Show ASHTON Will fiO 60 TO WORK Declares That Use Will Be Made of the Injunction Granted Some Time Ago and Which Is Being Violated B. B F. F GRANT SA SAYS YS WAIT SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN Others of Betterment League Are Equally Evasive and Guarded in Their Answers As to What Is Being Done THE WEST SIDE IS AROUSED Eli s Conway Con Ashton attorney attorney attorney ney for the citizens of the West WestSide WestSide WestSide Side in the stockade case has emerged from his shell of reserve reserve reserve re re- re- re serve in which he had himself for some time past After maintaining a most discreet silence with regard to happenings in this place of infamy infamy infamy in in- famy presided over by the Cyrian queen Belle London and after almost endless postponements postponements postponements post post- of legal action while the law v was being flagrantly flagrantly flagrantly flag flag- violated every hour of the day since the herding of the he white slaves into the un- un l cribs Mr Ashton canie o out t last night with an an announcement announcement that immediate action would be taken to bring those back of the project before before before be be- fore Judge Morse to show cause v cause why they had not obeyed the provisions of the temporary injunction injunction injunction in in- junction granted some time ago Mr Ashton's J announcement wa was waa m III I answer cl to a direct question put to him ian b by Tile The Republican Why bY do 10 not nor the tho citizens of tho the West It Side take ad advantage nn tage tago of tho the Injunction of or Judge l More f I against tho the Blockade I IA A stated that on a CL number of or occasions lons apparently good e c e Men Iden o C fud been secured but that In Iii It he ho had ascertained that It H wa all as ho herd herdly Id I'd IdI I ly strong enough h to s secure curc a n COO conn lion tion of or tho the persons violating t the hI in 10 Junction Have not citizens of ot the West Vest s uh asked you OU frequently during I lbs l he e o between tIm the opening of tic the stockade and the tho present tim bO oi 0 had not taken action was wa the tho 0 n. n query quer put to him tinny Inu Made Yes they have said sold he but Lut I t t tv 1 I 1 I them that wo VO had hall not s 's II CUI r Mt or evidence et and that enough as yet tJ u- u soOn an nl we wc did we wo wo would ld go aft aft M ir r. r violators of ot tho the injunction rough h Che They have been Impatient but t ti tl could not nol understand that Il legal al or rr f of or violation of oC Injunction 11 mu- mu necessarily a I be very strong trong In order v. v to 0 fo secure a conviction c You havo have no intention then of la laIng lain in InS Ing down In your fight tight on tho the stocke I nde odo Absolutely h not I would rather dl dig dirt In a IL newer trench for COI the tho rest of my life lite than limn quit In this tight light ht now itow We e are ure In the tho light fight to win and win we will with tho the aid of ot your your paper and good citizens generally was tho heated heated heated heat heat- ed reply of ot said Hahl that ho he believed as ns many others did that there thore was sas a large slush fund which had been sot apart b by tho the promoters of ot the infamous stockade to Influence the tho action of ot bounty officials and those conducting the tho n ht for tor tho the West Iders Havo have you ever evor been approached di directly directly dl- dl or 01 indirectly h by an emissary of tho promoters offering you OU a bribe if it you OU desisted in your OUI light fight against them ho was asked 1 No bribe mone money has ever b been cn en offered offered bC- bC of of- m me by the stockade people My 1 conferences with their have havo been very ery limited I however how- how over ever that the they felt mo me out some time ago ngo toward tho the closing days of oC the thelast lost last legislature and found out that I wasn't for foi sal sale One Ono da day a 0 man camo carno Into my of ot- lice fice lie He was a to me mo Be- Be BoI I CUll Con tinned o on ingo Ten Ien Willi fiO 60 TO Can Continued trout from rum 01 One ie i.e. fore rore Informing mo ate of ot the tho nature of ot hl lila hla business he ho propounded the rather startling query Quer Have you OU ever done anything