White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-11-18
MUCH BITTER FEELING
At CARSON MEETING
Continued from Page onc.)

cooperation dUu III turn WaHlPQ &c
cooperate with the local officers and
whenever or wherever possible he was
only too happy to send any available
trained men he might have to assist
them in the work. When he con
cluded the general feeling seemed to
with YOU
j. E. Richards, prohibition direc.
tor of Utah, to whom certain portions
of Nevada-White Pine and Elko
counties-haye been assigned. re.
ferred to the vast territory which his
department has to owe with n COM
paratively limited force. In speaking
of the new territory in Nevada to
which his force has been assigned,
he said, We already have in The
mail on the way to the United States
district attorney cases involving
abatement proceedings to close down
the open saloons in the vicinity of
Ely, McGiil. ~Riepetown and Wells.
New, afidavits in eighteen cases. in
volving twenty-six yiolators. The
whole force of available field men OF
the Utah force of five is now oper-
ating in that same yicinity-that is.
l suppose they have completed their
operations by woodworking raids
in places where they were unable to
get sufficient evidence otherwise"
F. B. Ebberts, assistant 20 Wayne
j.. Wheeler. general counsel for the
anti-saloon league. made some start.
ling statements regarding the law
and the rights of peace officers wher
acting with or without search war
rants. He was positive in his state
ments and from his remarks the gem
eral impression gathered seemed to
he that in his view there was seldom
if ever anything to prevent an officer
from entering public or private
places, by force or otherwise. with
or without a search warrant. He said
If an officer had reason to believe that
an automobile was illegally trans.
porting liquor he could hold it up
and search it without q warrant, or.
on the other hand. if Iy any one of
The five senses he had reason to be-
lleve liquor was being illegally han
dled. On the points he discussed he
said he was willing to furnish briefs
without charge and guaranteed that
such briefs would make any honest
sudge hesitate before holding against
his contentious.
AT the conclusion of Mr.. Ebberts'
remarks Mr.. Springmeycr asked him
some questions which indicated that
the two lawyers were not altogether
in accord in the matters under con-
sideration.
AS Governor Scrugham called on
the district attorneys and sneriffs
from the different counties it vas
made clear BY many of the county
legal advisers in particular that they |
did not coincide with Mr.. Ebberts
in his view. One OF the the d;stric. |
attorneys during the course Of his
remarks said he was wondering whasl
would happen if a police officer act
ing on the advice of Mr.. Ebberts
residence or into some public place
from which he believed his sense OF
smell detected liquor, and while so
entering without any searcrh war
rant or other authority he should,
for example, be killed as a burglar.
and it thereafter transpired that nc
liquor was in the place and there was
no other violation of the Jaw--in such
an event of how much value would
the brief furnished by the attorney
for the anti-saloon league be TO the
widow and orphans, fo" example, OF
the dead officer"
District Attorney Srmmerfeld of
Washoe county made a clean-cut
statement of his position. end said
that he did not come to the confer
ence to hear the federal district at
torney scold like an old woman, but
or the other hand had hoped to hear
some practicable suggestions as to
how cooperation might be brought
about. lie was convincing IL his re-
marks when he said rs district at
torney of Washoe county ,he was
naturally in favor of law enforce
ment, and to that end was willing
10 lend his every effort along any
consistent lines which might be point
ed out and which had not ALREADY
occurred to him.
Some reference was made at diff
ferent times during he session to the
letter from District Attorney Boyle
to United States District Attorney
Springmeyer regarding the "tilting OF
the lid" and the view was expressed
that in order to bring about proper
cooperation there must likewise be
certain confidence between the fed
eral and the state law enforcement.
officers.
This brought out the suggestion
that even if the letter did not meet
with tie views of the United States
district attorney he should have treat
cd the matter confdentially and Fri
vately with the district attorney who
wrofa a. opI not hold hin, 49, - ,;l;