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Show THE JURY REPORTS, The Eventful Session Concluded After 44 Eaya in Which 400 Witnesses Were Examined. Official Conduct of the United States, County and City Officers Critically Crit-ically Inquired Into. ARREST OF U. S, MARSHALS Upon a Complaint Piled by the District Attorney Before Commissioner Commis-sioner Pratt. PARSONS UNDER BOND. The Examination Eegun and Adjourned Until 3 O'clock This Afternoon Depositions Depo-sitions Taken from Inmates of the Pen to be Introduced in Evidence. : Long before the hour arrived for the court begirt its labors Judge Zanc's chamber became be-came u centre of gravity. The massive door that had not yet slided back into its sockets Has stormed by people of all classes and before be-fore the judge himself hud mouutcd the bench and signaled to Uailiff Sprague that it as realy for business the lobby was packed. It had already been posted by the official organ of the grand jury, Into who.- columns daily reports of the jury'o deliberations were dripping, that the body v.as to submit its final report on the opening of court aud that it would cause sensation. Always thirstiusr and avidly bunting for scandal the eyes of the spectator alternated between the clock and the wall and the door. The torture of delay was fiercely apparent when finally the statuesque form of Foreman Dovine appeared ap-peared and inarched up the aisle followed by his colleagues. His hand clutched two formidable documents. one. or which fell with a sepulchral rustle on Clerk HcMilhui's desk while tin- other winged us bulky and voluminous self with bee-line prec ision into the hands of a 'frlb-ie reporter, repor-ter, who shot from the chamber to his sanctuary sanc-tuary like a rocket. fund has been expended for the above-named purpose. It has been farther shown that the Acting Warden and United States Marshal have jointly played the role of sub-contractors, using prison hiber and the United States Marshal's teams to the individual profit of themselves. We would recommend such arrangement in the offices of United States marshal and penitentiary warden as would preclude any possibility of prl vate interests being advanced in the control and management of the government farm or government govern-ment supplies. Many other things have been alleged derogatory to the honesty and integrity of the management, aud this investigation has disclosed several instances in-stances of irrcgularitiesthat must reflect seriously on the administration of this institution. borne other serious charges have been under consideration before this jury which did not seem to justify the return of indictments, and as we understand the district attorney has called them to the attention of the court we shall make no further mention here. Several other smaller matters have been called to our attention which we do not think justifies auy special consideration. The attention of the court is called to the alleged al-leged brutal whipping with a horsewhip oE one prisoner for an alleged assault, and the hanging by the thumbs of another for the purpose of extorting ex-torting a confession. Anti-Polygamy Laws. It is a niDtter of great satisfaction to this body to witness almost the entire disappearance from the criminal docket of this court cases under the anti-polygamy laws, aiid.we feel it must he gratifying grati-fying to all good citizens to observe this wholesome whole-some reform. Jurors' Pees. We would recommend to the legislature, which w ill soon be convened, the propriety and justice of making ample appropriations for this purpose, pur-pose, that jurors may be paid promptly, as it is a great hardship for many poor men who have no means of subsistence but their day's toil to wait several mouths for the small pittance they receive. re-ceive. Useless Expenditures. We desire lo call attention to the large and useless use-less expenditures of the territory's money, in bringing up petty cases before ttie grand jury which should never pass a justices' court, and we think it to the interest of the. people the tax payers that this custom should be discouraged as far as possible. Corruption 3Ioney. We deprecate as disgraceful to this city the system sys-tem in vogue of virtually licensing gambling gamb-ling Iiouk's and houses of prostitution, by collecting from them regular quarterly fines, serving as an incentive to these violators vio-lators of t: e law to ply their avocations with greater activity. Particularly is this true of lewd women, who uie notified from time to lime to ia:,ke their deposit for their appearance in court, which is almost invariably forfeited. Complaints of Citizens. It la" bei n extremely annoying and disconrr.g ing to havo citizen - place complaints before me:u-l.ers me:u-l.ers of this jury, ex ecring their pio.npt attention, atten-tion, wk"ii, as a matter of fact, they could not furnish competent evidence to indict. All of v. hich is le-rc-tinHy submitted as the unanimous report of tills jury. JAMES DEV1NE, Foreman. The Jin j's Keporl. ! Salt'Lakk Citv, Dec: 7, I To I if Ifottora'-!' .l-tijije. of the Thinl Itinirirf I Cirt, I t.ih 7V rhonj. Joiiorubl-' .?. We 1 the grand furors for the September term ifth"l Third .Idiiicii Oistriet, repee'fiilly