Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-23

TO the front Of the Independence room
Ing house | commanded them TO stop,
They did so and commenced to curse
me to beat time, / told them that they
had 10 stop and grabbed them hard.
one Of them jerked or attempted to
jerk away and l pointed my gun AMI
said
HAD THE DROP,
Boys, | have got the drop on you;
you come along with me"
by this time | was able TO look
them sguarely In the face and to one
Of them I said When did you get rid
OF that moustache? You had one.
didn't YOU? He replied that he had
until about two weeks ago and wanted
TO know what knew about his NOUS
tache Hemple had told me about
them and the only thing In which they
did not resemble the men wanted was
In the facy that one Of them was
minus moustache and ! said oh.
know about YOU fellows, | have got
your description
Continuing Anderson says one OF the
men objected decidedly TO being taken
to the station and swore blue streak
and started In TO strike at me- and |
said quickly Land that blow and you
are dead man. His partner said Gle
means business and We had better co.
this isn't so d-n funny after all.
NET HARRISON.
up the street We started and on the
way to the hall we were overtaken by
Henry Harrison. The fellows VIII, stay
out all night know Henry Harrison
and he knows them. He halted Us and
when he saw who these two prominent
citizens We're he howled louder than
he ever did before and that means It
was pretty loud. He wanted his friends
to get out Of the hands OF
The big green Swede who had
dared TO arrest couple OF
prominent citizens He followed
me into the office and continued TO hurl
oaths az me until | said, "se here, old
man, this has got TO stop, and stop
right now. or ! will throw you into
jail for interfering with an officer.
have arrested these men on suspicion.
il they are prominent citizens and
guiltless they can go after an examina-
tion. But for the present they must
remain here. But Harrison broke out
again and | went up TO him and said.
For the last time | want to tell you TO
keep quiet The green Swede that you
are abusing has had enough Of II. Now
you stop or down you go
LIBERTY AND APOLOGIES.
"rhe desk sergeant knew what |
meant and went over to Harrison and
told him that ! meant what | said
Then he stopped until my sergeant tthc
words were spoken with a sarcasm that
would have done credit 10 a past mas
ter Of irony came In and apologized
about his green subordinate lie mad
plenty OF kind words for the prominent
citizen gamblers who looked so much
Ike the men he wanted me TO arrest.
hut nothing but humiliation for the Of
fcer who tried his best to do his duty.
Why, this first sergeant OF mine. not
content In turning the fellows loose who
boosted that they had acted suspicious
ly for the purpose OF catching the
green con, skurried up the street for
half block to reassure them that he
was sorry, so veryyery sorry over what
had been done by me. OF course that
had to be done because, forsooth they
were prominent citizens gentlemen
and gamblers.
VERY SARCASTIC.
why" said Mr.. Anderson, this
gracious and considerate first sergeant
Of mine wouldn't even tell me who
these prominent gamblers were. "A
the arresting officer | had the right TO
know, but 1t appears that that choice
bit Of information was Tor MIR Hemple
and him alone. Why not2 one was an
Immaculate first sergeant, whose con-
duct has been such that not word
can be- said against him. and the others.
well. they were prominent citizens
while ! was a green Swede' who c-ch't
know any better than try and 90 his
duty.
SQUARE PLAYGROUND HOLE"
when the Investigation was held tho
green Swede the fresh cop, got II.
Chief Paul told him that he was a
good officer. an honest man. but that
he was sorry for him. that he saw too
much. that officers should not always
see. Then the cop who was on the
carpet had something to say too. He
said Chief: You are a good officer, an
honest man. but you are square
plug IN a round hole; so Is Hemple.
You needn't be sorry for me. Here Is
my resignation. The trouble with me IL
that have not learned what Is want
ed. / know that ! should learn to walk
the streets like bat and see not; like
a man deaf and hear not. not to ar
rest criminals as class but certain
criminals Well that Is something the
big swede won't do. The gamblers
NAY run this city government, bus
hey can't run me. Good day"