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Show THE COE ONER QUITS. HE ABANDONS THE MYSTERY ON SEC-OND SEC-OND SOUTH STREET. A Certificate Issued and the Remains to , Go Kast The Police Raid a Main Street Dive Sergeant IJonovan Appears in a New Role. "I shall issue the certificate in the death of Mrs. Long," said Coroner Harris 'this morning, morn-ing, '"for the reaaon that 6he was known by a number of reputable persons. She was addicted to the habit of taking morphine, and maybe she got a little too much this time, but that was her own fault, and then you know it cofcts money to hold inquests." This is probably the first time the coroner ever looked at the prorogatives within his ollice from an economical standpoint. stand-point. He has held inquests when there was no earthly apology for them. He has held inquests until the wayfarer way-farer who walks' the thoroughfares has refused re-fused to turn in an alarm of tire for fear that the coroner would tax his fees to a dismantled dis-mantled building. An air of mystery surrounds sur-rounds the death of Mrs. Long, but reputable repu-table parties have informed him that it was from "natural causes," and he issues a certificate. By what right of personal in vestigation does he issue the certificate? Is it by deputy ? A representative of the Free Lanre generally occupies a position at the at the rate of Sl.50 a sitting on the coroner's jury. Is it-possible that he has been guided bv that munificently salaried member of his staff? The police say they will hold him to account, ac-count, and that the remains shall not be removed until they have been tiOtified through responsible authorities that there is no need for their services. Raiding: the Dives. At the direction of Marshal John M. Young, Captain Parker and five picked men, Ionovan not included in the pick, raided Fitzgerald's refuge for the unemployed un-employed last night and came forth with the game bag filled with alleged vags and members mem-bers of the bum union. It is the determination determina-tion of the department to rid the city of the driftwood that is now stopping up its thoroughfares, thor-oughfares, and to remove it the dives will be made the point of attack. This is the fountain foun-tain head and so long as Marshal Young directed di-rected by Serjeant Donovan keeps it up will the law-abiding people of Zion exclaim ameu. A Private Patrol. Detective Franks has promulgated a scheme that will not only give the city the needed police service but without expense to the taxpayers. His object is to assign a detective to every two blocks that are beyond be-yond police patrol and to keep in direct communication with them. The project is a practical one and several hundred persons will no doubt subscribe to it. Detective Franks thould be encouraged. Police Pickings. Larry King, arrested for his alleged connection con-nection with the AVhitmore gold brick swindle, has been admitted to bonds in the sum of S10K. The "policy" offices were closed this morning in deference to the approaching session of the grand jury. Sergeant Donovan Don-ovan this morning arrested one of the "underwriters," "un-derwriters," who gave bonds for his appearance appear-ance tomorrow morning at which time the court will find that the prisoner has been guilty of no offense. W. H. Miller, the prosecuting witness in the gambling cases, was arrested on complaint com-plaint of Detective Hugh Glenn. The rases will come up on Tuesday next. Phil Foote is out among his friends today, and expresses the profoundest regret that he played the joke at Hynd's club rooms. "It was simply a pleasantry," said he, "and I've got an apology tacked onto my coat-sleeve, for every man who has taken offense. of-fense. But in the language of Joe Bush, 'This ain't Colorado.' I wish it was." A brace of morphine fiends were run in on a charge of vagrancy last night. The office of J. J. Snell in the Wasatch building was invaded by sneak thieves yesterday yes-terday and relieved of a collection of gold pens, etc. |