The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-08
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members Of the board were OF the
opinion that it was impracticable. Mr..
Glendinning, without making any sug-
gestion as to how it ought to be done,
simply pointed to the ordinance and
answered that the enforcement rested
with them. In answer to some ques-
tons the city attorney also simply
pointed to the city ordinances that
when arrests were made in violation
of the law, the city attorney would
prosecute with all the zeal possible.
They said that if it was possible to
get the necessary evidence through
the police force that in order to do so
it would be necessary to have fund
! for spoilers. I said if they wanted to
do it that way the city attorney would
DECLINE TO PROSECUTE
any cases brought in here in that way.
Other questions were put to the city
attorney, and among others they de-
sired to get my opinion as to how they
ought to proceed in such cases, said
I thought they should not
HERD THESE WOMEN IN
here like sheep, nor ought they to ar
rest them in the night time, and when
they did make arrests to only bring IN
the ring leaders, and also suggested
that there was a way that they
could proceed against those people who
owned, leased or rented property; ana
that they were the class that proceed
fngs should be instigated against.
THERE WE'RE NO ORDERS
by the city attorney. simply said and
say now, that IL these cases are
! brought up, I want them brought up
/ in a legitimate way. l will give the
cases the best attention 1 can but viii
only prosecute in a legitimate way.
do not think that this class of cases
have been dealt with as they ought to
/ have been. l do not think that II
makes a very nice showing for the po-
/ lice department to make the showing
they did yesterday-at least that IS
my Judgment. There are seven cases
against keepers of houses and in this
connection 1 will say that 1 made a
further statement to the commission,
that if they We're going to deal with
these cases in earnest from now on,
that they ought to give them notice to
get ready before hand. They bring
these women here not for the purpose
of putting a stop to it, but for the
PURPOSE OF GETTING REVENUE.
l shall not lend my office for any
such efforts. l want the court to know
the position I take. I have sense of
argument they set up was
THOROUGHLY INDEFENSIBLE;
that they should leave it to the chief
of police to say who will be arrested
and who will be thrown into a dungeon
or to say he viii put these women on
Franklin avenue or in a stockade These
women have as much right to live in
any part of the city as other people
l,C I,o1 IL,
avenue, you compelled them to go
there, and then you compelled them to
leave. Now why did you do that? The
police have no right to compel them
to go anywhere. Their duty is to en-
force the law and let the consequences
take care of themselves. l suppose the
board will enforce these laws in future,
as they should. In all honesty, they
should treat this offense as they treat
any other offense. I ask the court to
deal with these cases, as far as the
keepers are concerned, as if all this
stir had not occurred, and to fine them
so, $40 or $50, or whatever it should
be Hereafter, if they are brought up,
| will ask the court to impose such a
fine as to speedily convince them that
their business is not profitable here,
and like anyone engaged in business
when they find there is no profits they
will speedily GO elsewhere They are
here to make money.
JUDGE WENGER'S POSITION.
Judge Wenger-I desire to say in con-
nection with this, that so far as | am
Individually concerned, I am going TO
try to conduct the position I hold in a
way [ believe to be just to all. and I
hope that whatever is done by any of
the officers in this court that it will
ba done n all fo ir.uncc
very disagreeable to be compelled to
fine some one in one case and to re-
lease some one else for the same of
Tense. l do not think any ill-feeling
should exist, and as far as it is in my
power l will insure that personally If
anything is to be said to the court l
want it said frankly. [ am not cen
surfing any one, and hope from now
on we will have no more back-biting.
DID THE BOARD ACT?
Judge Mckay do not think the
board took any action in respect to this
matter as a board. l know MI Noble
was not present at that meeting, and
Mr.. Empey came into court yesterday
and said that was the first he had
heard about it. 1t was not done under
any instructions from the mayor
nothing was said about it, except what
l have stated.
KEEPERS PLEAD GUILTY.
After this outpouring of oratory the
regular business was proceeded with.
The clerk read the names of the keep
ers, and as each name was read de-
PENDANTS were required to stand up. All
plead guilty and the court fixed the
fine at $40 each, which was promptly
produced. The inmates We're next, and
in squads of ten they were mulcted $40,
which the greater number Of them
paid.
AN INCIDENT.
An incident happened at this juno
ture that might be wen TO mention to
show the total depravity of some of
these unfortunate sisters OF sin. Sally
Walters, little white woman, and the
inmate of q house kept by a colored
woman, had been fined $40 and was
unable to iquidate. She had child
to support, she said, and could not go
to jail. The condition was explained
to the judge, and he seemed puzzled.
Mrs. Paddock Of the Woman's Home
association came forward and volun-
teered to find the woman some honest
work, and she would not have to go
back to a life of shame
Judge Wenger addressing the wo-
man)-Do you want to go with these
ladies'?
The Defendant-No, sir; / can't sup
port nay child with the wages paid
girls for honest work in this city.
Judge Wenger-How old is your
child?
Ten months"
Are you married."
No. sir; never have been. and never
want to be-
so you do not want to accompany
these lddies?"
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