Show II WEST SIDE STOCKADE BEING TORN DOWN IIi i PROPERTY PASSES I INTO IOTHER OTHER HANDS I HOTEL florEL T m JUlU H SOON IS S TO OCCUpy n IDA m r SITE 1 F Belle London Surrenders and Turns ns Stockade Over Oven l to Holders o of Trust t Deeds Deed LOSES f FAITH IN AMERICAN PARTY r Republican Officials Aided by y the Republican I can Have Done Don e Their Duty and Made r v e i. i Good Go Th Their Promises to the J West Sides Side s' s The West Side Stockade is no more Realizing Realizing- at last that the American party despite the aid the police can give was unable to make good its promises to her Belle London notified the Eastern insurance company which held the deed of trust for money advanced to to come forward forward forward for for- ward and take the property The company took charge yesterday and began the work of razing the buildings A f story four hotel terrace dwellings n ar r raa l eh III- III I. I s Hi hcan party of Utah utan and Ile T ie made good They promised that tHe West Side stockade should not run The Republican aroused a public sentiment against it it and Republican county officers with one conspicuous exception exception exception tion did their duty The result is that the stockade became a losing venture It lost money rapidly Belle London and her partners in the Citizens' Citizens Investment company saw the end They realized that Sheriff Joseph C C. C Sharp with the Republican party behind behind be be- hind him was vas determined that the thing should end An insurance company was holding a deed of trust for money advanced to Belle London to build the stockade and acquire the property That deed was ordered placed in service service sere sere- ice and the stock stockade de is down and out k I Belle London is about to leave Utah Her Ogden property was encumbered to the limit to get money to build the stockade stocky stockade stockade stock stock- y ade and it is gone For several da days s she has been settling her affairs preparatory to her tent quietly and getting away Every Ever dollars dollar's worth of or property bo- bo longInG to the Citizens Investment Co was vas turned over ver to agents of an ann fn fI n eastern life Insurance company at nt noon yesterday who tools took possession of ot the west waitt side aide stocka stockade e and within fifteen minutes every woman who remained In Inthe the place was notified to pack k up and leave IOB immediately Within an hour a force torca of or workmen hat had begun boRun the work of ot tearing down the wally walls of at the place to make ready for the th erection re Uon of a n large hotel and andi i four tour largo largo terraces to take the place pinto of the cribs and parlor houses within 1 Trust Truet Deed Decd In Is Used Tim The deem of ot trust which was foreclosed fore tore foreclosed I closed yesterday afternoon was given I Rome flome time Un n ago o by Bollo Dolla London to the tho pastern eastern lm insurance urance company and It la is I understood that was as advanced advanced ad- ad on tho trio property crt erf the Citizens Citizens' Citizens Citizens' Investment company compan y In Salt alt alt Lake and the tho property dirt In 0 Ogden known a as Electric alley aUcy Both tho the Salt Lako alto and Ogden stockades were taken vcr aver by the Insurance company and they are arc now In absolute possession of ut the thu agents for tho the eastern eastorn com coin pan pany Panl l Preparations for tor taking possession have been be n under way for tor several so weeks and complete plans for tor remodeling ro ro- modeling the west side elde stockade Blockade have i hee been dr drawn wn so that work In transforming transforming trans trans- I forming Vic tame sink of Iniquity Into hotel business and residence property will bo be carried on without dela delay The Tho men In ch charge rge sa say they thoy will be ablo able to use at least laborers and fifty nety teams Monday morning and there thero will be bo work for tor all 01 tho carpenters and bricklayers brick brick- layers In Salt Lake beginning next week It was not until the tho transfer of ot the tho property was made shortly after atter noon I today that Belle Delle London gave up her tl fight ht to keep possession of ot tho the stockade stock stock- I ade aile and continuo continue Its Us oper operation tto y b hut but when tho the demand for tor the property was i finally made by the agents for tor tho the i eastern company she sho turned over oer tho thu keys les to every even door In n tho the stockade and then began the settlement of ot as many of ot tho the bills bUls against the tho company as alS sho could make As a 0 last resort Belle London approached ap ap- ap- ap 1 13 U. C. C Allen AUen a 0 grocer at First South and Fifth West Vest street who has been furnishing supplies to most of ot the houses within tho the stockade on credit and sought his aid In Inducing the citizens of ot the west side aide to give U uj up the fight tight against tho the stockade A tow fow I hours lra later biter Mr Allen Anon went to tho the to recover such property as na I he could and collect his accounts from tho ta women In tho the houses Most of ot I them however had packed their be belongings