Show HILTON CASE ENDED J c i Council Passes Pusses Hot flot Resolution of Censure Censures CHIEF POLOY OGY tn PROMISES TO BE GOOD IN THE FU E EJ EWin J t Will Win Never Again Transgress the theLa Lav La Engage in a n Warm Debate Dehate Over the ter Several Favor Eavor Demanding Dem sig I nation of All Concerned 4 The city council and the numerous numerously umer us ly Iy attended house listened to a n flood of ot oratory last night when the report of the prison and police commit committee tee recommending a censure censure ot Of Chief of Police Hilton came camemi up p for consider consideration Every member of the time council Robertson had something t say about the matter He was mum and he lay low while the oratory proceeded pro eed d in un broken streams for lor mor an hour houri i Mayor Tl TI peon and Deputy Mayor Eichnor w Wt interested listeners listen rs Tho The report of tle tl committee re I Ia a censure of Chief Hilton through nt without amendment though numerous efforts to alter it were made mMe Councilman C R HOWE How wanted the censure to extend to Detective and Dr King He made a speech In support of ais lis ts contention cont But B t he lie did not get much aid in his efforts for when hen a vote was taken tak v only emily two more were ere in favor of his hii hi proposition Can Canning Canning ning and ReM Reid Whittemore Was Radical indi al Whittemore was more radical ra ical still He wanted the scalp of 0 the chief of po police police lice He be content without it itHe itHe itHe He declared that the chief should be asked to resign and that if Sheets SJ and Dr King were responsible they should be asked to resign also On this the theory theory theory ory he and C R Howe went vent so far that they refused to vote for a censure I They voted no 10 no when the question I came up on aroll aroil call all The report of f the committee is in quite lengthy for it reviews the case at length However the most I i part of it is Chief Hiltons hitter fitter T oil apology which accompanies it Some Somo I members of the council characterized I it Its as a most abject apology Others Othern i had an idea that it was manly In it I the chief assumed the whole for the examination of the three little girls he admits that he was i wrong and he promises never to do it again I When Recorder Naylor Na lor had finished reading the report Hartenstein moved i I that the words police department be I stricken out and chief of police left in I thus throwing the whole censure upon i ithe i ithe I the chief alone His amendment was j agreed to without a vote Then Coun I I cilman C R H Howe arose to his feet j I I want to add to this report the I names of two other officials who should be censured said he I say that De DeI Detective I II I I Sheets and Dr King eKing who made this examination are almost as a re reI responsible I I as the chief of police His j I motion was seconded by Canning I I chairman of the police and prison committee wanted the report to stand as read But Canning insisted I I that the chief would not have haye acted a ted on his own responsibility Reid too wanted to Include Dr King and Detec Detective Detective tive Uve Sheets In the censure II Dr Beatty Speaks I Dr Beatty maintained mai that t at Dr DrI l I King was not to blame bia in any way that be he did what I I he considered his duty and that a city J I ordinance required him to attend all the I I calls to the city jail made muce by y the chief I of police poUce Hartenstein declared that I I Dr King ICing and Detective Sheets Sh ets were i not to blame But I maintain n that inasmuch as I the chief of police has assumed t s med all the responsibility he should be censured i I said saM the councilman from the Fourth i The police department ought to take takeI notice that it should leave eave things of this kind alone and pay more atten attention attention I I tion to capturing footpads stickups I I and burglars Hewlett was against ag the amendment too Edgar Row Howe made a hot speech I He thought thou ht that the committee was trying to shield some official and he called on the members pf it to bring i out the names of everybody who should j I be blamed blam d There was the stillness as of death like unto that which prevails at a morgue when Chairman Cottrell I got up to reply He H declared de lared with some feeling that the committee was wasI 1 I not trying to bold hold back anything and i I Howe owe accepted his statement I Probably the most eloquent speech sp I was made by Whittemore of the Sec See Second Second ond precinct He said that he could not accept the amendment t of C R I Howe nor could he accept the report t Whittemore and Hilton I If Chief Hilton were to come co e in here tonight I would take his band hand like a brothers bothers and I would say sa to him I 1 will do all I can for you and your fam family family family ily but dont ask me to support you in inthis inI Inthis this matter For Fo r though thO ugh I respect you the public wants a far different ac action action action I tion The public wants Chief Hilton to 10 resign re I want his hil resignation Do you think that Chief Devine of the fire department would have written I sucha suche a letter of apology as this thin one There was further discussion between b I Howe Cottrell and Fernstrom Can Canning t I ning closed cloned the debate with an Impassioned i 1 1 demand for the th resignation of I Chief Hilton Dr King and I Sheets The vote against censuring De Pe Detective I Sheets and Dr King along with j Chief Hilton was as follows Beatty j I I I Cottrell Fernstrom Hartenstein Hew Hewlett Hewlett Hewlett lett Edgar Howe Robertson Thomas Thomaa i Tuddenham Whittemore and Buckle The he vote for censure wits was w S Canning C CR CR CH I R H Howe and Reid The vote on the adoption of the re report report report port to censure Hilton alone almie was wasas wasas as follows Beatty Canning Cottrell Fernstrom Hartenstein Hewlett Ed Edgar Edgar Edgar gar Howe Reid Robertson Thomas Tuddenham Buckle with C B R Howe and Whittemore against a adoption The report of the committee and the Ute letter of ot Chief Hilton were as follows Report of Committee The report re ort follows Salt Lake City Utah May 15 00 To the Honorable and ft City tty I Council Salt Lake City Utah Gentlemen Your committee on n police and prison having had its attention called led I to the charges