Show HELENA POLICEMEN RESIGN the entire force tarn turn in their badge ot of office and new men are selected A special to the salt lake tribune from helena mont says monday night at 5 30 when the day police force was rel eved from duty every man of the force tendered to chief ot of pol pal ce travis h s res gnat on and at 6 0 clock this morn ng the entire night force followed su t leav ng the c ty without a single regular pol ce officer on duly duty the reason ass ened by the retiring policemen was that they had beet or dered by the ch ef to take a leave of absence from the ath to the fth of 0 april for the purpose of do ag ng detective work inthe interest of mayor frank edwards who is a cand date for re election and who will go before athe the republican publican Ee city convent on to be b held eld friday n and ask for tl e nomina t on the policemen assert that they were personally instructed by the mayor to attend the primaries and to arrest all 6 anti edwards cans the men favorable to edwards were to vote a colored fco lored ticket and those not having this t aliet were to be taken in and locked up until after the primaries were over tl TI e mafoi has appo anted an ent re new force ts take the place of the ing policemen |