Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-10-17

until Ibiu the morning before an op-
l1rlunity 10 murder them was MAIZE.
III. took OF EmersJu' shoes IN
looking for the plumber and threw
his revolver under the body. MN
Ter acts like any boy would. he
.alks freely, then crie5.-Ht'dtd.
COLORADO.
The grand jury nave made some
very strange reports concerning the
in Denver. Among other
changes is this, that they have cN-
t1rfeI confessions from persons, HE
rally arrested. The report says;
"Thc method in vogue in the de
tective department in the city Of
cxt0rtiur confessions from men 1
whom il may see tic 10 arrest with
out any warrant OF authority Of law
i something so cruel and blEhlrOus
that this jury has been compelled 10 /
take the fullest measures accorded II |
under the law 10 fully bring 70 just |
ice the persons implicated. The |
DAYS of the inquisit.0u and Of wi,ch- |
craft probably recorded nothing
more cruel or harbaroUs than the
treatment Of helpless prisoners IN the
hands Of officers Of the law. armed
To the teeth, trying 10 cxtoTt state
meul- and confessions by means 81
blows and kicks aud threats tn Kill,
which confessions. il obtained AMI
true, the miserable idiots engaged IN
the work mus. have known
could no. he used I'm any court OF
Justice i'm the United States, rs Elv-
iug been obtained in any such man
ucr. The testimony before uS shows
that four persons who had been ar
rested aud confined in the city jail
without any warrant or other au-
I thority Il law were, between the
hours Of / and > O'Clock in the morn
| iurS Of October > and 3, taken one AZ
a time from their cells in the city
I Jail, into the majestic presence OF al
least three detectives in a room o.
/ the detective department and put
! through a course Of detective eN-
I animation which must have been
| discovered by some OF the readers Of
| history in this department, Is hay-
| Ing occurred in the days Of
THE DARK AGES.
1 The peculiar ''cOurse Of this de-
tective examination" consisted In
threats TO murder, backed by drawn
| pistols, 10y knocking the victim down
and each detective taking his turn
az kicking him while down, by stTik-
/ lug him over the head and face with
pistols, clubs and billys until he was
seuseless, and then falling 10 obtain
the statements desired. returning
the prisoner 10 his cell with his
clJth,s covered with bl0pi, ami in
two Instances with such ghastly
wounds that II was necessary 10 call
IN the services Of a surgeon with
his needle 10 heal them. We found,
on inspection Of the detective de-
plrtmeut Of the city, the walls Of
one Of the rooms spattereI with
blood, which we were informed
| came from the wounds Of the prison
ers referred 10. These assaults were
made by officers who are sworn "a
enforce the laws OF tho city and
| State. and for the purpose Of obtain,
iuE statements which they desired
to put into the mouths Of IN,
prisoners whom they were eek
aiming" In city rs euterprisinl
and progressive as Denver ther,
should be no difficulty in securing
men for the detective service who's
qualifications are somewhat abov,
that Of
HUMAN BUTCHERS,
thumpers and assasSius. We can
, not hut again reiteratc that it is no
! remarkable that so many murder
have escaped detection and captur,
1 by tine detective department Of tn
= city 81 Denver If the method whicl
: We have just reCited Is the one il
vogue, as it seems to be, for ferret
Ing out crime and detecting crimi
mails. Two Of the prisoners referre'
to above were placed under arres
and held in the city jail and pa
through this course Of treatment
simply because they had served on
e term in the peuitentiary in thi
@ State, and since that time, 20 far o
; this Jury has been able to ascertain
D. have tried 10 earn their living In a
{ honorable way. We apprehend
Is not the policy Of our laws 10 fOl
ever punish men 10 crimes 70
which they have once done PENANG
according to the laws Of the State. w
II have always believed and have bee
oi impressed with the idea that III
q theory Of the criminal laws, In col
filming men in the penitentiary, Va
\. TO reform them and start them ane'
Is in the world. II they are to be mad
the victims Of inefficient detective
N who cannot capture real and III
II serving criminals, but who thin
Z. they must capture some persons Al
beat some sort Of n statement fr0'
them in order tOcOnvince the publ
=. that they are in some degree pe
. forming public duties, and veril,
we believe that no reform can
D, hoped for under any Of the pen
ID statutes Of the state, and that q
prisoners would be better oil 10 ser,
y life sentences IN the confines Of q
n penitentiary, than 10 come in co
tact with officers Of the law WI
have 20 little regard for the author
= ty vested in them as the detect
force OF the city Of Denver at Z
r present tue seems 20 have.'-Dt
reT Aelrs.