The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-05
THE JOINTS DON'T FIT.

When the raid against Chief Sheets
was first given publicity by the con
spirators, Sheriff Emery and County Al
torney Christensen acting in concert
With other hcelors TO throw discredit
| on tho police force Of this city, sheriff
Emery claimed that he had his hands
over the robbers of the McWhirtor boys
aud that he could produce them at any
| time,
Ihon came Governor Cuiler Offering
5000 for the production Of these men.
Ono would naturally suppose that Shcr-
III Emery would promptly respond and
produce thom, but he does not.
Now how do these joints MT in! Did
Governor Cutler offer that reward in
order TO make a present to Sheriff En-
cry for the production of criminals
upon which hc said he could readily
lay his hands without reward, II that
was not a direct offer OF premium TO
Sheriff Emery 80 do what he was easily
able TO do without any reward, then
Sheriff Emery must have lied about
having his hands on the criminals who
robbed the McWhirtcrs.
It is not fancy situation from
moral and executive point of view 10
see the sheriff of j great county pro.
claim that be has these criminals where
he can lay his hands on them at any
time, then to sec the Governor announce
5000 reward for any one who viii do
this, and then sec the sheriff crawl fish
and announce that be cannot do it after
all, This, however, is only side issue
of the main conspiracy which was con.
cocted for political apd church pur.
poses
But some might say that the church
agencies would not engage in anything
so oisreputahlc as to set up Q conspiracy
Of this kind 70 make false pretenses
and to use the Governor g Office in such
. deSpicabie manner as this. Those,
however, who remember the shameful
peep-hole conspiracy which was put up
by the church aimed at the leaders Of
tho Liberal party in this city a good
many years ago, in the hope Of catching
prominent Liberals in vice, will not be
In the least doubtful about the disposi-
tiou and the ability Of the church crowd
20 put up any sort Of a Job, no matter
how filthy and low il is. The church
agencies al that time fitted UP dens Of
vice, had peep-holcs made in the walls
and ceilings Of the rooms, imported
vicious women TO lure into the deDs cer.
tain desired victims among prominent
Liberals, and waited an3iously for the
result. There was no result such as the
church desired; but the church infsmy
in putting up the Job was fully dis
closed. To those who remember that
utterly despicahle transaction there
would be 40 hesisaDcy in believing that
the church, through its agencies. would
engage IN even deeper and dirtier
conspiracy than the present one.
AS matter Of fact, the church seeu-
cies in these scsndalous jobs lose all
sense Of decency and concentrate their
efforts wholly upon the end in view
without the least regard to propriety,
decency, sense, or the obligation Of one
member Of society TO another. That
crowd is fully capable of anything, as
has long been abuudantly proven from
the peep,holc conspiracy, and from the
conspiracy OF coloniging voters in this
city, which was, in effect, openly car
ried out through advertisements in the
church organ. Let there be no senti
mentality wasted upon these vicious
church agencies. It is too late in the
day to suppose that they would balk
at anything. This conspiracy against
Sheets is not the most disroputable they
have engaged in; it is only the latest.