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Show EQUAL OPPORTUNITY OUTPACED BY KNICKS TOO MANY MBAS? Female athletes reap benefits of Title IX C-1 New York cuts Indiana’s lead to 2-1 C-1 Business degree not so hot anymore E-1 Ghe Salt LakeGri http://www.sltrib.com une Utah’s Independent Voice Since 1871 Volume 260 Number 44 ©2000, The Salt Lake Tribune 143 South MainStreet, Salt LakeCity, Utah 84111 SUNDAY, MAY28, 2000 4 Telephone numbers listed on A-2 Pinkerton Agency Releases Long-Secret Files on Butch, Sundance and James Brothers BY KEVIN MURPHY said Jane Adler, a Pinkerton archivist hired to organize the material in California.“It’s a wholesection of American history. It gives an impression of an enor- KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSSERVICE WASHINGTON — Good detectives don’t like to show their hand. But after 150 years, the storied Pinkerton agency is finally revealing what it had on outlaws such as Jesse James and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Last week, Pinkerton loaded almost 100 boxes of criminal records, investigative notes, pictures,letters and other materials on a truck boundfor the Library of Congress in Washington, where theywill be available for historians and the public. “It’s essential that historians see this archive,” mous enterprise with a very darkside.” Pinkerton provided security for scores of banks andrailroads,investigated organized labor, protected presidents andtaught police and the FBI manytricks of its trade. The company pursued someof the coun- try’s mostnotorious criminals. Therecordsthat were released date from the company’s founding in 1850 to 1938, in the gangsterera. The material includes the only known photoof Etta Place, the accomplice of Utah’s Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; 195 criminal investigation binders; “Tan doesn'tfit the _ Milford mold. The kids. . . treat him like an outsider.” photographs of President Lincoln made by the Pink- Pinkerton drew public scorn in 1875 when agents raided the James farm looking for Jesse. Shrapnel from an explosive blew an arm off Jesse’s mother, erton family; and pictures ofslain outlaws. Thecollection has been appraised at $500,000, but Pinkerton decided to donateit rather than sell it. Oneofthe mostfrustrating chapters in Pinkerton’s history revolved around the James gang that plundered banks andtrains across the Midwest. “J don’t think we were ever close to getting the Jamesbrothers,” Adler said. “They had a lot of com- Zerelda Samuels, and killed his 11-year-old halfbrother, Archie Samuels. Jesse was not home. Adlersaid she could find no records ofthe raid on the James farm. Ron Casteel, a Jefferson City, Mo., authority on the Jameses who produced a 1990 documentary on their lives, said he has never gotten much out of Pinkerton on the Jamesbrothers. “They would just as soon the whole Jesse James munity support.” Pinkertonis releasing records on crimes the James brothers committed, details on their gang’s members, descriptions that detectives carried of the two out- era disappear,” Casteel said. “Pinkerton scored some success, but getting Jesse and Frank James wasn’t laws, wanted posters and some sketches. oneof them.” “Parents didn’t want to send their kids to school until [Tan] was removed.” David Lake Walter Schofield Father ofexiled Ian Lake Milford High principal N.Irish Unionists Accept IRA Offer Protestants vote to return to power-sharing deal BY RAY MOSELEY resumption of power-sharing gov- ernmentby Thursday. In February CHICAGO TRIBUNE Mandelson suspended the govern- BELFAST — TheProtestantUlster Unionists cleared the way Saturday for a return to power- sharing government with Catholics in Northern Irelandthis week, ment, which had been in office only 10 weeks,because the IRA had failed to budge on the question of giving up arms. The IRA shifted its ground May narrowly voting to accept an IRA offer to put its weapons beyond 6, offering to put its hidden weap- use. Theparty’s ruling council ratified the offer by a vote of 459-403, handing: victory to party leader David Trimble by a margin of 53.2 percentto 46.8 percentafter he put his job on theline by campaigning for such an outcome. But the close vote highlighted the deep divisions within Northern Ireland’s largest party and independent international inspectors to check its arms dumps on a regular basis to ensure suggested Trimble’s leadership will face new challenges unless the Trish Republican Army moves rapidly to implementits offer. British Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Mandelson signed an order that will allow the ons stocks beyonduse andto allow compliance. Trimble and British Prime Minister Tony Blair have since madeclear they consider this only a first step toward disarmament. The IRA has been given until June next year to getrid of its arms, and Trimble has assured his party he will be prepared to pull outof the power-sharing government again if there is no early indication of compliance. “Tt is perfectly obvious we have See ULSTER,Page A-9 Samaranch, IOC Wary About Geld’ List Release BY MIKE GORRELL ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE