Show THE CONTEMPT CASE no case in court has for a ion long time at attracted the comment and attention now dow being 0 given the contempt casein S L city for which chief of police pratt and two policemen are serving c a commitment in ill the territorial penitentiary the offense offen seand and circumstances governing ov ernin ta it are as follows the two policemen recently arrested a hackman and a woman in a compromising position they were taken to headquarters before the chief who heard the complaint and recognized 0 the woman as the afe of a respected citizen and the mother mothe ofa rofa respectable family she begged for her liberty and asked the chief to promise not to reveal her identity believing that no case could ie he made against her and that nothing thin 0 but disgrace and possibly possible Y bloodshed could come of exposing 0 the woman the chief promised to keep her name secret so long iong as ghe should conduct herself properly this was no doubt the beet beat and wisest thing to do had not the vanity of this chief then asserted itself calling 0 a reporter the whole tory story was poured into his ca ear the date vehicle locality and all but the womans comans name this was duly given to the public ti the e people of the locality dec bribed resented the insinuation and demanded an investigation vesti gation as such a scandal cast a su suspicion dicion upon every every mother in ill that part of tile the city the grand jury took the matter in hand and began its invests investigation 0 a by calling in the chief and his two policemen all refused to divulge the name of tile tho 0 guilty woman they were led from the jury room before judge 12 bartch who sentenced thern them to tile the penitentiary iary until such a time as they see fit to answer the question public opinion is divided on the merits of the case cage sonic some think pratt did right in refusing 0 to answer tire the query of tile the grand jury some think lie he is shielding crime and therefore there foie doing wrong we c think there would have been no trouble no scandal no suspicions and no inquiry had the chief kept his story to himself ills his desire fur for glory brought on the whole trouble |