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Show A CIRCUS IS PROMISED. Saloon Men Angry Over the Methods of the Chief. A SUIT ACAINST PAUL AND DONOVAN. Ed Kelly's Place Kicked Open and Ha and His Partner Arrested Criflaa-nal Criflaa-nal Notes. There Is going to be just the biggest kind of a circus in Salt Lake and if this assertion Is not proven by subsequent developments call The Times a false prophet. Its not-all on account of Eliza but all on account of Sunday closing of saloons, not prrticularly the closing either, but the manner man-ner in which the police, under the directioa of the brand new chief of police to which, J Salt Lake points with so much pride, break into people's places of business and rant around. The chief got out yesterday in his plain clothes and whooped it up Mary Ann. A a result Ed Kelly, James Hegney, H- J. Robertson, proprietor of the Caledonian Resort on Commercial street, and James Brown, doing business on South Temple, have deposited bonds for their appearance. Kelly's place was where the muscular knee of Captain Donovan in obedience to the mandate of Puritan Paul, bursted opea the door. The circumstances seem to be about as follows, viewed from a non-partisan standpoint. stand-point. Kelly was outside and his partner Captain Reilley, inside when Paul and Donovan Don-ovan sailed down the street. They rapped, on the hall door leading up stairs to where Kelly lives and Reilley opened it a couple of inches but seeing who "they were shut i again. "Go in" commanded Puritan Paul and with one effort Donovan pushed in tho door carrying with it about IS inches ol the casing. To the intense disgust of tb chief of police the place was empty. No one was . behind or in front ol the bar, the festive cocktail was unmixed and the foam on the glass was conspicuous con-spicuous for its absence together with tht glass. All this occurred at y:30 in the evening. even-ing. Kelly was naturally slightly warm in the region of the shirt collar. It is enough to to make a man warm when he sees an officer w hose authority is not of the unquestionable kind, break in to his house door and the lar-guage lar-guage he used wasn't exactly Sunday school in its character. Both he and Keilley were taken to the station. They gave bonds for their appearance tomorrow, when Kelly will be tried for using abusive language. Mr. Reilley says when he heard the knock on the door that he was up stairs posting; up his books. Upon going down he opened the door to sea who was there, Paul was-iu citizens clothes aud he didn't know him from any other thirsty man who wauted a drink. So he shut the' door again when biff, bang in came tho casing and Paul and Donovan rolled ia. That's hot stuff isn't it? Kelley was first arrested at 1 p. m. on a warrant charging him with violating the Sunday ordinance, but the police say he kept right on selling so the surveillance was continued. iue ponce aiso DroB.e open ut aoor or me Caledonian Resort. - Now the question arises what authority author-ity ha3 an officer to smash down a barrier and . enter a man's place of business without a warrant? It is, in the opinion of many, a very high-hancled proceeding pro-ceeding and one in which the end does not justify the means. If the law Bavs close. rtryeJeTr"1r,'"rjtilr Ihore are far ijettef" """" ' methods than breaking into Bouses." ' In all probability Chief Paul will be arrested ar-rested and prosecuted for destruction of property and sued for damages beside. Kelly claims to have been closed all day. A reporter called during the afternoon to get some information regarding the marriage of Herbert Slade tonight and was dcuied admission. KELLY PILES SUIT. The chief and Captain Donovan will answer an-swer for their conduct iu court, the follow, ing having been filed this afternoon: Territory of Utah, County of Salt Lake,ssi. In the Third judicial district court. LottiV A. Kelley, plaintiff, vs. Samuel J. Paul ancf John J. Donovan, defendants. The plaintiff plain-tiff above named comes and complains ol the above named defendants and for cause of action alleges: First That on the 24th day of July, 1302, the defendants unlawfully and with force broke and entered a certain dwelling house in which the plaintiff and her family resided, re-sided, the same being the property ot tho- Elaintiff, situate on a certain street in Salt ake City, county of Salt Lake and territory of Utah, known as First East street or State road, and the said premises being known as No. 22S State street, in said city, and county of Salt Lake, Utah territory; and for thx space of twenty minutes made a great noise and disturbance therein and forced and.!, broke open a certain door or entrance to said property as above described and greatly harassed and disturbed the plaintiff and. caused her mental suffering and distress. Second Plaintiff further alleges that said trespass as above described was wholly without warrent or authority of law; that the said plaintiff is an invalid and for the space of two years has been under the earn, and attendance of her physician and that the noise and disturbance as herein before set forth, greatly distressed and harassed her and greatly injured her health. Third Plaintiff further alleges that eaid trespass and violence to her said dwelling as hereinbefore set forth, was wholly without with-out warrant of law and wholly without excuse ex-cuse or justification. Fourth That by reason of the matters hereinbefore set forth the 6aid plaintiff has been damaged by injury to her 6aid dwelling dwell-ing iu the amount of $25, and by injury which she has suffered through mental distress dis-tress and to her said health in the sum of $5000. Wherefore plaintiff prays judgment against the said defendants in the sum of $5025, and the costs of this action, and other proper relief. Powers fc Hilks, Attorneys for Plaintiff. JCPGE POWERS TALKS. Judge Powers was asked by a Times reporter re-porter this afternoon if he expected to win this case. "Yes," was his reply. "I am a lawyer, aud that is my business. While I believe ia the enforcement of the law and support the administration, I also believe in the officers keeriinir within the bound of They had no warrant for their action, the complaint being issued against one John Doe. No search warrant was in the hands of the officers, and they broke open the door and went into Mrs. Kelly's private apartments. apart-ments. Such a course is unlawful and tyrannical and does not tend to the good enforcement of the Sunday law. The course of the officers offi-cers in this instance was as unlawful as selling sell-ing liquor on Sunday. If this is to be a city of law and order the officers as well as others should keep within the limits. As I said before, be-fore, I am a lawyer and make my living by practicing my profession. If this suit shall in any wise interfere with my duties as chairmen of the liberal committee, the chairmanship chair-manship must go. The law has been violated vio-lated in this instance, and from the complaint com-plaint it would seem as though the officers were provided with warrants for the arrest of any John Doe they might see fit to pounce upon." Two Young Brutes. George Conrad and Frank Dale, two 14-year-old boys, are in custody charged with attempting to outrage tbe 5-year-oid daughter daugh-ter of S. C Jensen. "They will be tried before be-fore Commissioner Norrell tomorrow. The evidence seems plain and the two lads will likely get a senti-uce that will place them where they will not repeat the offens. |