Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-18
POLICE NEWS.


The campaign against the women
who frequent the wine rooms OF saloons
atill continues, ana last night an0th'r
batch Of libcll upon womanhood vs.
Gatntrcd Ia BY this police. Thoao who
could scrapc up so. paid their me,
while the balance went TO jail, The
local organization OF the W. e, T. 4,
l. exceedingly wroth at the action q
the police In arrcatlng these female
harpies and allowing their cona0rla to
40 scot frye. with united voice the
sentiment a. expressed that the muni-
clpallty " salt Lake must not DO 1tlg.
matized as having two standards of
moral conduct--one for men and an
other for women. The ladies' propose 10
draw the attention OF the mayor and
city council to these incidents.
chief Hilton however, n Of the opln-
ion that the women who were arrested
on Thursday night are OF "a class which
IL a menace TO the community. In
speaking to a reporter. he said;
The class OF women who frequent
the wine rooms " the city are there
to entlce drunken men into their
clutches and rob them Of their money.
There are mighty few cases where the
circumstances are reversed. You will
ma that the women arrested the other
day aru notorious. They arc There for
the one purpose, and Il has got 10 be
stopped. The men are the victims, IN
these cases. nt least, I can assure you"
Among those H0llcd doves who weru
gathered In by the police last night
was encountered Sarah Johnson the
woman who was the cause OF Holden
O'Connor boing shot 10 death In Rem
mcrcr, Wyo.. recently She was booked
on charge OF vagraney.
There IA warrant out for John
stephens, a conductor on the OREGON
Short Line, on the charge Of assault
and battery. II was sworn 70 by
Enoch Littleford. a lad OF 10 years Of
axe. The boy stated 10 Justice Tim
mony that stephens was chasing MIN.
several days uEu. with the nvowed OBJ
ioct ~ administering corporal punish
mcnt. when he tStcphcas) fell headl1 ng
into a mud puddle. This annoyed tho
conductor who eventually ran across
Littlefnrd In the freight office Of the
oregon Short Line yesterday morning
and administered a severe spanking 20
his tormontor,
Three propriotors Of gambling houses
called at police headquarters this morn
lng and deposited their usual atty dol
lars each.
Frank Dooley In still giving the In
mates Of tho city Jail a lively time, He
has not touched mOrHel OF food for
the last forty hours and continues TO
vow vengeance against his fellow priB-
onora. lie has q real or supposed grew
auce against flOhn, Reeves and the
Chinaman In the jail, who have formed
a mutual protertiyo association against
the onslnughta OF the enemy. Last nlrht
before retiring TO their respective bug
walks. the prisoners disnrned Dooley 10
the extent ~ taking an improviAcd club
away from him. which had been manu-
featured out OF the iall poSar tied on
Go a piece Of a mop handle. Jaller KIM
ball 10 Of the opinion that the man 10
Insane,
james Kennedy, tie tourists. came
into the police station thlR forenoon
ana murmarod the refrain Let him
bring my clothes back home" He eaid
mat he slept at Provo In a box car iaat
hlght, when he awoke this morning his
companion had fiitted. so had hiB srrip.
eoa'alnlnE lila Sunday suit of broad.