The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-08
STORM OF PROTESTS
Charges Against Five of Sheriff
MAYORS AppOinteeS.
WILL BE INVESTIGATED
APPOINTMENTS OF OTHER DEP
UTIES CONFIRMED.

One of the first acts of Sheriff G. II.
Naylor yesterday after succeeding
Sheriff HOweIIs was TO submit to the
incoming board of county commission
ers a list of appointments of the depu-
ties and assistants whom he desires to
serve him for the ensuing two years.
The appointments were submitted TO
the commissioners at their first session
in the afternoon. but instead Of con
firming them in the prompt manner at
tending the appointments of the other
new county officers. the commissioners
singled out the names of five of the
sheriff's appOintees and confirmed the
other eight.
AS soon as Clerk James had read the
sheriff's communication. Chairman An
derson remarked that objection had
been made to the confirmation of JO-
seph II. Raleigh and Thomas Busby,
criminal deputies, Thomas Mathews,
night jailer. and John Arnup and John
Shea bailiffs.
For the information Of the press,
! Chairman Anderson stated that a writ
/ ten protest had been filed against the
confirmation of the appointment OF
BuSby by man whose name he did not
recall, charging that Busby is a drink
/ er of intOXicantS to a degree. sufficient
Z in the compliments opinion. to unfit
/ him for the performance of his duties.
/ The chairman mad left the complaint
/ at home in his other pocket. and he
: could not recall the name of the com
/ plainant.
Charges Against Raleigh.
| With reference to the charges against
/ Raleigh they are preferred by David
| L Levy, who alleges that Sheriff Nay
] lor's appOintee is unfit to iii the office
/ Of deputy sheriff for the stated reason
/ that he violated his cath of Office when
: he was day jailer d. the county Jail in
/ 1897 under Sheriff Lewis The particU-
/ lar act complained about is that when
/ Levey was detailed to bring Joe Stay.
[ an insane man, to the court house from
/ the jail. Raleigh permitted the maniac
/ to be put into a hack alongside Of LeVey
/ without handouts of mits on, and in
50 doing maliciOusly designed to have
/ the life of Levey taken by the insane
/ prisoner Stay grasped Levey and
/ finally got hold of his revolver. Before
/ I.evey recovered possession Of the gun
stay fired out Of the hack, the bullet
going through the window of Ripe S
! store on Second South street, opposite
the Commercial National bank In ms
communication Levey asked 10 be given
I an opportunity to appear before the
/ board TO testify.
In the cases of Mathews. Arnup and
Shea it was stated that oral objection
/ had. been made TO their confirmation
On the several grounds that Mathews
had evaded the payment Of his debts
by taking advantage of the bankrupt
/ cy act, that ArnUp's brother had stoned
q Chinaman to death a few years ago
and that Shea was likewise untitled To
serve on the sheriff's staff because he
had until recently been engaged in the
saloon business.
tt was admitted by the commission
made or inspired by disappointed appli-
Cants for places under Sheriff NayloU
but il was deemed prudent to make al
investigation of the allegations. partIc-
UiarIy as To Raleigh and Shea. in whose
cases the protests were signed
Investigation This Morning.
( Commissioner Horne moved to con
firm all Of the sheriff's appointments
EXCEPT Raleigh. which should be huns
I'D for investigation. COMMISSIONS
Harker wanted all five of the name.
objected TO put aside pending inquiry
and to this the Democratic membe
! assented- In the motion that wa
/ adopted it was agreed that the inFeSti
cation would take place at this morn
ing's session
The appointmeuts of Sheriff Naylo
which had not been objected to Wer
F then confirmed DIS follows; ). l. y!
dredge. chief deputy clerk J. - 'um
mock and J. T.. NayloT. civil deputies
Thomas Z. Thomas day Jailer- A L
Cummings and Walter Sloan. batliffs
r. L. Palmer, deputy at Bingham am
Kate Prockbank StenOgTapheT-
To The Herald Mr.. Raleigh said las
evening that he had no fear of any
thing MI Levey might charge agains
+ him. He added that he had the sup
port OF ex-Sheriff Lewis, his forme
Ha aEnarfn1 nOrn1nU but
vindication from Levey's allegations.