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Show CRIMINALS WHOM mi m m Victim Is Accomplice, and Not Permitted to Testify ' Against Them. TIMELY ILLUSTRATION OF LAW'S FUTILITY Bunco Men Who Robbed Tourist Allowed to Go Scot Free. George Thompson nnd Harry Sullivan, Sulli-van, tho bunko men arrested on Tuesday Tues-day by Dotectivcs Shannon and Wilson and (Jflicor Ripley, pleaded guilty to the charge of vagrancy on Wednesday and their cases went ovor till Wednesday Wednes-day for sentence, tho robbers being allowed al-lowed to go on tlieir own recognizance. This action in tho caso of two of tho most notorious confidence operators on tho American continent furnishes another an-other illustration of the great ncod ol! a Stato law that would roach this annoying an-noying Hass of offenders. Victim Is Accomplice. Under the law, as it stands at present, pres-ent, the victim of such bloodsuckers as Sullivan and Thompson is an accomplice accom-plice to tho crimo, and, as such, cannot testify against thoin. Thus it is impossible im-possible to make out a caso against them. As no .one knows this ncttcr than these nimble wittcd thieves themselves, them-selves, they are ever ready to take a longor chanco in Salt Lako than they would dream of taking in a community whore tho law is less farcical. Here arc two criminals who aro known to the police of cverv city from ocean to ocean, caught rcd-huiidod in the net of tleeciug a respeclablo rouriat. They, having no other courso open to them, pleaded guilty to tho crime. Thoy ure permitted to go scot free, and, if they had so elected, the' might have left for I lie East on thu same train that carried I heir victim out of the city. A poor, old unfortunate the other day pleaded guilty to tho crime of petty larceny. It was his first crimo. lie had taken a few cheap musical instruments instru-ments belonging to his employers. .Judgo Diehl sent him to jail lor one hundred days. Authorities Aro Powerless. Tn tho caso of the hardened jailbirds, Sullivan and Thompson, however, it must not bo supposed that the authorities authori-ties could have done anything other than that which they did do. True, the thieves might have been given two hours instead of two da3's to leave town. As it is, they continue their quest for victims in Salt Lake until the tick of 2 p. m. on Monday' next. I after that time they are arrested, they will bo sentenced on their Saturday s plea of guilty. Both Sullivan and Thompson aro old pals of tho notorious Harry Pittman, alias Clark, alias Walters, who has served time in just about all tho prisons in tho country and who was chased out of town only a fow weeks ago by Chief of Police Sheets and Chief Detective Raleigh. That precious rogue is at the fircsent writing awaiting trial for a rick he turned at Colorado Springs a short time ago, with the able assistance of this same Sullivan. Thereby hangs a little talo which shows that thieves can bo traitors to ono another, just like folks in other lines of human endeavor. Stole His Girl Away. For vcars Pittman has had for a pal a well-Known woman criminal, a handsome, hand-some, clever and entirely characterless women, who hesitates at nothing and plays no favorites not even Pittman himself. By a lucky stroke Sullivan managed to mako his "gotawa-" from Colorado Springs a few weeks ago, and just in passing he grabbed Pittman 'a woman and carried her away with him. Tho woman is at present sojourning in Salt Lake City and will continue her tour of the country in companv with Sullivan, leaving no later than S p. 111. tomorrow. When Pittman gots out of jail there'll be a fair-to-middling police storj' to write. |