The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-22
VICIOUS ATTACK
IS DISCREDITED
4 ~
attempt to Connect Burbidge
{ With MCWhirter Case
Fails Utterly.
INDICATED BY RECORDS
LooFBoURoW AND HANSON RE-
BUkE FALSE OUTCRY.

While Mayor John S. Bransford and
Chief of Police ROderick Mckenzie have
plainly evidenced by their words and ac-
tons that they will pay no attention to
the attack on Captain John B. Burbidge
by the organ of the american" party.
and while Captain Burbidge's position as
a valued member OF the police depart
ment is absolutely secure. a further at
tack on the character of the pOHce can
tam ana the effort to connect him with
Tue Nc WI irter robbery has called forth
these statements from officials who have
spent nearly a year in the prosecution of
former Chief of Police Sheets for his al
ieged connection with the crime:
District Attorney Fred c. LoofbOuroW-
Ihere Is not a scintilla of evidence in the
McWhirter robbery case that would nv
any possible construction IN any way tend
10 lmphcats captain Burbidge with the
offense. There is absolutely nothing 10
connect him with the case any more than
any other officer in the department whose
name has never been mentioned
county Attorney Willard Hanson
From the evidence in the case it is All
surd 10 assume that Captain Burbidge
was even remotely connected with the
aIfair or even that he had any knowledge
p 81 10 o5her r than that some sort OF gam
phng zeal had been pulled off and that
tne cnleI was looking after it Even
tnough Captain Burbidge knew all the
9etalis OF the case his position was clear;
there was nothing he could do.
or any connection that Captain Bur-
bidge may have had with the case. Al
eXander McWhirter. the victim, has this
TO say:
Il only saw Captain Burbidge for a
minute, and that was when 1 came in
IRON looking for my brother I asked
nm II ne had heard anything more about
the robbery, and he looked al me with
an expression that showed he did NOT
know what 1 was talking about. I then
told him the chief knew all about it and
ne SAID II the chief knew about it. it was
peihs taken care OF. and went OUT
counciImen on Grill.
The ''persuaders, backed by the Amer
lean organ, have outlined a most vigor-
Gus campaign against Captain Burbidge
and its effect viii no doubt be seen at
the next council meeting.
Dlsgruntled by their failure to land the
mayoralty for W. J. HalIoran and the
9ob as chief of police for Francis Hall
the 'persuaders' have still one card to
play in their efforts to embarrass the men
named for these positions. The intention
Is TO visit each councilman and PROFOUND
to him this question:
Are you in favor of having a Mormon
elder as assistant chief of police2''
The organ will demand a straight yes
or no"
If the answer is yes the offender will
be read out of the party by the organ of
reform as not being true to American
principles, whatever they may be-
Before these visits are made the cOun-
cilmen will be warned of what their fate
Will be If they answer affirmativeIy and
the limited influence Of the party organ
will be brought to bear to defeat the recall
citrant one when he again comes up for
denomination.
1t is understood that c. J. Crabtree has
already been tacitly accommodated for
his position in the mayoralty fight al
Z though no announcement has as vet been
made of this disciplinary measure. Null
Yey also will have to go, but MulVey saws
he will gladly leave the bunch on his own
free will and this eliminates any fight on
his account. Holiday also is considered a
rank traitor by the persuasion contingent
and an effort to ship him up Salt creek
will also be made although the hone of
doing this is somewhat forlorn.