places were procured by
hem, on the same street in this town
Vest Temple street. One of the women
vas installed in one place, and one in
mother, both of the women being en-
loyed for the purpose. One OF the |
vowed objects was to disgrace high Off !
lals in the Territory. One of the partic- |
lar designs of this undertaking was to i
rag down the Governor, who stands here !
the first citizen of the Territory, and a !
lrge sum of money was promised to these
eople if either of them should be able to
ccomplish that design. As a matter of
yet
EwARDS WERE TO BE PAID TO THESE
WOMEN
or the services they were to perform.
he houses were furnished for them. and
very police officer in this city, except
vo, entered into the combination or
theme and gave his services, not per-
APPS IN The capacity OF a policeman, but
an lndirldual-it is said, in his hours
t duty, so the Grand Jury say-as spy
Id spotter in aid OF this undertaking.
ne OF the selectmen of this county con-
lbuted to this laudable undertaking
90 as his individual contribution. in ,
der that it might be carried out.
lderstand that the municipal authori-
IS and the county authorities, as such,
Sclalm, as they may very properly do,
y knowledge or understanding, or in ,
'mation even, of this conspiracy, and t
nat was done in pursuance of it. mill |
had reached its end and become public.
Your Honor will observe, first. that q
is Is private scheme-it is not pub c
one; that it is entered into by indi- s
iuals who have no relation to the law |
q its enforcement other than an indi- i
iual or private citizen may have; that t
lad for its object not the detection of t
listing crime, not the carrying out and t,
forcing of this law, but the erection of o
W houses of the character we find in Il
statute, having for its end no public IL
ID, but one to bring about b
PUBLIC SCANDAL, FOUNDED IN MALICE
d conceived in spirit of revenge. for A
cied wrongs. il
his conspiracy was entered into and te
RED out, as | have said. When the h
e OF exposure came, the accomplices
these men and women were sent away, Pr
OF the Territory, with means furnished h,
m for that purpose. Hired counsel al
e procured to assist in thesprosecuticn n;
supposed offenders; and right here | di
INT say that the originally conceived nt
'ntlon was to procure the arrest and tn
viction with this evidence, and by the W
ans | have stated, under CITY ordi- ar
ce, and not the law of the Territory te
Ii. When the time came, complaints dc
e Tiled In great numbers, warrants sls
e issued and some arrests made, and an
for the first time We find the munich DIR
authorities proceeding in the matter. m
was determined by your Honor in sa
Court that this ordinance was invalid an
OF no effect, that any prosecution SO
er II would be wrong, and, as neces-
consequence. every arrest under it to
Tered the party making the arrest a {
GUILTY OF FALSE IMPRISONMENT. an
outstanding this end had been ~.
he'd IN this way, so far as perhaps the on
lnal design was concerned proceedings r 20,
further instituted under the statute OF ~, ~,
Territory. And your Honor will a mn
iiect that an attempt was made to to'
ish certain kind of conduct without ~
renee TO the place where the conduct
ut have been. The conduct itself OF Fo
individual or individuals was within TO
ban of the law and was sought to be tha
aimed by this penal ordinance in that ant
Ii that ordinance was valid. it wo
IL q. Wen DE said tilat 1t would make ing
ifference where the offense was com dnt
ed, whether in a public or private DOS
e given to this purpose. Giro
1t, as said before, the prosecutions the
at this time were renewed, this time dut
r the Territorial statute, and your pul
mr. will parcaiya fbot Is IN, ,o....x II. !.