Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-09


What solution is Salt lake to dnd
0r a new condition beginning 10 exist
in the city? This condition is nothing
mons or less than the spreading OF red
lght houses through the entire resi-
dence district
Since the power OF an argument that
there Is a certain evil less than this
evil which the people OF Salt Lake
could tolerate on tho city's west side
has apparently not been overlooked
the question becomes important as TO
what Is the source Of the fact that
police officials have no knowledge OF
the opening OF red light houses in resi-
lenoe streets.
That knowledge OF the rapid spread
Of these houses away from Commercial
street Is IN the hands OF the police. is
certain as that the police have fall
q 10 take any notice OF them, or TO
Degent this spreading in the least In
riar that there may be no more an
Nos from Police Lieut. Hempel 70
he effect that plain clothes men have
failed totally 20 locate houses that any
person In the city, even "a total strang-
sr can hnd with very little effort, the
News today sent TO the chief Of po-
Tee the residence addresses Of 81 mem
brs OF the demi- monde. More al
dresses can be submitted at a future
Date II the plain clothes men sim con-
unue 20 live up TO the reputation they
Ha making for themselves In the press
aFnNua m fhp raaINnrtna eaoff.ua
This list contains addresses five and
.X blocks away from the one street
where laws were not enforced former
Pr and addresses Verging Immediately
upon the new stockade. where IL Is
hoped 10 establish tho women after
public protest IS aroused over the
leieetIon OF their presence In the resi-
lence section. Then the failure Of
i1e plan 10 rid the city OF such wo-
men viii be advanced as "a reason for
i'erating one Of two ovils-a stockade
,f "a faint through the residence sec
t0n.
QUESTION AT ISSUE.
In connection with this quiet spread
ng out plan. the history OF recent
events iu the police department takes
Do new significance. II will be recalled
llat direct orders 10 90 30 the stockade
nave never actually been given 20
women of the underworld. They have
Deem arrested at their old time haunts.
arrested by the sherifs Office at their
lfN rendezvous, they have been al
owed hy tho police 20 scatter over the
tN The question now becomes one
fl whether tho people wish vigil
eIi police force 90 pursue them % their
residence locations or are willing %
IoW them 10 quietly acquiesce n
method OF making stockade aigu-
The dccapitating of Tom ID. Pitt was
l1 incident in the administration plan
which passed for safe keeping az that
ihe INTO the hands of Lieutenant
nempel The selection OF the present
.aitf was another incident In those
aans And incidents ala not stop with
N'se two events.
FIRST MOVE.
lhe nrst direct move of the police
loNoNed close upon the dcCaptation OF
lhrI Pitt aud took the form of Com
arirIt street raids led by Lieut. VI
INN.H John Hompel then in command
Ina department The women were
w.l t0 move. Asked whore they wer
hI'Died 10 move 90, Hempel never
committed himself and when "a
l'N'Ilor of the News" asked him if ~
l1 lle atockade De- replied with "a
h|" That would not convert itself I'M
Do words
iIlIr 90 this sheriff T. Frank Emory
Conducted "a sorios of raids which
aa their object the driving OF tho
''en out of the city, along With their
companions. Al the time he I'M
Nied these raids tho stockade was
I unfinished and tho police had mo-
l.0i Do assisting Do the work Cone
iNenilY they remained totally inac
Hhd only took a hand n the mate
~ "nDn Belle London's plans had so