The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-01
THROWN INTO
JAIL DUNGEON
Young Men Victims of Outrage by
Chief Paul.
ARE ARRESTED ON SUSPICION
HIDDEN IN DARK HOLE" AND
sWEATED SEVERAL DAYS.
ARE ARRESTED ON SUSPICION

OF criminals which has been ter
rorizing the city for some time.
and realizing that he must show some
reason why ne should be kept in Of
fee. Chief OF Police Paul has started
10 write a new page In the annals Of
crimiaology entitled, IF You Can't
Find the Criminal, Make One"
To find the subject matter for this
page. Chief Paul is using the methods
or the Spanish inquisition, according
10 Attorney W. +. Wanless. who rep
resents Frank Cline and Joseph Nc
CURE. arrested early on the morning
Of Sept %. and held incommunicadO
until the afternoon Of Sept. %. a period
OF seven days.
Cline and Mcclure were arrested on
a charge Of holding up W. z. Crockett
and robbing him of 81 and a silver
watch. When brought to the police
station, the sleuthhounds of the law
at once exclaimed that the twain were
two desperate eastern crooks" We'll
known TO them.
The young men told an entirely diff
ferent story about themselves. Frank
Cline said that he had been a student
of All HalloWs college for three years
and that he had been full-back on the
football team. He said that he had
been working in Idaho and that he was
on his way 10 enter the University OF
Utah when arrested.
Joseph Mcclure said that ne was a
drug clerk and that he had been en-
ployed by L, NJ May. druggist across
the street from the city jail. Both
men, says Attorney Wanless, asked
that their friends be sent for. but this
was refused, and the chief laughed
their story 10 scOrn. and did not even
take the trouble TO investigate IT,
Men Were Sweated.
On the day of their arrest both mep
were 'sweated" and both denied know
Ing anything about the case or Crock,
EFT. They were then brought beqA
Crockett. who identified them as being
the men who held him up on a dark
night Mcclure was then placed In the
dark hole OF the Jail, according to At
torney Wanless. and was constantly
sweated by different officers with a
view to securing a. confession from
him
In vain the two men asked 10 see
the chief OF police or the prosecuting
attorney. Their requests were refused
as fast as made. II is said, and they
were not allowed TO send any word
out OF the walls of the jail.
Finally. on Sept. %. seven days after
their confinement. word was carried by
a released prisoner 10 Attorney Wan
less that the two were in custody. The
attorney said that he could scarcely
believe IL when he heard Cline was in
jail because he had known him well as
a football player He went 10 the
Jail and heard the young mems story.
Then he saw Chief Paul. who happened
10 be at the police station. He asked
him about the story and the chief adj
mitted that ne had held the men with
put giving them a speedy trial as the
law requires, for over seven days
Thrown Into a Dungeon.
He admitted that Mcclure had been
kept in the dungeon and "sweated, -
but said that the place was little worse
than the city jail proper. He also adj
mitted that the men had not been al
lowed TO see their friends and that they
were held simply on suspicion.
Attorney Wanless says he gave no
reason for this violation OF the law,
which says that each person arrested
is entitled to a speedy hearing. The
his men thought they were eastern
crooks" The stories told by the two
young men, as to who they were, had
not been investigated. he said. because
he did not believe that they would
stand the light of investigation. Then
ne disappeared into his Office.
Attorney Wanless FASTENED to Coun-
~ Attorney Christensen and asked him
a he knew anything about the case
The county attorney replied that he
had seen no complaint and knew moth
ing about the matter. Yesterday At
torney Wanless was shown a complaint
He claims that 1t did not exist before
yesterday. and that after talking with
him, Chief Paul lost no time in having
one made out for possible inspection.
viii Act Today.
The attorney for the young men Their
returned to the JAN for the purpose OF
consulting with his clients and making
application FOR a writ Of habeas cor
pus. On arriving there, he was told by
Police Captain Burbidge, the chief not
being there. that as far as it lay in
his power he would endeavOr to have
the young men arraigned today. At
tOrney Wanless will delay action In the
habeas corpus proceedings until he see:
whether the men Will De dItdlSucu To
day. II they are not. the proceeding:
viii be begun at once.
Joseph Mcguire, one OF the victims
of Chief Pauls methods. is a son OF
Joseph Mcclure. a druggist Of Idaho
Falls, Ida, and he has a brother in tbs
drug business at Nephi. Utah. He ha:
been in the city for about six months
during which time he worked for L. Nj
May. the druggist. who called 10 SEE
him on learning OF his Imprisonment
Mr.. May says that the young man had
a clean record while Ia his employ, anC
that as far as he knew he had always
borne a good reputation
Frank Cline, as a member OF the foot
ball team of All HallOws and the holder
Of the century record for the school, i:
well known 10 nearly every athlete II
the state, and has many friends whC
have known him for years as an up
right. honorable young man. Mcclure
too. has friends, and il is probable tina
suit against the city for false i'm
prisonment viii arise from the case.
At the police station il Is evidently
realized that a blunder has been made
and the officials there refuse 10 discus:
the case.