The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-18
MERRY N|X-UP
OVER WARRANT IS
Issued Against Stockadc, but
Police Chief Refuses to
Serve Them.
JUDGE OGDEN HILES
CONSULTED BY BARLOW
Deadlock Is Now on, and De-
yclopments Arc Eagerly
Awaited.

Upon thc advice of Judge Ogden
1lilcs, Chief of Police Barlow has not
served the twenty Jane Doe warrants
against Belle London and the inmates
oil four houses i'll the stockado.
The warrants were issued Wedues-
day by City Clerk Ben s. Rivcs, on
| complaints furnished by the Office of
! City Attorney IL. j. Dninny and sworn
to by William Boyd. Chief Barlow has
| these warrants in his desk Mt the police
| station,
Immediately after receiving the war
rants, Chief Barlow asked the city at
tornev for I'm opinion as to the Legality
of the warrants when they were not
signed by a Judge of the court. The
opinion of Mr.. Dinnny WAS handed to
the chief of police early Thursday at.
teruoon.
The opinion of the city attorney not
only calls attention To the law govern
ing the signing of warrants. but 1T re,
Dukes the chief of police for alleged
.lockeying' of warrants and processes
issued on complaints from the city at
torncv's Office and concludes with the
declaration that Chief Barlow will be
called upon to explain his stand in the
matter If tho warrants against Belle
London, now in his hands, are not
served
Hiles Is Consulted.
Following the receipt of The reply
from the city attorney. Chief Barlow
consuItcd with Judge Ogden Hiles, and
according to Chief Barlow, Mr., Hiies ad-
vised him not to serve the warrants
Chief Barlow had no sooner consulted
with Judge lIiles than the following or
der was served on City Clerk Ben ).
h.r tnli M no | i a
"That neither the clerk of the city
court nor any OF his deputies shall at
test or sign warrants of arrest, either
IN civil or criminal sections, until after
signed by the Judge"
a copy of this order was posted in the
Office of the clerk of The criminal di
vision of the city court shortly before
) clock Thursday afternoon
Upon hearing that the warrants turned
over In Chief Of Police Barlow had not
been served. City Attorney Dininny
went TO the Office Of City Clerk Rives
to have twenty more warrants issued.
In the meantime, however, Mr.. Rives
had been served with the order from
Judge Whitaker and the new warrants
asked by Mr.. Diuinny were accordingly
not issued
Three Corncred Affair.
The question of whether the variants
shall be served or not has now developed
into a Whitaker DiDlnny- Barlow affair
and Chief Barlow stated Thursday night
that he would take no action in the
matter whatever, until il is proven who
is right on the proposition,
City Attorney DipInny, it is under
stood, leaves the matter ny 10 the chief
of police entirely. In doing so, 1T APP
pears, he would give out the impression
that 81 am through monkeying.
Chief Of Police Barlow said Thursday
night that City Attorney Dininny had
asked to have the fact that the warrants
had been turned over to him kept quiet.
lest the inmates Of the stockadc and
Belle London get word of their pro-
posed arrest. Then, according to the
chief, the matter was given publicity
by the city attorney through his assis-
tant. Dalton, and the cooperation of the
Descrct News police reporter, who was
tipped off -