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Show 111 CHURCH'S I STRANGLE HOLD I -Is Burbidge Still Directing the I If I Policy Department of fl RUMOR HAS IT THAT HE fH HAS KEY TO CHIEF'S OFFICE i Now Detective Londoner Daily nil Is Closeted With the Chief ! H of Police. I til J The Mormon church seems to have a- rlic IIH strangle hold upon tho police depart- f Ifi jH J ment of Salt Lake City.- Mffl iH According to well-founded reports; i'lrflrl that emanate from the police station Htlilrl the -wires that operate the department ' (iffrNB "r(-' PIl?d in a groat measure bv John wMTIII B. Burbidgc. deposed captain of'police, 'ItfliH who, with James Tavlor. auoth.V do-' liltH posed policeman, has termed the Inter- jiff mountain Detective agencv, with offices' hlrliH at 55 "West First South street. ifl 1 I rom his office on Wes.t First South ' MniH street Bnrbidge is authentically report- MlllliH cd to exert a powerful influence over ;. UtViH and control to a surprising extent the. . 1 fiHH police department. This influence and lift liH control, of'course, are exercised through ' ,J the prosent chief, with whom the form- JJ! er church captain was such a favorite ' Hi that he practically abdicated the oftlca Wt I of chief in Bnrbidge "s favor bv eloynt- 3 Q, ing lo the position of acting chief. , tti. iH Burbidgo Has a Koy. 'ijlH It is common report that Bnrbidge '; jijH has not surrendered his kev to tho II IH chief's office and that almost daily be i I is closeted in star chamber session with CriH the head of the department to whom ho fniH gives suggestions in tho handling of the .-ftH I dopartmcnt that afterward appear in mM i tho form of instructions and orders tof riH j the patrolmen At least Burbidgo 's al- ihIH I most daily visits to nnd conferences i ' ' hH with tbe chief have given rise to con- A r jH j siderablc unfavorable comment within rf ' the last, week or ten days. ill fH .i Burbidgo was not 'popular with the !r ' jH j men when ho was connected with the F 'JilH department in an official capacity, his ' 1 T fll I treatment of them often being unfair i i land sometimes partial in favor of po-' W 1 lH j licemen who were members of his own ' IH i church, nnd naturally his injection of Lj himself into the department's .control f -T JM after being beheaded, is not relished by jv iH the rank and tile, the men who bear, f ' - M i the brunt of the. hard work. The charge V .M that he was not cfricient, which ha- ; JM I not been successfully refuted, has' some- ,( ' jH thing to do with this Xeeling. of- cotirsa. mA i lH f Londoner Now. fl lilfl I Pitt's favor toward Bnrbidge ap- m i i.&H I neara to be waning a little, however, as 1. i r'' Uoc'" Londoner, of the Pinkertons, t vEiNI is daily dosoted with the chief for 'iF'riNB hours. X'othing ever comes of the?."" t f ' I iNH conferences for the public. As both are ' ' rH advocates of suppression of crimes. ' if - L' whether great or "mall, they are check- j :. 'H by-jowl with each other. jfikH It also is a matter of common report h'Lr-iNH that the head of the police department ' lHh INH has exerted itself to "throw" business .. (jl IH that by right comes under police dircc- Ljlr'NH tion, to the deposed acting chief of. po- jfc-f FH lice and his detective agency. This ,i lpB inllupnce is said to bo directed toward T i S iNH mercantile institutions which naturally . , ( Li! PJ are the frequent victims of shoplifters fa H ll iNB and the like. H 'lliiB |