The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-12
Without Waiting for Burial of
Johnston, They Manufac-
ture Political Capital.
DEWEY FACES CHARGE
OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER
Secretly Arraigned in County
Jail to Aid Play TO the
Galleries.

without waiting for the burial of Ser
geant Johnston, who was slain by Elmer
l.. Dewey, tho county authorities began
Immediately after the shooting To make
political capital out 0f the tragedy. The
county authorities for several days have
been staging q play OF their own in an
effort to dIscredit the police one OF whose
heroic members was done To death while
In the performance OF his duty.
TIE latest play to the galleries was the
sRecret arragnment'' OF the slayer in the
county jail. To add n touch OF the realistic
70 this burles1ue the county authorities
gave out for publication the statement
that the police had refused To be rcspon
sible for Dewey's safety IL the 1rralen-
ment were held in open court
CHIEF of Police Barlow denounced yes
terday this attempt 10 put words Into his
mouth.
IL was the only one who possibly could
have given any authority To such state
ment," he said. "and | made no such
statement ! was asked bv Warden
Pratt yesterday where thought the ar
raignment should De held and merely
replied Anywhere.
This reply was unsatisfactory TO those
who were staging the burlesque amid
scenes OF tragic woe and they decided TO
make the police say what they did not
say, and in order to lend verisimifiude to
"the police" had declared that they would
not he responsible for Dewey's safety il
the arraignment were held in the open.
Action Is Denounced,
This wanton blackening OF Salt Lakes
fair name, when so many tourists were
In the city. was roundly condemned on all
In the office of the county jail. be-
fore ]. NJ. Bowman of the police court
and In the presence OF Sheriff Sharp and
%x...., 1rr.. uhn fo A
ley Price. Attorney John f. Bowman.
Mrs. Il. l.. Dewey and number OF news
paper reporters. Elmer l.. Dewey
was arraigncd and next Saturday
for his preliminary hearing.
Dewey was exceedingly pale and re-
mainsd calm through The n. arraignment'
Judge Bowman told the prisoner 10 stand
up His attorney G. Stanley Price. did
all the talking. He said that the defen
Next followed the reading OF the com
paint by the clerk of the police court.
Qails at Complaint
Dewey turned pnler as the clerk read;
"On this 10th day of July, before me.
j. NJ. Bowman, judge OF the city court
within and for Salt Lake City. personally
appeared D. 4. Sullivan. who, on being
duly sworn by me. on his oath did say
that X. l.. Dewey on the 9TH day Of July,
did commit the crime of murder In the
said T.. L., Dewey at the time and place
aforesaid. upon one John II. Johnston.
willfuly, unlawfully. feloniously. delib
erately, prcmedltatedly. and of his malice
aforethought and with the specific In
tent TO take the life Of the said John
II. Johnston. an assault did make with
a certain gun, commonly called revol-
Yer. loaded with gunpowder and leaden
bullets. then and there by him, the said
II. l.. Dewey had and held in his hand,
and then and there wilfuly, etc, did
shoot and discharge upon and against the
body Of him, the said John Fl, Johnston.
thereby and thus striking him with one
OF the said leaden bullets. inficting upon
and in the body of him, one mortal
wound. from which mortal wound said
John ii. Johnston languishcd n short
time and then on July &, died and so the
said e. l.. Dewey did wilfulIy, etc. the
said John ii. Johnston kill and murder"
Prisoner Is Unmoved.
Dewey took the matter quietly and ap-
pcared 10 be somewhat more cheerful
than upon other occasions since the shoot
ing. Attorney John r Bowman repre-
sented the state and the law firm OF
Huu & Hurd was entered as associate
counsel for the defense. Attorney Price
is OF the law firm of Smith G. Pdice. The
time for the preliminary hearing was
agreed upon by all parties concerned and
the hearing came To an end.
After being allowed few minutes talk
with his attorneys and his wife Dewey
wss taken 10 automobile and. accom-
panied by Sheriff Sharp. Deputy Sheriff
Corless and his wife taken TO tho state
prison. The place was not set for Satur-
later by Attorney Price aud Judge Bow