be- be longings and the grocer found little i satisfaction on his accounts J. J B B. Stevenson IH Is the representative i on Po Paco o I WEST SIDE STOCKADE i IS ISNOW NOW NO TORN DOWN DONN C From Page One of th tho Insurance company who Is now In charge chargo of or tho property In lit Salt Lako Lake Mr Ir Stevenson Ste arrived from Indianapolis Indianapolis olis last week and spent a few days In Ogden with a n. special agent of at tho the company and the foreclosure on Electric Electric Electric Elec Elec- alloy alley In Ogden was made mado Monday londay afternoon Every woman In the tho Ogden Ogden Ogden Og- Og den resorts was ordered to pack pace up and leave Immediately and then the agents came to 0 o Salt alt Jal Lake e whore they thoy opened negotiations with Belle Bell London for tor tho the foreclosure on the stockade Women om D Notified ti II tn Leave Iconic enc As soon coon as aa the property was formally turned over Mr Ir Stevenson notified overy over overy ov- ov er ery woman remaining In tho the stockade to move as soon as possible and with ono one exception they were more than ready rendy to comply One of ot tho the women however maintained that she abc had a alease lease on the house for five live years and intended to remain She was told that work on remodeling the terrace In which she was living would be begin ln Monday Mon Men day morning and antI If her furniture was wan left In the tho house while the roof root was being boing torn off ott and two stories added to the structure It would or very ery likely be damaged The plans for tor remodeling the stock stock- ado Include a large hotel of or four tour stories which will wUl stand where the entrance to tho the stockade Is now This building will cost approximately and when tho the contracts were ere let some time ago aKa It was expected that It cold be completed com corn b by September 1 The rooming houses at either side of at tho entrance of or the tho stockade will bo be enlar enlarged ed and the long Ion rows of ot story one-story terraces within tho the gates will bo ho rebuilt and two stories added to each The plans call for tor the tearing down Iowa of at the tho long rows of or cribs extending along the west vest sido of ot the tho stockade enclosure enclosure enclosure en en- closure and the buildings s In First South street belonging to the old stockade a c cwill will also bo be razed and new now ones erected The fhe first wor work done yesterday was sas sasto to tear down the tho brick wall at ut the Second Second Sec Sec- ond South street entrance to 10 tho the stockade stockade stock stock- ade BO so that tho the wa way would be clear forthe for forthe forthe the moving vans and tho the wagons wh which Ich will bo ho started on tho the Job Monday tonda Next a portion of at the west wall was wa removed and anti work on this S was stopped b by darl darkness ness Tho The West Side Idea originated originated originated with Mayor J. J S. S Bransford and he first Issued a statement In favor tavor of the plan when he was In California at atthe atthe atthe the time of ot if the reception tend tendered red Ad Ad- mimi miral noble Robley D. D Evans and anu to tho fleet at San Francisco This was two yours ago o and a few months Later the tho project was taken up by Torn Tom D. D Pitt then chief of or police pollee Mr 11 Pitt s 3 support of at the plan was open to the extent that ho recommended tho plan In his next annual an an- annual nua nual report to the olt city council Support It Mayor Bransford took the tho leaders of ot the American party part Into his confidence I a and nd won their support for tho the tion which ho presented as the tho best WR way of or re regulating an existing evil In Salt Lake Then the proposition was put IUt In tho the hands of or n n. local real estate man and ho lie began buying options on L the property which was tu tv become tho the stockade The next problem for or the mayor maor and andI L American party part leaders headers was to procure procuro I some one to manage the concern and several trips were mado made to Ogden to te I Interest Dora B B. better known I as Belle London queen of or tho the underworld under world in Ogden Ogdon Belle London finally came Into tho the company and at first sho I invested some of her own money In the enterprise When rhen the company compan was Incorporated Belle London was named as president and general manager er of or the tho company and work worl of or building the started Immediately She Sho received the tho of ot the mayor and the tho Inner circle of or the American l' l P i liO nol p. p only would the city administration af at afford af- af ford tord her protection but she might call cal callon I on tho the police at an any time Ume to further her het ends In establishing and maintaining I ho the the stockade Then rhon came the change With Ith Belle Delle London in active charge charGo of the stockade company compan It ceased tobe to tc be a plan for controlling an existing evil in Salt SlIt Lake Ilke and It became a L monopoly on vice such as has never been attempted In any other city of tho thi world L L. D. D Martin city councilman was wre to draw plans for