The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-08
||ALLS GRAND JURY
| TO PROBE DENVER
Inv and County Officials There
II Are to Be Thoroughly
Investigated.
Evidence OF GROSS FRAUD
4 DECLARES JUDGE MULLINS
colusion to Protect VioIators of
the Election Laws Among
the Charges.

1ehn ]. Mullins, sitting In the Grim
ii division of the District court, to-
Ssv made an order calling a grand
~ 10 Investigate all city and county
aces land such other matters as may
- admitted TO the jury" Declaring
~ the sheriff and coroner to be inter-
.ssa In the investigation. the court
scented special elisors to draw the
Ijuy. -,,,o
m having been brought to the at
4 ,.,,ion of the court. through the pub
| " nress and from many honored and
ssnected citizens of this city and
l sornty that frauds OF the groBsest
Ssracter were perpetrated at tho re-
mi election held in this city and
,cnnty for the election OF officers and
t me- submission of certain franchises
d the votes of the people at said
. j.ctlon. the court has deemed It I'M
5sratlve to call grand jury.
Evidence of Gross Frauds.
sFrom the information the court has
,,seiyed It has been determined that
r,ch grand jury shall Investigate the
. nMners and office OF the district at
torney within and for the Second Ju-
ddaI district, the sheriff, coroner,
.
/ b connection with said election frauds;
sud since 1t is further brought to the
mention of the court that these off,
era together with certain city officers,
e,tered Into and were In collusion to
rrptect Violators of the election laws
. N the aforesaid election, and since the
court has been requested from numer-
. COS sources to have all other city and
county officers and their offices in
yesligated, the court being now suffl-
rently advised In the premises, does
hereby call a special grand jury to in
resugate said matters and such other
Estters as may be submitted TO said
rand Jury"
Judge Mullins did not today set aside
District Attorney George A Stidger.
. tut It Is understood he will do so when
I he grand jury is impanelled.
Before the calling Of the grand jury,
Jrdge Mullins, In a lengthy statement.
Teyewed the proceedings in his court
% the petitions OF the league for
Hcnest Elections for the appointment
'Ios grand Jury to investigate alleged
frsrchise frauds at the city election,
and for the removal of the sheriff,
coIpner and district attorney. He said;
VIII Fight the Call
1.-THE showing OF the Honest Elec-
tons league was such as to warrant
the court In finding that the grossest
fnuds were committed on election day
Of May 1S last, that bold and brazen
attempt was made to steal the cleo
ilc1, and on the face OF the returns
Ecceeded by debauching of the ballot
box and the corruption of public Off
'tas, In stealing valuable assets OF
hs community; that public officials
eaarged with the ferreting out of crime
asd the punishment OF criminals we're
elteer parties to this outrage or were
o negligent in the discharge of their
quues as to make them partlceps
t1minis :"
Judge Mullins announced that he
vould hold In allegiance the petition OF
~ Honest Elections leagues attor-
1tys for leave to withdraw their re-
quest for grand jury. as the Supreme
eourt had issued a supersedeas in that
eass He called the grand jury Of his
osn motion,
\ DO not desire to appear as flying
the face OF the writ issued In the
recent case" said Judge Mullins, but
y understand the law the super
soeas In the league case Is only con-
euslve as to that particular case"
Thorough Investigation.
The call for a grand jury is return
ecle next Thursday. Attorneys for the
operations whose franchises are at
ecked assert that Judge Mullins has
laated the intent of the Supreme
QUITS order, and It is understood they
w appeal to Chief Justice Gabbert to
uke action in the matter.
attorneys for Sheriff Nisbet and Cor
oner Rollins objected to their removal
- oftlcers of the grand jury on the
troano that the writ of supersedeas
scured by them from tho Supreme
sourt last Monday took jurisdiction
rom the District court, and announced
e Sslr intention to appeal again 10 the
supreme court. Judge Mullins gave
,nem until Wednesday next to prepare
Oil OF exceptions.
an announcing his decision to call a
tI1no jury today, Judge Mullins made
sle iollowing statement, which Is un-
4eistood to be an allusion TO the POSI-
s,'n s,pn taken by the Supreme court rcla-
TINS '''' ~
do not claim the right to do this
~ " reason of any high prerogatiVe, wit
kingly attribute. because / ella. m
~ oescent from the kings of England
y common law or otherwise. 1 was
,ausht early In years that such non
TSse was shot out of this country at
~lhGton and Bunker HILL"
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