The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-17


Mayor III epson and Deputy Mayor
Eichnor w. interested listeners. The
report Of the committee ~Jmmending
a censure of Chief Hilton ~nt through
without amendment, though numerous
efforts to alter it were made.
Councilman c. r. Howe wanted the
censure to extend to Detective Sheet9
and DR.. King. He made a speech liz
support of MS contention. But he did
not get much aid in his efforts. for
when a vote was taken only two more
were in favor of his proposition, Can
ming and Reid.
Whittemore Was Radical.
Whittemore was more radical still.
He wanted the scalp Of the chief Of pO-
lice. He wouldn't be content without it.
He declared that the chief should be-
asked TO resign, and that if Sheets and
Dr. King were responsible they should
be asked to resign also. On this the
Dry he and @. r. Howe went so far
that they refused to vote for a censure.
They voted mo" when the question
/ came up on roll call.
The report of the committee is quite
lengthy, for it reviews the case at
( length. However, the most striking
part of it is Chief HiltOns letter OF
apology which accompanies it. Some
members of the council characterized
it as most abject" apology Others
had an idea that it was manly. In it
+ the chief assumed the whole RESPONSE
bility for the examination of the three
4 little girls, he admits that he was
/ wrong and he promises never to do it
/ again.
/ When Recorder Naylor had finished
! reading the report Hartenstein moved
that the words police department be
4 stricken out, and chief of police left in,
/ thus throwing the whole censure upon
the chief alone. His amendment was
: agreed to without a vote Then COun-
+ Gilman 9. r. Howe arose to his feet.
Il want to add to this report the
names of two other officials who should
be censured, said he. 4 say that De-
/ tective Sheets and DR.. King, who made
f this examination, are almost as re-
/ SpOnsible as the chief of police" His
motion was seconded by Canning.
/ Cpttrell, chairman Of the police and
+ prison committee, wanted the report
/ to stand as read. But Canning insisted
that the chief would not have acted on
his own responsibility. Reid, too,
wanted to include DR. King and Detec-
/ tive Sheets in the censure.
DR.. Beatty Speaks.
/ DIT Beatty maintained that Dr.
King was not to blame in
any way; that he did what
+ he considered his duty, and that a city
/ ordinance required him to attend all the
+ calls to the city jail made by the chief
/ OF police. Hartenstein declared that
/ DR. King and Detective Sheets were
not TO blame.
But / maintain that inasmuch as
/ the chief of police has assumed all the
responsibility he should be censured, -
/ said the councilman from the Fourth.
The police department ought to take
Z notice that it should leave things of
/ this kind alone and pay more atten-
/ ton to capturing fOOtpads 'stick-Ups'
and burglars"
! Hewlett was against the amendment,
] too. Edgar ROWe made a hot speech.
he thought that the committee was
4 trying to shield some official, and he
! called on the members of it TO bring
/ out the names Of everybody who should
! be blamed. There was the stiffness as
/ of death like unto that which prevails
/ at mOrgue when Chairman Cottrell
! got up to reply. He declared with
! some feeling that the committee was
! not trying to hold back anything, and
+ Howe accepted his statement.
( Probably the most eloquent speech
was made by WhittemOre of the Sec
Ond precinct He said that he could
I not accept the amendment of c. r.
/ Howe, nor could he accept the report.
Whittemore and Hilton.
IF Chief Hilton were to come in here
! tonight I would take his hand like a
/ brothers, and 1 would say to him, I
/ viii do all I can for you and your fam
/ lily, but don't ask me to support you in
! this matter. For, though | respect you.
! the public wants a far different ac-
/ ton. The public wants Chief Hilton
/ to resign. / want his resignation. DO
you think that Chief Devine of the
fire department would have. written
/ such letter Of apology as this one?''
+ There was further discussion between
1 Howe, COttrell and FernstrOm. Can
ming closed the debate with an impas-
: stoned demand for the resignation of
I Chief Hilton, DR.. King and Detective
Sheets. The vote against censuring De
! tective Sheets and DR.. King along viii,
/ Chief Hilton was as follows: Beatty
I COttrelL FernStrOm, Hartenstein, Hew-
/ lett, Edgar Howe, Robertson, Thomas
Tuddenham, Whitt5more and Buckle.
+ he vote for ceaSure was Canning, c.
/ r. Howe and Reid.
The vote on the adoption of the re-
port TO censure Chief Hilton alone was
as follows: Beatty, Canning, COttrell.
/ L "a Ai9IAOiii, I1at telLotell, G2SWletts EG-
! gar Howe, Reid, Robertson, Thomas.
/ Tuddenham, Buckle. with C. K. Howe
and Whittemore against adoption
The report of the committee and the
letter Of Chief Hilton were as follows:
Report of Committee.
The report follows;
Salt Lake City, Utah, May Is, 1900.
! To the Honorable President and CITY
/ Council Salt Lake City Utah
/ Gentlemen: Your committee on police
ana prison having had its attention calico
( 10 the charges publicly made, that three
: small girls, under the direction of tho
( police department, had been subjected Ia
. pnysica! examination by the city physl-