Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-18
PUTS UP MONEY,
GOES HER WAY
Mrs. Topham, Stookade Proprle-
tor, Faces Court Like Any
Other Prisoner.
NINE CHARGES AGAINST HER
VIII Answer 10 These Tuesday
while Cash Bail Releases Her
From Custody.

Belle London. queen OF the local UNI
derworld, appeared mis- morning with
in the railing that surrounds common
Migrants. drug heuds. criminals and
the rin-tan OF life that IFS forced into
Judge Bowman's court. shown marked
Difference by the police. the queen
found herself In many respects rubbing
elbows with the position Of her slaves,
who. dcfying her Will had sat on the
same wooden bench that she was
forced To occupy while the formhlity
Of her arraiEument was being gone
through. She VIII not. however plead
10 the nine cha rges brought against
her by city Atty. ~. J Dininuy until
Tuesday morning but In the meantime
is at liberty after having deposited
$500 In cash AZ "a guaranty for her
appearance In court
The belief that Belle London, owner
of the stockade whore human bodies
and souls are bought and sold, and
who operates under the protecting
wing OF the American party, could
never be brought into court to ans
Weri 90 a charge. was exploded this
morning, when the woman was not
only compelled to stand at the SER
geants window and be booked ON the
docket. but was compelled to be ac-
tuai'y present IN the police court as
would any other prisoner,
RECEIVED WITH DIGNITY.
with ali her graclousness and with
the Difference Of the police TO avoid
as much as possible any annoyance to
her Belle London called on chief Bar
low this morning. and within tho pri-
waite office was served by the chief with
nine warrants Of arrest. four for vlo-
lailng The liquor ordinance and Ave for
maintaining houses of prostitution. An
cndeayor was made 10 avoid woundng
the feelings OF the sensitive ana mod
est madame by having her arralgned I'm
private room. Evidently the city
attorneys office had no sense Of the
fine distinction which has been ac-
quircd BY the police department.
Rudeiy enough she had to appear
before tho desk sergeant and on nine
separate lines of the police docket, on
the same sheet with Migrants and
drum kards and petty thieves, appears
the name given as Mrs Dora u, Top
ham. an American, aged so years on
four OF the lines appears tho charge
OF violation Of the license ordinance and l
on five the charge Of keeping n house
OF prostitution,
BAIL MUST BE CASH
when booked, Belle London was es-
corted To- the police court room by
Lieut., Hempel, after II had hecn ntly
by Asst city Atty. Dalton
thai the defendant must appear In open
court, and she sat on the hard wooden
beDch while her time FOR pleading 10
the nine charges was set for TUESDAY
With her bail fixed az $500
under each complaint, a representative
FOR the defendant asked II e check
would be- accepted and again Belle
London, the queen, became similar 60
any other prisoner. Clerk Canning
stated that the bail must be cash or a
bond approved by the court--and the
amissary FASTENED out to get the
money
on Tuesday morning Belle London. |
n company with :he two Koreans, HUI |
Hak and : :. Lee also from the stock
lde, viii appear before Judge Bowman |
Tor the purpose OF pleading 10 the |
'harges against them nine In the ca. |
" the woman and three In each case |
II the Koreans.