Show I rtuzi Id AFTER LAWLESS ELEMENT I t = Ogden Citizens Come to Aid of the d Mayor Ui i The citizens mass ncctlns which was i held at the Bounty courthouen lust night tb j I for l the pfrpose of taking decisive action to rid thl1 city of tho lawless element now infesting It turned out to be a howling success 10 far as numbers were concerned The courtroom was packed to suffocation k and Jlev E J I Cioshun was chosen temporary 4 tem-porary chairman and the Mayor and C A I Smurlhwaltu ere nominated for permanent i t perma-nent chairman Sniurihvsalte won tho 1 ioa i and the Ma > or was chosen as secretary Rev Mr I GoBhon spoke in favor of organizing organ-izing a vigilance commStlcu nnd Uev Falhfr Cushnthin spoke In opposition tOIL to-IL District Attorney IlalvorsiMi hoI ho-I Mayor pxSenitor Cannon C John Sean anA an-A y Agce nnd other I poke to thu question ques-tion some for and some again t Mr Cannons speech was the feature of the proceeding He I wau n < vcr more eloquent 0 ii J < lent than tonight nnd appealed l to the I i people to do something and that quick to relieve the reign of terror that pervaded the city He said When a lady I cannot walk down Washington avenue to meet her husband without being assaulted and robbed then no woman In the city Is safe He referred to the murder of Roy Mills In re r n feeling way telling how the widowed L mother had sent her boy out Into tho world to make a living for himself and mother how IIP had come to Ogden and I gone to work on the railroad described the high esteem In which ho Is held by all with whom he became acquainted how he had discovered that certain men had been guilty of robbery and had reported them to tho llrst man he met and had been Instructed to shadow then and how they had enticed him to n lonely I spot and cruelly murdered him tb sue themselves from punishment O A Kennedy then Introduced the following fol-lowing resolution Whereas The city of Ogden has for along a-long time Infcatcd with an apparently organized or-ganized gang of robbers and holdups who arc preying upon our citizens rendering both life ant property unsafe and Whereas Within limo past two weeks the number and boldness of the depredations depreda-tions of this clasp have become intolerable I intolera-ble rendering It unsafe after darkness for our citizens to be upon the streets and I matters have become so bad that even a defenseless woman has been attacked r within one block o Washington avenue and a stranger decoyed to his death within with-in the limits of the city nnd Whereas It Is well known that men who do not hesitate to burglarize our homes and rob our cllirens will not hesitate hesi-tate to commit murder therefore be it Hesolver I By UH citizens of Ogden in moss convention aSfCll bled that we believe be-lieve there bus arisen f public necessity for the cltlen themselves to organize and drive these crihnnalu from the midst of our city and to that end It Is necessary that some otiube designated as a leader who shall have authority to direct this I movement therefore he It PCKOlvfd That the Mayor be and Is elected all appointed by this meeting aa captain with power to name whatever assistance as-sistance he may need and to call upon each of us as also we believe he may I safely do upon every good citizen of OK den to render that aid which may be requisite for the accomplishment of the purpopc of this meeting The resolution was adopted and signed by about 100 names after the meeting adjourned ad-journed The purpose to organize a vigilance vigi-lance conrnlttec did not appear to meetS meet-S with tho favor of the majority of the people peo-ple present The uenllmcnt scorned to be that the Mayor and Chief of Police were fully competent to l handle the situation providing they wero given a sufllclcnt force to do HO his to the meeting The Major In speech mceln dirt not deride the purpose of the call butS but-S stated that If they would come to his aidS aid-S and give him plenty of help he would see that the work was accomplished This hlca prevailed and he was given charge of 5 5 the force under the resolution |