| Show I CHIEF OF POLICE GEORGE SHEETS IS ARRESTED r CHARGE Of COMPOUNDiNG FELONY IS MADE BY ATTORNEY w. w r tl j Arrest Is tire the th Outgrowth of the Swindle of Alexander and Pg hI William McWhirter by Confidence Men in n this r t. t City Sept 19 WILL APPEAR BEFORE JUDGE WHITAKER TODAY Action of County Attorney and Sheriff Takes Wind Out of the Sails of Sheets' Sheets Defenders Defenders Other Other Arrests Arrests' 7 Likely to Follow t cI k- k i fr oi c I if q orr A 4 duet chief of or police polio was arrested i arr last night by hy Deputy c n. n Sheriff Parley White While on the charge of 4 compounding i a felony The arrest of or the chief of ot police Is the the outgrowth of ot the tic swindle of tl the McWhirter brothers br on Sept 19 19 ChIeft ChIef I t. t t t Sheets failing falling to arrest the criminals and making no to land Jand the gang gan of crooks that wa was allowed to op Operate rah p under un cI the nose of tho the police In hr Salt Sal Lake The warrant arrant for the tho arrest of Chief Sheets was Issued by ly Judge J. J J. J of the civil division of the 4 City court yesterday afternoon on aI a complaint sworn to by William I one of the I who were we-e robbed The issuance of the warrant is approved by County j w P. P Is The State of or Utah vs George Georgo A. A I defendant Complaint On this 3rd jay day da of or October A A. D D. before me J S J J. J er Judge of the City court within and for fur Salt Lake lc CIl City Salt Lake Lale county state of t Utah personally ap appeared William McWhirter tc who on being first duly sworn 1 by hy me on his oath did sty say 1 that V l r 4 f t George A. A Sheets on the day da of September A D D. 1906 at the county of o Salt Lake Lale state stale of or Utah did commil commit com coin mil mit the crime of or a felony elon as follows r t to ln That on nfl th the 1 day of 1 September er A A. D D. atthe at the county of Salt Lake state of or Utah James Donaldson Larry La OBrien O'Brien John I. I OBrien O'Brien W. W W. W Bell John Doe Davis ls alias Charles Hemenway whose other othet and anti true name Is to the affiant amant UnI unknown un un- I known unlawfully full wilfully and ana ida feloniously fel id- take and carry awa away a did steal iteal from the person and of one Alexander McWhirter against the will I c Of the said Alexander l McWhirter ic 1 per per- 1 tl t honal property as follow rollow wit to Ten and seventy seventy- three hundred Ji 4 i J thousand three dollars lawful money moncy of the of America of the value I United States hundred and thousand three of ten 1 three Seventy tIlee dollars the said rohl personal personal per per- 1 being then and there property Mc McWhirter Alexander t of or the tiLe property the and In William McWhirter c an and the said Alexander Alexan er McWhirter McWhirter Mcd Mc Mc- of i posses possession lon the said G George A. A that d' d there the dulyS duly Sheets being 1 eln then and chief i of nf police pollee S 1 ii find and acting 5 D il l' l t or of Salt Lake City a 0 municipal corporation corpora corpora- the state of ot Utah after afler tho of S tion lion o Donaldson Larry Larr O OBrien O'Brien said 1 Jarne John OBrien W W. Yo W. W Yo Bell DeB and antI John Johnr Davis S alias Charles Hemenway Vi r Doe Doc other and true name nalTie Is to the whose the c had committed unknown the c I aforesaid and on jc crime as A A. D D. 1906 at r day of or September and ana nn tate state afore afore- City county Salt gall Lake last at th the time there SS and anti ald then than and with full fun Kno vi knowlt mentioned above to wit said crIme sr that a a. ss t edge r. r 2 set forth had been committed com COUt- as above felon felon- and unlawfully unlawful wilfully rr H a said crime from U a I foU I did conceal and antI did harbor and an protect S magistrate Donal Donaldson son Larry Laro iho the thesal said James OBrien O'Brien W. W W. W Hell John OBrien Charles Hemenway Hemen- Hemen Davis ls alias Doe Doc John Is to name other an and true truo way whose the saId Id persons unknown the there the tho personS person being then nm nUll contrary to the provisions provIsions pro pro- charged therewith state of the t statute o the visions of ot anti and made matIe 1110 k SiS In such caSes anti amI dignity vided for 01 against the pence r Utah of the state or of Me before me mc to ell and sworn i f. f above O written first tIa day anti and year car the h. h J. J J. J S judge Ju se l i S warrant war varI var- var i of or the Issuance o of a u c I approve this on rant I larl Y P P. n County Attorney J i at 10 arraigned chief Sheets will be I t 2 f Chief this morning before Judge o'clock White ar- ar 4 Sheriff fo Deputy Whitaker front ot of the In him the wa was 18 OI on he j hotel last night County ns as building to attend at- at and the City to pro pro- corpus t J I tend the Morgan Mor ln habeas unusual r file rhe rather father served elvell with a ri 4 Q cit a chief