Show SCORES OF CRIMINAL CASES DRIFT INTO OBLIVION POLICE CHIEF CHARGES PETTIFOGGING PETTI PElT f r FOGGING LAWYERS' LAWYERS ENCOURAGE CRIME I Loss Loas O 0 of time In getting action aoto In the i co courts on case casc developed de' t b by y the police department nf is the greatest handicap to a a. aj j Just jurt and strict enforcement nt of ot thee the ordnances ord- ord nances in the crt criminal code code- codea a according to toJ toj j Police Chief F. F Grant Wh who ascribes to toi j i these delays and nd to the methods of or court j procedure tJ that at row now prevail making such euch j 1 dea delay I possible the d defiance to law Jaw and I order and constituted authority that j mar marks the attitude of tho persistent NI tent law i y 4 breer i We have ha a a. gratt t number of pettifogging pettifog pettifog- ging la lawyers rs who are not worthy orth o of 4 i places S at the bar bare who ho encourage e this i condition Chief Grant says There arc arct j t many attorneys permitted to practice herI hero here who are unworthy by actions to be ba I members of ot a bar tar association Disgrace to Profession j I I am of tho the opinion that the better members of ot the bar association should shoud can call callon on their grievance c committee to In Investigate sUat sU- sU gate at this class clus of ot members and either ther drive th them m out or compel them to mend their waY ways The They are a disgrace to the I Je 1 1 So So many yr i raMs Y are fire pending in the i various courts that It necessitates necessitates- members mem mern- bero bers of this fr part men t being In the J courts every ery day Many of the men on night shift leave th their lr boots boats at 7 1 o'clock In the the- morning t te wey e lu have vo barely time to toI I change changO from uniforms to street t clothes I have Me their ts and then go so to toI I court r reporting the at 1 I Many Pleas Picas for tor Continuances Attorneys 1 come into Int the cou courts on the I 81 slightest Pret pretexts ta and ak for Jor continuances ances anees and iid they are I invariably I granted This happens happen many times I Sometimes months elapse and then the ther r reason son for tor the d delay lay com comes to the Bur ant face lace by the attorneys asking that hat the prisoners bo released on their own recognizance nuance because they have b been en n charged ed with on only minor offenses and h hive baNe e been en sufficiently y punished b by waiting in lc Jail jall for tor three or four months before their trial They are usually released That Thatis is 18 the original object of the th attorney who vho desires In man many cases to avoid trial and the the- risk of ot long time sentences Owing to these a attorney made d delays Important witnesses often otten leave tho the Jurisdiction jurIsdiction jurisdiction Juris jurIs- diction of the court either Use because they are paid to go aw away or because their legitimate te business takes them away awa In either case cue Wh when n tho the trial is set many cases casc are because of or tho the absence absence ab ab- ab- ab sence of these witnesses and Cd the word goes ou out that the dl ml r or failure to convict was because of lack of evidence the te police pollee department when as ac a matter of ot fact the fhe department t l Is almost invariably pr prepared to secure lecure conviction if JC Immediate trial can be had Maximum Penalty Imposed Impose On On minor Int cases In order to eliminate necessity or of neavy expense o or u a jury tri J. J a a. maximum penalty of 50 SO Is imposed but a a. large percentage of ot these cases where a conviction Is got in the tho lower tower court are appealed to the district relying on the delays del mentioned and th the of or witnesses and the tho discrediting of those who may IMY appear and technicalities ties Ue af are r rolled relied upon uDOn the Jury JUl In the tho courts court to which the tho cas cases s are arc ap op pealed Gr Great at stress tress has been laid by this class of f attorneys and their clients on tho the fact tact I that the tho police poUce department as the they claim I is using spotters or stool pigeons to get evidence e and that tho police pollee department de I the tho taxpayers taxpayers' mone money to employ these spotters and stool pigeons Business Bust Busi ness nees men who want information concerning concerning con con- their employees or on other certain er- er tam tain lines employ detectives to secure that information But tho the moment the police department employs a per person on outside outside out out- sl side e th the department to obtain evidence against a certain law defyIng element those V-those those employees arc are classed d as u spotters and stool pigeons and are ostracized Tho Tio ho howl 1 g goes s up from this same sam class that officers making tho the arrests tall fail to take takeoff takeoff off orr their hats in making the arrests that they ther failed to carefully wipe Ipe their shoes hoes before entering the houses that th they y frowned while making the arrests and in fact nC the whole proceeding was distasteful die dis tasteful and dl displeasing to the persons arrested 0 Stress Laid on Fund 1 In order to mislead ad the public stress streu Is laid upon the fact tact that there is a contingent contingent con con- fund In the hands