The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-07

SENSATION.
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! that Donovan affair rest until nave
time to Investigate it.
Wenger-We shouldn't investigate
/ one case in advance and not the other
McKay-There's a good deal of feel
! ing here and [ don't intend that one
/ officer shall have an opportunity OF
wrecking his personal spite out on
another
Wenger-I would not permit that
either. [ take it that there is some
thing wrong here in relation to Dono-
van. If he is innocent some one will
come in for a big dose of censure.
McKay-No one has sworn to a COM
plant against the captain
Patrolnan Pack-I am ready to do
SO and charge him with resorting to
I house of prostitution for leWdness.
A wrangle ensued here and contin-
ued for some time, when Mckay again
said
My office cannot be used for any
such purpose as this and won't be, I'll
see to that. I am told that officers are
often found loaf1ng about houses of i'll
fame and the business should be stop
ped
Wenger-I say so, too. 1t is
mighty bad place for anyone to loaf.
Sergeant Ford-Give me some of the
names, will you, of such officers?
McKay-CWarmly) L don't propose
so keep still about it.
Ford-Well, wanted to know in or
der to protect myself.
Wenger-Well, judge if you don't is
sue that warrant, l will have to do so
myself.
Mckay (angrily)-Well. issue it, Mr..
clerk III investigate afterwards.
THE WARRANT.
Clerk James then did as directed.
and Officer Pack swore to the warrant,
which is as follows:
In the Justices court within and for
SAT- Lake county State of Utah, before
D. H. Wenger, city justice of the peace.
Salt Lake City VS.. John ]. Donovan On
this 9Th day of February, 1896 before
me. D. H. Wenger, civ tustfce of Tho
peace within and for Salt Lake CITY and
county, state of Utah. personally an
peared at said city NJ. E Pack, who, on
Deing duly sworn by me, complains on
oath ana says that John j. Donovan on
the 6th day of February, A D. 1896
Wlthln the corporate limits of Salt Lake
CITY, SaLT Lake county. state of Utah,
unlaWfully did resort to a house of III
fame for lewdness, contrary to the rrn-
VISIONS OF section 4S of chapter % of the
ordinances of said Salt Lake city. in s1lch
case made and provided.
NJ E. PACK.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, the
day and year first above written
C4.- -, D. H. WENGEE,
~; lily justice of the peace of Salt Lake
1l11' III SAID county and state.
THE ARREST MADE.
The warrant was placed into the
hands of Detective Sheets. who served
1t on the captain about o'clock in
the afternoon. Mr. Donovan gave bail
IN the sum of $500 with John Burt and
Z. K. Burt as sureties.
THE CAPTAIN RELIEVED.
When the captain reported for duty
at 10 o'clock last evening he was
handed the following by Desk Ser
geant Livingston:
Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. 6.
j. j. Donovan. Captain of Police:
You are hereby relieved from active
duty in this department and will cease
to take any active part in the operat
Ing Of the department until further
orders. ARTHUR PRATT
Chief of Police.
DONOVAN READY FOR TRIAL.
Captain Donovan was seen shortly
after his arrest, but had very little to
say. He is ready and anxious, he saws,
for his trial to take place. He claims
he was at the house Of prostitution in
and that the position in which he finds
himself is the result of a constant con-
Spiracy OF which he has been the vic
tim for many months He saws he
can establish his innocence beyond the
possibility of a doubt
SOME ESCAPED.
1t is claimed that in spite of the
precautions taken by the police. sew
eral prominent men who were in the
houses at the time the raid was made,
succeeded in escaping arrest. Their
identity, of course, could not be
learned. AT the station, nearly every
man arrested gave a fictitious name
and it took the officers some time to
identify them. AS it was, a few are
still shielded behind the usual John
Doe" and there is some doubt as to the
correct names in one or two cases So
far as can be positively ascertained,
the list given is correct. except that
there will be a few additions
Sensational rumors We're afoat early
in the day to the effect that some Of
fcials were among "the victims" but
long and careful investigation proves
that this was entirely unfounded.
CAUSED MUCH FEELING.
The raid caused much feeling; that
of course, was expected. Donovan's
friends were asserting last night that
it was a conspiracy to trap him and
get him out Of the department, etc.
and this is just as stoutly denied.
Members of the arresting party claim
that they knew nothing of his pres
ence at the Evans place.
THE AUTHORITIES CONFLICT
An interesting feature of the sensa-
tional proceedings is the conflicting
statements made by the authorities as
to who authorized or ordered the raid
There can be but little doubt that the
wholesale attack was prompted by the
forceful recommendations in the
mayors message, relating to the con-
troll and regulation of prostitution
gambling and Sunday LIQUOR selling.
Mayor Glendinning yesterday, how
ever, denied that he had given orders
to make the raid He was seen at his |
Office in the afternoon and queried by
the reporter:
What do you know about this
raid?"
4 don't know anything" was the
prompt reply.
Did you order it?'
mo sir. I did not
who did?'
81 presume the police were simply
enforcing the ordinances of the city,
GOOD
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