Show A SENSATION ONE OF THE LECHEROUS U 8 MARSHALS AND A LAWYER ARRESTED ON THE CHARGE OF LEWD AND lascivious CONDUCT t AND THE END IS NOT fet YET iet i zhe THE IM CASE TAKEN BEFORE BF JUDGE ZANE OX ON HABEAS CORPUS A bombshell bombs bell fell felt in the ranks of the ultra liberal I 1 morality scree chers b by a little turn in tile the tide tade of events hitherto the 1 mormons cormons Mor mons and they almost alone have been the c objects of that assumed assumed wrath and hypocritical reform which have been descending won upon utah for so many months it had come to be looked upon elsewhere judging from the daily reports going east cast and west that the saints were the only ones in the land whose sexual behavior hv lor could be successfully assailed and they brought within the pale of the law as it Is known to that vast congregation sometimes referred to as the rest of us but that same saine law provides also for actual sinning of a sexual nature as well weli as the assumed offenses of the amor mormons cormons Mor IMor mons J to be punished only the former part of the statute has been purposely misinterpreted so as to shield the class in whose ranks it is violated every day and nearly every hour while the latter would alone receive its full meaning and force and a little more luckily such gunj unjust ast and partial administration of law seems to have reached the beginning of or its termination for henceforth we are promised b by our own off omm meers officers that what the president ilent of the tile united states promised and failed to perform shall now be realized that is the laws shall be made to press ress with equal severity whenever its afta deserved pressure call can be applied the watchword is let no guilty man roan escape and a fair and upright prosecution prosecution rose cution of crime will doubtless liss fews make many of them try to the ball opened on saturday evening with tile tiie arrest of U S Kf marshal marshai arshal oscar C vandercook on a complaint charging him with lewd and lascivious conduct the complaint is sworn to b by y tax collector B Y hampton on and I 1 is brought under the city ordinance which is almost in effect the reflex of the neglected martof the edmunds law the deputy had just stepped off the train having in company with six other stalwart deputies been to brigham city and arrested a venerable man on the charge of unlawful cohabitation with his bis wives under that part of the said law which is not neglected lie ile made no resistance pronounced it a trumped up affair and aad accompanied the policemen burt and hil ton to the city hall where shortly after mr hiir C CEPe E pearson amaon araon lawyer an and i ex united states commissioner was brought in on the same charce charge they were each placed under W bonds vandercook td appear today to day at 10 am and pearson at the same hour hour bour on thursday next ball was given and the defendants ware were released hugh anderson and C P mason being sureties for the moral deputy and deputy U S marshal sprague and aed WW woods for pearson justice as an act of courtesy to the arrested man left his home in the eastern part of the city at 9 pm and came to the city hall to accept the bonds the complaint against vandercook sworn to before judge alleges that oscar vandercook ot the city and county of salt lake is guilty of lewd and lascivious conduct committed mitt edwith with one mrs S SJ J field then and there tiler e not being the wife of the said oscar vandercook ex U S commissioner comm pearson is charged with havin havlu having committed the offense with one lydia lyla bailey a girl girt about 16 vears of age oa on the latt of june 1885 at the time appointed for forlander vander cooks trial this morning morn ine inT the police court room was crowded almost to atlon great numbers being unable to obtain admission shortly after the opening hour marshal ireland took hi his s seat inside the bar his deputy the accused remal in the C city ity marshals marshal is office the court was k kept ept waiting walting a t ng until half past ten supposedly ose I 1 fa for t the e appearance of the de fend fedd ed ants counsel sheeks raw rawlins ins mean meanwhile ae another scene was being enacted before chief justice zane IR in the third district court the anti mormon element had become wild with excitement and wondered where the lightning would strike next many vague rumors were afloat as to a list of from four to six hundred offenders being in the hands of the city officers and there were more blanched cheeks and shaking knees than salt lake has ever before contained notwithstanding I 1 the ex butchers assertion regarding the anaw antl mormon I 1 puri purl purity tF in this dire extremity something must loust be done I 1 not only to liberate the person of the hallowed deputy whoremonger though be he be but it if possible to prevent the facts being brought to light and put a check on the enforcement of the city ordinance attorney rawlins filed with the judge an affidavit setting forth reasons why the had no power to arrest and punish crimes which judge zane has decided over and over again to a have been left by congress to regular n by the local authorities and asking that a writ of habeas corpus issue upon the representations in this petition petit los loi judge zane issued the document as requested requested which was taken post baste to tous marshal ireland at the city hall by another sacred deputy collin and was served on city marshal marshai phillips to wit TERRITORY OP OF UTAH county of salt lake f 1 to wm jiva G phillips marshal of salt lake city you yoa are hereby commanded to have the budy body of oscar vandercook by you detained as alleged before the court or belore before me forthwith after aster being served with thus this writ to be dealt with according to law lanm and to abide such order aa as the court or adge judge shall make in the premises and anal have ave you then and there this writ with a return of your doings in the premises C S ZANE judge of course this put U t a stop to proceedings ce edings in the police court for the time being at least and marshal I 1 phillips endorsed the writ as follows I 1 to ifon lion G C ts zane judge I 1 I 1 hereby certify that I 1 received the I 1 within writ at 1040 a in nov 23 1885 and land I 1 complied with the requirements the therein re in expressed by bringing the body of said oscar vandercook forthwith before yourself and ask further time in which to examine the petition in said matter and make a fuller and more complete return WM wr G PHILLIPS city marshal marshal phillips repaired to the third district court room where the prisoner was also conducted the crowd followed and the large hallwas hall hail was soon filled with those eager to hear the result in the case about a dozen rh embers members of the present grand jury occupied a front seat some of them wearing an anxious expression on their countenances the audience however were required to abide another delay as at the request of city attorney moyle the hearing of the case was set for 2 this afternoon and the assembled throng slowly tiled filed out into the street leaving the court room dull and drea dreary ryas as before defore upon reassembling mr williams presented for fora a contin continuance adrice till saturday on the ground of lack of time in which to prepare for the case mr sir rawlins opposed saying the officer got bail with difficulty his services were needed and claimed that the arrest was illegal it was a serious charge and had been in preparation by the city for months while the defendants time had bad been limited mr williams insisted upon the continuance denying that there was a legal presumption of preparation the charge was way unpleasant and he was er entitled to some consideration but there was no disposition to interfere with his personal comfort the question was of vast importance to the community more so than to the defendant fen dant mr air rawlins was thoroughly acquainted quain guain U anted ted with the corporate power haying having been city attorney delays were serious as other warrants of a like nature were bein belu being served alter further remarks by mr moyle moyie mr young toung mr rawlins and mr air williams liams iiams the court asked if 10 wednesday would do but as mr V williams did not think he could be present the time was finally fixed at friday at 10 a in the around upon which the petitioner depends lasof cour conr sethe validity of the city ordinance the claim being that the charter makes no such delegation of authority as that which the ordinance expresses this is the principal question to be argued before judge zane as the fact that a habeas c corpus 0 pa I 1 will not lie jn in such cases otherwise is well known the city on this occasion will be represented by 9 williams young youns moyle and kenner and the petitioner by sheeks rawlins ns |