The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-05
BROWN SAYS He
MADE A MISTAKE
Makes This Admission to The
Tribune Regarding the
Knox Case.
PROBATION OFFICER
CLARK HAS RESIGNED
This Result of DisgracefuI
Scene Enacted i'm Judge
Browns Court.

II acknowledge 1 made mistake
What l should have done was to have
held the examination OF the girl emily
Knox In nv private chambers. l shall
hold all such In chambers hereafter.
Judge Willis Brown OF the Juvenile
court To The Tribune.
AS "A result of the dsgraceful scene
enacted in Judge Wills Browns Ju-
vcnile court Thursday afternoon e. NJ
Clark probation officer, resigned last
night. Mr. Clark is the young man
who, IL Is alleged counseled Dr. Beatty
to make an examination Of the young
girl-child, DIR. Beatty calls her-while
he and Police officer Stains forcibly
held her down. This Is a phase of the
case, which did not develop until Fri
day.
Amenable to Kindness.
AS stated in The Tribune Friday
morning, Miss Knox submitted to an
". In fact. so anxious was she to have
her chastity established that she con-
sented eagerly. What Judge Brown
was unable to accomplish with all the
machinery OF his court was accom-
plished by Mrs. Young, woman proba-
tion officer. In five minutes. Mrs.
Young ran her arms around the child
and with few motherly words soon
gained her confidence. even after the
humiliating experience of being hauled
through the streets by two officers.
Felt Disgrace of Jail.
1t was this that the child had been so
wrought up at the unusual proceedings
that she was in no flt condition physi-
cally to undergo an examination, fur
thermore. she Is neat little body and
felt the disgrace OF having been con-
fined In a Jail 80 keenly that she In
sisted on clean linen before submitting.
An ablution and proper habilaments
and she met the ordeal gladly. And be
it said to her glory and credit and that
of the convict who befriended her so
queerly. Judge Brown, himself. stated
openly Friday afternoon that she was
what she claimed to be, uncontami-
mated.
Only Child, Says Physician,
After the examination. the child, for
that Is all she Is, according to DR..
Beatty. she was taken home by Mrs.
Young, who left her in the house while
She made a short visit. The child
proved tractable and wanted 10 show
her appreciation by wiping the dishes
for her hostess. Friday morning, how
ever a strange thing happened Judge
Brown, according to Mrs. Young, or
dered her To release the girl. Mrs.
Young says she let her go with the un
derstandng that she was to return
to her Murray home. The girl did
promise this, but Mrs. Young says she
vowed she would not remain with her
family; It was unpleasant and she
should come back to the city and look
for work.
Had Scared Her Enough.
Mrs. Young stated further that Mrs.
Knox had told the Judge that "he had
scared her enough and to let her go
now" Mrs, Knox, on the other hand,
denied this to The Tribune and was
anxiously looking for the child all day.
Several times she was In the Probation
court. All tho time her inquiry was
for the daughter.
Emily Disappears.
Up to a late hour she had not re-
turned TO her home, nor to tho place
where she was found and arrested.
During the day she had called at So
West Third South and taken away
few paltry belongings. To the land
but would not remain. 1t is believed
by those who have studied children
that she promised in good faith, but
the thought OF the humiliation in meet
ing her former associates was too
much for her moral courage, and she
sought shelter elsewhere. 1t Is not
known that she had a friend in the
city.
Judge Brown Enjoys Banquet.
AS Judge Brown was enjoying a BAN
quet at the Y. NJ. c. A. it was impos-
sble TO ask him why he had ordered
the girl to be turned loose so uncere-
moDiously and against the expressed
wish of her mother. He. no doubt, has
as good an excuse for this act as for
many others. But there are some who
think 1t a rather peculiar way to kick
an unpleasant case out of court. When
the attention OF a eli-known physi-
clan. who has taken much interest in
Juvenile court work, was called to this
act. he exclaimed that 1t was inexplic-
able on any other ground than that
the officers must have lost their heads
They should have KNOWN" he said,
that the girl would not go back; she
was too high strung. sensitive and ner-
vous to undergo the ordeal OF a return
and the look Of askance. She should
have been kept under the closet sur
vcillance for several days until the