The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-17
YOU CAN'T LOSE GEORGE SHEETS.

They say that when telegram comes directed to
''The Chief Police Salt City, the boys don't
know whether to give it to Sam Barlow, George
Sheets-and that the chances they go to George.
People better informed than the boys wouldn't
which received it first, being certain it
would be referred to George by Barlow any event.
For the actual head of the police department is Sheets
and has been for many a weary month.
Sheets has very strong hold the people who
finance and defend the American party. There are
reasons perfectly understood why he be lost
Even although he is costly to the American party
tremendous and disastrous load at least one cam
paign. the throwing him would be even more
costly. For Sheets is a vndictiye fellow when he
feels that he has been getting the worst it. And
man in town has been more careful than he in get
ting and keeping records of matters that may have
a value in future.
Sheets chief of police three years ago. when the
MeWhirters came to town. They were Scotchmen,
formerly business men and officers of their town.
They were of good repute and excellent charac-
ter, and they brought somewhat over ten thousand
dollars in cash. They didn't know much about the
ways of the western world, and in some manner the
fact of their having the money became known, and
preceded them to Salt Lake They looking atOGt
this town, other tourists do, when they ac-
costed by of a gang of confidence men, gamblers
and robbers, that being protected by the chief IF
the police department. They inveigled the Scotch
men to a room in the Antlers hotel in West Second
South street and there took the ten thousand away
from them.
One Of the robbers impersonated police officer.
He wore a police star, and arrested of the Nc
Whirters, declaring he would take him to headquar-
tiers. Foolish the strangers had been in getting
into bunko game they canny enough to want
TO see police headquarters than any other place
in the world. Naturally they expected to get help
there.
This bogus policeman took McWhirter to Chief
Sheets Office, and told his story He asked the chief
II that man standing there the pretended officer real
ly were a policeman and the chief said mo" Then
the chief told McWhirter he would do what he
could to get some of the money back and went into
the hall Presently he returned, and said he could
get hundred and fifty of the ten thousand dol
lars, and advised a settlement at that figure The
Scotchman rebeed and George Sheets chief of police
went into the hall again, and back with a thou
sand dollars. which he gave to McWhirter taking
his note for the amount, and urged him to get out
of town. The Scotchmen so crazed by their oss
and the even more appalling conduct of police chief
in an American city, that they the train for Los
Angeles.
The robbers perfectly we'll known to George
Sheets, but they remained in town. large busy at
their usual vocation until the Scotchmen regaining
their nerves with few days rest, came back and
began criminal proceedings through the county Off
cals, when they fed. All but two of the bunko gang
have since been captured and tried One Of them is
now serving term out at the state prison on the hill
But the who held the job OF chief of police and
engineered the settlement between the thieves and
their victim, is still at the head of the police DEPART
ment of Salt Lake City.
And a less important than he one with less
authority, is Sam Barlow who draws pay for pretend
ing to be at the head of the most disorganzed and
inefficient police force between the oceans