| Show fOR CONTEMPT Mnrslial Pratt and Two Olliccrs in Custody FOR DECLINING TO ANSWER A Well Known Salt Lila Homos IdtDtily the QaeslloD IllJLTIS KEASONS I OUR SIIXSCB Tb A s h Ibo lIhlulbl ulo II 1110 IIAk Nr 1k 31 17 4 rll IItlllfh tlUA NIrz unexpected icon wai wllnewtd In I Judga llattohi division of the Third district court Idle forenoon ai a lupplemeul la lomethlug which Irauiplred within the latnu tanctuui the day before After the Nrwa had gone la pen yetletday the grand Jury filed Into court aud deilted luiiructloni from Judga Ilartoh in regard tu a wltiieit C T llarl cRy edllor of the Hall Lake yVioune who had refuted lu nuiwcr A fuetllon The foremau tilled lhat the grand Jury wa Invcitlgallng A certain cue that Mr llarto bal written an article which wee KibllibeJ 10 the Trtftunt LuriD upon It and thai he refuted to give Ibo name of III Jeelon who Informed lilm of the ficli clued Tho foreman further nlJ thai Mr llarlehad not anumed coy dell > altitude lord the I ury but wm under the Improilon luat ai a newi apir I reporter ho wee ooll privileged and not obliged to aniwer the que lli > i > Mr hone Informed time court that the perion who gave him the Informa tier did to In coufldeuct Ibo on dIllon that till name would not be revealed and be did net feel that ll would bo proper for him to Rite the louioe JuJnollylch Inquired It I the miei lln wat nil Important one and the fcremauef 1 the grand Jury replied that II wa ai from Ibo peron who ntlordod the information It wai expecltd to dlicover the pectin who had committed time crime which wai twlnir luveitUated Thereupon nil lionorlnitructed MrH rto io emm 0 > JI J5 WNAt loLi lg BOhstiUetU5n7lat allowed I iiltu time to coniult oonuirl before doing 19 Mr lIrtu coniulledJudgu Lowers and that gentleman advlied him not lo I answer holding that Iholuformatlou I M received by ulm was privileged and that a uewipaper niau woe not utllgvd lo retell Ibo source of lilt Inform lion lu the meantime the grand Jury ad lournej until tbli morning Time cam under Inveitlgatlon li ono In Which A gentleman wee aliened to have drlten A back to Ibo neighborhood neighbor-hood of Ihu Holy Croii hoipltnl and there lo havo been joined bjr a lady with whom he had criminal toltloui flu flames of time pMllii wuro not known and It was with a view to dlf covering Ihelr Identity Hint the exam ination was hat Sir Harta laid he did not luionr who time uullly pieties wore and the uiemben of time grand Jury wanted get hold of Mi Informant Inform-ant uuiler Ibo luppoiltlon that ho coUld dlUIIl Ihelr lueutliy 1 1IIK flOT THICKhNB At tills Hill morning Ihe grand Jury with Dlilrlct Attorney Judd at their head I rime Into court followed by a mill cruwd of poriuni Froji this It ai aloncegueuid 1 thai bLue unuiual Incident was on the UpK And such turned out lobe tim cair Time grand junta hating taken their bate oil the bencliea underneath clock Dlitrlcl Attorney Judd walked up lathe bar tabluaududdriiiliigjuifgi llarlch opened lira wllli thim wurJil If jour honor pleao onintlmii In tie admlulitralloii of time law unpleu ant dutloi aru lniK od upon thoie who for Ibo lime being ire tailed upon tu act aiaguLti of the public In Iti execution exe-cution and thtiro li I nonr 1Iloru your honor a cam of bat Llnd Couniel proceeded to rt < ad from Hie ooliimniul tie Halt Lube Theuntuf I Nov 4lh 18JI time article above cc I It rll ferivd to sun then went on lo explain i that a number of r > oni retldlug In thu norlbeaitoru part of the oily untie to him lu hli ofllrtal 1 capacity and demanded de-manded that ha millie that case to le InvrilUattd before Ihu grand Jury I Ha declined lo do 10 laying there wore solo duties detoltlug upon u public prolocutor which were of their character aJmlnlilratltr and that It did 