The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-19
ALLEGED MURDERER
STILL At LARGE
Reports That Getis Is Captured
at Bingham and Murray
Untrue.
STRINGENT ACTION TAKEN
IN CASE BY POLICE
Armed Greeks Arrested, aud
GreektOwn Being Rid of
UndeSirables.

Members Of the police department
and sheriff $ office were kept on the
Jump Thursday evening in an cndcaNor
to locate Gust Gctis, The alleged mur-
dorcr of Andres Roumclioiis, but their
efforts proved unavailng.
Early in fhc evening the report was
received that Gctis had been captured
at Bingham but this proved to bc with
out foundation, as did the report that
he had been located in hut near Mur'
ray. Other rumors had it that he was
still i'm hiding i'm Grcclitowu, but a
careful search of that district failed to
result in success.
Chief S. NJ. Barlow proposes to rid
Grccktown Of all its undesirable char
acters. and in pursuance of That policy.
and with the additional hope that
Gets might he found, he detailed =
squad of fifteen patrolmcu and several
detectives TO watch that portion Of the
city The uniformed men presented n
novel appearance as they patrolcd tho
streets, wearing their rcvolvcrs strapped
outside their uniforms. but their pres.
cncc sufficcd TO keep things quiet and
orderly,
Greeks arc Disarmed.
In an effort 10 avoid trouble, So far
as weapons are concerned. the chief
also ordered that all members of the
COLONY found carrying concealed wcap-
onS bc arrested and taken before the
court upon the charge. As II result
of this order, Mike RotOuS was arrested
hv Sergeant Johnson and paLro]man
George Phillips and lodged in the city
Jail When searched AT police head
quarters AN ugly-looklng dirk. with "A
blade measuring nearly twelve inches
in length and sharpcncd TO cut hair,
was taken from Rotous. When asked
why he was carrying the weapon. he
said. in broken English, that he had it
to protect himself in case of trouble.
ROtous was not engaged in any dis.
turhaucc. neither WAS he ihrca tcning
anybody. but il was felt best to place
him where he could do no damage in
case the notion should strike him.
The Grcoks-that is, those who are
prominent in the colony bcrc-arc hit
ter about the murder. and dcnounce the
crime I'm no uncertain terms. Some Of
them declare that the acquittsl OF
kothiaftis of the charge of numbering
Peter Gets. a cousin of Gust Gets.
which j. believed 20 have been the
auimus for the killing Of Roumcliotis.
who was cousin Of kOthiattiS, was 4
proper verdict. and the only one that
COOld udNb Dttll ltlUIuNu uGi'i NllN
evidence. They deplorc the constant
application OF the Mosaic law-'' an eye
for an eye. aud tooth for n tooth -
aud express some fear that thc RoWc-
6otiS killing may not be the last Of
the disturbance resulting from this un-
dying vendetta.
Police Alert.
Indications Thursday showed that the
police have matters in Grccktown
pretty well under their control, rs AL
was quiet and orderly. 1t is pointed
out. however. that when quiet seems
10 reign supreme among these factions
that Is Just the time when an abundance
OF trouble may be expected, and police
officials are hv no means assured that
the trouble has come 10 an end. The
orders of tho chief viii be carried out
10 the letter aud Il strict watch will be
maintained in that district day and
night.
In the meantime all Greeks found
carrying concealed weapons viii he ar
rested and taken before Police Judge
Bowman. charged with carrying con.
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