Show POLICE COURT Con Continued 1 c on r. r page 4 4 phero that often orten dominates that tribunal bu I MAYORS MAYOR'S ATTl ATTITUDE UDE Judge Insisted however that his or orders ers be carried out The recorder refused and the magistrate magis appealed to tho the mayor from om Snows Snow's action Mayor Ferry championed the tho re recorders recorder's recorders recorder's recorders recorder's re- re corders corder's stand stan and Invited the city at attorney at- at torne torney to still the raging waters Attorney Folland's efforts wore were f fu futile tu- tu u tile however et and Judge Wilkins Is nl- nl le to have threatened tenc to close the court cito cite Snow for contempt an and make the duties of the tho deputy clerks intolerable or cause their removal al from office A A. A similar state of or belligerency be between between between be- be tween Judge Wilkins an and the police pollee de department tie tie- itself has como come to light coincident coincident coin coin- with the tho opening of oC hostilities between the recorder and the judge Mr Folland declared d yesterday that If It this condition persists he would undertake un un- un- un to have havo all police court cases transferred from Crom the tho criminal division to he hc civil cl division on tho round that lint I Judge Wilkins Is prejudiced LAWS LAW'S PROCEDURE I This strange procedure ro J is sai said to be beI I IQ possible under the law wh where rc tho the re reI request request re- re I quest Is made macic on the tho ground that the tho I court Is prejudiced If such action Is taken all police court ca cases cs will wilt be f tried before the civil division leaving no cases for hearing before beCore Judge Wil Yil kins d J The present controversy rs Is the outcome outcome outcome out out- come of Snows Snow's recent appointment of oC Orvall Callister an and John L L. Thomas as clerks of the criminal division Shortly after the they took office Judge Wilkins Is said to have protested to the recorder cr that the clerical work worl of or orI j I the court was not to his liking and de deI demanded demanded de- de I mande that a a. woman be bo app appointed In InI their stead I Jud Judge c Wilkins is sal said to have havo a similar request while sitting In tho the I civil division l dl iori and the recorder permit permit- I ter tel him to make maliC his own selection of or a clerk He lie appointed a woman and It Is she whom the tue judge is 15 now seeking to install as cle clerk of or the criminal divisIon divis divis- ion Ju Judge ge Wilkins is no lon longer er on the tho civil cl bench an and In question Is now working in the jurisdiction of oC Judge John F F. Tobin in the civil division divis divis- ion Mr Mm Snow declared that when he re refused refused re- re fused to appoint the tIme woman to tho the cler clerkship he incurred ho enmity of ot otI tho the mn magistrate and the latter rejuvenated I I a costly an and obsolete custom e 1 of ot off f II keeping police court records s For several several sev sev- eral oral years only an abbreviated summary summary sum sum- mar mary of court proceedings lla have havo c been recorded This custom accor according to i I Snow Soo-r- has proved successful and re resulted ye- ye in dispensing with the services of or at least two stenographers her RECORDERS RECORDER'S S STATEMENT The recorder states that Judge Wll- Wll kins without previous notice ordered him to prepare and submit for Cor Inspection Inspection inspection tion minutes of or the entire I court Mr 11 Snow says this notice was as directed to become effective March arch 1 1 but hut was not issued b by the tho Judge until Prill Friday a afternoon Forced b by law to comply with the magistrates magistrate's order order Mr Ir Snow declares that thal he an and his two deputies es wOrl worked cd until after atter midnight ht Friday ay to prepare the tho verbatim minutes When hen they were ere submitted to Judge e Wilkins the following following fol 01 fol- fol lowing morning he returned them to the time clerks with the remark that they were unsatisfactory S j I Because I havo have not seen fit tit to appoint appoint appoint ap ap- ap- ap point a a. woman of or his choice as clerk of the police court a position In which a woman would bo ho wholly out of or place Judge Wilkins has sworn his enmity to me and has declared he lie will wm bring about my removal remo from office or lc said sala Mr Snow following a n conference with Mayor Ferry concerning concerning- the controversy contro contro- vcrs versy last night He Ho has hns warned my deputies at police lolice court that in case caso they remain loyal loal to me the they too will willbe willbo bo be swept aside SNOWS SNOW'S VIEWPOINT I understand also that he has told Mr whoso whose appointment aroused the thc judges judge's cs ire ilc that thal the position position post post- tion would be made Intolerable lo for tor Cal- Cal lister hater The jud o Is in a position pos to do domany domany o many things and by enforcing all his prerogatives and reviving obsolete methods of at keeping verbatim minutes he can force torce the city to double the outlay outlay outlay out out- lay necessary necessary to maintain the criminal division at a a. time when tho the city government gov gov- is to a policy polley of oC war wal economy Personally I 1 am sorry that my duties duties du du- cut cut- ties as aR city recorder do not permit me melo meto meto desires in this to lo cater to tho the judges judge's case That so o petty a l matter should a as assume assume as- as sume such fluch serious erl us proportions is do- do and that the lie court of which I am ant officIo ex clerk should be bo placed in iii so M ridiculous a light is a a. matter of ot keen re regret n t to mc me I 1 tru trust t and hope that Jud Judge e Wilkins Wilkins' personal pique will prove of a temporary nature Wilkins last night refused either ea to deny or confirm the report that ho he had hind declared war wor on tho the city recorder or an any other othel administrative tIe tive faction of the oil city go Did you OU request the tho appointment oCa of oC ofa ofa a woman as clork clerk of oC your court 1 he was asked I have havo absolutely nothing to tu sa say Is there hero or has tAre tiTo re been an any controversy con con- etS between yourself and ln the city recorder er or 01 anyone else ulso he lie was asked I have no statement sL of an any kind to tomake tomake make he lie replied There Thero Is no story so o far as I am concerned and nothing to make a n statement for Cor or n against Judge Wilkins said sal he lie had no interest inter intel est eat in what was said or published about the a affair and declared again that he lie ha had no statement to m make ko |