chic of I police being being- Chief Sheets Sheet p warrant Wall was followell f Judge bY Ai J 1 before f Vc J own iv- iv W X released i on his and he was vas S of of the fast the tho ComIng chief chic or of police f or of the out In Starch of the S some somo o his arn t tool that has hns I S of nr tho tito con of truth o l at ot the been sneering If t t J I I bory bery r b story stol and at nt tho the open charges es that have ha 1 been eon ma made of Sheets' Sheets connection with the deal leal tl al While Sheets was testifying testifying tes tes- In iii his own 1 claIr explaining things that did not explain the the warrant warrant war war- rant for or his arrest was being Issued by hy Ju Judge gC Whitaker The sheriffs sheriff's office expects an arrest today It Is safe ufe to Fa my ay that the COUnty county coun coun- ty authorities would not have started action against the chief of police unless unless un un- less part or all of the gang had hatI been landed lande The search chi for fox the swindlers anti and hold up men Is being continued by bythe bythe the county authorities no assistance 1 istance Is being offered b by the police arid and the only signs sl of activity in the tue ca case e are mc manifest t from the county count sl side e. e I Mass lass of I Evidence The county count attorney and tho the sheriff arc are gathering a mass 0 or evidence against George Georgc Sheets not only onH on the tile Mc McWhirter Mc case caso O but 1 ut on QI others that will lave have Important bearing hearing upon his roten rotten rot- rot ten len en administration of police pollee affairs In Salt Snit Lake A web will Avill be woven ioven bout about the chief of police pollee that will forever make a n hollow mockery ery of oC the thery cr cry ry of or honest Georgo u Sheets set sel up In n his bis hi det by the Tribune and his Ills 1 twilight t. t The city council t 1 It liot only hives hives- 1 l L I ta I I oth II cn t the he woul h a i i ot or libel fil at l least J two Stilt SnIt Lace p papers per Mn I or Ol Wont Won't e. l It Il Is likely that Mayor Mayoz Thompson 1 will neither suspend 01 or remove the chief of police while the Investigation tion of ot the council h Is on on or pending his trial triai on the vel very serious charges that have been brought against him by hy the county count authorities An effort has been heen made by t IJ the minority of the I council to have him suspended pending pentIng pond pend tug ing the result of OC the comic opera ollera in inquiry In- In but the majority In howled it down I In Tn trying to defend Chief Sheets the UI I Tribune Instead of oC courting an honest In Investigation atlon attacks the tho reporters of I two newspapers assails citizens an and violently attacks any an one who dares utter titter anything uncomplimentary to the big chief In following this policy of ot unwarranted abu abuse e the Tribune at attacked attacked at- at tacked II H. Smyth deputy United States Marshal Mr Smyth authorizes authorizes authorizes au au- au- au the following Interview touchIng touchIng touching touch- touch Ing on the slanderous crous article which said satI he had 1 been een sitting In Lii a box at ata ata a n local theatre with a n number of oC the cyprians The Fie article stated slated that tat Mr 11 Smyth asked the Tribune to refrain from mentioning the matter Mr Mi- Smyth says Mr Mi th Denies I 1 never nevet- n v l' l went vont to the Tribune on such an errand All AU 1 I ask Is for the thc Tribune to fix the date ate of this his alleged alle ed Incident and I 1 will give them a 0 V t twist ls I have not been beon to a theatre In Salt Lake Lale for two years past IDt and what Ismore Is Ismore Ismore I more to the point I 1 have never been to lo a theatre in Salt Lake Lal c since I have ha been in n Salt Lake without having been accompanied by my wife I have only 1 been een in town one night during the past six months and then I was home again by 9 There is absolutely absolutely ab ab- ab- ab no truth In such an unwarranted unwarranted unwarranted unwar unwar- ranted statement as made by 1 y tho the Tribune Tri Trl- 1 bune bunc une this morning The only solution Hon tion I can think of o Is that a reporter may have seen cen a n man who answered my description sitting In a box at one of ot tho the theatres with a 1 bevy y e of lewd women What has aroused the Ire of the I Tribune 1 uno a against m nit nip Is apparently the statement I made to another person ofa ora of or ofa a story 1 heard second hand When hen I told it I 1 gave It 11 out for what it was worth worth worth-a a story picked up on the street In a a. casual way vay wa A man told me that George Sheets had gone Cono to toa toa a a. loan agent In this city with a n re request request ro- ro quest that he lie place for him as asan asan an nn Investment I told this for what It was worth and I absolutely do 10 not know whether It Is true or false |
