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Show I Sheets 's Accusers Must Face the Law If I Fach day brings forth new facts to prove that instead of i v f i" ' ! !: ' 1 jjcr their disreputable ends. intending to punish Chief Sheets for connivance with criminals, that the Chief's opponents are in a despicable political conspiracy concocted for.no other purpose than inhere is evidence that would justify the arrest of Chipf w i w i ' ' li ' irmf WAS THE REASON FOft TT ztt? t-p rnrJ-- ednesday afternoon, does it not strike the average citizen as an outrage that the Chief's accusers insist on postponing the time for a preliminary hearing? , " '' 1 SS' Sheet, liable to becol afS f J w T PfE EVIDBNOB TO GO XNTO COURT AND SUSTAIN THEIE CASE, . ' f hira at toe 1)ar of justice? " ".lng to get out of town? Was it necessary to place him under arrest in order to serve the ends of the law when there was not yet evidence to justify his accusers ' TfofS thecf - hdi migM aUempt 10 GSCape' WHr WAS IT THAT THEY "WERE "WILLING THAT HE BE RELEASED WITHOUT BOND. . V, . ! l TheiaC hv friend VnH in- fn m tbai 1)een PPS at Ilis heels dal'ed not come before him to attempt to substantiate their libels, and when Sergeant Hempel and Chief Sheets subjected thcmselVes to ari if H T that "the cowardl - , f Presence of one hundred or more citizens, -the Chief's enemies saw that the inquiry was certain to exonerate him. . S j . m it was y CU11'S. lio had entered this conspiracy against this officer prevailed upon their swift and pliant tools in the Attorney's and Sheriff's offices to procure the Chief's arrest. , jj i ; . .. H Hey were n g ., , ic uiiei :s investigation by the Council as a committee of the whole be comnleted. THEY KNEW THAT THE CHIEF HAD BEEN WRONGFULLY ACCUSED. ' They knew he could prove !Ji! H ' nted tokee Chicf Z f thG But they wanted a-sensation. Hence intemperate action by the County Attorney. . jUf' rhey a an a o. vCip ,ie nc on .ie iaek. They arrested him and when he appeared before the magistrate and asked for a chance to meet his accusers, the cowards pleaded that they were not yet ready to face him. If . II I ' fic Tribune is a rcacy in possession of facts which it promises soon to produce, that will show that the entire miserable affair is the work of a lot of character assassins, and that their aims are only to humiliate Chief ii H because the Chief is believed by them to be one of their most cunning and effective political foemen. t J b the old days these scoundrels would have employed the Hickmans and the Koekwclls and other murderous thugs in the employ of ecclesiastics to do their dirty work. They would have used the bludgeon and the shotgun .. jj,. H jc light is on, citizens of Salt Lake. Let no honest man ask for quarter. The friends of George Sheets, in dealing with the curs who have attacked him, AftE RESOLVED TO GIVE NO QUARTER. H liis resolve is based upon a thorough conviction, after investigation, that he is without guilt. And since the blacklegs and the thugs whom George Sheets has driven to cover have become the allies of the News and the -. H and the personal organ of Apostle Smoot, joining hands with the Sprys, the Booths, the Callisters, the Andersons, and others ol: unsavory political fame, it will be interesting to the citizens of Salt Lake l,o stand aside i ji" the affair fought to the finish. " , .JjKitorge Sheets shall have the speedy hearing he demands. y J ' . ' jS George Sheets 's accusers must come into court and prove or confess .their libels. wjTliey will not be permitted to escape, and when the day of reckoning comes, as it surely will eome, and swiftly, The Tribune's word for it, the entire affair will be shown to be a despicable ami conscienceless scheme ol' men i; jMoped'to divert the people's wrath from them, because of their iniquities, by trumping up a cunning charge against one of the most vigilant and forcefultofficers who ever wore a policeman's shield. j, jjMhe war is on. The trial of George Sheets shall be swift and thorough. If he be not exonerated, he will be dismissed. . ' ; ! BBTHE WILL BE EXONERATED, AS CERTAIN AS HIS DAY OF HONEST TRIAL SHALL COME. ' . j' H |
