The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-17

made" u,oso faot.
tba commission could make the report II
did is beyond comprehension; IL gives
the lie direct to JGOge Browns own ad-
missions.
What Mayor Thompson Says.
Mayor Thompson. who Is chairman OF
the Juvenile Court commission, was asked
last night In regard to the report the
commission had prepared In the case
Al first the Mayor Declined 10 answer
afterward said In effect: The members
OF the commission drew up that report
ard we oil signed 1t We are READY 70
stand back Of the report. as we all ielt
that the testimony We heard on the case
would not justify us in asking Tor the
resignation of Judge Brown, do not
want 1T felt that | am trying 10 Shleld
Judge Brown, or would do so If thought
he mad done any wrong, nor am Try
Ing TO protect the Juvenile court, 1or l
am not OF the opinion that the court Is
doing nor has done the good that is gen
orally attributed to 1t,
Chief Sheets Talks.
Chief OF Police George NJ Sheets. who
is also n member OF the juvenile court
commission when asked about tho report
the commission had made, said that he
was so busy In connection with his duties
at police headquarters that he had not
given the matter the attention that the
other members of the commission, haa, h,
but that Mr. Christensen had told him
that the report contained a reproot 10
Judge Brown, and that he had signed 1t
without further examination.
Mr. Christensen's Opinion.
Superintendent D. a. Christensen of the
public schools. who Is secretary OF the
commission, gave the answers as printed
below in reply 10 the questions that were
put to him by The Tribune, the first five
being the clauses In the finding
l. How did he help the girl? How did
he demonstrate his sincerity TO help herE
She protested her innocence. He declared
her guilty.
Ans-The evidence shows she was In
vicious surroundings BY trying 10
find a good, moral atmosphere. The evil
dence shows she was not In such an
2.-Do you consider that in brutally ad-
dressing the girl. as he did, that he was
kind and conslderate2 Had II been your
own child. what would you have done2
portant and unhappy form of expression
on his part, and not at all permissible
cannot conceive my child In such
predcament
3, II the physical examination was.
you say suggested by the girl as a means
OF establishing her chastity. why did she she
fight with all the power that was in her
against such an examination!
Ans.-I cannot account for her Pc
culiar temperament. We had 1t from Two
reputable witnesses-Mrs, Young and Mr..
Stains-that she did suggest an eNami-
nation to them.
4-You find that the mother gave her
her daughter, Emily, what evidence have
you OF this? The mother denies in writ
Ing, follows, that she gave to Judge
Brown and such consent:
concerned'-I desire to state that in
the conduct OF the charges against my
suited by Judge Brown in regard to hav-
Ing her examined by a physician, nor
did / consent in any way until after we
had arrived at the office of Dr. Beatty.
Ans.-G had DR.. Beatty's statement
that the mother. placed In his hands
a written request 10 examine the girl.
and that she-the girLconsented,
| If Judge Brown was kind and con-
| siderate, as you say, In paragraph OF
your report, why make the statement In
Recommendation for Judge, to say that
on this occasion. You (Brown) were not
vulgar nor Indecent" when II is known
! that at no time no Judge would be Yul-
gar or indecent?
Ans.-One Is not always able to give
exact expression on such a delicate sub
ject IT IS n difficult thing to do
6. Did you not know that a statement
had been signed and hled with your
board wherein II was said, The court
told both mother and girl that the only
way In which the girls innocence could
be established was by an examination?
This the court ordered to be made II
you did not, why not?
Ans.-I did know that. | considered 1t
In no way inconsistent with the fact that
she in advance desired 10 prove her
4 We're you present at all the meetings
of the commission and did you hear all
tho testimony?
AnS,-Yes.
S Why were not citizens, other than
the personal friends OF Brown. summoned
before you to testify?
Ans.-We endeavored to secure all who
were eye-witnesses
O. Why make tho inquiry one-sIded
one?
who were unfriendly to Brown were
there.
10. Have you not personally denounced
Judge Brown as man unit to hold the
position OF Juvenile court Judge?
Ans.-No; but | have criticized him s
went into the inquiry with a prejudice
against him.. gained through newspaper
reports. felt. from these reports. he
had committed an objectionable ofrenso.
H. Who drew up the report. tho COM
mittee or some one else?
Ans.-The committee,
Judge Browns Statement.
his court than the Juvenile Court COM
mission thinks OF It. He saws that tho
commission criticised his language. OBJ
tectins 10 some of II. and admonished him
20 change his forms of expression. Be
Ing asked II he thought his course In the
Emily Knox case was right and proper
ne n, SAID that he thought he was hasty and
had made some mistakes; that he should
nave waited and found out the surround
inss and Influences to which the girl had
been subjected he should have ascer-
talned more about the motives and acts
OF the girls mother: that he was now
truth: oven when she indulged In the
tlrade against her mother He said
LuItner that he was not satisfied with the
way he had conducted the case, and
would never again conduct n case that
way He pleaded his good Intentions. and
utsed ,,ms MS devotion to the cause of juve-
me, me reformation, admitted that ne was
llaple TO error, but thought he could learn
ana ana could profit by his mistakes; that he
.ld eould do good work In this field. where
tnere was so much need of tho kind Of
Ie1orm that this Juvenile court Is capable
oass oa eHtecslng' 70 ting But as to this particular