sabinit the j following as our l'mal report: j Wo convened on t-epPMeier 11th. and have j h"fu in s"rsion forty-tour days, liming which tine? iehai had umier ousnlei-atiuii some one hundred ami twelve 1 112 cases, and have heaid tl.i- tffclamony of more than four hundred i KHt j Jr.efse'. Twenty r-"-) days of said t.me have ! been spent in hi anng se eu'er-n v 1 7 United Slates I casts; in five i5) of which tases indictments have been returi.ei, and twelve ign.,red. Territorial I tsr-s have reached ninety-five vXi in number; iu whicli sixty-four ;( fit ) indii tuients have l,een re-, re-, i turned, and thirty-one igmue.l. t ... , The varions matters cpecially called to our no- i tii e, by your honor in charging this jury, have re ceived our earnest attention ; and we regret to sav, we ha-.e not succeeded in accomplishing the good that the majority of this jury might have hoped or expected. e have been handicapped to a great extent by the deplorable condition of affairs i-tisiiniv nmn-.ir Marshal 1'urson's An est. The arrest of the United States marshal failed to awaken the sensation thai might have occurred under ordinary circumstance. The public were prepared for it, the court itself !i:iv;ng; directed on Saturday la-t that the indictments preferred by Annie Trindic and Maggie i'aulknf.r he inquired into through a United States commissioner's office. Accordingly, United States District Attorney Variau v. cut before Commissioner llitniK 1 Pratt this morning" and liied an in-; in-; formatii n. The complaint sets up that on September, IS; Hi. and ever since, Eiias II. Parssns has been the duly appointed and acting marshal of Utah, and as such rnashal was an ollicer ehai ged by law with the care and control of the penitentiary and w ith the care and custody cus-tody of all persons convicted of crimes against the territory as well as the United .stales; that on September, 1S',1, one Annie Prindle, a woman who had deen convicted of felony and sentenced to be imprisoned in me penitentiary tor a term ol six months, was received by him, the said Klias 11. Parsons Par-sons as marshal aforesaid, into his care and custody as o convict prisoner; that thereafter thereaf-ter on divers days and times and until November No-vember 11 and while she, the said Annie Prindle, was under the care and custody of him. the said Elias 11. Parsons, he, the said Parsons, wilfully "omniilted divers acts of inhumanity in-humanity and oppression towards her, the said j Aanie Prindle and particularly ou or about the 22nd and 27th days of September, 22nd ! day of October and the Kith day of September, Septem-ber, all iu A. I). !:'., by soliciting her, the said Annie Prindle, to lewdness with lascivious lascivi-ous talk and conduct and forcibly, indecently, inde-cently, and against her will laying hands upon her person kissing aud otherwise maltreating her, the said Annie Prindle, and subjecting her to great humiliation, etc. The cemplaint bore the signature of the United Mates attorney and upon it a warrant M as issued by Commissioner Pratt, charging "wilful inhumanity aid oppression toward a prisoner by an otlicer while said prisoner was under his care and in his custody." cus-tody." The warrant was handed to Sheriff Andrew An-drew Hurt, who proceeded leisurely down to the office of the United States marshal. "I've been expecting you for several hours,"' exclaimed the marshal, as the shadow of the sheriff's tall form shot athwart the chamber. The warrant was served with the usual formalities and nt 1 o'clock this afternoon the distinguished prisoner, accompanied by his counsel, Messrs Uawlins A; Critchlow walked calmly into the commissioners court. Upon one side was seated United States Attorney Varian. his chief lieutenant, Frank B. Stephens, Steph-ens, and Special Examiner Stutsman of the department of justice. Commissioner Pratt consulted his watch, rau his eye over his guests and asked i they w ere ready to proceed. JJr. Voi 'ith. We are ready your honor, so far as to hear what the defense proposes to do. The Court I believe the customary course iu such cases is to fix the bonds and then proceed with the examination. Mr. Rmrtiim We are ready to entertain a suggestion from the prosecution as to the amount of bonds? Jfr. Viiriiiu I would say a five hundred dollar bond or the defendant may go his own recognizance. I don't care anything about that. Tir: Court When will it be the pleasure of the parties to proceed with the examination examina-tion ? fciiaiciians of the peace r.r.d conservators oi the law iu this district. Vice and crime have recently increased at an Rlurming ratio. Gau bling, prostitution aud Sunday Sun-day h;noirselling, and other infractions of the or-!iVnces or-!iVnces and statutes have been almost uu-i uu-i l.i cic'd, while burglary, highway robbery and violence m tin. streets at night have created a f'eiing of terror and insecurity that calls for vig-oroii vig-oroii ollicial action, which we have vainly hoped would be forthcoming. The upathy if the city authorities in relation to th.'ce disturbance was sixli, tnat the United .Mi.t-.'j marshal and his deputies proceeded under tiie act of congress of March 3.1, lw;. to make arrests ar-rests of offenders against the territorial statutes. In our