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Show THE SHEETS PERSECUTORS, vVe notice that the opposition press, not content with joining the conspiracy and howling against Chief Sheets for a year and a half on accusations from whicli a jury hns promptly acquitted him, continue their vicious assaults aud show that with them no acquittal avails. Thoy will hoar to nothing but Sheets 's guilt, and they reiterate their prejudiced preju-diced and one-Bided arraignments of Mr, Sheets precisely as they did before he was acquitted. Tho dishonesty of this, of course, is evident to tho public, and those guillj of it will gain nothing by their vile and indefensible oourso. There is a matter that the county officials of-ficials engaged" iu this conspiracy against Chief Sheets will havo to settle with tho taxpayers of this county, and that is the reckless squandering of public pub-lic money in pursuanco of their political plot against this city's administration, so as to have campaign material against the American party. Wo do not believe for one moment that District Attorney Loofbourow, County Attorney Hanson, or Sheriff Emery believed in the least in Chief Sheets 's guilt, Thc3 and espe-eialPy espe-eialPy Lho latter two, were engaged from tbe first merely in a political conspiracy to help their party, and in the hope of dishonoring the American party. Their reckless squnnderings of the public monej' to effect this political and partisan par-tisan job is something that tho public will not forget. A portion of it was shown in the extraordinary expenses entered en-tered by Sheriff Emciy in his latest annual report. Ho held Parrcnt here for mouths and then let him go without trial, although there was unquestioned ovidenee of Parront 's guilt, and besides, Parrent admitted his guilt. He should now be in the Utah peuiteutiary for his crimes; but Emery lot him go, finding that he was no longer available as a witness in the Sheets case, although we wore constantly assured that he would be forthcoming at the trial. But Par-rent's Par-rent's story was weak and admittedly insuftinient to make any showing against Sheets. And so, having Bell in custody, the authorities gave to Bell a transcript of Parrcnt's testimony in order that he mio-lir. sfiiHv it r-avofnllv and tell the snuie story that Parrent did, avoiding the weak spots and amplifying wherever he or his suborners considered it possi ble to strengthen that evidence. Par-rent Par-rent was held for months at the expense of the county, aud the living expenses of women were also paid out of the pub-1 pub-1 io treasury. Bell has been held Cor mouths, an admitted criminal, according to the showings of the prosecution, and still he is not brought, to trial. He was returned to 'Utah at the public expense, not so that he could bo tried for any crime, but in order.to get. him to testify against Sheets. According to this testimony, tes-timony, which may be considered as a confession so far as Bell is concerned, .he. was engaged in tho same reckless and shameful criminality as Parrent, aud yet he will no doubt be released without punishment. Undoubtedly his contract with the couspirators called for this, and he may be considered a free man just as soon as the official conspirators see fit to let him go probably not long hence. It seams to us in this councctioD, that. Judge Morse has a duty to perform. It appeared iu the trial of the Sheets case that Bell was furnished with a transcript tran-script of the testimon3' of Parreut. Surely Sure-ly this is a most reprehensible procedure, proced-ure, and one that the court will be fully, justified in taking cognizance of aud requiring re-quiring an accounting. Why was this transcript givon to Bell? What business did he have with it? Could it be for any other purpose than iu order that he might testify along the, same lines that Parrent had testified, aud bolster up the ca3C so far as possible in addition from his own criminal ingenuity? It seems to us that; Judge Morse, for tho vindication of his own court, should require re-quire a showing on this point and should ascertain just 'what was done in this mailer; why it was done; aud what object, ob-ject, was accomplished by it. The County Coun-ty Attorney and the Sheriff should bolh bo cited to appear and explain their course in this extremely irregular, not to saj' reprehensible, procedure. Wo do not believe that a lawyer of tho leaBt standing as a man, or in his profession, could fail to denounce this procedure in the most severe and earnest terms. Tltc elaborately nursed conspiracy against Chief Sheets dragged along for a year and a half, at first to the large interes.t of. the public, but finally to the disgust, of everyone who took any notice of tho matter. The charges were allowed to hang fire, but wore revived at every occasion oc-casion when there seemed to be any political poiut to be made by airing them; as when an election was on, when thf Legislature had up the fire and police po-lice bill, and so on. Tt was undoubtedly thn purpose to keep this case alive so loug as any political capital could possibly possi-bly be made out'o'f'it. If Chief Sheets had been in office 'during the municipal campaign, last, fall .undoubtedly there would have bo.eu, ;i. fresh raking up of this case for ihat same old political purpose. pur-pose. But" since fie was not in office, the -conspirators raw no advantage in that course .so they let it go. At the panic time, they havo prolonged the matter mat-ter to'ho utmost, possible length, and refused Chief Sheets a trial as lone as it was possible to refuse. The official conspirators stand condemned in the public mind, and they will be required, in no uncertain terms, to answer to the people of this county for their reckless conspiracy, (for the prostitution of their official positions to political ends, aud for the lavish waste of public money; and thi3 accounting will be required now and also during the campaign of next fall, And now., what about Bell? He hBs bcenheld.in jail hore at -the public-cost, under a criminal charge, and has never ovon been arraigned before a magistrate. magis-trate. What do the official political conspirators intend to do with Bell? Will they proseoutc him for his admitted ad-mitted crimes, or will they allow him to make a Bneak, as thoy did Parrcnt when he was of no further use to them, but who should also havo been prosecuted for his conferred crimes? |