Show ANOTHER GRAND JURY 1 11 REPORT 21 1 SALT LAKE CITY december 1885 to th the e hon chas if zane zone judge 0 the third district court territory 0 utah your bran gran grand flury lury jury duly Im paneled and sworn for the Septer september term of s aid said court respectfully submit the following report of work done by them during in the term commencing september nth nih 1885 we have investigated 79 70 cases under the laws of the united states in W ta of which we have found lound indictments we have ignored seven and have left five cases unfinished in anticipation of further evidence we have investigated cl 61 cases under the laws of the territory in 42 of w which aich we have found indictments we have ignore ignored d la 14 cases and left four fatir un further evidence in investigating the above cases we have examined 0 over oser ver ser witnesses a great many of whom we found decidedly opposed to giving evidence in the cases in la which they had been summoned and it is the tho opinion of the a grand crand rand jury that a number of these witnesses perjury complaints having been made to us of various nuisances enda endangering n ering the public health which were al allowed lowe f I 1 10 0 exist within the corporate limits of thu city we inspected such premises as were complained of for our own satisfaction and the benefit of the public at large having r satisfied ourselves that such nuisances were permitted to exist we deemed it advisable to the matter to the city authorities for fur con consideration considerate on for this purpose marshal phillips was summoned he informed us that be intended to coni commence C cleaning leaning up the city at once and would abate such nuisances as were found and that uhe the city council contemplated lom tem plated the drafting of an ordinance oil ou this subject more moro pt stringent in a H ilg provisions than that now in force in order that the sanitary condition of the city might be improved up to the present time no action has been taken in the premises that we are aware of we look f forward orward to the tho time when more efficient Sanit sanitary ary arv regulations may be provided and a system of sewerage established conducive to the health and well weli being of the inhabitants habitants ln we have visited both the city and alid county jails the former we found to be neat and cleanard cle anand the eions for prisoners ers all that could be ifor prison Trison prisoners desir desired d the he food was wholesome and substantial and the entire arrange ments reflect credit on the efficient superintendent perin city arshal marshal Al phillips the county counts jail jall is located inthe lathe in the basement of the county court house below the surface ot the ground and we found the cells to b be e very dark damp and unhealthy they are poorly ven dilated and as its a consequence are filled with foul air the accommodations for the prisoners are meagre meal tyre they are compelled to sleep on thin straw mattress mattresses esaud and these are arc baidon laid on the damp floor of the cells we consider that this jail is entirely unfit for the confinement of prisoners tile the officer in charge when the condition of the jail was referred to informed us that the county authorities intended to commence the erection of a new jail immediately two months have elapsed since our visit and we are not aware that any anything thing has yet etteen been done inthe in the matter in view of these fact swe consider it our duty to severely censure the county authorities for not furnishing better belter accommodations for persons held in custody by them L in pursuance of your honors lio iio nors norb urgent instructions to us in reference to the suppression of houses of ill fame in this city we have madea thorough investigation vesti gation we have summoned hed a large number of persons among them the justice of the tho police court coult the tha city marshal and all the members of the police force upon being questioned as to their knowledge ot of the existence of houses of ill fame within the city limits they were unable to give us information sufficient to warrant finding indictments in such cases one policeman stated that he did not t hink think the law would sustain them in suppressing these houses when members of the police force visited these places they would be invited into the sitting room and all the doors of the other othen rooms would be locked so that they were given no opportunity of seeing who were in the rooms and claimed they could not search the house without a search warrant that it was not their business to file complaints against these houses their keepers or inmates that was left to the city marshal marshai the only keepers of houses of ill fame against whom we vve could procure sufficient evidence to warrant finding indictments were mrs mis fields and aua fanny davenport and these we promptly indicted in connection with this subject the city Al marshal arshal stated that if the tile present 9 grand rand jury could not secure sufficient evidence at this term to indict the keepers of othar houses of ill fame within the city limits he would go to work with the assistance of the police force and furnish such evidence as they could obtain for the next grand jury we found that the ke keepers ers of several of these houses and abelew a few of the inmates were at stated times timed notified by the police to appear at the justices court where they were arraigned for violating the cit city ordinance in respect to prostitution they usually plead guilty the keepers being filled fined 99 and the inmates 0 50 each we have examined the records record bof of the justices court from which it appears that the last arrests made of this character were on september SO 30 1885 we desire to direct the attention of the court to the fact that the prose cu eions referred to in our former report are still being pressed in the court of justice against persons charged with resorting to the houses of prostitution tit ution established for the purpose of enticing people into a violation of the law inasmuch as this court and the district attorney refuse to permit such prosecutions to go on we do not uh understand herstand ier Ner der stand why they are still pressed in the lower court Certain certainly lyno no public good is to be attained thereby revenge ven and malice should no lon ion ioner longer loner er bo be permitted permitted to masquerade und under er the torm form of law we beg to call your honors Ilo llo nors attention to the fact that during the time that wo we have betin been in session while we have impartially investigated all cases brought before us neither fearing frowns nor courting smiles I 1 wo we fina find that we have been the victims of rilous abuse indulged in by a portion apportion of theoress the press of this city and in some instances members of the arand grand tand rand jury have been molested in their persons and arp property erty by parties unknown to them and as us we believe for purposes of intimidation in consequence of the performance of their sworn sorn duties as grand jurors of your court MORRIS monnis it EVANS foreman of the grand jury |