opinion it would h:.e be- n' much more commendabie had this reform been instituted many months earlier, but when it dtd i-ome, it I caused a dispute between t ic f deiat aud municipal munici-pal officers that was almost a disgraci ful as the loose . omiition of public morals that exist-d: and the cit.zens beheld the spectacle of the citv oflicei a bringing gamblers forward as witnesses' against the informer-i who were h be witnesses against the gainbl-rs, in order to defeat the action of tiie federal officers. Immediately upon the heeN of this public scandal, scan-dal, came the killing of the captain of police by i.ne of his subordinates, in a defense of an attack upon himelf ith a pistol, on a public thoroughfare. thorough-fare. " These and other notorious circumstances, show. . that the administration of city affairs, particularly' in the police department, has been inadequate u, the situation mid has had a very demoralizing effect, ef-fect, and while the evidence before this jurv 1l..es Jiot seen- to a minority, to justify the return of indictments in-dictments ai-sinst direlirt public officials, we con- -idr the condition of affairs so disreputable as to call for immediate and thorough reformation. Franklin Avenue Theater. The jury would call the attention of the city nuthorities to the hall known as Franklin Avenue Theater, a reort where unfortunate fallen women are tolerated as agents of a saloon-keeper, work- ing for go per cent commission ou drink recaipts, that the unwary victim whom they may drug mav be. ome mora easy prey. We would earnestly recommend that the city Cfiiin. il do not renew a liquor license iu this house v bile the same is conducted as a theater or place of amusement. Seven houses of prostitution are reported oh this street and four saloons. Public Records. An affidavit was filed with this body setting forth facts most derogatory to the management of tiie ffwr department of this city, which, upon iiivetig.itiou of the records, demonstrated gross irrrgalarilies that may he considered btcie short of criminal. City I'l-ikon. The city jail was visited and found to be in as jcod condition as the building and surroi.ndircs ni. 1 admit of. A viit to that institution must imprets all citirens with the urgent necessity oi a row i.iiy pnsoi.. County Jail. Th county ;sil was found in excellent crrdi-1i crrdi-1i n, and its ample accommodations jusiic a model and cleanly prison. United States Penitentiary. The United Stales penitentiary was i-ited on two occasions during our session, ami v,as found 1n prifect shape, with perhaps one exception, the l ath-room and water-closet being in verv bad con-.i!ioii con-.i!ioii ai:d sec miiiL'ly entirely ii, adequate to th" usei.f tins large body of prisoners, two hundred and twenty tvJ. in number. luring the early part of this usssion a matter w;.s brought to our attention that we r-.lt it our duty to inveeugatu thoroughly, ! being one of the great public questions of tne dav, V,viz: the question of prison labor. It would seein J i Sw the testimony before this .,iiv tliat iu te contract wotk lately performed on tl, A Vnsiitiitioii, prisoners w. r-.- worked to : A iderable extent, i.of. to the profit, of lie s tnmiiit. nor of the territory, but to the l ' ,h ' contractors aud to some extent the ac-i;jA Y rdi'ii and United - States marshal. JVis(,nAV'orr '''red out to contract ors at the rate Cf:.i(l'V' ?1 l'r day, thereby dnplicali.n.: ! !ubv V ""u!cl ,''"t fr"'" two to three dol-;. dol-;. rw 1 1 J-$- ' ''"bis we depreciate as in- iiuical to ld V iu,H''- a'"' calculated to deprive free men, !a'.l "i'hng citizens, from the oppor-ti.nitiet. oppor-ti.nitiet. of eon - 0:1 public work an hoi:?st living liv-ing for t.ieir f.-A'-'l- A i ir -8 anioW "t of the money recehed for this l,-ib,,r is al "-r'rl ,( h;lvc been appropriated toward a Penjt. .tiarr Library fund, but on i;i-M'sti'j-a'i'e.n it v.B -erfaiiied euring the -rly p-rt '"of tids t-ers'" that it was then on deposit to the private crei"' count of the Acting War-lien War-lien of tiie penifentiTN- win." it was clani.ed to be PpM j,4 fTii't as a liV rarv fund. This iu it -elf we feel our duty cri I condemn. Sin.-e luut Lime it is tlaiuictm the greater pail 01 thi Mr. mrlins We are ready to proceed at once. Mr. VarirtH There is nothing to intervene save the matter of lunch. The curt suggested the propriety of ad- jouraing until o o'clock and it was so or-1 or-1 derod. .Marshal Parsons in tho meantime giving as a mere formality a bond in the sum of 000. " j The Uiaiiiiii.HiU.il. Maggie Faulkner, the young woman who is held at the penitentary as a witness against Kx-istiperinteudent Hartou, of the reform school of which was formerly an I inmate, and Aunie I'rindle wljo is serving a sentence of siv mouths for shooting Sam Masterson because he was lavishing hia attentions on another woman, c ami- before Commissioner Pratt this after- i noon. It is understood that the deposition of each of the moinen was ! taken this morning and at 2 o'clock this afternoon copies were served or counsel for the defence. Counsel at ..nee retired to deliberate upon them and it. was ":1.") that they were still in chambers. cham-bers. It is not likely that muih testimony will get before the court this afterneon. |