The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-15
District court in the SUM Of $4,000,
which was furnished
The Parent Arrest

Nothing more was heard of the case
until February l5 OF this year. whe1
word was received that Parent had
been arrested in Denver, Colo
The arrest was made by Deputy
Sheriff DeLue Of Denver county on a
description furnished by Sheriff Emery
and Deputy Sharp, who were In that
city on another case. AS soon as Par,
rent was taken into custody he sent
for Judge O. n. Hilton, one Of the best
known criminal lawyers in Colorado
There was a question of extradltlon,
and Sheriff Emery wired 10 this city
for the necessary papers. Tho papers
arrived, and after looking them over,
Judge Hilton decided that he would not
oppose them. AT this point IN the
story it might be interesting to learn
if those who possess the information
would release it, Just what happened
in the Office OF Sheriff Nesbitt of Den
yer county between Parent, his attor.
ney, and others who were present at
those conferences
Parent agreed, on the advice of his
counsel, to come 10 Salt Lake with
Sheriff Emery and Deputy Sharp. So
important was the case that Judge Hill
ton accompanied his client on the trip,
The officers, the prisoner, and his coun-
sci arrived in tins city over the oregon
Short Line on the night of Feb. %.
Parent was taken at once TO the coun-
ty Jail, where he was seen short tlme
later by a representative of The Tnb-
nne.
He declined to make any statement
and referred the reporter to his attor-
ney Judge Hilton was found at the
Wilson hotel shortly after midnight.
He informed the reporter that he had
lust arrived in town and had not had
time to look into the case, He had ex-
amined the papers sent from this State
for Parent and had discovered a few
errors in them, bur had advised his
client to come TO Salt Lake with the
officers
The Willing Assent,
A lawyer discovered few errors in
eXtradition papers and yet advises his
clinet 10 90 with the officers, no habeas
corpus, no fight, just go. Three days
after Parent was briught TO Salt Lake,
complaint was sworn TO before Coun
~ Attorney Willard Hanson charging
n number of men with conspiracy.
Among the defendants named in the
complaint, which was sworn to by
Sheets, Chief Of Detectives George Ra-
leigh, Attorney William Newton, Mike
Ross. James Donaldson, w. II, Par
rent, Bell, and others. Newton, Don
aldson and Ross were arrested the
evening of the day on fhich the com
plant was issued; the first two named
were released on their own recogni-
zance, while Ross was locked up in the
county pail in default of bail in the
sum of $500, which was furnished the
following day.
The morning following the arrest of
the three men mentioned, "The Official
Organ of the Republican Party in
Utah announced that Chief Sheets
and George Raleigh were to be arrested
on the charge of conspiracy. This IN
face of the fact that County Attorney
Hanson had declined to give out any
information to the other TWO morning
papers as to the nature Of the com
plant or who were named as defen-
dants;, That organ also said that Par
rent had confessed; County Attorney
Hanson and other officers denied il.
The arrest of the chief and Mr. Ra-
leigh was made by phone as predicted,
Both men went before Justice Bishop
and entered plea OF not guilty to the
charge' They were released on their
own rccognizancc
The following day Mr.. County Al
torney Willard Hanson announced TO
Justice Bishop and the defendants that
he would have the cases transferred
To Judge Whitaker s court. The trans.
fer was made.
Parent as Chief Witness
When the case Of Chief Sheets was
called before Judge Whitaker. little
over two weeks ago, it was discovered
that Parent was the chief witness for
the State. On motion of Willard Han
son, county attorney, the man who had
charge, of the prosecution of the case.
not alone against Chief Sheets, but
against Parent and the others charged
IN the complaint, the name of Judge
o, NJ. Hilton, counsel for the defend
ant Parent, was entered as associate
counsel for the State. Never in the his
tory of court practice in Utah, or any
other State of the Union, has counsel
for man charged with a crime been
asked to be party to the prosecution
of his client Parent gave his testi.
mony, under oath, testimony which was
later shown by the sworn testimony
of reputable citizens, men who had
nothing to gain or lose by what they
said, to be a falsehood, not only did
Parent stand before the court as q self
confessed crook and criminal, but he
was shown TO have committed the crime
of perjury.
On this testimony, at least in part,
Judge Whitaker bound the chief Of
police of Salt Lake City over to the
district court TO answer to the charge
Of conspiracy. Two days after the
chief was bound over, Parent, the
self-confessed criminal, was allowed to
go on his own recognizance on motion
of the man whose sworn duty il is to
prosecute criminals,
County Attorney Willard Hanson de-
MED that there was any deal on be-
tween him and Parent for immunity.
He also denied that he knew anything
of an alleged written confession made
on letter page of the Union Pacific,
while Parent was on his way from
Denver to Salt Lake Yet Mr.. Han
son was evidently pretty sure of what
Parent would testify to before he nut
him on the stand, and if he did not
have any understanding either direct
or through Parent S attorney as to
what would be done by the county at.
torney in return for the testimony of
Parent before he put him on the stand.
he evidently had agreed in some way
TO ''take care Off Parent If Parent
would give the sort of testimony that
was desired.
Charged With Burglary.
OGDEN, March 13.-Dstrict Attorney