Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-04
OLIVER GRAND
JURY DISCHARGED
Held 115 Sessions and Returned
Four Hundred and Forty
One Indictments.
SAN FRANCISCO is CORRUPT.
Protection Given Vice for Pccunlury
And Political Benefit or Heads Of
Administration, Is Unbelievable.

san Francisco, Dec. 3.-After hav-
ing met on 100 separate days, on
which 115 sessions were held. and hav-
ing returned iil indictments. involv-
ing 40 persons, the oliver grand jury.
the most noted in the city's history.
made its final report TO Superior Judge
Coney this evening. and was dlscharg-
ed from further service by the court.
In an. 500 witnesses were brought
before the oliver grand jury during
the time between its FIRST assembling.
on Nov 9, 1906, and It's final adjourn
ment today. Most OF Its work has been
concerned with indictments for graft"
ana bribery connected with municipal
affairs. and the public utility corpora
lions Of san Francisco. The final re-
port is a volumious document and
says In part:
ITO summarize completely the work
undertaken ana the matters inVcstigat-
ed 10y the present grand jury would
swell this report out of all reasonable
proportions. We cannot even outline
the vast amount of evidence received
by us showing corruption and vice OF
the lowest kind involving the greatest
moral turpitude, such as the partici-
patton OF the former mayor of our city
IN the profits earned by the prOstitu-
tiou OF the lowest OF fallen women,
which constitute "a recital of seemingly
uncomfortable sin, shame and violation
Of law.
"'rhe unlawful and corrupt protec-
uon given by the police 10 vice. for
the benefit pecuniarily and politically
OF the heads of the administration ana
many OF The rank and hle of the de-
partments, Is unbelievable. III it We're
not for the low character Of the Wit
nesses examined and she tangled mass
OF contradictory evidence submitted,
much of it undoubtedly perjured. but
In way perjury could not be legally
proven. indictments w6lld have been
found for extcItion and conspiracy ia
forming O l., use of ill-fsmne uust. Our
crib houses have no equal in the
world for vileness. They could not
have continued without the protection
of the mayor and the chief of police.
There was not a property owner ia
san Francisco, after the Gre on whose
property there remained any salvage
who was not robbed by COnuivance OF
the police officials with the junk
thief"
The report scores the police courts
for not imposing more and heavier
penalties I'm the cases Of strikers ar
rested fer misdemeauors during tho
street car strike. II also says that the
police were criminally negligent dur
ing the early part of the strike, and
that many lives were lost In conse-
quence.
The United Railroads company Is Sc
verely scored for the negligence and
criminal carelessness Of its men IN
charge OF the cars. and the many acci-
dents I'm which people have been killed,
crippled and manned are cited.
The report recommends many
changes On the conduct OF the affairs
OF the city better enforcement OF the
ordinances by the members of the po-
lice force. more careful collection OF
licenses by the tax collector, proper en-
forcement OF the building ordinances
Some Of the thoaters are spoken OF as
hre-traps, and the recommendation is
made that they be closed.
The city and county hospital should
be torn down, the report says, as II IS
a nest Of deadly germs.