of or the chief of ot tho the department for use in tI tile the e depart depart- ment During our November ember election ward want ard heelers healers and unscrupulous politicians malicious circulated the statement that thata a certain oman had been en held unlawfully unla tull fully by the tile police department and she had threatened to bring brine a a. dam damage e suit a gal net the city and that the chief chiet in ord order to stop Mop op this threatened Suit was stul in making compromise with her b by the payment of out Of or hi his contingent un r The p ot w f not a. a reason raison nor any Justi- Justi r or this re report rt and a arny my ron eon 1 luna amounts to U onlY such u. u lent ent could not have ha been made t. r tAg g to the antipass la law lan adopted b by the th t. t Jc legislature we are ore compelled to ray lay aY oad fare tare for tor all aU members of th the tho det de- de nt t when hen it Is necessary ary to go to other cities 5 for prisoners or for or other I departmental business AH AU plan plain clothes 1 men are re to pay their street car 1 fare far and arid during th the th summer when the they are ue watching the crowded cars for tor COnfidence con COn- men and pickpockets street car I. I 1 books melt like snowballs on a red rJ hot e. e This expense amounts to something some some- thing more than 1100 a I. year That alone Ill eliminate the 2300 ator story Subject to Audit AuditS My ly contingent nt fund i. i is subject to II an n audit by bJ order of or the ma mayor or and the com com- at an any time and nd I will wUl be more than pleased to ha have hase the account gone on through with A fine toothed comb I am or of the opinion that where this mone money goes ou is Ii none of f the business s of ot those thos pettifogging la lawyers and the law Jaw breakers who compel the use iee of CIt the publics public's mon money y for tot such sueh purposes The They would only oni- use tae tint that Information as a. they use Us their power to dela delay deay criminal cases for tor the benefit I S of lt the 13 law w breakers DoCk tl of nearl nearly all courts are crowded crowded crowd crowd- ed fA with long delayed I ca cases u that ha have hae e been on the books from a t few w months to more ore than a a. yean The greater part of More the tho 10 work of clerks of courts in preparing heir annual reports report which are gre now be berg be- be rg wound up for 1 1913 13 is in relation to ic d delayed la 1 cases case Among Amont th the cases case iUn in the police polica department and nd J re re still lUll pending in the various wr t arc dozens for violations of If liquor and the drug laws WS alone The Thee They ve e In many Inmany many Instances dragged their theiry i y from tram the city cli- court to tho the supreme of th tn ti state and the rt lav are operative according to tho the police pollee department tho the chances thence for tor conviction grow le less ies s and less Ius City Against Pritchard Among tho the comparatively old see case that have been appealed from the court after conviction had been secured there ther is that of ot the city against John Pritchard charged with violation of or the city liquor ordinance Ho was arr arrested ted October 16 16 1913 1913 he wits ws convicted d' d No November ember vember 24 and aDd was lined fined 25 US when an ap appeal was waR taken to th the district court The case of Joan Pappas charged with witha a similar offense is 18 another He Ho was arr arrested zt November r 16 19 1913 3 was wa convicted con con- December r 19 and was Wall fined d 25 and nd al appealed pealed to the district court State liquor cases case arising from the tho police police po po- po lice department are in virtually all the tb courts court many of ot them many man months old The case against A A. C. C Larsen which was appealed from mm the district court May i 10 10 1913 Is sun still pending In the supreme me court I The ea- ea ease aul of Robert Curran charged with violating tho the state eta to liquor la law was as assent sent to the district court February 16 1 1913 1918 and Is III till fUll pending Three cases against Mrs M M. Mellor were weye sent to the district court by Justice F. F M M. Bishop April 11 11 1913 and are pending pending- tee Cues Fire Tie ca case CaPe of rJ J. J C. C C. C p Peterson t non S sent nt to the tU district court A April 20 20 1913 by Justice F. F M M. Bishop has not b been n disposed of or That of C. C C. C sent to the district court March 31 1913 by Justice Harper is 19 still h hanging tiN tire The Carrie Orrie Riley case cue appealed to the district court ember November 20 20 1913 1912 is still on the books as is 1 that of ot Delia who was bound over February 16 15 15 1913 by Justice F P. M. M r. r Bishop Complaint was filed flied against Mrs M B. B Barnum on a c charge e ars-e of violating the liquor li liquor li- li quor law February 24 24 1913 and she has ba been bound over to the district court and there V. V rile fio to case ha hu has dropped C. C F. F Bray was arrested tried the case was case was A appealed and was remanded remand d by Judge C C. Loofbourow January 16 15 1913 1915 for tor new trial The l now rew W trial has not been n held Two cases against Nels 61 Eckstead one dating from September 8 8 1913 and th the other from November 18 1013 