Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-05
I, Ex.chief Justice Of Oregon, Ex'
T. s. Senator, and Ex' Attorney
General of United States
NOW MAYOR OF PORTLAND, OR.
rh,roe il That Of Malfeasanec IN
Office, Refusing to Enforce
Gambling Ordinances

Portland Or. Jan a.--Georse H. WI
uoms ex.ohief justice of oregon terri
.. Nv limited states senator from the
,,,,o NJ oregon, Encouragement IN
resident Grants second cabinet ana
,,s orst choice Of the president Tor 'ne
.sI,s ustlceship Of the United states
.,oyor ~ Portland, and man with 'ne
.now OF SO winters upon his mead was
,ndlcted by the county grand jury OF
,rultnomah county today on the ena's'
NJ malfeasance in office
rho Indictment states that on July IS;
1904. Judge Williams was illanU,t GA
Iol t,,, r6f,sed TO enforce the statutes
pa1,1y +i,,o gambling. This law was
..ssad az the last session of the leSls-
is,nra and was signed by the governor
nr Ian e9 1908. II gives the mayor
vo,rer to close disorderly houses Wlthll,
to,,. miles OF the city and It ~ alleged
,h9t he failed to avail himself OF tlia'
power .,,.i.s 90 po,ioa
tt,rt is almost Identical with that re-
n,rned against Mayor Willlams' ~ hs-
sarts maj on oct. 2S. 1904, a gambling
rape was being conducted NO inc IoIt
SnI cluh and that the chief had knoWl-
ndgc ~ thn fact. Peter Grant ang - "a
b9n solomon were the proprletors or
no Climb. and although the chief knew
hat they were violating the law ne
,nade no effort 10 arrest them thus dis
rocardIng the obligation imposed upon
MIN bv the municipal charter, SOLO
mon has recently been convicted or con-
ductlng gambling place ana case Is
pending against Grant
Nearly 30 witnesses including mem
hers OF the municipal council the Ju-
dietary. the police department, attor-
ncys and alleged victims Of the gam
hlers.
Indictments we're also returned
against w. G. Elliott recently deposed
as city engineer. against his inspectors
!. NJ Caywood and Henry chandler
and against Il. W. and r. NJ Riner
contractors.
wood. Chandler and the Riners is the
result of the investigation of the Lam
uer creek sewer frauds. The Indictment
cites the ordinance providing for the
repairing OF the sewer and states that
BY the executive board.
The work was not done IN accordance
with the contract, but Caywood certl1
fed that It had been properly done,
that he had checked and recorded the
branches, manholes and catch basins,
and that they We're correct In number
and positlon The report was approved
by Elliott AS city engineer and the work
was accepted by the executive board
The Indictment charges Elliott, his two
inspectors and the contractors with
having attempted to obtain money from
the city by false pretenses: that is BY
attempting to obtain payment for work
that had not been properly performed
When, the indictment alleges. they
knew that the contract had not been
compiled with
Other indictments returned by the
grand jury were as follows:
j. n Freshman and NJ c. Nease,
managers OF the Warwick club for
maintaining a nuisance. II Is alleged
that on Dec. 90 1904, Freshman ana
Nease sold pools on horse races to the
injury Of public morals, end they habit
ually procured idle and evll-disposed
persons to frequent their place Of bust
moss and TO buy the pools.
''N "'Noi luulCtlnelltN were returned,
WILLIAMS STATEMENT.
Portland Jan, Mayor williams
gave ont the following statement con-
corning the indictment against him for
alleged malfeasanoe I'm office IN permit
ting gambling In Portland;
The indictment charges me with no
criminal offense, II simply accuses
me OF not having instructed the chief OF
nuIlre TO do what was plainly his duty
| nave no expectation that the indlct-
lhenl VIII ever be prosecuted or that
Y WNl be entertained for moment
by the courts In the case II II IL press
ra' My duties IN regard to the sup
pirsslon Of gambling were clearly set
10Y by the supreme court of this state
HsJ WINTER when IL was undertaken
I" rompel me 10 close the gambling re-
dDuus,
I'm that decision the court held that
me closing OF gambling was plainly
q duty Of the chief Of police TO be
oone without instructions from me.
me indictment Is the outgrowth OF
Nple work ON the part Of a Cotere OF
men IN this city who have undertaken
10 dominate me and run the city gov
eminent according to their views. Az
yer having failed In every other man
l'r mat they could devise, they have
determined TO punish me with an in