The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-08-16

PI'Ip'hA'u bN lDt mayor To- Int bluit,
Under the created Office Sheets and
Barlow stand on the same footing
beth appointees OF the mayor. an1 il
IS 10 the mayor that Mr. Shceds
snould present his resignation from
the Office which he has held
In one or two quarters OF the police
department II was whispered today
that 1T would be no surprise to sec
George Sheets soon back In tho har-
uess as chief OF police instead OF
simply chief detective
Chief of Detectives George A.
Sheets, the accredited brains" of the
police department. resigned from his
of1ce yesterday afternoon.
Chief of Police Barlow promptly
present II to the council at its meet
ing tonight
II have absolutely nothing TO say.
Mr.. Sheets handed me his resignation
and took it, That's all there is to
it'-ChIef OF Police S. NJ Barlow.
Il resigned Former Chief of De-
tectlves George A Sheets.
With the startling surprise OF the
unexpected bursting OF bomb shell
the rupture within the ranks of the
american" party as confined within
the police end OF the city administra
tlon, came 10 the open climax yeSter
day afternoon. when in the passion of
n heated interview Chief OF Detect
ives George Sheets threw his res
iFnation at Chief Of Police s. NJ. Bar
low.
Tho resignation read,
Salt Lake CITY Utah,
S NJ Barlow, Chief Of Police:
~ hereby respectfully hand you my
resignation to take effect immediate
~. Aug. Il. 1910
GEORGE A SHEETS,
"Chief OF Detectives"
Aside from the acl-~ Judgement OF
the resignation and ts acceptance,
the affair Is shroudcd in the air OF
Teticence Former Chief Sheets ad-
mlts only that. he resigned Chief
of Police Barlow In candid manner
admits to the extont of receiving the
resignation and of his purpose of
presenting lt to the city council to-
night. but Is uncertain as 10 future
action, saying that there is no hurry
about considering a successor to the
Office OF the chief OF detectives. De
tcctives. officers and patrOlmen are
loath to talk, an prefer to he simp-
ly spectators in the showdown bat
tie between the two chiefs Sheets
and Barlow.
The few who venture TO express
their opinion. however. say that the
rupture was inevitable. and tho cul-
mination of an internicine fight that
began with the appointment Of Chief
Barlow to his position. The culmina-
tiCu, II is said. came through the al
tempt OF the city administration az
represented by Chief Of Police Bar
low TO drive the scarlet women into
the walled city controlled by Belle
London, and 10 close the uptown
houses In this endeavor Chief Of
Detective Sheets baked, aud when
Ills plain clothes men were ordered
TO watch and patrol the uptown nous
cs, 1t is said, he countermnnded the
orders OF the chief of police.
Warm Debate.
The situation reached its climax
yesterday afternoon. when, in the
private Office Of the chief OF police
Sheets and Barlow threw down their
cards. Sheets was called into the
there is not divulged. except that af
ter an hours argument in which the
Voices were raised TO a pitch, Sheets
went Into his own Office and a few
Tinutes afterwards handed the chief
of police his resignation.
When interviewed this morning
Chief OF Police Barlow was non-com-
municative. In answer TO question
AS to what statement he wished to
make, ne said.
There Is nothing 10 say whatever
Mr. Sheets gave me his resignation
and Will present it TO the council
tonight don't care to discuss the
matter. and have nothing to say
about it"
When asked if he would appoint
successor TO fill Mr. Sheets position,
Chief Barlow replied:
II haven't given that part of it any
thought, and. anyway. there's no hur-
~.
Mr.. Sheets was equally non-com-
m!ttal, answering only. and with his
smile, 81 resigned. That's all there
is to it."
The Career Of Sheets.
George Sheets. known after the Nc
Whirter scandal as Honest George
Sheets, has been Identified with the
police department for 90 years with
Int slight interruption. During the
time he was not engaged in this de
partment he has been connected with
mercantile establishments as house
detective. He does not deny that he
has received many flatterlnG offers to
join the forces OF large detective con-
Germs I'm the east and with the rail-
road detective force in the west.
The name OF Sheets has been cou-
pied with the arrest OF some of the
worst criminals the west has known
in the last 30 years. To the criminal
fraternity he has been known as
Long George" BY his enemies 1t is
admitted that If he wants to get
criminal. he can get him, but his
enemies and many others say that it
ia not always the case that he wants
10 get all of tho criminals, and when
many deals have been made between
the detective. and the criminal Ans
wering this his friends will point
cut that he has never been convicted
of any unlawful deals with the under