The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-02-09
GAMBLING STOPPED
IN SALT LAKE
NJ. H. Wilson's Sentence to
Thirty Days in Jail
Shows This.
GAMBLERS ARE AFRAID
OF WALLS OF PRISON
Judge DiehI Declares That Ban
Has Been Placed
on Evil.

Heretofore gambling has been allowed
in Salt Lake City or rather 1t was per-
mittcd under the former administration,
l am heartily In harmony with the pres
ont administration in It's efforts to stop
IL and believe. Us Attorney Daily says,
that a ban has been placed upon gam
bling and that hcnceforth It Will be pro-
hibitcd. Such being the case. l will do
everything in my power to aid the prose-
cution In convictlng men who insist on
breaking the ordinances in this regard"
These were tho words of Judge Diehl
Wednesday afternoon previous to passing
sentence upon NJ. H Wilson. proprietor
of the Montana club, whom he found
guilty and sentenced to thirty days In
jail
Was Not Let Off With Fine.
had been predicted by many who were
familiar with the case, but instead was
sentenced 10 spend thirty days In Jail
This means that he will have to spend
thirty days on the City creek rock pile
in company with the drunks and vagrant1
who fracture the city ordinances Through
his attorneys Mr.. Wilson has secured n
stay OF execution until this morning at
10 o clock for the purpose OF fling an .ap-
peal bond, Judge Dichl fixed the bond at
500 and this amount was furnished.
Attorney Daly's Statement.
"Out of the twenty-three men ar
rested nine have been convicted. nine
have entered into compact to leave the
statement which appeared In Salt Lake
paper recently saying that / made a
mistake In not charging the men with re-
sorting TO a gambling house instead OF
gambling. amounts 10 nothing There is
no ordinance which defines Ccsorting TO n
gambling house an offense and / made
out the complaints Just as they should
have been made out
Ordinances Not Changed.
Under the former administration the
ordinances were the same as they are
now, but no attempt was made to arrest
the proprictors of gambling houses when
The Tribune gave the names and loca-
lions of such places and offered to pro-
duce overwhelming evidence that they
were being allowed to run openly. Now
that an effort is being made to actually
the Salt Lake papers have seen ft to
make light Of the work which the police
force and City Attorneys Office Is do
Ing, has been doing and will continue to
do In the future.
Congratulates Judge Diehl.
II am more than pleased with the vcr-
dict" said Attorney DAILY. and [ wish
to congratulate Judge Dlehl for the able
manner In which he has weighed the evil
dcnce. and for the fearless manner IN
which he has passed sentence. And when
he says that he is heartily In favor of as
sistlng the present administration In
wplng out gambling In Salt Lake. / rea-
li2e that the time has come when We can |
and Will prove that gambling has got 10
stop In this city"
Wilson's Attorney Talks.
In fact. every ono is satisfied that
gambling Is TO be prohibited and not IL
censed. Had a fine of $50 or 500 been
imposed 1t would have been possible for |
[ he gamblers to their QnpS 60 N
as though nothing had happened. In
short they would have been looking for |
every 80 often, 1t would have been pos
slble 10 return To the old order OF things |
and operate unmolested. In this regard |
II Will be interesting to read what NJ NJ
IL Wilson has to say:
Gambling Prohibited.
This looks as II gambling was to be |
prohibited he said "A fine would not |
have meant much. but a jail sentence |
docs; 1t means that men who were not |
afraid 10 face the court and pay a good |
stiff fine will be afraid To come before |
Judge Diehl, knowing that jail sentences
await them. Every one must now admit
that the present administration means |
business and that gambling must stop"
Minimum Sentence Imposed.
But even the sentence imposed by Judge
Diehl was the minimum sentence. He
could, at his discretion. sentence all |
such offenders to ninety days in the city
jail. where during six days OF the week
they would be compelled, If able to work
on the rock pile, In short, the result OF
the first case is great victory for the
city The sentence cannot be miscon-
strued OF misunderstood 1t means, II IT |
means anything. that every man who
gambles I'm this city must expect jan
and the Chief Of Police and his
subordinates and the City Attorney and
his assistant Intend seeing that no favors
are shown and that all guilty parties arc
brought to justice.
Spent a Pleasant Evening.