The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-26
0MPR0MISE FAILED
Efforts of Politicians to Settle
the Mayors Quarantine
Case Prove Futile.

The hearing in the case of the state
VS.. Glasmann was concluded yesterday
and a decision is to be rendered at
10 o'clock Monday.
Politicians made strenuous efforts to
have the case dismissed by mutual
agreement, but failed. County AttOr-
ney HalversOn refused to consent I'M
less CondOn's counsel would admit that
no case had been made out. Later he
made the closing argument for the
prosecution.
Sanitary Inspector Powers, who made
the Thursday visit to the pest house
with the mayor, took the stand for the
defense, but conradicted Glasmann's
testimony on some material points.
The above in brief were the develop
ments Of the day in the case against
William Glasmann, charged with Yio-
lating the quarantine rules.
Political advisers of both Glasmann
and Condor had all but succeeded in
getting the case dismissed, but the ne
gotiatiOns carried on all day Friday
came to naught. The county attor-
ney, who had not up to this time taken
an active part in the case, declined to
allow its dismissal unless the counsel
associated in the case by request Of
DR.. Condor should state on their honor
as attorneys that a case had not been
made out. Nor would Justice Howell
dismiss the action without a motion
by the county attorney. The case.
therefore, came Unexpectedly to trial
and, both sides conSenting, new wit
nesses were put on after the court had
ruled that an amendment to the COM
plant, fixing more specifically the date
of the commission of the offense, was
not necessary.
DR.. Condor, recalled, gave some tes-
timony showing that the pest house
had been thoroughly disinfected after
the removal Of each patient, explaining
the method and saying the dishes used
by nurse and patient were not disin-
fected with carboIic acid, but by hot
water, before being taken back to the
Groomes. This latter was TO show
that these people were not habituated
to the smell to such an extent that
they would have failed to notice it on
Glasmann
Albert Powers, the new sanitary in
spectOr, called by the defense, testi-
fed that he and the mayor went to the
isolation hospital on Thursday, Jan. Is
The mayor first called at GrOOme'S and
spoke to Mrs. GrOome. Then, with
Nurse Hutton, they went into the pest
house, the patient having previously
gone in. Glasmann remained in the
hall. After they went out Glasmann
went back to Groome's and saw both
Mr.. and Mrs. GrOOme; went quite close
TO them, telling them the man did not
have smallpox and asking them TO care
for him.
They came back TO town and the
mayor got out of the buggy at Twenty
cfv -
ty-third, thence back TO the city hall
where he thoroughly disinfected him
self with formaldeheyde. He was pos
tive that Glasmann got out at Twen-
ty-hfth street and not at the Standard
Office on Twenty-fourth. as the mayor
testified to on Thursday.
Glasmann took the stand after
Powers and reiterated that he went di-
rectly TO Twenty-fourth street and the
Standard Office to disinfect himself.
Henderson moved to strike out this
testimony as being identical with the
defendants former statements and the
testimony went out.
This closed the testimony. Attorney
Henderson reviewed the evidence Tor
the. state. claiming that Glasmann had
been conTadicted on every material
point by more than one witness, that
he had violated the law deliberately
and should suffer the consequences.
Attorney Murphy, for the defendant,
INDUCED in much pleasantly, ridiculing
the theoretical testimony Of the physi-
clans and claiming the mayor was act
ing entirely within his constitutional
rights and performing his duties as
mayor.
County Attorney HalveTSon compared
the testimony of Mr.. and Mrs. GrOOme
and Sanitary Inspector Powers as con-
tradicting that of Glasmann point
blank.
He ridiculed the testimony CT Glas-
mann. wherein the latter said that he
measured the carbolic acid and water
by dropping 100 drops of water then
five drops Of acid. and so on, until
enough was secured to spray his cloth
ing; also laughing down the claim that
Glasmann had tested the preparation
by applying it to some pimples on his
head.
At the close. both DR.. Condor and
the county attorney denied personal
animuS.