crooked in your le legal al practice practice tice I 1 did not give him a n. direct re reply reply re re- ply but asked him to relate rotate tho nature of or lila IH business Then bo he told mo mc t tIe tic he StOry stan lie He said that ho was waa a a. diamond 1 muggier lel and that ho he had successfully smuggled Into this country about 60 worth of ot diamonds diamond from front Europe but that detectives had been bean on his trail for some seine weeks past At Green Groen River RIer ho lie said ahl that ho had succeeded In throwing them off ott lila his trail and was now nosY In Salt Sail Lake for tor tho time purpose of nr securing legal l aid The Time fortune In diamonds diamonds dia dia- monds moods was cached so O ho lie stated state at a u small station near this city Now If Ir you will aid me In tills this matter mat mat- ter I 1 will lay 1600 on your our desk oe- oe foie fome ole noon tomorrow said he I told him that I could not aid him Then he lie came ame back time the next day If It it Is i. a 0 of or money I 1 will lay down on your desk before noon to tomorrow to- to morrow Whereupon I told him point pointblank pointblank pointblank blank that 1 I did not want anything to todo do 10 with him nor his smuggled dia dla monds After asking me to refer reCer him hint to some sonic attorney who would turn th th trick tom for him ho ho left and anti I 1 ba have havo vo nc never neverseen neverseen l seen him him since Now I 1 have havo always thought since that time that he lie was a a. of or the tho stockade promoters sent with tho timO purpose of ot finding out whether oi or not I 1 could be bou bought or om else also with tho the purpose of at getting me inc to acquiesce In Ina Ina ina a scheme which would give them a whip In iii which h to lash hash me Into line I. I iy hour London InnOn Inn innOn On another occasion I was c by hy a representative o of the tho London woman woman wo wo- man moan with Ith regard to a mechanics mechanics' lien which I J had secured on the buildings In the stockade tor tar an unpaid lumb lumber i bill Inc duo the time Rio Hlo Grande Oranda Lumber corn n pany Mr 11 Matthews during tho the gIt greater great great- D. er part of his visit spoke ot oi everything but the 1111 Lumber bill Ho ITo made a number num num- bet ber of ot attempts to draw me mo out in an endeavor or no doubt to learn the plans plums we had hlll with reference to the tho stockade Ho lie IJ ayed his little game ganto smoothly but 1 l gave ga him absolutely no Information information tion Lion to work on Only when he was W leaving did he lie mention lumber and nd then thon ho no said that the bill would be attended attended at at- at- at tended I to In a few tew days Prominent members of oC the CIl Citizens Citizens' league appeared to be some hit at sea as to Just when dt- dt action wit wil be taken again it t tho m Keeper epora of or lIen lens of ot Iniquity in the time stockade When asked why the tho league had not taken talen advantage o of Jud Judge e Morses Morse's injunction against tho tIme sto stork stok lt- lt tide ade B. B R F. Grant said I could not give Jive you an arm answer on that b because wo we would Injure that tha which w we are trying to do Until time the time get ripe I 1 dare not say anything anything any any- thing about what wo we are aro doing Ou Our attorneys have been working In tn th getting of ot evidence but much of or f I tt t secured was not ll deemed emed strong enough h to obtain convictions on In Inthe Inthe the time mutter matter has been deferred ed on thi tha t account Several e Guesses Lon Lou J. J Haddock another nother prominent t member of or the time league stated las last t uI night ht in In answer to the same question I have hate no Idea why they have havo no not t taken action 1 presume they arc are leaving tea leav In ing It to the attorneys who ho have tha that t matter In charge I presume the they ar aro to o waiting to get got e evidence 4 A similar question was asked George Georg GeorgeQ o Q Q Morris and In reply he lie stated Tit Yo oi os i had better belter wait walt a few rew days Thin s are arc developing de rapidly In imi the matter We rc havo immure our attorneys Moyle Moyie Va Van n Cott and Ashton and action In the matter mat mat- ter Is ts up to tu them |