The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-11
WILLIS BROWN IS
ON THE RACK
Juvenile Court Commission In
vestigating His Outrage
GUS Action.
HIS STATEMENT SENT
COMMISSION DISSECTED
If Innocent, Girl Was Unworthy
of Belief; if Unchaste Her
Word Good With Brown.

| true, was most plainly shown at the In
| yestigation which was conducted by the
| Juvenile Court commission In the ofhce
Of Mayor Thompson Thursday morning
Even the officers of Judge Browns court
! and those who might have been expected
| TO give testimony that would be favor
| able to him substanuated INC acco III . ;
gathered by Tribune representatives that
have appeared in The Tribune anu no
| doubt after the investigation was con.
| cluded Mr., Brown had reason TO Tesret ct
! that he had requested tho commissions W
make an investigation. ,,e
Furthermore, the testimony given d,l-
fers almost entirely with the written
F, statement OF the of1air that Juoee BROWN
| sent in TO the commission
Browns Statement Preposterous.
Judge Browns statement TO tho Juvenile
commission which covers three type
written pages, is preposterous from pc pc
ginning to end and that he Is playing tne
troublcsome waters In which he finds him
self, and trying to hide the main Issue IS
plainly evident
But he Did Issue Order.
Throughout the whole matter Judge
Brown maintains that his only OBJECT Was
to establish the girls innocence. n lL.,S'
however, is not the object that was con
viewed 10 the reporters in a conversation
the Judge had with the reporters shotty
he fore the case was conducteo, rs ne
with whom the girl had been staying, was
the person they were after and thet was as
the very distinct impression gained by
those who were In the courtroom uuIihs
the conducting OF the case
What Brown Told The Tribune.
Nor does Judge Browns statement con-
form 10 the statement made to the man
aging editor and the city editor OF Inc
Tribune on the evening after the out
rageous proceedings were had oy hirn IN
N
Emily Knox. before a physician TO be eT-
amined for her chastity That he maze
this order Judge Brown admitteoi
The statement OF the Judge suomltted
to the commission is printed herewith anu
how very materially IL differs from ths
testimony heard by the commission Will
be readily seen.
Browns Statement.
May S. 1906 Juvenile Court Commits
sion, Salt Lake City.-Gcntlemen mas
much as certain erroneous reports nave
been made by certain daily papers OF TINS
city relative to case Of girl WhlGh oc-
Cured In the juvenile court oesiie 70 70
acouaint you with the real facts In the
"The first intimation we had OF this
case was when an officer OF the Ponce
| court brought the girl from the city jail
| to the probation officers room. accom-
panied by her mother. The statements
made by both the mother and the ofncer
prove that this girl, about whom the pa
pers had quite an article In the morning
edition, were TO the effect that this girl
ran away from home with man OF bad
| record, and was discovered nVlng WIN
| him in a roonlng-housc, and on com
| plaint of her mother the man was ar
rested and was, at the time, in the city
| jail. and that the girl had also been IN
| ian that night The officer had with him
| the complaint that had been made by the
mother before the County Attorney.
charging the man with statutory Of Of
fensc for the ruin of her daughter The
.ta roada Mrs Young. the pro-
bation officer, were so positive. and the
mothers story substantiatcd them, that
the complaint was made charging inc
girl with being a delinquent, the charge
being that she was lncorriSible and be-
yond the control of her parents.
Wanted to Hold Star Chamber.
The facts cited above were not known
TO me prior TO my examination of the
girl, which occurred after all the other
cases had bnen disposed of. recess or
dered and all persons not interested. or
witnesses in the cases, requested TO loaVc
the courtroom, as IL is not our custom 10
hear cases OF this KIND In open court
Three reporters remained In the room.
and owing to the fact that these report
ers and the papers they represent havo
been so kind and consldorate OF the chill
drsn that have come before me. even to
the suppression of names. and no lmag-
ming for one moment that this case
would develop in such an unprecedented
manner. 1 did not ask them to retire.
Ills oluCdl way
The probation and police officers made
the statements outlined above. The girl
was called TO the stand and l proceeded
In my usual way TO conduct tho case and
10 question tho girl relative to her con-
duct with this man with whom ehe was
staying. She became Immediately de-
flant, ignored the order OF the court. up
braided her mother and charged her with
cruelty and other 9frensss used unseen, .nse
LADY, and that the officers, relatives and.
In fact, every one was lying about her,
and that she would obey no orders from
the court, no commands from her moth
er, would go nowhere that she did not
want to go. would answer no questions
that she did not want to answer. and
would listen TO no one who talked to her,
Notwithstanding that she ran away from
home with this man and was staying
with him. she insisted with much vehe-
mence on her chastity and was forced.
having no other alternative. to inform
the girl that II she would not assist the
court in establishing her innocence In the
face OF all the damaging testimony. there
was but one way for the court to ascer-
! tain the real facts and that was TO have
| the court physician make an examination
| II her mother was agreeable.
Facts Differ From This.
"The mother being agreeable to THE
arrangement. the court was adjourned TO
| tunity 10 visit the physicians office. and
| they went out In charge OF the proba-
| tion officer. Clark. accompanied also by
the police officer, who volunteered TO &c
| with them, he had some prior knowl-
edge OF the girls defiance OF the law In
a similar episode at the city jail The
girl left my courtroom, giving no evil
| dence that she would offer any resist
| ance. and the only display of violence or
| her part, as noticed by me. was as she
| 1crked away saying, Don't you dare
| touch me-
"As to what transplred after she left
| the courtroom l know not until, on look.
| ing out of the window ! saw her stand.
Ing In an attitude of defiance. Being
opposed to any violence whatever, and
not wishing the officer to exercise It
| Immediately sent e clerk on the run out
| of the courtroom To tell them not tc
| humiliate this girl by taking her through
| the streets. and 10 order a carriage
| which WAS done. and the girl and hel
| mother were taken TO the Office of DR.