Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-26
Proposes to Run Out OF Salt
Lake Negro Thieves and
Grafters.
DEPL0RABLE CONDITIONS.
Court VIII Allow Prosecution the Wild
est Possible latitude In Conducting
Gases of This Character.

An effort is being made by the au-
thorities to put a stop 70 the numerous
robberies which occur in this city and
which are traced directly to the gang
of colored parasites and women OF the
town. Judge @. b, piehl of the crimln-
al division of the city court began
the war against these people yester-
day afternoon when he heard the case
against Myrtle Powell who by the
way, is the wife Of jackson, the colorcd
man who was shot yesterday morning
IN Franklin avenue, and Rena VIII
liams. The women were charged with
yaSrancy and after hearing the testI
mony i'll the case Judge Dlchl found
them both guilty and assessed a inc
OF $50 each.
In discussing the case Judge Dehl
said that he proposed to allow the
prosecution the widest latitude possible
and also to impose severe sentence up
ON any person convicted OF the charge.
JUDGE DIEHL MEANS BUSINESS,
Judge Diehl said; THE city seems
to be overruu with this class Of peo-
pie, Robberies shooting scrapys and
and so far as this court is concerned
this business has got to stop. II ls time
that these Objectionable people be run
out OF town and the procedure Of this
court is going to be to that end
II is fact that hardly a day passes
that some stranger, usually a miner,
is not robbed by some colored woman
Any night these women may be seen
parading on South Temple and West
Temple streets looking for suckers
and they usually land them. AS a rule
the victim Is too drunk 10 realize what
ne is doing and II an arrest is made
does not care TO appear in court be-
cause of the notorlety attached 70 the
case.
UP TO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AS stated in last evenings News
"A great number OF colored men and
women have arrived here recently from
| other cities where they We're under
the ban and forced TO leave. The men
dc nothing and live from the earnings"
OF the women. Some OF the latter have
been arrested but have managed to es-
| cape punishment because IL was almost
| impossible TO prove specific acts.
Owing totillis condition OF affairs, Judge
Diehl declared he proposed 10 allow the
| prosecution great latitude In conducting
the cases. This means that the sltua-
N'plA 80 pNtSS1i UP " Atit ppllGt
ment and If the gang of scrafters,
''moochers." plckpockets and robbers is
not run out of town IL VIII not be the
| fault of Judge Diehl but will be the
fault OF the police authorities
COLoRED PEOPLE IN ARMS.
Tonight there will be meeting a the
Colored Baptist church, which will be
| attended by a number of the prominent
and respectable negro inhabitants of the
city, for the purpose of discussing ways
and means TO assist in Kidding the city
of the undesirable element OF coIored
people that has drlfted into town. The
congregations of both colored Metho.
| dist and Baptist churches are much
wrought up over the list of robberies
and disreputable carrying on by this
element and they are as anxious TO rid
the city of these characters as anybody
and to that end the meeting has been
called this evening.