Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-07
Those on Duty at Stockade Can
not Remember Very
Much.
KOREANS FACULTIES BETTER.
He Recalls Instances When He De-
lIvcrcd Beer Ia Cribs In Response
To AnnunCiator Calls.

whom the prosecution relied most &c
convict Mrs. Dora -. Topham, alias
Belle London Of the charge of violat-
ing the city ordinances by selling
liquor without a license. servants OF
the defendant and mombers OF the
police department were called on the
stand 20 prove the city's case
Four witnesses were examined this
forenoon. one HUI Hak. a Korean. en-
ployed az carrier and server OF beer
within the stockadc. two police officers,
I. f. Griffiths and Il. A. Radke. and a
special officer. Jas X. Boyd. employed
within the stockade This afternoon
Chief Of Police Barlow and city Atty.
II. j. Dininny viii go back on tho
stand under the call OF the prosecu-
ton.
| In the mornings testimony some in
teresting features were brought out
| Under the leading questions put to
| Patrolman Grifilths by Asst. city Atty.
II. J. Daily but answered evasively, it
] appeared that the patrolman had OBJ
tained extra work from Belle Lon
! don. adding an additional $40 to his
monthly salary received from the city
as n patrolman.
Although the Citizens Investment
company is supposed to have ended
its corporate existence Special officer
BOYD. employed at the stockade tes-
tined that he understood Belle Lon
don is the manager OF the investment
company Anyway she is manager Of
the business down there at the stock
ade."
II developed. too. that Boyd now
employed as special officer within the
walls Of the stockade, sold some of the
property that Is now included within
the stockade district. and IL had been
his understanding that the purchase
was made by the Citizens Investment
company organized for the purpose OF
creating the stoCkade under the
managership OF Belle London and with
the consent of the "American" party
administration and police department
The jury in the first of the nine
cases against Belle London was Sc
cured yesterday afternoon, and Is COM
posed OF F. Browning. c. w. Brewer
A. II. Parsons and +. l.. Gardner
BEER SOLD IN sTOCKADE.
s. S. Lee, a Korean. also charged
with violating the liquor ordinances
within tho stockade. vas the first wit
ness called by the prosecution and
spent an hour or two yesterday after
noon telling the fact. through an in
terpreter, that much beer was sold
within the stockade. This morning HUI
Hak, comparlot and fellow worker
with Lee. and also under q similar
charge Of violating the liquor or
dlnance, was put on the stand and eX-
planned the annunciator system from
the cribs TO the cellar" where the
beer and liquors are stored I'm tho
stockade He had delivered several
l...U
answer to calls from the crib, but for
the most part the Korean had n
shifting memory
Patrolman Grifflths who patrols the
district Of the stockade NJ night. was
called to testify as 20 whether he had
seen the sale or the carrying Of beer
from the cellar TO the cribs. but
could give no very SPECIFIC instance.
His testimony had a nettlesome ef-
feet on the examiner, Mr.. DAILY. who,
despite tho strenuous objections OF Cul.
bert l.. Olsen, attorney and counselor
for Relic London. succeeded in bringing
out answers to varied questions regard
ing the stoCkade.
do you recall. Mr.. Grlffiths," Mr.
I}aly asked, 'on the night OF June %.
the night ~ tho so-called raid on the
stockade. that you had a talk with mo
and Mr.. Dalton at the stockade gate"
Yes, | remember"
do you remember telling us that |
YOU were employed on extra work by |
Belle London"
Mediterranean remember |
that-thst-I said that"
Are you sure that you didn't speak |
about That"
well, might have
do you remember asking me n J |
thought that $40 a month was an right |
for those two or three hours extra
work each night?"
THEIR MEMORY HAY.
Pairoiman Grinfiths was undecided in
his recollection OF that part Of the con
yersation, too. but recalled that next
morning at police headquarters he hal
the Information 20 Mr.
DAILY that he was employed on the eX-
ira work by Mr.. RiChart and not by
Belle London.
Patrolman Radke had little 10 give In
the way Of testimony except that he
had been in the stockode several times.
but knew nothing about the sale Of
liquor there
Special OFFICER Jimmy Boyd testl-
fed that he was employed e. watch the
inside the stOckade and was
Employed by Richart, a man who does
I'D Jobs about the stockade. fixing up
he window screens and receiving tho |
ce." HIS testimony, under direct cX-
animation. was largely ia the line Of
'onnecting Belle London with the
.tockade He admitted that he had
old property now within the stockade
md that although. the transfer was
made 60 Evans the offer had been
made by the Citizens Investment COM
ANY In answer to questions he said
hat he understood that Belle London Is
he manager OF the Investment COM
any and the manager OF the business
4 the stockado. that she has an office
hora in which she spends a greater