Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-16
Mayor and Chief Out Of Town,
Assault on StoCkade
Starts.
FIRST GUN IN THE CAMPAIGN
City Attorney 0ninny Takes Bit
Between His Teeth and
Acts for Himself.
CONSERVATION In american" Party
Circles over Effort to Close Up
Notorious Corral OF Vice

90 expect Do servo nur WARRANTS ~
arrest On rope londoa hfsp.o sis
o'clock auiqht"
This statement nude today 3y Lieut.
John Hempel. acting CHIEF c. rplirt
during the absence from the city OF
chief :. ~ Harlow. sums up tire be-
ginning of the action of city Ats. H.
j. pininny 20 enecuallv close the stock-
alc la the face OF the American
marty administration federation Of the
walled city Of white slavery
Fnst laying his foundation of cyi-
deuce of the existence OF the stock
AIDE iu violation of the law 10y bringing
oui In open court through Runy Jen-
sen an inmate OF tho stockadc. the
! facts that the stockade is used for
| immoral purposes ,and practisea and
| that Belle London is the chief 10 whom
an inmates must pay tribute. the city
attorney yesterday issued nine com-
! plants agalnst The queen OF the Under
world. charging her with conducting
disorderly houses Complaints. thyec IN
each case. we're also Issued against HUI
/ iIop and : $, Lee, two Koreans. chorg
/ i1c them with "a violation of the liqnor
ordiu 4nce 10y having sold liquor In the
.tpck1de without Iicens"
The Koreans wore arrested. hHt
when Lieut. Hempcl accompanied
Scrgt r. NJ BcCN-tead and bctccti,c
Harry Curran. steaithly slipped id.'
the stockade last night in quest of
Belle London. II wa 30 hnd tnat ste
had gone to ogden
This forenoon Lieut. Hcmrei s,a.oi
TO News representative "a WHs Autoi.
that Belle London, or Mrs Dora Ioa-
ham went 10 ogden yesterday Hit r.
noon TO visit her daughter VINO is ai,e
there. Lieut. Hempcl nso oNpres.s
confidence in the belief ina' ghc Won d
return TO salt LAKE ,fow efeniha.
and that the warrants would be- served
upon her Immediately unon fc 49,
| rival,
GOING 80 rRusEcrTE
Mrs Topham viU citHct Houe bacN
to sall Lake Noluuturliy 20 she WI
be brought back. was The settlement
of city Atty Din.nny this morning.
"We are ready ~ prosecute the
charges flied against the woman AMI
VIII Ect at the prosecution Just ~
quickly as ve can. / do not think any
present oucs are disposed Of
when asked IL iu view of the IS
suance of the complaints and warrants
any steps would be- taken boy the police
90 close the stoCkudc. Licut. icmpel
said mo- action would be- taken during
the absence OF chief Of Police barlow
chief Barlow. who has been IN attend
sncc al tho council OF the United Conf
mcrelai Travellers az Helena, Mont,
Is expected to return 90 salt Lake 20
night. Mayor John $. Bransford -
OF California way, and the action Hi
tho city attorney was taken without
consultation with either OF these eN'
! eruttves in tho city's administration
What Mayor Bransford thinks OF tar
action Of the city attorney is not known
yet.
Tho action Of the city attorney threw
conformation into Belle L.onuon's
csmp ana certain quarters 81
the American party last nst
Following the support EHf,,ss
/ the administration In the tol siat."ii
| and protection OF the stockade. N''
c.,nriallv as voiced by the majority OF
tho city council I'm refusing at Iee'nt
meeting 90 appropriate sun'cl- w
! t,,onev In be- used by tho city a.
omcS in procuring evidence vita
| t.birh TO convict Belle London ara
| ,tos,. The stockadc the woman ana fcr
satellites had been lulled into selt-as-
surance OF safety from intertetehee
The traffic ~ the stockade wenl On
t,,orrsIv and was Increased by the own
Srs OF the unfortunates forced into tho
stockade by the police for the henen'
| of Belle London.
rrhe interference OF the city attorney
..,,o a. "a welcome piece OF news -
The hundred and more inmates Of ~
stockade. who see in the arrest OF Belle
London some possible hope OF rel'.
frnm their thraidom. As the situation
xlst any Of the women who conn
nnder the suspicion Of the police haNr
one one NJ three alternative choices. ente
the stockadc where they deliver sou.
ana body IN Belle London leave IN.
city or spend their days In the city Jaii
/ as Migrants
The Koreans. HUI Hop and $ ; Zee
appeared lu Judge Bowmans court thlf
morning. hut In the absence OF an m
ternreter their time FOR pleading w's
continued until tomorrow morning