Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-26
WHO STARTED THEM GoING?5
Chief Barlow Insists That He
Has Not Been "FulIy
Advised"
Mayor Cannot be Seen. Saloon Ems
ploycs VIII Not Talk, and Candidate
Lippman SAYS He Knows Nothing.

Despite the fact that considera Bile in-s
E iIuehce Was brought TO bear this norm
Ing upon Chief of Police Samuel Bar
low by the Civic Betterment league and :
a number of prominent citizens the slot
machines reshumming again today in /
me saloons and cigar stores From
me me stand taken by Chief Barlow, it isi9
apparent that the machines will be AZ,
lowed to run until a decision is reached
IN q slot machine case which was ap-ss
5peaied this morning to the district
court. The case will take8its place on,
the calendar and it will probably not
Z be heard this year in the higher court.
N ~. TINS case Judgment against the pc ga
lice was allowed by default ana 1t Is
( declared that tho matter was ''cut and
dried with the saloonmen before the;
suit was ever fled Under the pre-
text That the saloonmen and cigar men
have right to operate their machines
pending decision In the case. the (. ad-
Gvisory" board Of the american, party
Is evidently carrying out its negotia-
5tions with the cigar and liquor inter-
sests In order to secure funds for the
campaign and their vote. 81
WHO STARTED THEM?E
1t is reported that G. j. Crabtree and
4 J. e. loarmer arranged the deal with
the cigar men and saloonmen to allow
! slot machines to run. About a month
ago when the saloonmen and the nd
3visory board met for the first time the
suit WAS arranged. HemenwaW & Mos
5er set out two trade machines In their.
cigar store on west Second South
street marked trade machines. only,
Inc police contiscated the machines and I;
then the owners filed a. civil suit in
Justice Hanks court to recover the
machines or their value. Chief Bar
low and the desk sergeant, who re-
{ ceiveels-,t t,e machines. and the police
men who conllseated the machines,
We're made the defendants fin the case
The suit was answered by Asst. Atty.
+ Rogers in behalf OF the police. a de- ~
nurrer was filed to the answer and 1T.
was sustained by the court Then the
police took no further action In the
case and allowed the case to go by de- e
fault. Judgment was entered Tuesday
afternoon and the next morning the slot
opened UP in every saloon and II
cigar stand in the city. The proprie-
tors were notified but not one OF them
Will tell who 1t was gave the orders or 81
by whose authority.
Mayor Bransford was not In his Of
flee this morning. Mrs Bransford is
reported as being quiete Ill. and Mayor
day When he was Informed of the
operation OF the slot machines, he
stated that he would investigate and gs5
1T Is understood that he will take the
matter up as soon as Mrs. Bransfortl
RECEIVERS
+ CHIEF NOT "FULLY ADVISED
Chief Barlow made a statement this
morning that the appeal Of the case
had been perfectly this morning and
would be carried to the district court.
He refused to state whether he would
close the machines up until a deci-l
sion was reached or not. He says that
he does not know whether he has
right to close them up or not and n
until he is fully advised he will NOT
act. So far he has not asked to be
by the city attorney. In the
meantime the slot machines are reap
ing Il harvest. @
Chief Barlow had number OF CALI s.
ers this morning in regard TO the slot
situation. He refuses to give
out anything and his interviewers on
the matter said that there We're no
developments except that the MAJ g
chimes We're still running.
WHERE MACHINES ARE.
In the Kenyon bar there are four slot
the White House bar has an
equal number in operation. The mis-
sion Bar and cigar store has five ma
chimes in operation this morning and
Fred Iustet has an equal number run
ming in his saloon and cigar stand on
Maint street Martin Mulvey, who has
taken an active part in the Independent
SaloonmeR's association, has five ma
chimes in his two saloons.
When information was asked in these
places IN regard 10 the slot machines,
the bartenders. and cigar clerks refused
to talk. There is an understanding that
nothing is to be said about the matter
ALSO KNOW NOTHING.
Joseph Lippman. the prospective CAM
didate for mayor: ]. e. Darner, chair
man OF the American" campaign ana
Chief Barlow called at the mayors Of 81
tice in the city and county building this
When they failed to find him
there they attempted to get an audi
snce with him at his home. but for
some reason did not meet him. None
Of them would talk about the slot
business. They said they did
not want to see Mayor Bransford on
that question or In regard to the re-
of F. z. Conner, who wa, s
discharged by City Engineer kelsey,
because he was working for Lippman
for mayor, which has been demanded.
In fact Lippman and Darmcr say they
KNOW nothing OF either affair.
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