The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-03

III VIII be remembered tat at the
.aa- session OF the beard Of fire a9d
police commissioners held fer the Dur-
pose Of proceeding with The trial Of
Chief Pratt GA the charges fled against
him, eX-Captain John J. Donovan was
present us one of the witnesses
regularly subDoe>aed. However. ne
captain dsd not testify. because Com
missioner Ken:-on refuosd 10 ao. with
the ether commissioners On this pr
tiCular case and left the room. The law
gives the chief the right 20 demand a
tra1l by a full board and as the VIII
dra02l Of Mr.. Kenyon left cut three
1neS7bers and Chief Pratt refused to
proceed Without 4 run board. the trial
came TO standsun. What co,rse st
Nia take in the future remains to be
seen but no doubt II VIII be proceeded
With TO a termination in some way.
captain DonoFdl. however. had de-
cided TO 50 10 Hlonlike. ana on Tues
Guy completed all his arrangements. 1t
MAS necessary fer him 10 leave ,ars
night, IL ORDER To carry ou,. his plans
and hence the only way in Wbiol, he
could give his testimony was in the
FORM OF deposition and this was duly
Faken YESTERDAY before p. ". Tav!cr.
a notary public, and Conrnli@SiC-,,9r
DiHinny. Captain Donovan having
oeen subDDeUaed as a witness in the
case. he did not like tc leave before civ
ing his testimony hse. as 1t was Taxt
70 lmposE.ble FOR him to remain for an
sndahnlte pericd III did the next hast
thIng and made The dispositions Which
are As follows:
DONOYAN's DISPOSITIONS.
State OF Utah. County of SAT- Lakes.
J"nn j Donovan, Being duly sworn.
says. HhAt an about 10 leave the
state % Utah fer Alaska, and make
ailldaFft OF my OWn free VIII and ar
cord. and most solenIly swear t.lz.t
eaeh ana every Stacemont herein con-
tajned is a.1solutely true.
l WAS aDuojnted j member of the
police force OF Salt Lake Cf-y. April IL.
lSyo, as Datr0lman. AT which time
John NJ. 10ung was chief In Noyem-
ner. 1880. L WaE promotes to ighe office
OF sergeant Of police. and in April. 1897.
] was made captain. which position I
held ~ 70 the time OF my resignation
from the Department, While I was on
the force, Young. Janrney. Ca1tafu
Samuel Paul. uni Arthur Pratt were
each ot them chiefs OF police. That
during uhe time I was on said fcnae I
had no trouble with any chief except
Pratt ans none Njch him untn thA
Essle WatlcinS matter came up, here
scter referred 10. in 1884. early in me
year, received orders from chief rr9rf
10 llroN-e the women who kept and were
in houses Of in-fame, from Franklin
avenue TO Commercial street in said
cIty- ard 60 inform thsm that there
were plenty OF places in Commercial
street for them 10 rent. That at this
time, 1 knew that Chief Pratt Uas
owner IN whole or IN tart. of the build
Ing known as f.ihe Times building on
Commercial street. That during ig7e
time said women were TRYING to and
obtaining places to carry on their bust
ness in said Commercial stree:. say
Essie Watkins four or FIVE times about
the police department.. and On each of
these occasions she had Drivate inter
views with Chief Pratt in his private
office That at said times said Pl44f,s
Rnew the kind Of business said Essie
Watkins was engaged in That said
Eszie Watkins afterwards moved into
said Times building. where for a short
ZINE she carried on a house .0f fl-faEne
That Chief Pratt knew she was carry
ing on that business in said building.
After said ESsie watkins had been IN
said building and carrying on said
business about a month. one Spencer
Clawson, agent Tor The B Y Trust
company, BEGAN TO object 10 The keep
ers Of houses Of Nl-fame plying their
cahirg IN said Commercial street.
COMPLIMENTS TO CLAWSoN.
And the Deseret News assaiIed Pratt
Ger permitting his building TO be used
for such purposes. he being chief of
police. That said Clawson said so much,
and made so many threats Of what he
would do that finally Chief Pratt told
me that ClawSon was raising so much
disturbance that he would have to get
Essie Watkins out Of his building. and
also said that Clswson was to blame
for the attack on him by the News,
and that he (ClaWson) was a So -
- ----, and if he did not shut up his
noise he would run his old father in for
polygamy, and told me that he was 60
ing u San Francisco. and for while he
was gone To get Essfe Watkins out Of
his building in any way / could, and
IF I waneed any advice TO go to Joe
Game or Pat Lannan.
That IN speaking of said Times build
ing, said Pratt always spoke Of II as
his building. That as soon as said
Pratt had gone TO California l hegan
trying to get said Eissie Watkins out
If said building, and had several lDfer-
views with her at headquarters. She
.ola me on these several occasions thar
she had made the bargain ~ rent the
Zines buildinG with Chief Prntt eerso--