Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-16
ooId and Staggering Charges
Made by City Attorney
Dinlnny.
GROWN REPLACES SMILES
Yesterday the Protectors OF Vice
Were GIeefuI. Thinking Them
selves Secure.
pui Today the Tables Were turned
And Barlow. shannon and Beck
stead Are cited.

stead Are Cited.
n.anne charges of failure to per
.,m their duty. couchcd in the
nd ofailed In good faith to at
.,no, 10 serve l13 warrants" were
.oresd uron the records Of the city
.a.,, against chief Of Police $. M.
p,,low Lieut.. r. l.. shannon and
SORT NJ. Beckstead today in an
,ndaylt fled by the city attorney H..
Dlninny
The geeful chuckle OF yesterday, in
,h,ch the police laughed at the
. svarted attempt to bring them into
soBrt FOR an investigation, faded away
today into a look OF sullen defiance,
vben CITY Atty Dininny not only
sed an AFFIDAVIT condemnatory TO the
police and showing the police protec-
Non OF the stockade, but also hand
a to the court prepared citations.
ANer the reading Of the affidavit.
Judse Bowman set next Friday at
. o'clock, p. m, as the time for the
Investigation
The proceedings this morning, while
Mief brought into holder relief the
protection granted by the police de-
Nrment to Belle London's stockade,
| where white slavery Is an institution.
| IN his affidavit the city attorney de-
| CARED that from June % until July
| Il Of this year 4i3 warrants for the
arrest Of inmates Of the stockade had
ken issued, with only six arrests;
ha during that period the stockade
he'd Neh tenanted and occupied, and
he sridayit revealed the fact of the
/ sri1ent prearrangement for the
siyce OF warrants-~ihats the stockade
| would be closed each night from 10
Until II o'clock, and that the officer
aiih the warrants would attempt
their service during that hOur-the
hour when no one was there
A MISUNDERSTANDING.
Leading to the court procedure to-
ttt NAttN 90 wv AAAAfA III Allf DDiltt
apartment is cited to appear for neg
lgence Of duty an attempt had been
made 10 have the investigation yester-
cay but the attempt was thwarted
nolgh "a Misunderstanding" on
sednesday last Judge Bowman grant
2 the motion Of City Atty. Dininny
hai Lieut.. shannon and Sergt. Beck
H'ad De cited into court Friday after
iaon Tor the purpose Of explaining why
variants issued against the stoCkade
hnates had not been issued. The time
y was o'clock. Friday. but lust be-
nfe noon yesterday the city attorney
aad his assistant p J. DAILY, were
Nasgered With Information that no ci-
Alohs had been issued. aud the police
Aushed AZ their discontinue. The fail
W to Issue the citations. IL was ex-
tnea' came through a mlsunder-
ms morning when court opened city
Any pinlnny resumed his quest for
a.Otmaton regarding the failure to
mut. '"S
IL your honor please. II appears
usie mas been some sort Of a mis-
NHmse In the Investigation which
,vSI honor called In reference TO the
lilIe 10 serve some warrants. and
y, me Information OF the court and
WI WI 'ne view that the court may he
1850 as to certain matters, / will
~ ulk aiHdaUt which I offer. II
, ~. wuit deems u proper I also have
,p''eu inc citations for the appear
an'e Of the officers"
THE CHARGES LAID.
a, " y. Dlnlnnys AFFIDAVIT In support
NN motion for a citation of the no
u ohcers is as follows:
o.. y Dlhlnny being duly sworn,
o,,,,o That he Is the duly elected.
49, s'inea and acting city attorney OF
IN axe CITY; that beginning June %,
ss,y,. ana including July Ia. 1910.
,y'sa m mas made 413 affidavits
Tan 1 " liFers persons by the name of
ps,, Doc whose true name to depo-
ssIg "a ana Is unknown, charging
ttBtas ,'5.u WIN being common pros
CIV n,unlh the limits of Salt Lake
-, ahu particularly the enclosure
s I.oNh as and called The stockadc
49, on parts n lots .. and 2
~ an o. lot s. block ca. plat A salt
s,s,sNh ny survey. for a more fulI
a, ,Alnehl OF said affidaVits. and each
N. n' reference Is hereby ma dc 10
clerk Ivy on ulc In the office OF the
Ain. ms court That upon the
vas iss.sdch or said affdaVits there
o. ,s,'tu 90 ui and under tho seal
ehiss court and delivered 10 the
nsr.tV police Of salt Lake Citv
Ss,,.s, :. NJ. Barlow, A warrant. thsf
ns.,lht Is informed and believes thet
s,ss ~ OF said warrants was delIv-
q noi g ~ l. shannon. FIRST lieutenant
In, y, OF salt Lake CITY and nor
sN n NJ. Beckstead, sergeant or
n p'nce force, for service
nurhs. sald warrants were issued In
i'm, ana date as follows:
sarrar,9' ~ warrants. June "a 25
q IA ~. June Is, p warrants. June
iahe - rants June Is, IS warrants:
nnts ~, warrants, July l. % war
warrant. - Warrants: July I, 20
p psrrsr July b 20 warrants: July s.
Z n u.sr,s, jury Z 20 warrants: July
July y ,,.pnts. July II. 10 warrants;
rants. ana w, mrI,a ants July 70. IS war
nsyss' ,aeponent is Informed ana he
49,, uaN during the time aSor-.'p,
lg6 from June q. 1910. 10 III. ~,
uo,,s each Of the davs abo,.. -
io,.s mere were from Is IN 10 nrnssi
poc.sAns Sing their calling in ~.
su,s aioresaid. while tho we
,ersl,. aforesaid were in ~ ""r-
Nd p under the control
rteaa n'ow, shannon ana
b lnfo-,.saS, said stockade. as dcn,nor,,
, s'cloes 81 ana believes. was oner 49,
a nigb, ~ The morning untiI N n.ci1,i i
y q. ana from Il o'clook M 49,
that h clock IN the morning So
trern,sssu Officers had In s-oog 80.