Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-13
CITY ATTORNEY INoUISITlvE
Wants TO Know Why Police Are
Unable to Serve
Warrants.
out OF $50 Processes Issued Depart
ment Has served Only Six
Witnesses inundated.

| Why only six arrests have been made
| under $50 warrants issued against in
mates Of the stockade since June 20
| will be the subject OF an Investigation
| before Judge Bowman Friday after
noon at o'clock.
At the same time. the arrest Of Ray
| Woods, the Prosecutions witness
against Belle London on the eve Of the
trial, viii also be Investigated
For the investigation, Police Lieut..
r. L. shannon. sergt r. NJ Beck
stead, and Patrolman G p. Tlnges. the
latter the arresting officer in the case Of
Ray Woods, have been cited to appear
before the court
city Atty. Il. j Dininny dropped a
surprise bomb iu police department cir
Giles TINS morning, when he asked the
court to set time for an inVestiga-
ton that Is expected In bring 10 pub
lie light some OF the mysterious inner
workings OF the department. and which
VIII also IL Is anticipated by the city
attorneys office. bring into better view
the protected stockade.
In plain words city Atty Dininny, in
asking the court for the Investigation,
made the accusation that the citys
witness In the case against Belle Lon
don had been arrested FOR no other
purpose than that Of intimidation. and
made plain the inference of purposed
neglect Of duty I'M the failure TO serve
the warrants issued against the stock
ade
WHAT DININNY SAID.
Tho request for the investigation was
made when the case OF Ray Woods was
called When the clerk called the
case city Atty Dininny addressed the
court as follows.
II want to ask the court to set a time
for the Investigation OF the arrest of
this woman. At the time Of her arrest
she WAS under subpoena TO appear in
this court "a witness and ! have
reason 90 believe that her arrest wis
for tho purpose Of intimidating her in
the testimony that she would give.
~ would Ike 20 have the arresting
officer brought into court and secure
the Information as TO who directed him
to arrest this woman
II ask the court 20 fix a particular
time FOR this investigation. and also to
investigate another matter.
There have been issued out OF this
court by your honor. since the 23rd 90
June $50 warrants against inmates OF
the stockade. There we're six arrests
made the first time. There have been
no arrests since, and I am advised the Z
place Is running and the people have
been there all the time
THE returns on these warrants APP
pear TO have been made by Sergeant
WANTS TO KNOW WHY. r
II am satisfied there has been no at
tempt made TO serve these warrants
and ! ask your honor to appoint time
to inyestlga this, and 20 issue sub M
poenas for Beckstead and shannon
and let's find out why these warrants III
have not been served" E
In the endeovor TO close the stockade,
an institution existing in fragrant vio- !,
"a q ole. allffas Nls. oil -
attorney has found himself confronted
with an irnpenetrable barrier. Begin Al
ming June %. he has issued 800 war
rants for the arrest OF the inmates Of 81
he stockade. on the date mentioned
70 warrants were issued and given into iti
he hands Of the police for service. but
although at the moment the warrants
we're handed over TO the police the
Itockado was running wide OPEN the n.
iquad OF officers found II darkened and u.
iatenanted upon their arrival After tI
he lull Of day or two. the furry OF III
he unexpected scare passed. and en- ~
through some source, tho ~
tockade has made no pretension OF 10
losing. with daily recurrence. batch
g Of warrants have been issued by tina
ity attorney, and out Of the criminal VIZ
ivision Of the city court. but the po
Ice have been unable to detect any vio- N
alton OF the law within the stocl1ade, KIN
r to md anyone there upon whom the ifl
'arrants could he served. it3
on Monday night. the night before III
he beginning OF the introduction OF M
estimony against Belle London on the
barge cf renting houses for the pur- III
ose OF prostitution, Pay Woods, the II 4
tvs witness. was arrested by Patrol .t1
ian Tinges on a charge Of vagrancy. t#f
Ter bail was fixed at the maximum ffif
mount OF $500 but on motion OF tho a u
ty prosecutor the following morning q
he bond was set aside and the defend u Il
4
1nce Her time Tor pleading has Il
zen continued now until after the in
OF the circumstances re- 81 z
ardinF her arrest. llt
CHIEF NON CoMMITTAIA NIX
Chlef OF Police Barlow. when inter- 4
LEVIED following the court incident. = "
as non-committsl When asked for y
atemcnt ne said II
There is nothing TO say about a. Let n
ie other side do the talking. We have H
ldeavored TO serve every warrant T.
ven TO Us with tho exception OF Il VI
,tch last Monday and these did not I. IT
ar the courts signature The officers IL
ill be present az the time set FOR the
vestigation, and there Is nothing to n
said until that time i n
The action OF the city attorney ir u ~
Hing for court Investigation has 8 NJ
cited comment as 90 The methods % 81 Nv
@ police department The situation II w
the past two weeks has been locke T. It
on as farcical with the laugh all on z Al
police. IL is "a notorious fact {, ai4 w
, man about town that the stockale + VI VI
open every day and night but the NN NV
lice In either stumbling blindness or b vi
customary faulty has been unable VI
discover this Haunted fact ttii4'
asst night although rs warrants M
re out for the arrest of the stock fNHI
e inmates. the hatitues there mad 4'
FRY over the acquittal OF their mig M
sand their baachanaliau orgies IL.
the allurement Of their enticement "a wv
m In. "