The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-20
PLOT AGAINST THE
POLICE A FAILURE
Continued from Page One.

source. We went upstairs Before
reached the top of the stairs, while my
head was above the floor OF the second
story. looked across the hall and saw
number OF men in room smoking opium.
| could smell that IL was opium they were
smoking, Before I reached the top of the
stairs l also saw the door to another room
open and a man come out.
Behind this man WAS Louie 10y,
When he saw me he closed the door and
barred 1t. / raped at the door and said.
Consider yourself under arrest Open
this door and let us in or we Will break
Il down l had no opportunity TO tell
him for what he was arrested.
AT the time OF the shooting. Ripley
WAS al the window and | was about six
feet from him In charge OF six prisoners
who had been arrested in the room where
| had first seen the opium smoking, Rip
ley fired twice and shouted TO somebody
to stop. Shortly nfterward two shots
were fired which seemed to come from
the ground. Previous to the shooting.
Cleveland had been at the window. lie
said, I'll 20 down and head them off
while you watch here; first saw the
dead Chinaman when he was placed into
the patrol wagon.
when the room In which Louie 10y
had locked himself was opened ! saw a
kettle on the stove filed with some dark
brown material
The testimony was interrupted AT this
point and reference was made to Captain
Beckstead's intentions before the raid.
Was Not Under Arrest.
Before Louie 10y left by the window. ."
said he. ''l arrested him. l wanted him
for running hop joint On a former
occasion he had confessed TO me that he
when l came UP the stairs on Saturday
night | saw number OF men smoking
on the former occasion when | had visit
ed Loy's place ! was looking for some
thieves, but at that time l discovered a
number OF men there smoking opium
They said, however. that II was their
own drug they were smoking. At this
time / arrested Paul MauXiey and Alex
andcr
When went down TO the place Satur-
day night did not know whether IL was
a hop Joint or not. but went with the
object OF Investigating and at the same
time ! had reason to believe that num-
ber Of thieves were there.
After the shooting. when | entered
Louie Lows room | found kettle with
a hre under 1t on a stove and can con-
talning a black liquor, The room was
snd searched ,asa(y by Fpiey Wn Janney Cleveland
rooms besides Loy's and In one OF the
other rooms we found smoking outfits
In the northeast room We found a trunk
which friends Of Ioys said belonged to
him. This we took TO the police station
&nd opened In the presence Of relatives Of
10y Four smoking outats were taken
70 -, the noliee station, On The person OF
shooting The rooms at Loy's establish
mcnt were locked and the keys were left
III inc police station,
Previous to The shooting IL had beer
reported 10 me that large quantities or
drugs were being sold In violation OF The
law on the west side. The same night
] had Intended to visit another place on
Fifth Wcs, street That place was in
NcstiGaied last night by detectives OF the
department, and II was found that " was
locked up and that no cne was in il at
that time. Friday night. previous to the
shooting. We investigated two suspected
hop Joints and after an invcstlgct tion
closed them up. We also made n num- i.
her ~ other invcstiRations during last
week and closed another place We are
no moro persistent in THIS line than amy
other. and II Is our object to close them
all up
Enough Investigation.
1t was q, this point that Attorney Will
lard Hanson called n halt on the pro-
cccdinGs, en- the ground that the police
department had been investigated enough
and that IL WAS time TO find out some
thing concerning how 10y had met his
dca tn.
The only other witness Of The session
was DR.. y. y. Hanson, county phvsI~
clan He described the wound and said
that LOy's death had been caused by Il,
He said that Lov had died Instantly and
voluntary motion Of the limbs TO change
| the posItion he occupied at The time OF
| the shooting
The hearing Will resume at 10 o'clock
| this morning in the court of Harry $.
| 1iarperA, acting coroner and Justice OF the
pHace. y,
Mr.. Hutchinson said yesterday that he