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Show IGAMBLING STOPPED M. H. Wilson's Sentence to Thirty Days in Jail Shows This. GAMBLERS ARE AFRAID OF WALLS OF PRISON Judge Dichl Declares That Ban Has Been Placed on Evil. "Heretofore gambling hns been allowed In Ssilt Lnke City, or rather It was permitted per-mitted under the former administration. I am heartily In harmony wltfi the prcs-ont prcs-ont administration In Its efforts to stop It and believe, ns Attorney Daly sayG, that a ban has been placed upon gambling gam-bling and that Jienceforth It will bo prohibited. pro-hibited. Such being tho case, I will do everything In my power to aid the prosecution prose-cution in convicting men who insist on breaking the ordinances In this regard." These wcro tho words of Judgo Dlehl "Wednesday afternoon previous to passing sentence upon M. H. "Wilson, proprlotor of the Montana club, whom he found guilty and sentenced to thirty days In Jail. IWns Not Lot Off "With Fine. "Wilson was not let off with a fine, as had been predicted by many who wore familiar with the case, but Instead was sentenced to spend thirty days In Jail. This means that he will have to spend thirty days on tho City creek rock pile, in company with the drunks and vagrnntn vho fracture the city ordinances. Through his attorneys Mr. Wilson has secured a stay of execution until this morning at 10 o'clock for the purpose of llllng an appeal ap-peal bond. Judge Dichl llxed the bond at $CC0 and this amount wns furnished. Attorney Daly's Statement. "Out of the twenty-three men nr-rc-fited nine have been convicted, nine hnvo entered Into a compact to leave the city and live are awaiting trial. Tho statement which appeared In a Salt Lake paper recently saying that I mado a mistake In not charging the men with resorting re-sorting to a gambling house Instead of gambling, amounts to nothing. There is no ordinance which defines resorting to a gambling house as an offense, and 1 made out tho complaints Just as they should have been made out. Ordinances Not Changed. "Under tho former administration the ordinances were tho came as thoy are now, but no attempt was made to arrest the proprietors of gambling houses -when The Tribune gave the names and locations loca-tions of such places and offered to produce pro-duce overwhelming evidence that they were being allowed to run openly. Now that an effort Is being made to actually prohibit gambling In every form, two of the Salt Lake papers have seen 1U to make light of the work which the police force and City Attorney's office Is doing, do-ing, has been doing and will continue to do In the future. Congratulates Judge Diehl. "I am more than pleased with the verdict," ver-dict," said Attorney Daly, "and I wish to congratulate Judge Dlehl for the ablo manner In which he has weighed the evidence, evi-dence, and for the fearless manner In which he has passed sentence. And when he says that he Is heartily In favor of assisting as-sisting the present administration In wiping out gambling In Salt Lake, r .realize .rea-lize that the time has come when we' can and will prove that gambling has got to stop In. this city." I --Wilson's Attorney Talks. In fact, every ono is satisfied that gambling is to be prohibited and not licensed. li-censed. Had a line of foO fr 1W) been Imposed, It would have been possible for the gamblers to pay their fines and go on as though nothing had happened. In l short, they would have been looking forward for-ward to the day when, by paying a line I every "so often, it would have been pos-1 pos-1 slble to return to the old order of things and operate unmolested. In this regard It will be Interesting to read what M M. "Warner, attorney for tho defendant, M. II. "Wilson, has to say: Gambling Prohibited. I "This looks as If gambling was to be prohibited," he said. "A tine would not have meant much, but a Jail sentence docs. It means thnt men who were not afraid to face the court and pay a good stiff fine will be afraid to como before Judge Dichl, knowing that Jail sentences await them. Every ono must now admit that the present administration means business and that gambling must stop." Minimum Sentence Imposed. I3ut even the sentence Imposed by Judge Dlehl was the minimum sentence. lie could, at his discretion, sentence all such offenders to ninety days in the city Jail, where, during six days of the week thoy would be compelled. If able, to work on the rock pile Jn short, the result of the first case is a great victory for the city. Tho sentence cannot be misconstrued miscon-strued or misunderstood. It means, If It means anything, that every man who gambles In this city must expect a jail sentence, and the Chief of Police and his subordinates and the City Attorney and his assistant Intend seeing that no favors arc shown and that all guilty parties arc brought to justice. |
