The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-22
IMPARTIAL LAW
SHOWN IN LOGAN
Courts and Proceedings Used TO
Blacken a Good Girls
Character.
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
LOGAN, Aug, 21.-Just now there is a
case pending in the district court here,
the circumstances of which illustrate
very well indeed the difference In the
methods used for enforcing the laws as
between Mormons and 'Gentiles" Some
weeks ago a young fellow named j. Otte
vas arrested one night by Police Officer
J. ). Hansen for Indecent conduct. which
consisted OF an attempt to crimlnally as
sault n young lady OF most excellent
.amlly and goodly reputation, but who is
l Gentle. Her home Is in North Da-
.Sota, where her father is engaged In
business, but she mas been here for more
nan a year visiting relatives.
She Is good musician and while here
employed her talents In that line, profit
aoIy. II was through her work that she
became acquainted with Otte-a Mormon,
and went strolllng with him several even
.ngs, until the assault was made, Be
ore that evening his conduct had been
.rreproachable and she suspected moth
.ng as to his evil intentions.
The aTresting officer. after talking
With the young woman. was thoroughly
convinced OF her innocence so allow ed
..er to return home, but jailed her as,
sentenced TO thirty days in jail, and he
served a week of his sentence when 1t
became noised about that the girl he as
>aultcd was only Gentle, and was
y
The air was instantly filled with stories
,ouching her virtue and they floated
Ibout uncontradlcted, since her iriends
acre are comparatively few.
Then II became an outrage on Otto that
he extreme penalty under the city or
finances should be visited on him, when
nis offense had been committed with one
II questionable rcpute, aud an appeal
must be taken.
AS q pretext for taking the appeal a
statement was secured from Albert King
shef probation officer here, who was
with Hansen when the arrest was made
hat the girl was equally blamable With
0tte. tha, she did not protest nor cry
out etc ad nauseum.
All these statements are belied by those
which King made at the time of arrest
md afterward. and by the story of Han
sen. and IL is quite natural TO conclude
under all the circumstances. that tho
pressure on King from some source, was
pretty strong.
but one aim can there be In taking II
that OF blaclSenlpg this Gentle" girls
reputation, for under the testimony IL
the. case, II would be an impossibility tt
woman can be forced into court for Z
curious crowd to gaze at and her name
oandicd about the court room by no
over careful lawyers. all will be we'll
good Mormon parentage, committed thu
crime OF adultery. The oifenss ,nt 5eint
il9grant, and without slddo" OF palla
tIon. He was finen $50 and according L
local newspapers. every effort was made
to cover up the whole affair. Then wheI
an outraged public conscience declared
this to he the putting of q premium OF
adultery. the offender was allowed Il
slope off, TO some other community
where requisition papers would be neces
sary to enforce his return and the in
cVitable excuse for non-action OF ITS tor
expensive for the county" could be made
4 comparison Of the two cases is In
structiye. There are other cases tina
might be mentioned for this year hal
seen g verltablc epidemic OF nastiness IL
! Logan, and all OF Il has been kept qule
| untll a non Mormon girl was involved
| thcn publicity is suddenly demanded.