RIO DE JANEIRO,Brazil — In- Photos byTrent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune The sleepy town of Milford is less tranquil this spring after a teen-agerwas jailed and sent out of Utah forhis inflammatory Web page. Fathersayshis son, who vented his frustrations on the Net, was made a scapegoat ternational Olympic Committee reaction to the “geld” document wasas limited here Saturdayas the memo’s revealing contents. IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch dodged questions aboutthe cryptic 28-page listing of IOC members’ names and some biographical information. “I am pleased to finally have this document” was his most substantive comment, followed by an BY JOE BAIRD © 2000, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE MILFORD — Ian Michael Lake didn’t fit in this southwest Utah railroad town. On that everyone in this close-knit community of 1,500 agree. And most believe the Milford High School junior crossed a line when he posteda home computer and seven nights in a juvenile detention facility. There is also the question of the constitutionality of criminal libel charges he maysoonface. David Lake, a Milford City maintenance worker, does not dispute that his son messed up badly. Calling certain school personnel “drunks” andsomefemale ~ nates “sluts,” —_as well as casting doubt e workethics and competency of seveii Ity members, are impossible to defend, he sis, But Lake also considers the response of Principal Walter Schofield and Beaver County Sheriff Kenneth Yardley an overreaction and complains that his 16-year-old son is being made a scapegoat. I Whatwould you do? A2 For him,it was tit-for-tat thing. Everything he has doneupto this pointwas in retaliation for whatotherkids did, stuff that was just as vulgar and just as hurtful. For me, the question isn’t whether Ian is going to be held accountable,It’s whether the others are going to be held to the same standard.” Lake is contemplating a lawsuit against the school district and the county; the American Civil Liberties Union has taken an interestin the case, as well. In the meantime, Milford’s “Jan made some poorchoices,” says Lake, “but he didn’t think it was that big of a deal. See FATHER,Page A-8 observation that he was “very pleased and an happy” oe Thursday’s U.S. Department ae notification thatthe sat eyss indicted in the Cieaeo bribery scandal — unless new evidence turns up. Otherw:‘ise, Samaranch sidestepped an inquiry about whether he was pet that SLOC released the documentwithout much advance warning to the IOC, and only as President Mitt Romneyleft Rio after addressing meetings of the IOC Executive Board and the Association of National Olympic Piano Donations Strike Chord With Utah Schools BY CELIA R. BAKER around the state. A-17 THE AR’ ‘The Salt Lake Children’s Choir, old, will give an anniversary day nightat Abravanel Hall. Ann Landers years SaturD-1 F6 Lottery Be Astrology F21 Movies De Classifieds Crossword F8 Puzzles 0-4, F-20 Real Estate D4 Fa BookReviews 0-8 Obituaries Bs © 2000, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Scott Lao stares at the keys for a brief moment, then deftly fingers a catchy bass line, the piano lab at Glendale Middle School with an insistent reggae beat. His classmate, Adrian Takai, adds a string of MTV-ready variations in the treble, as a cluster of students gather around the piano to listen and admire. quite amazed with it,” Stephanie Smith, and other Utah students at every academic level. A major donation has furnished the University of Utah with Steinway pianos for students, faculty and visiting artists; another gift is placing the U.'s surplus pianos in inner-city elementary and middle schools; a volunteer program is sending U.piano majors into those same schools to give instruction; still another gift is placing high-tech electronic piano labs in schools where few students would have the chance to take piano lessons. A $1.5 million gift by Bruce Bastian, co-founder of WordPerfect, has given the U.’s music department86 new Steinway pianos, making the school a designated iliversity. Several other pianos and $200,000 music technology are included in the gift. Susan Duehlmeier, chairwoman of the U.'s piano department, explained that the recent renovations and addition to the U.’s Gardner Hall IEx1OC Ex-JOC memberspeaks up up A-18 Committees (ANOC). “He [Romney] thought it was the right momentto give the public this document,” Samaranchsaid at anewsconference following a joint meeting of the Olympic organizations. And what were his personal impressions of the “geld” documentitself? “T prefer not to say,” the IOC president said. “I sentit after 10 minutes in my handto the ethics commission, which will study it carefully.” A subject of considerable mystery since its existence became known about a month ago, the derived its from the word “geld” — German for money — next to the names of eight IOC members. Four of those members JeanClaude Ganga, Congo; Lamine Keita, Mali; Charles Mukora, Kenya; David Sibandze, Swaziland were expellod or forced to resign from the IOC. A fifth, Rene Essomba of Cameroon, died before See IOC, Page A-18 |