1 not Alwaja follow booauie Informatloii had been given lu him that a crlmo had teen ooumillted Hut tan was cnrlly compelled lo hate U publicly luYntlnjtnl AI public iroteculorho ulwuyi fin n koj him act the iiuvitlon whether tie party I accuiod Was guilty Hating Kiuweied that iii Ibo alllrmnlltr time ul quo lion ha laid walUhl Ihu pulllOKUu nqulio the case tube proiocutua 1hl wai Ihu course ha had iteajlly ueld to llu put Ibo oanipliliilui partlui In ilil particular Instance oil uu4 oil remark IIg that II aeonmmt 10 him am Invenllco ion of lime matter would da talon huria than God Jlut they returned lu him ugilu and again and Hated that iwnoni In the vicinity 7lmo they lived wire helugwrouxly uipected while BOrne even elated tha their own reUllvce ware under auipl clou A publlu iiuudal havlug come out Ito pillion nruo whether Hit guilty pariyihould ho l cxpotedurlu noceut peuplu lu Iho oOlllhLrhlld fuither lubjtclel J to mil IcIouY 1U dralr CI 1Ibt tim district attorney Inforiiibd 1 thimea who wallvd upou him thai of couiiu II 1 looms ruiiHjnilUlu man mould coaio t > him demand thai Iho nutter lin In tenanted aud maIm a clurgo baton the grand Jury ho had Iii lower to buy that ho would not tiny the right to have an Inquiry rnmc lEe talked wltu Ibo fttmau cf tnegrand Jurv but krpt It Irom that body Ilielf riually the de moot Wit made In pcecliely 1 limit lhmmpe The gcutleiuau wh came iurwaeda rwpectibla Individual of Ibl clly went before the grand jury implalnej lhat hli relatlvci wre be timg I compromised by Ihli thing amid In blamed upon an Inveitlgtlbn and that Woe how the matter came here Time grand Jury lummoned before hem Ailbtir 1ratl I cblit uf pellet tie rUclu In qunllon wai exhibited ta him and the following ijueilljui were Ilkedl < JOllonDo Do yw know the named ha man and woman mentioned In the tiewpsr article here ihown you ilbllihtUlulheHlt Lake Tntuiit uri November lUli Aniwer I da know the name of he woman I am pretty well talltfUd limit I know time mna DUI I think I would know him If I tiould ice him luetllon If you lay that you do how their lianiM tell the gland lury tile name of each prnon Aliwit I ikclloo to aniwer Ihli question The dltlrlct attorney then quoted nOtion VJ of the revlred ttatutei ol flat and IntletMl thereon Hint Mr ltU bo compelled by thIs oouit lu i ni wtr It lha fact ho lalJ atatetl l In that ntlule were true then the crime of adultery had tin committed and Ibli court and grand jury had Jurltdlcllou our the caif 1 tie wltoeM declined to give the namee of the turtle and hemforr In I tIe name of tie t iopie I 01 tIme Territory ot UIhIII lime dlilrlcl atlnruey lu ooelulooItI demand ol thli couil IIIIIII lake luch proceeding by flnu and Imprltonmenl or otherwue ia In III judgment and dliorellon may Ui necciiary ta compel nn obodleuctt la Ibu prtcen of Ihli court Mr 1ratt li Leloie your bonor Chief traIt advanced lowardi Iho lunch and sail that ai au old ollloor of tan court he would be the ait ptrtou to ihuw any contempt for II Thli mailer with him wai one inmewbat of honor He wae called before tie grandjury and II wai hero alibi that they limply wlibed to know time uimei 01 Iberu pull lu order that iplclou might be I mm 0 from those who were taut deserving 01 II I He bad always 1 underlined Hut Ihu urand Jury was A nectet body Hu Mated to thorn 1 Ihe clrcuuKliucei at crcuILIUC lie knew themand alto lie tact that he Had met and convened with Hie lady uvolved lu the Ole thil he ound her 10 be I A womtu who had been huretofoio alwaya bon uiplclon and Ihe mother 01 a family that he tugged pltllully lor betty Hence ha pledged rill 1 WorJ thai what ahe had told limo ihould go n J farther II le bad atrlctly adhered 10 0 that prom to Now there camu forward 101110 rw neighbor and ta