The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-04

| Mr.. Fernstrom here read a portion
| of Chief Sheets 8 communication, and
was met with cries OF "Read the rest -
Continuing, Mr.. Fernstrom said If Mr..
| Sheets had been injured by the news-
| papers he had the courts to go to and
| get relief. The newspapers said ''Let
him take us before the courts aud we
| Will show him, but they are not Going
| TO give their hands away before this
| Council.
| Mr.. Wells also thought that Chief
| Sheets should apply to the courts for
| redress. He could demand their pres
| euce there.
Black Also Talks Plain.
| Mr.. Black took the floor at this
| point aud said ne thought Mr.. FeTrvis
! motion was pertinent to the case They
! had not made any demand upon the
newspapers, according TO the record,
and Mr.. Ferry's s motion embraced that
| request, and Mr.. Sheets was entitled To
| have that request made and so were
| the newspapers, and then they had the
| opportunity OF proving whether or not
they were men enough TO substantiate
their charges. The Council was entitled
TO that, and it would go forth 10 the
people of Salt Lake City that the news,
| papers had refused TO come, and any
man who made charge against any
citizen or any department or any peo.
pie and refused to make an effort to
substantiate the charge, himself stood
condemned before the people. This
statement was received with loud
! cheers. If they were afraid TO come in
with their evidence he wanted TO say
TO the people of Salt Lake city that
George a. Sheets was not afraid TO
come 10 the Council and state his side
of the case when the time came, and
if there was any paper that would,
Il al 4 4
George 4. Sheets would present him
self before the Council for any interro-
gstories that the Council Of the people
| liked 10 put TO him.
Mr.. Ferry then announced that Chief
Sheets was willing TO have questions
| asked of him
Ferustrom Ought TO Know.
Mr., Holiday wanted TO have Chief
Sheets tell them what be knew about
the case. They had been informed by
Fernstrom that the newspapers would
not come, and he (Ferustrom) kney as
much about the Herald and the Repub.
hcan as the managing editors did them
selves, and he ought TO know what they
can do.
Mr.. Wells thought that the Deseret
News had not been mentioned
Mr., Black said that he had been read
ing the Deseret News.
Mr., Mulvey thought that Wells was
right; that there was nothing against
Sheets there, and the proper thing for
him TO do was TO 20 to the courts
Mr. Preece did not think they were
investigating the pewspapers. He had
some questions he would like TO ask
the Chief Of Police. He would like TO
hear about the held up, and thought
the investigation should 20 on.
Mr.. Crabtree, as chairman OF the Po-
lice committee, said the Chief and all Of
the officers were perfectly willing to
thought the best way to handle the mat
ter was 20 have the parties interested
answer any questions that the Council
desired 10 ask in regard to the matter.
Mr.. Eerry's motion was then adopted,
the day being changed from Thursday
TO Friday, ON account of the meeting
| Of the Democratic convention today.
Sergeant Hempel Heard.
Sergeant Hempel took the stand,
! but before he commenced his state.
ments, objection was taken to Mr..
| Pendergast as steuographer, be having
| visited the city Jail with one of the
Nc Whirters. Some time last month, -
said Sergeant Hempel "about /
Scotchman came into the police sta.
ton and made few remarks to Ser.
2eant Smith. Smith turned to me and
said be wanted TO speak to me and l
| stepped up TO the desk and the Scotch
! man told me that he and his brother
| had Just come from Scotland and he
had Just lost $4,000 in a game of poker
! He had been decoyed into q room, he
| said, II did not know the name Of
| the street. 1t was about three or four
| blocks away. l asked him if he could
| take me TO the place, and he said
! Yes. asked how it happened and
! he told me that some party picked
| him and his brother up on the street
and that they were going to have an
automobile ride, but they didu IT, He
| said they went west on Second South
and finally landed in little room in
| the Antler roomlng house, next 10 the
! Board Of Trade building. When they
| got IN there, there were two men sit
! ting, talking, and they showed them
some maps aud some specimens Then
the parties said if they had no objec-
tions, we will finish our game. We
! were just playing a little friendly
game. They started to play cards and
one of the men who had taken the
! Scotchmeu there said: If YOU have
no objections, l will join you, aud
! finally he induced one of the Scotch
men to play cards, and he did play and
lost $1,000. Then he said TO his brother,
Go and get policeman. The little
Scotchman started TO 90 out, but the
fellow who brought them up there
| said, i will get one, and he went out.
| He was gone but few minutes aud
came back with two men who claimed
TO be policemen, and they arrested all
Of them and searched them, and one
! OF them took $4,000 away from my
brother and be said, "Thcy are sup
posed to be on their way Up here
| now.
$50 one came UP to the station and
the other was on the way up and [
took him into the Chiefs Office and
told the Chief, and ] said, Il suppose
| had better 90 out and see if / can
find them, and he said 'Yes. / asked
How long are you going to stay here?
and the Scotchmau said; 'Our tickets
run ont today. | said I'VE may not be
able TO catch those fellows. They may
get away and we may have to tele.
graph east and west, and 1T might be
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