Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-05
SHEETS FIGHTING
TO KEEP HIS JOB
Elongated Sleuth Under Fire and
Stripped Of His Former
Power.
MORE POLICEMEN ARE GOING.
Mayor Bransford'- Investigation i'ro-
cccding Quietly and Many Surprises
Due Before Il Comes to an End.


chief of Detectives George a. sheets.
the man Of mystery in police politics is
20 go. ultimately. IN the cleanup Of the
police department recently begun. Be-
fore nc falls. however. several others
Of inferior rank will be decapitated
who have been caught in the investigat-
ton started some time ago by Mayor
John s. Bransford. Within the last
week. chief sheets has been stripped
AZ lean as his shadow Of his duties as
chief Of detectives and Lieut. itlchafd
l.. shannon has been given the keys.
But Honest George" Sheets win
not 20 without "a tight Behind him
stands Martin u. Mulvey, aloonkeeper
and councilman from the Fifth ward,
who is at present leading the night
against Mayor Bransford Councilman
D. b. Morcton, who has been raped
for his methods OF soliciting Insurance
from saloonmeu and slipping bills
through the council, Is In the night
with Mulvcy. So Is Edward ODonneH
and capt Charles Reed, and Council
man wood viii no doubt CHIP IN WIN
them.
n the charges which are made can be
et1bstautIated. George sheets. who has
acted as the sentinel at the Jail door.
allowed fvc women TO be released NJ
the request OF Atty. William Newton
ON bail bonds which were worthless ana
on which nothing could be collected.
This happened some 10 days ago, after
special orders werE given not to take
any more straw bonds.
ARRESTED AND RELEASED.
These i've women were arrested, II Is
stated. by two patrolmen who have
not been on the force any length or
time and who had been detailed on
special duty 10 clean up the streets OF
lswd women. II was late at night
when the patrolmen who we're In plain
clothes arrested them while practising
their avocation. The women were
booked. but we're no sooner inside the
fail than they were released when
Newton appeared on the scene half an
hour later
Since then these women have not APP
reared and following the custom which
has been in vogue for several months
al the police station, the cases are
kept on the docket until they are for
gotten and then dismissed.
In going over the records OF the po-
lice department. the same women have
been ArTtaAtu NfNNA ~ AAAAA'" WANttAaA -
month on the charge Of vagrancy and
the cases dismissed without going 10
trial
sheets has passed upon the release of
every woman from the city jail Tor
months His 80. X" ~ 20 speak, has
been a pass word at the station and
he assumed more than his duties The
practise has become so notorious That
when one officer attempted TO arrest
IL. Al a
him. You better see Sheets first before
YOU take me up"
Not very long ago, patrolman on
his beat arrested woman and took
her 20 tho station In the patrol wagon.
She was booked and charged with va
urancv. The patrolman returned 20
his beat. but when he crossed state
street on his first block, he met the
woman, much TO his surprise walking
down the street When he asked hef
now she got out Of Jail she told him II
was none OF his business and dared
him 10 arrest her again under threat
Of losing his job.
PROFITABLE BAIL BUSINESS.
Charles Mcswine. a negro. and Mel
vine l. Reynolds. a colored woman, are
Newton's most faithful bondsmen. They
appcar on 30 or 40 bonds at time and
charge a EtkuAtl Tee OF - ANi teA'N WV
represented by the bail bond
NcSwine has "a house and lot valued
az perhaps $1,000 on this he has a
mortgage amounting TO 5000 which
lcaves him capable Of going on bonds
for 81. 600. McSwine is evidently In the
bond business for the percentage. There
are now In the city court about 30
bonds In force on which he IL surety
! Mrs Reynolds Is said 10 be worth about
as much as McSwine
In the district court. McSwine's bond
will not be accepted. Whenever a case
is appealed 20 the district court on
which ne is a surety, he surrcnders the
principal and has somebody else go on
the bond
Patrolman Jasper Kast. who b. also
/ slated for Monday night, has been talk
ing about resiEning for the last few
days-since the FIRST four patrolmen
were discharged. He says he is going
In the saloon business with George
/ Harris. who was one Of the patrolmen
who was charged with grating last
week kast was particularly active In
/ the last city election when he induced
/ men and vCmcn 90 register IN the ten
/ dcrloin districts.
Detective Fred Curran is also sched-
ulcd to take the high dive about Mon
day night His activity about the turf
! exchange MNfNf llF AItiN AAAANA Hf "a ct
/ bets on the horses either directly or
through his "sto1 pigeons has been
| one thing that has brought down judy
ment on him His partner, Detective
Earl Ripley is slated. but a hard fight
/ IS being made for his life. Ripley re-
| Gently took "a trip TO Denver for three
/ weeks as a pleasure trip Just for the
/ asking Ripley also manipulates around
/ the turf exchange making IL his head
quarters There are several others
who are under investigation. but their
heads have not been finally decided
upon surprise which Is said 90 ac
more than nine days wonder Is
/ looked FOR Mondav night at meeting
of the CITY council Unless some I'M
/ forcsccn contingencies arise, IL Is said
that chief Barlow viii recommend tho
removal OF at least four more members
Of the department
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