tor the tho stock- stock ado and these Included In 22 cribs feet built In rows along the west vest sido of or tho enclosure The Tho 20 or more cottages In the terraces were remodeled and tho the walls and anel extensive Improvements were wore completed at the entrances Instead of oC providing for tho the fallen tallen women already alread In Salt Lake Councilman Martin drew plans for a city of at vice large enough h to house all of at the tho women of ot tho the underworld ml might ht bo found In a city tho the size of or I Chicago Then Belle Belie London sent out to ever every city from Denver to the Pacific Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- coast telling telling- the scarlet women to come como to Salt Lake I and bring all of ot their kind they could coull Induce to come com I Fight Against t Stockade blockade The fight made on the ado by the tho citizens of tho the West Vest Side begun as soon as ns the tho plans of at the mayor and city administration became known and It has been waged with an earnestness such as has seldom been soon In any moral crusade The Tho first dissatisfied ones were the tho railroad men who had their thelt comfortable ble homes In Carter terrace ter ter- race which was to become the stock stock- ade atie They resen resented being driven ven trout from their homes and seeing them turned over o for houses of or ill-fame ill and anti these Urese objections crystallized Into determined opposition which soon spread throughout through through- out the neighborhood Mass meetings were called and funds were raised to engage eng attorneys to protect tho the homes of or tho the West Lide Ido citizens through tho the courts The first t legal move was a n civil suit In which an Injunction was sought ht restraining Belle London and the tho Citizens' Citizens Investment Investment Invest Invest- ment company compan from Cram leasing the prop prop- crl erly for tor Immoral purposes This Thin injunction Injunction in In- In junction was wall granted temporarily by Judge C C. W. W Morse In tho the court February Hj 15 of or this year and almost from tho the da day It was vas granted It has b been en violated b by the company and Its mana man man- a ager agor go r. r As soon as the stockade opened Sheriff Joseph C Sharp began belan his lIght fight and the tho houses ware raided repeatedly ic- ic and the tho Inmates arrested At this point County Attorney Job P. P Lyon Lon entered tho the fight light but he ho took look sides shIes with Belle Bello London and tho tho- the stock stock stock- ado ade company for tor reasons best known to himself and for tor tho the next four months every overy move made mado by the tho sheriff and the tho citizens of or the West Side was blocked h by the tho count county attorney Mr Lyon first insisted in drawing up Lip defective complaints against each of C tho the women arrested In the stockade stocka le and thon positively refused to prose pros cute any of or the tho cases until forced to take action by the citizens of the tho West Vest Side Then Thon he tried tiled two of or the CD cases es ono one of which resulted In the discharge of or the prisoner because of or th tho th defect detect lye ive complaint drawn by the count county at attorney at- at torne torney and the tho other resulted In a conviction conviction con con- through the energy of or attorneys noys enga engaged ed by the tho West Vest Side citi citI- zens zonS despite the faulty complaint on which she was arrested This woman was Mrs DoHa Della Donaldson and anti she sho Is now out on bonds pen pending an appeal to the district court Inn Inn- Court Co ten le I Sheriff Sharp and antI his deputies continued continued con con- to raid tho the stockade and in April there were vere between 20 and 40 cases CaSOS pending In which the count county at attorney at- at torne torney had hod drawn tho the some san Imperfect complaints which are matters of or record rec rec- rec ord and on which conviction is Impossible In any court After Atter this After this record of only ono one con- con In about four tour months on tho the part of ot the county attorney tho the prosecution prosecution pros pros- of ot the this stockade cases was turned over to P. P T. T 1 Farnsworth jr In less lens than two Vo months Mr 1 l Farnsworth Farns- Farns irn worth has hos brought about the prosecution prosecution prosecution prose prose- cution of or 65 ot of the tho inmates who have havo pleaded guilty and left en Salt Lake inder un in der sentences of or three months each Dora B D. lies has been bound over to the tho court on two charges charles of at Indictable misdemeanors and Tho thu Citizens Citizens' Investment company has al tl already read ready been boen bound over 01 on four to charge charRe In tills this work Mr Farnsworth 1 has had the the energetic and efficient support of ot Sheriff Joseph C. C Sharp I i r T and amI his deputies and both havo have been aided by tho the work of ton ten or more mora citi citi- citizens zens who havo have been giving time and energy enery to tho the work of at procuring evi evidence l c dence against tho the stockade people and aid the tho Inmates of ot the tho place I |