The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-01-30

was taken into custody by the police
who turned him over to his aunt, Mrs.
Terrell, who acted as his guardian.
You were also informed by evidence
presented at the inquest that Harry
Horton, on several occasions, was pa
tient of an insane asylum, and from
the testimony Of Mrs. Terrell it is
evident that the police knew that
Harry Horton, on several occasions,
was a patient of an insane asylum and
knew where to find him if the law re-
CURED that he be taken into custody
The post mortem statement of Dr.
Foley is positive evidence that Horton
was shot facing the police officers, the
bullet wounds showing the entrance
and exit of the bullets, and they are
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ming at the time he was shot, as the
testimony Of the police officers would
have you believe. According to the
police officers own testimony, three
police officers and deputy sheriff had
surrounded him and were standing
from two to three feet apart and from
seven to ten feet away from Horton
when the shots were fired, that re-
suited in his death-positive proof that
he could be taken into custody without
firing a shot. At the time Harry Hor-
ton was placed under arrest by the
police officer, the police officer had an
opportunity to search him for a
weapon, which no doubt was done, SO
that he had personal knowledge that
Harry Horton was not armed and that
neither his life nor the life of any
police officer was at any time in jeo-
pardy The police are being paid to
protect life, liberty and property and
not to destroy them
My attention has also been called to
several inquests over which you pre-
sided. From the history Of the testi-
nony in case No. 95 Of January, 1926,
one male adult 20 years old was re-
fused admittance at the County Hos
pital on January H. On January q
he died and the autopsy showed lobar
pneumonia. It further shows that this
man was affected with lobar pneu-
monia from FIVE to seven days pre-
vious to applying at the hospital and
should have been admitted to the hos
pital 1t was your duty to advise me
in order that an investigation might
have been made on such a serious
| charge before closing the inquest
William Battle, living at 2oOS State
Street, patient in the County Hos
pital, was sent home in taxi and at
Ashland Avenue and Roosevelt Road
died from lobar pneumonia within
twenty minutes after leaving the hos
pital. Cease No. 6 of January, 1920
Why this person should be sent out of
the hospital in this condition is a mys-
terry and you should have advised me |
of this matter before closing the in
quest.
Albert Gilbert cease No. 70 Of De-
cember, 1929 picked up by hivver
squad, was taken to the County Hos
pital and refused admittance. He was
examined at the County Hospital and
sent to the Psychopathic Hospital.
The next morning the Psychopathic
Hospital sent him home because in
their opinion he did not have delirium
tremens. Before he reached Polk and
Wood Streets, after leaving the Psy-
chopathic Hospital, he dropped dead
from lobar pneumonia: / cannot I'M
derstand why you should not have
called my attention to this case before
closing the inquest.
1t is very evident that you are not
cooperating with the coroner and are
not in harmony with his ideas, and it
therefore becomes necessary for me to
inform you that upon receipt of this
letter you are dismissed from service.
Yours very truly,
OSCAR WOLFF,
CORONER.