Show S. S L. L Judge Hits its Character of Bondsmen and Suspends One Firm Charging that a large percentage percent percent- age ase of oC Salt Lake City's professional protes bondsmen are not noto f of at good character and sound financial standing Police Judge Daniel Harrington Thur Thursday day suspended one firm for failure to produce defendants under bonds totaling OO The judge cracked down on the firm of of and Coss after alter H H. E. E Whitmore 37 35 Seven Seventh Seventh Sev Sev- en h East street charged with redd reckless s driving and md drunkenness drunken drunk nn's n- n ness ns and W. W V. V W. W Hill 41 charged with drunken driving failed to appear In courtIn courtIn court In view of or the investigation now being J conducted by the dl dis I attorneys attorney's office I order the firm suspended until a qualified qualified fied fled statement of assets aeu is given iven this court he said from the bench S The bonding bondin firm of or and Coss is composed of or Andrew and Eleanor Coss The rhe Coss woman is said to be bethe bethe bethe the wife of ot Charles whom District Attorney Calvin W. W Rawlings 3 assailed ailed recently in ina a letter seeking support from the judiciary in curbing the lucrative lucrative lucrative lucra tive bonding racket in Salt Lake county Mr Rawl Rawlings in his letter called attention to the c case e of oC the bond firm of or and Bur Bur- gessi r. r 5 relating that after judgment was obtained a aga against for 2250 less that had been paid swore that he was penniless ss and that his property either had been transferred or had been claimed by his wife asa as asa asa a homestead Since the bonds were forfeited has been writing bonds I through his wife Eleanor Coss to whom he transferred property proper proper- ty tj Mr Rawlings wrote The district attorney al also o charged that the other other- member of ot the suspended firm finn is also alco known as Andy Andrews Andrews' and is an ex-convict ex from McNeil McNeil McNeil Mc Mc- Neil island l Following suspension of ot the firm Judge Harrin Harrington ton issued the following statement explaining explain explain- i ing l hi his action In Iii view of ot the investigation now progressing by the district attorney there appears Jo have been more snore or less collusion be be- tween and Coss When she testified previously i in iii this court as as to her assets assels it iL appeared appeared ap ape ap- ap she he was qualified Since however it appears she has been operating under th the name name of Coss but pretends to be wife In view of the deceptive situation of the matter maUer I concluded to suspend them My I reasons arc are I feel that the public defendants and the court arc are entitled entitled en en- titled to dependable bondsmen of unquestioned d financial standing They must be dependable and of oC good character It appears to tome tome tome me that a lar large e percentage of Salt Lake City CHy bondsmen arc are not nol of or such standing Whitmore whose failure to appear appear appear ap ap- ap- ap pear 10 aN answer reckless driving and drunkenness charges resulted result result- ed in suspension of the bonds bonds- men who wh posted ball bail was arrested ed at a. a In m. Thursday at First South and State streets by Detectives W W. C. C Smith and D. D G. G Johnson The Of officers ic-el ic reported Whitmore's Whitmore's Whit Whit- mores more's car struck a safety zone He suffered a broken jaw In Inthe Inthe Inthe the car also was John F. F Tobin 54 54 East First South street a former city judge who suffered a broken nose A partly filled bottle of 01 whisky also was found In the machine officers said Tobin was treated at the emergency emergency emer emer- gency hospital and released Hill whose bond was posted by the suspended firm failed tailed to appear for trial on drunken driving ins ch charges He Ic was ac arrested August 2 at t first ly fir t South and First West streets |