Show POLICEMEN ORDERED FRO POLlING PLACES I Instructed by Police Sergeant t To Go Go There and Hang Around Sheriff Appears on n Scene Three uniformed patrolmen employed by the city were ordered downtown voting places by Sheriff John S. S Corless just before noon today Conforming to an an order issued by Sergt Thomas Simpson of the Salt Lake police department Patrolmen J. J C C. Armstrong Hen Henry y Betts I and H D D. stationed I themselves in districts No 9 54 anti and 53 shortly after the polls op opined opened ned to to- to day Not until reports were received that the the- officers were stationed inside of the rails and sitting with the judges of election wore were any objections voiced The condition was was caned called to the attention atten atter- tion Uon of the workers for W. W Mont Ferry Terry candidate for mayor Sheriff Visits Visits' Districts I Sheriff John S. S Corless was notified and visited the districts complained of In district No 9 room 2 city and county building building- he found Patrolman Patrolman Patrolman Patrol Patrol- man Armstrong ArmstrQng leaning ov over r the railed inclosure In 54 the Dustin Pharmacy First South and State street Patrolman Betts was within five feet pt pf the voting booths In 53 the old police station Patrolman Mc Mc- Martin was sitting with the election judges The election laws provide that that only 11 judges challengers anti ana be admitted within sixty feet of the voting places No provisions are made for police officers unless they are called inside the rails by the judges of ot election The judges in each of th the districts declared that there had been no trouble rouble and that no officers had been bent sent for As a result Sheriff Corless told old tho city police officers officers' the law lawand lawand and cautioned them to remain at ot t least sixty feet away from the voting booths s. s I t Told to Hang Around Each of ot the officers declared that they had gone to the tho election places under orders from headquarters The orders were issued by Sergeant Simp Simp- son They were assigned to tho the votIng voting voting vot vot- i ing district and received no Instructions instructions instructions other than to go there and hang lang around While the officers interfered in no noway noway noway way with the election the tle opposition camps camps' gained the impression that officers were stationed In these districts districts dis dis- for the purpose of intimidating oters voters None o of the officers le lest left t the districts They however conformed to the law by taking positions at the required dist distance nce from the polls |