mtlify them Ibe dlitrlct attorney bad bioughl Him lu m0 make a publla aoilidal I of bliklnd Ho Mr 1ratl IoU tbu grandjury Ihllu hI bit ludmul illcr looking carefully Into Ibo once hue did not bellevu U poiilble any jury would convict Ihwo l aitlei of any crime They were limply found together ffa bactt > aud tbeld wairilc loiltlve evldeucu on that point Aa cblef of police he I had deemed II t his duty lu A number uf nitnuce not ta prosecute certain caioi Several yooomg girls had coma under hli notice who had possibly gone astray for lIme tint lime When brought ta the police ilatlou Initead of iroiecullm themhe had upon learning bejtrue factneut them tome lo Ihelr nolhen In not a few of tucli eaten jy Ihli lino actlonbe bellnvedtbey Ihemvlvta hid Lon K ilbly laved Irom being driven uptn the itreeli and their family from dlicreJIt and ol I grace The chief aolemnly dcolared hunt I ho were uow to violate hli word glvou 0 Iho lady lu ouMtlou II would ruin an entire wellKnown family ot Ibli city and ho wai latlilted alto that the eipoiuro would very likely provoke bloodihed In lila oonicleuce ho believed that a oonvlctlou could not be obtained there woe no potlllva proof Without therefore there-fore wlthlng la bow auy caiilempt elttur for court or grunt Jury but hating the greateit reipoot for both l1 deem It would be A cowardly act a dlthouorablu actor uiy part to dlicloi Ibo num alibi woman nod I hat dvclluvd lo do soa Dlitrlot Attorney Judd iilil hat thetheror not AU oUenii had Lou iiimmltled one not a cuo tlon for tin vlturu la pau upnn Chief 1ralt replied that the polio ciiuently obtained evidence that ttmoy 30It III II could I > paud then they gave their word lhat what had been mold ihoulj not be dltolieJ 1 they broke that promlie It would weaken the efllcaoy uf the police deparlmeut III A gteal many luitancei 1 he divulged the ladyi name In Ihli pirtlcul cio II would mem the ruination of A family who had always commanded CLutch Foreman Hill fhli mitturhai beet thrust upon the grand fury they uugbt ta evado I by every uieuui lu their power Judge Judd pointed cut that be grandjury wai A secret body and tha what wIn known ta them Was moat known 10 the public Chief traItIt ensoul list you want to make It publlu now Judge JuddIf you had anawerrd lie iiueillou It would moat hove beeu Introduced here JuJU lUrloh commented dimly upon Ihe I furl that all irociedlnge I hIm I the graIl Jury room hculd 10 hell etrlctly acrId Ihe ury were bound by their oalu not lo reveal anything there and thing that tMiliulMd 1t If they did 10 hoy I committed perjury HU I Ounce maid YI hu had frciUfUtl heard It rumotnl that iiialleri whlcl occurred lu ihn pruhd Jury loom had bicomu puhllo propeily but hu did uot refer to the newit grant Jury Judge JuddN thli KanJ Jury hai tieeu au oxci lion lo thai Never A word hai gone cut from them J nil to llailiih lill he thought he white should auiwor the ijuiitlon It wai for the grand Jury taoouilder abC hearing all the alrcunitlniiaeK whether an Indlclmxnt ought ta be found Attn whether or nol the Inter tail I of I uhllo Jutllce and society wore to U r i rl luiiulueivoJ by llnllnimu Indlrlnien UuM buotefuliy welgntd rhino iotot lime ursnd Juryihuuld te hunt n only to brlug parllei la i luitlor t but tm l > conilder whether It wai desirable I llnd nn Indictment upon Hie bvldulici iiefere them rue lUtemuut mndu If Chief 1ratt waa one worthy of camel eratlon iud a urta cl Juitlce would alanreptotaiioh au Igoattanu mad by olUcin Thorn wore cam ptrhapi hoe wilt lor In the dlohr 01 heIr lIul II Lerm mmeceaory 10 shield cerIum crime I fir I poenible mud 1 where lily slmueld not ic treeset ttbj lf 0jt unless jnslice md soctoly reaily da mudlIl hAlITE HAY UO Then Judge 1oweri called up hue come uf Mr hart