1913 nr are still in the mill Two cases against Mrs M. M f. f Mellor in In addition to the three al already re i d cUed cited are on the docket One Is a n. charge of ot main maln- taming and nuisance and the other charges unlawful sale salo of liquor and both originated June 10 10 1913 Martin Case OMS In Doubtful State Stat A case uso against Kenneth and In Martin for which the complaint was wat flIed filed August 4 4 1913 unlawful sale MJe of ot liquors Is 18 in a a. doubtful state tate It Is 18 Und understood in the county attorneys attorney's office that the complaint nt has been die dis- missed while Justice J F. F M. M Bishop says saya it IL Is 15 still on his docket The case cue against H. H M. M L Burton taken to Judge Tanners Tanner's court from that of ot Ju Justice Bishop on or change of ot venue has b been en app appealed aJ d 10 to the district court The case Cas against is E. L ii D. Francesco d June 4 4 1 1913 13 1 is still lUll on the docket A peculiar condition has Ms arisen In the case cae of ot fie tte state stale against James Jamel whose bond has be been n forfeited but whose bonds cannot b be found The papers in the case against C. C F. F Bray remanded by Ju Judge e F. F C. C Loofbourow for tor trial in Justice Harris Harris' court have been lost INt though the case Is still alive That raso aM aeo orl originated January 15 15 1913 There are many cases see pending In which viola lola tion of the state la law against the sale saJe le of opiates and narcotics except under rigorous orous restrictions is charged and still sUll other e cases are dragging in which offenses ar are alleged One of ot these them Is that thit against II tl C. C I IOne Brown arre arrested tod November 20 1913 and bound over D December cember 15 on a g charge chars of having opium in his ps possession slon Another An An- 1 other Is that against Joseph arrested arrested ar or- rested May Ia 6 6 1913 an and bound over May 29 9 1913 on a charge of of grand nd larceny James Doyle arrested September 1 1913 charged with having yen en shoe shee a R. derivative deri a tive of or opium in fn his possession awaits preliminary The case ClUe is in the court of ot Justice Harry Harper Mary Mar Ferris was arrested March 26 28 6 1918 on a a. char charge e of grand Tl larceny and complaint was flied filed In Justice l Harpers Harper's eT court but her hearing has not been beon hold held Chinaman's Caw Pending Sam sm lung was wu arrested S September 30 SO 1913 on a charge of ot having h yen sh shee e in his possession odon and was as held hold to the district dis die court Octo October r 8 8 1913 where his hla case Is pend pending I n William Hawley was arrested ar at- rested November 5 5 1913 on a. a charge of ot having morphine In his possession The complaint was S If sued Issued sued by Justice Harper but the earing has hu not ben been en held Arthur Jones was am arrested ted May 26 26 1913 charged with having cocaine in his possession Iole He has lias been bound over overt but th the tho district court has as not nol disposed d o of his case W IV J. J Johnson was arrested August 19 39 1913 char charged ed with having opium in his possession and wa was bound O l over r. r The district court lies has not acted Hugh lugh Kim Chin Hoy and E. E Foon were arrested April 2 1913 and on April 23 23 3 1913 were held to te We district court on c charges arbe of t having ha opium in th their lr posses posses- sion Slon The nave have not Been osen tried N New w Complaint Not Issued Frank arrested May 1 1 1912 on a a. charge of or s selling lIIng cocaine was arraigned arraigned or- or ar ar- in Justice Ha Harp rp rB court court- v where here the complaint was waa dismissed on a technical technical tech tech- demurrer demurrer- and th the Justice refused to issue Isroe a a. new complaint Ed Langley WO wae u arre arrested ted Slay May 6 1913 and again May tay 2 22 1913 on charges of ot having cocaine in his possession He was bound over on n one count and the other ther case Is la still pending in Justice Justic-e court The CUe case in the district court Is pending Delos Marlines was st arrested November r r 20 1913 19 U. U on charge of n yen ee oi in hip possession and was bound over to the district court D December cember Iii 16 The case has baa not been concluded ed Re ReUben ben Slaughter arr arrested May 2 1913 on a a. char charge e of or having ha opium in posse possession Elon was as bound over o from Justice G court nine days dan art after r arrest The case e is 18 pending Ella Thomas charged with grand lar ceny was Wa arrested JunS Jun 30 30 1913 and M has hu not been tried In the district court Thomas Not Yet Tried James Thom Thome arrested te April 28 8 1913 Uta was as bound over to the th district court Ms I May 1 It U and has no not been n tried EX Eo Thomas Thomaa arrested November r 19 19 charged with having co cocaine In his hili possession pos poe session slon is a. a awaiting trial R R. J. J V arrested September 10 10 1913 1918 charged with having cocaine In his JOu possession lIlon Is 18 awaiting preliminary hearIn hear hear- In lug ing on Wone Yen Ten arrested November 24 24 1913 charged d with having opium In his possession posses posses- Ion sion run has be been n bound over to the district court and rid I is III awaiting trial Anstee II arrested Ma May |