The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-12
PROMINENT DENVER
CITIZENS ARRA|CNED
More Than a Score of Present
and Former City Officials
and Business Men in Court.
BAIL is FIXED AT $1,000
Some of Indicted Are Charged
With Renting Houses for
Immoral Purposes.
BAIL is FIXED AT $1,000

DENVER, Colo, Sept. 11.-As a Sc
quel 10 a war OF newspaper accusations
that featured largely in the citizen s
party campaign in the city and county
election of last spring, more than a
score of present and former city OF.
fcials and prominent business men OF
Denver gave bond today in the crimi'
nsl division OF the district court to
answer TO a special grand jury's indict,
ments. The indictments were returned
after two weeks Of deliberstion and
hearing OF testimony OF witnesses or
various degrees OF respectsbiity and
prominence from former Mayor Robert
w. Speer and present Mayor Arnold
and corporation presidents 10 the low
est inmates OF the dives of the city.
The indictments contain an infinite
number Of allegations of bribery, mis-
use of the city's streets, theft OF fran
chises. operating disorderly houses,
renting property. for such purposes,
neglect Of duty in non.enforcement OF
the laws, and obstructing the public
streets
In all forty.six true bills were re-
turned upon the testimony of many
witnesses, some OF whom are under
bond 10 remain in the city and some
Of whom are in jail for lack OF bond.
Mayor Among Victims.
Mayor Arnold and his predecessor,
Robert W. Speer, are alike charged
with failure to enforce the laws against
open vice, together with the present
and former chiefs of police and the
fire and police boards. both past and
present, and the present school board.
The officials OF the local telephone and
telegraph company are charged with oo'
structing the streets and the Inter
national Trust company oficisls are
charged with renting property for dis
orderly houses.
The grand jury which thus by whole.
sale arraigned both the present and
former administrations and the big
corporations OF the city, was empaneled
bv Judge Shattuck on August % upon
allegations 10 the district attorney,
William P. Daniels, president OF the
Big Five Tunnel Ore Reduction com.
pany Of this city. In his affidavit
sonsl knowledge OF corruption. in the
city, but that the charges which be
related had been made in the news.
papers during the spring campaign and
as citizen he prayed that they be
investigated as to their truth or fal-
sity.
Although Judge Shattuck called the
special grand jury to consider the al.
legations, routine Of service brought
their report before Judge Teller in
the criminal division today.
Failure to Enforce laws.
Tho charges against present and
former city officials accuse them of
failure to enforce laws against open
vice. Among those appearing in these
cases were,
Mayor Henry ]. Arnold.
Chief Of Police Felix O'Neill.
A. A. Blakely, George Creel and
Thomas J. McGrew, members of the
fire and police board.
Former Mayor r. W. Speer.
Former Chief OF Police Hamilton
Armstrong.
VI. T. Dsvoren, Earl Hewitt and D. |
A Barton, members of the fire and po-
lice board under the Speer administra-
tion.
The present city officers were repre-.
sented by counsel from the city attor-
ney's office and the former city off
cisls hv former City Attorney Fl. A.
Lindslev. All these are in the city er-
eept former Mayor specr, and Attornev
Lindsey informed the court that he
would return 10 Denver by October l.
Landlords Arraigned.
Among those who appeared 10 an.
swer charges Of renting property for
immoral purposes were: The Interna.
tional Trust company and its officers,
Bennett & Myers real estate firm, and
about thirty individuals
The Mountain States Telephone and
Telegraph company and President e B.
Field and Vice President f. B. Field.
Jr., indicted on a charge Of obstruct-
az l.
counsel and furnished bond.
The members OF the school board.
charged with failure to observe the
eity's fire ordinances in eo1ippino o
school buildings, who appeared in per,
son o. through counsel. were Staphen
r, Knight. Mrs. NJ W. Jones. d, r
Phillips, John ". Gillespie and P. W.
Csrlin.