publicly made that three thre I I small girls under undu the direction of the police department had ha l been to toa toa I a ph ical examination by the tb city physician jan cian Ia to determine whether they were diseased or not thought proper to ex examine examine amine into the matter and report I I rinding and conclusions your J our committee met Thursday evening i May 10 at 8 S p m in the office of the I I t C C ld of i police Olice olice all members of Jt o the com corn committee committee being present except Mr Fern I strom who did not his notice In time Two of the girls Clara Cl rn Campy Carney and Hatti Dahl Dahi the chief of police Detective Sheets Sergeant Burbidge and lind I Davies and Sperry were examined The committee adjourned to Frida at 20 2 p 1 m and anti at that hour met mt t all ail members being J rason At the request of ot Councilman oun Fern Fernstrom Fernstrom Fernstrom strom the chief chiet of police olce was recalled rec Ve We W t find from the evidence evI that the three girls wt re without a warrant warr nt at about 4 I in the afternoon arI te teIn in thi th Palace Pa restaurant re While comm ting no offense taken to the police pollee o 0 flee fice and there physically examined as charged Claims of Police The police department claim that they the were wr ir r y this thi matter acting ny oy Ute tie o 11 t of motheR mothes for the good of the girls anti and in tf i ascertain if the th were as sus sua suspected d diseased that 1 r L so they th might procure proper medical treatment for them The rile department also claimed that I Ithe the examination to which the girls had j I been subjected was their consent cons t I It was also set setuP ll the t e department that the girls were of bad character had bad been frequently arrested had been seen a great many times in Int the e company nY of ot bad men and had been en b a source of ot annoyance anno ance anceto to their immediate neighbors Upon the question tion 61 Or acquiescence in inthe inthe the physical examination upon up n the part palt of ol the girls we cannot carnot agree with th claim of ot the police department deportment The statement made to the girls that they were vere diseased and must be examined to satisfy the police upon that point was wali coercion and the impression given that they must submit to an examination or go to the reform school was W to the girls girI in their surroundings alone in ia the police nothing more nor less than a plain command commard We do not find that the police polled officers f were ere justified in making this arrest with without without without out a warrant We Ve find that the claim of the police department that the girls were immoral and were diseased without foundation To the credit ot 01 the chief of police poUce b bit bit be beit it said that he informed the committee he assumed the responsibility tor tb the whole altair After carefully considering the evidence e that came us we reach the con conclusion conclusion elusion that in this action acton dt the police poUa department the right of person and ana the law ot of the land have been violate and an excuse given that to Ja of itself a con condemnation and that such action fiction should not pass unnoticed and that the law and j I the lights of the individual may be res rca I this violation of both should meet with proper PUni if noth nothing nothIng nothing ing else stand aw as a notice to those in I authority that while they enforce and execute the time law they must themselves respect it Chief Severely Censured Year committee cannot too strongly condemn this violation of law and of the rights right ot individuals and feel that the tho th interests ot ox the public demand that the tl conduct of the police pollee department shall and must be in keeping with the law Police officers necessarily have disagree disagreeable able duties to but they the T need not add to m it 11 by stepping legal bounds Prisoners have right as well as the th police pollee and ami the authority con conferred conferred conferred by the law be exorcised with wisdom and discretion To your our committee nothing more hu liu humiliating mUtating has occurred In connection with the tb police force than this deplorable at af affair lair fair The only circumstance that brings relief lief is the acknowledgment on the part of the chief of his error and his solemn promise to the committee that while he remains in no such wrong shall be again permitted Your committee by a large Jarge majority favored suspension but have been that such punishment is not permissible ible under the law Jaw I The acknowledgment by of o his error in this matter his promise that th t it shall not occur again induces your com corn committee committee alter careful consideration c to 0 recommend to the council the adoption of the following resolution Resolved That this council the mayor concurring does hereby publicly ly record its censure of the aeton action of the chief of police in causing Clara Clait CI Carney Hattie Hattle Dahl DahI and Pearl Kes l r to be he physically examined and declare same to nave have neon Geen without warrant or right and a violation n of the law l w Chief Hiltons Apology The apology of Chief of or Police Hilton allton follows Salt Lake City Utah May Max 15 1900 To the Honorable Police and Prison trison Com Corn Committee Committee Salt Lake City Utah Gentlemen The administration of police affairs in a city like Salt Lake presents many delicate problems and an I they may not always be solved in the wisest manner The action of this de department department I in the matter of the physical examination of the three girls by the city physician which is now being beng con considered considered considered by your honorable body was waa taken with the best motives and intentions Intentions tiona but without due consideration Upon reflection I am convinced that such action was improper and i dire to now publicly acknowledge the error and an to assure you that tha so iong JOng as I remain at atthe atthe atthe the head of the department the mistake shall not be repeated r te In Iu doing dong so Ide I de desire desire sire in the most emphatic manner as the th responsible head of ot the th ponce ponee pon depart department ment mont to take upon myself the entire responsibility for the action Very respectfully yours THOS H HILTON A Chief of Police |