The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-08
MAYORS ANGER
RISES AGAIN
Another Effort to Place Execu-
tive in False Light.
CLOSING OF GAMBLING 0ENS
BE ORDERED CHIEF OF POLICE
TO WARN PROPERTY OWN ERs-

The glowing Goals of Mayor Tn omp-
sons anger were famed into anne
again last night when he cast his eye
upon another alleged interview v. IN
Chief Paul. in which 1t was said IN Al
the head OF the police department "a
firmed the truth of the alleged state
Jnents which he so vigorously demeo
in his tete-a-tete with the chief execu-
tive the night before. The interview
had the appearance of being an effort
TO smooth over the first one by saying
that the chief had upon his own au-
thority sent out the notices warning
property holders against renting tnelr
places for gambling purposes
In this interview the chief stated
that he had not been misquoted, but
that his statements had been mlScon-
strued. The mayor states that wheth-
er the chief was misquoted or MS
statements We're miscOnstrued, that
what the chief did was in accordance
with his orders. and statements 10 the
effect that orders of any kind had been
issued without the mayors authority
were ali rot.
Mayor Says It Is Stuff.
In the last alleged interview the chief
is quoted as having said that his trst
interview with an afternoon paper
was correct substantially, but that he
did not mean that he had closed gam
bling without the orders of the mayor
He also intimated that he had SEM
out the notices TO the property owners
without the authority of the mayor
The same paper editorially stated -thae
a notice mad been served upon the
mayor himself.
..That is all stuff" said the mayor,
as ne brought his fist down upon his
desk with thGd, and Chief Paul VIII
admit it if you ask him. l didn't re-
ceive any notice of the kind. and fur-
thermore, these notices were sent out
in accordance with my orders and the
chief didn't do it on his own response
bility. ! have been opposed to gam
bling ever since l closed it two years
ago, and I told Chief Paul so when he
went into Office.
"A month ago I called the chief to
my Office and told him that gambling
would have to stop and that he must
go to the preprietors of the houses
himself and tell them it must stop. l
told him not to entrust the matter to
any officer, but to attend to it per-
sonally. He reported to me that it was
almost impossible to get evidence to
convict anyone.
Ordered Houses Closed.
He wasn't making the progress in
closing up the places that 1 wanted to
see and last Tuesday 1 called him to
my Office and ordered him TO draft no
tees to the property owners, warning
gambling purposes. l saw that this
was the only way that gambling could
be ,effectua1ly stopped. l told the chief
to get out these notices and furnish
me with a copy of them.
Il further told him that if he found
any gambling places being run in
buildings owned by me to close them
up first. / told him that l did not rent
my places for such purposes, but that
if any of my renters had sub-let the
places to gamblers, to close them up
He sent out these orders and did it by
my direction. not upon his own au-
thority. If you ask him he will not
deny this"
Chief Paul. when seen and asked
about his alleged statement of yester-
day to the afternoon paper, said:
L haven't read it and 1 don't pro-
pose to. I don't know whether 1 was
quoted correctly or not. I gave al
the papers practically the same state
ments and if any of them have col
ored them up that is their fault.
don't want to get into any newspaper
controversy and / Will not say another
word about the affair."