Show TAKEN TAKE BACK a against chief pratt withdrawn bilston TON ADMITS HIS ERROR ri so he writes a latter to the tha board of rire fire and pouce police commissioners stating els desire to have hava the case ended tho sanded handed to commissioner kenyon kenyan for presentation mr kanyon gives an account of bartons Bur tons talks with hini him burton is reticent henry B burton has withdrawn tho tha charges which milich he made against chief of 0 pollen police arthur pratt ln in july last and u under refer which the chief has since suffered ski suspension pension from onica this action was taken by mr air durton burton on monday afternoon when nhon he be transmitted to the police and fire commissioners commissioner a communication notifying them ot of tho the withdrawal or of the charges and requesting that the matter be dismissed from their further consideration the communication 0 of mr burton was as follows salt lake city utah nov 13 15 tho the hon board of 0 police anil and fire com t ona r S OC of sail soil lake site city utah gentlemen 1 lm e n I 1 herewith withdraw all 11 chach cha made preferred and aal ly by nib me against anai nit arthur pratt chief of oc of 0 salt lake city andico and ao hereby ask your honorable board to tho the 1 sanio I from further I 1 beg to assure your board that I 1 take ihra action belte ing the ahme to bo be more nor luas ills than haft justic to all parties concern concerned very riipi rii wi fully trully I 1 IS BURTON it was presumed at the time of 0 tho the submission of tho the communication that ane commissioners would meet on monday evening but as they did not tho the matter was not brought officially to their notice jl it transpired yesterday Im however Never that the notice had been filed died and d it i t will accordingly be presented and afta considered at the next meeting of tho the board r d slit MR STATEMENT commissioner kenyon to whom the tha communication coin muni cation waa avas handed by mr burton for present presentation atlean tty to the hie board said yesterday with reference to tho the withdrawal ot of the chalees ch aiges alges it had bad been intimated to in me some time ago that sir fr billion would be klad glad to get rid ot of responsibility for tiie lie chaws charges and was sorry he had filed ahern 1 however had never met mr durton blurton nor communicated nith mith him in anyway atit until u I 1 I 1 he le came to nee me last friday lie ile told mo me he had cad been introduced to me land and he wanted to talk lalk with me in regard to these charges against chief pratt tor for he wanted to ret get rid 0 all ait responsibility for them prior to the filing ot of the charges charpe ii he said aad he be hail baa been informed of the existence ot of lalu allegations lie ilk ElLa slater teat he now knott to be untrue therefore lie ile felt in honor bound to withdraw his chars charge a and give justice to all concerned ho he told me he would call and see pee me and yesterday be came and asked not mo to 10 draw up it a and he licate out tor for me what he thought would cover the ground tp round I 1 copied it upon my any typewriter and he signed it and delivered it to me askins me to present it tit at the next meeting of 0 the fire and police board and to 11 use 11 all diligence I 1 in my any power to have the charges dismissed I 1 promised I 1 would do he mind and said paid that in behalf t of tile the people of the city I 1 des desired red to see the quarrel stopped and someone more efficient in the executive chair ot of the die police de artmont r ment 1 I intended anti inti to present the withdrawal last evening to the board but there was no mecal meeting n g and I 1 judged it best to glio it to the press as tile tho matter Is commonly reported about the streets anil and I 1 would rather have it announced with kill than given out as a rumor BURTON BURTO IS RETICENT mr burton when seen bern by a tribune repol ter last evening firmly declined to discuss discus the cause tt hibb led to the original bling of the charges although althou Bh ho he very len dilly gave his jeavons tor for withdrawing them when urged to express himself with reference to the influences which were brought to bear upon him ian of at the ehno nt it the lite filing ut of the cli chaimea chaie alges ea mr burton g ft d I 1 dont feel disposed to reveal mv reft reasons sons for making lite charkes charge at ahli 4 lime 11 in view of certain circumstance connected with alth tha flag matter blotter it woul wouldn ant c be P policy y for me to say anything lit at r P speaking I 1 ng further with reference to the matter eurton burton said of course there was somebody back of me but I 1 wont mont say gay w ho it was now it will all come coma out after ft awhile while though I 1 |