who was before time CoOlt yesterday aud who he laid wai kely to be agaIn Ho proceeding 10 I one om lU gMiloiii when Dlitrlct Attorkey Judd aroie and armly trotritrd agaInst what ha ninrU Ilile imulerle mum Into tha olulles of Ihli grand jury aud Ihliltc late Uum Judge Ioweri Judge JUrtchlt li I A matter Ihe curl will receive any Inlormallin upon that II can 1 li I a icilaui miller Judge 1owrti ialJ he appeared for Mr llarlu and lubmllted that tmbm cane thli man Judge Judd li I clothed with A Illlle bone he i iai nu light la Insist when the Uhtiof ono < clIent are lu Jeopardy that he ihall not nt every stage of Itme pmacedinjre Lo beard I as all it Ir muriel at this bar ammo clothed will a Ilob henemr I the Iublo Iroeulo I Jut1 JuddTImla hi tuul a rhuaultau l t Jh lt Iu I 10 Le Ulseuned hero by Juig 1owers or anybody The grmm Jury un demand I their duty and will perform Judge Ioweri Thli Involve the iamu principle Judge Judd Mr Harle li not before Ibo court I Ibo court please aiiit will not L Judge Ioweri That ultlci I with me then I am out uf Ihe otw Judge JtTlcli than turned la Chief lull and laid After what hoi bcou aid do you decline to aniwel7 I Colt tratttf I thoughtlt was far bo public good and thai wai cover I lug up a lerlouicrlmr I should moo ixuteJIy utmwtr Under lie clrcum iliucvi lu the wiy Hill has CUe up I md having given my word to thu lady wIll all duo reelect lo the good and Jury I mint tkcllro to I aniwer Ibo lueitlan Judge lUrloUThn I will take the uclccU matter under udvlioiuent until two CIIIFK rlUTT COMMITTED When court reeouveued tints aflK noon Jujjja iaweie took un Ihe cuJgtli on bihilt ol Chill Trait lie gave ai a further reaiou why the wltncn ihould not mire that I wia not n lueitlou far lie prosecuting attorney lu dtcldc but for Ibo grand Jury Itielf Ulilrlct Attorney Judd laid lie do mIred lu put I hluiteif I ou record aioi poi itmg any such prociedlng crptclaily Ihe WIIUMI undirlooktu luirnrl line grand JuIcy that Ihla wai not a cue which ought la tu luveitlgaled A Iuru I point of law I was htrvlnvolvuj and ouu which the court woe obliged lo docIle Judge Ilartch then remaiked that I wa right for the oiurl lo protect an oQIcer In A proper way especially V Hen he bad given lila word that he woulJnol 110 the iccettIt Wai however alia A fact that Ihe membere of the grand Jury were bound by their oalli uot lo reveal any of theitcreti of their Inveillgetloui excel t to tba court In Ihl come the wllueii niuit answer Ibo qufillon Thegrauj Jury then retired to their room accompanied by tie dlitrlct at 1 lorney alIt Chit I Trail They all came back Into court within a tew niomenti when Judge Judd ltd Ibal Iho wlluciiitlll rcluitd I 0 Judge Ioweri wanted the Jury polled In order to aicertaln how nuuy 01 Ihelr numler wanted the fjueitlou lUiwered The court directed that tbli be doer Lul Ibo dlitrlct attorney proleitud ugalnit I eilng the couit had no right la compel ma grand Jury toilli clue lu opsucnurt what Irauiplred lu tlulrroam Ai publla pr ircutor ha I Judge ur1 Judd muiti > rotecl the grand hUge Itirtch laid I the dlitrlct at 1 lorney oljected the court would not maul tIle wltDMiKould bocommll tod to the custody of Ihe United Males marihal until hu aniwered or till tin lunher order of the court Judge 1aweli mid Ihu publla frame rlIi IIt color hiatt no right In the grand Jury rOOD and no right la act for Ihu grand Jury In t the way he I had aiiumed After urne further talk on bId point lha grand Juror returned lo their room Chief 1ratt was conductud1 away by Marihal Jlrlgham uud tlcpu tin and lime cuilalu fell TWO 11 OOMMllTAIA lull Ins grind Jury and Dlitrlct Attorney Judd again appeared In court the latter slating Uelectlti > hedge A wheel arid Ioloe Vuk HerKuaut Fxrgui Korguion had al 