Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-03-06 | Page 9 | Tables are Turned on Zealous Officers

TABLES ARE TURNED 01 ZEALOUS OFFICERS Picks Wrong Suspect and Finds Plumber's T00I3 Instead of Liquor. Special to Tlit Tribune. i;i k, March :.. A m l ip filled with tools, hclotiKliK? to n Salt Lal( plumber, on his way from K:inston to Salt UiUm, was lht innoi'ent ciiiimi of iniiili rclti-! rclti-! Mi' lit mA the v m ba iiusmiih' ii t of a youiik' traveler and I vput y SI in It f Wllllain Proun at tiie depot this at'teiuonn. Tlio own ei of tin: nrl i a rrl ed on I he P nli ui Pacific t rii In, a nd. di'sirlnu to a t -tend to 110 a 10 other hara' n-fore cat. hlu a train f-r Sail like a l'i-w inm-Ules inm-Ules Liter, hr- plae.-d tin K'lp Hour of the wailing n 1011 1 u nd i ush.-d in t 'ie 1 b.r.-,L;.ie loom. .ImmI (he lip uhs put down, a pa.'Si-nner on ids way lo the J n.,iM p.u-s.'d by Ihe and then went out of I lu lie pot a ud start ed to walk up t "Wtl. Ivputy Sheriff Wllllain Pmwn tbouMbt Ihe yown' Iiaveb-r was the owner 1" the V rip, and. In spite ni his !nn pro evl , Ihe nfiitvr took bl'ti back to i lie d.-pot and. taklliLT Pie suieii.-e, d-liiaitdcd Ihat It he opi ned. 'l'lu. m-i'iiM' l man s aid lo-did lo-did not own the K'lP ami would tmt upi-n It. Prown then look the miiIIi'iim- and opened it, 111 plaee of the liquor It was rxpecled to disclose, the nlflrrr found u ay shirt, n fair of overalls ami a few plumhitm' tools. The oltieer was stammering an apology ti tlie vmnu' man, whin Ihe owner of the fti i p appe.i i ,-d upon t lie MTiiti and de-tniinde de-tniinde I to know what w.im up. While an t uteres! In l; a i idle me oi a h undn-d rail-toad rail-toad ;np!o .-t-s an I trawlers looked on, I'eputy Slu tlff Hi-own expl.iined his mi-Ihoritv mi-Ihoritv tor opening Ihe ;;rip. wlin-h he H aid he ludieVcd had e uta ined liquor, and it was bis duly as a memher of tlu-count tlu-count y "pun I y sq ua I" to .-ear ll t he haMKaiif for suspf. tK.