1 refund lo auiwerai wltneMM In lha grand Jury room od aikod that they loo Io commute forooutenipt They aJmlttoJ knowing thu uamei of the man and woman lu iU illon but Ab jlulely declined to divulge them In aniwur la the court Ihvy I atll perilited 1 II wl lu tbelr reluiai r 1urguioii II Mylug I think lama little better judgu of Juitlci1 If cot of law than your publla proiecutoil Iloth defondauta were committed a had Lou Ihulr chief uit beforr and thereupon Atlomvy Btraup entered an exception to the courti ruling In each luitauce Ai lime Nova goia to 1 eels Cblol IrattHud hli men are lu custody 1thiilli > r rllr > tee A repr untatlveof the Nivu pena pen-a good deal uf time today In endeavor fug lo atcirUIn Iho jeiitlly I of this Implicated Im-plicated parlliK In A large mcaiun hli rflorU were rewarded with lucre itlnini U In lie ooeblme hack driver could that he drove to time I place on the nljht In moitlon ant II hal hotojk with him a young lady with whom hu wan keeping company lIu dcnlci however list he wai guilty 01 lime llhll1 Indltcretlou and that Ian police clllcin are endeavoring 10 t blackiiii hlo chaMcler rime ttatemiint that the woman Is I marrlrd or that nho tin I the mother off a family of-f of children he aaya li t ahiolutely without louadation Mho li heialo ilmply A rrjul girl whim did n mo erulmul 1 nhatuvrr beyond going nil me tu the pot I When 1 tIme ofllcer emu upon ui wn won aol found In u CUlmilimuod OIl fio9C 7 Vmtlnudl I from page 1 FOR CONTEMPr com lomlI1I potltlon The bach I gbli were out I aUmll hut I left Iheru uull4ht on purpose Had they teen burning limy would hue lIrlrl < I attention and I didnt cite atom iTeryboiy knowing lut I was ul IborAh1 Asked 1110 how OIIlIlh b1 go 0 lo Ihle liar be nld hrilltlliiKlr Ifi Ter l llmet lWitl you Wstn like Iho Nnvs nail mat the woman woO a irraul I girl and not a nuolely neminT 1at a llooe he was illeui Then he eid li I have already bid l you that It wa a ymiK lady wm wholll J 1m keeping company and bnl been lora lor-a lout I time Will you like me lo hir that your dory 1 niliht be 0IlrubolOl1 Another long piuiu riiHietl Then oaiueanauinerin the sIll rmoalhv ao ooiupanled by a uroog 1001 awl th devl11 nU t Oono eon why I hould be mixed up In the nllair la tin way 1 uunl cat a for the woman but Ihli girl I have gone with her a Uog time and 1 think a while lot of her Hut you have partially admitted Ibah tImers waia woman In I tbecai at well ai a girl by y ur lilt lalemenl elpUlueu the uewipiper luqulillor fo thIs ba tM nothing tat finally agreed to go with he writer lu the yuung la ly and lei hr tell her verilou of iboalUlr When Men liter In the afternoon and when Informed that Chief lult had bern committed la the cuilody f Unllcil blames Mtrilial llrlKlum lo I wai considerably extrclwd A relative 01 apparently harder formtllon crrlaluly more ajuibitlve iteppU lo the Iroot toll him lo krep hli mouth hui M dy uolhlin abut blilNubleior hliieurelt lu any ohm whatever Then tills InJlv dun I turned hit tongue lowu on the otltera who had comu arroM Iho Iryiilng Piece lout the hoipllal and dtcltreu that he would have unit then deal ai they hid ID more rlKht la bre < k Intu the hack than they had to 1010 their way lulu turoildtneeuf f law ubl hug olllieui Ole Iollu clinch that Imo had their ninm chained uown ou III libltli of hit uivmory and thtt he pru poiMllo 11 lay oven whim the yetThli This fellow wai asked If he had not given the name of a r ii ttable toclely lady lo another penoii at time woman Implicated Will bin relative Inileid of the cerviut girl and ho replied lu unmliUkxbla Uuguiie that whoever laid to Was a pirverter of th e Irulh rurthirlntereitlng and leniitlonal develupmenli are luoome 11 would l appear that the holt Ion not yet been told |
