Show c IDEAL EXAMPLE OF THE V I r. r AfRANT Jim Donaldson Admits That Eci He Do Much of Anything USES LAW FOR REVENGE V Spectacle of Such Suh n Ian Man Forcing Minister Min ln- ln ister to Defend Name Against t. t Pcr Perjury Jury CI Charge m r t n Rev D D. A A. A Drown Brown rown pastor pator of or the First Baptist church Is placed In the remarkable position of being charged with wih IH perjury upon the sworn t evidence z Of tf one of Salt Lakes Lake's most notorious l men about town and a confessed sag rant Some Sonic time tOlla today tolay the the- minister ter will wil IlI be bc served er ed with wih a warrant by jy an ai of the law and will wi ho bo compelled com coin 1 to appear l before forc Judge in iii h 1 the City court and ll defend himself r r from flom being branded a u common felon e Jim J Donaldson fled Hied ell the lie complaint r and sign signed ell It It The char charge e Is the tIme outgrowth outgrowth out out- ul- ul W growth 01 of th the lie recent nt prize n light ht that was slopped h by the COUn authorities J. J upon complaint l of oC fc Rev Mr II Brown U IO i Born of vengeance and atI hitter bitter hiter mal mal- ij Ic ice Ico the time warrant for Cor the ministers minister's arL arrest ar nr- ar- ar L' L rest has created one ont of oC the thc most most ast astounding as as- t situations In the history of tJ Salt Sal Lake e A minister of ot the time gO gospel Jel to be he charged h by a self confessed vagrant I rant with wih swearing ti to an untruth to tobe tor r- r j. j be compelled to defend his Ills name from flom f 4 the blot of oC disgrace dIsgrace and and all ni because 4 he lie brought about an enforcement of ft the law law law-Is Is a thing seldom heard of oC In Utah courts courts Taking Faking Donaldsons Donaldson's own statements for truth Jf If f the Issues In Inthe Inthe the case were hinged the r records cord and personalities of the two men then I- I Judge Diehi would not be he long In deciding de de- deciding de- de the case In this ca ease case l however how how- ever uVel neither the accuser nor nOI the accused accused ac ac- ac- ac has ha been weighed and all al of oC a ministerial career has ha counted for COI nothing In the face of oC a n charge f filed filpi d db b by a man confessedly a vagrant against whom a charge charce of promoting a n prize light Is now pending d t Jim Donaldson COlf Confesses s Jim Donall Donaldson on I Is about fifty I Ft years ears old At 3 o'clock yesterday aft afternoon af at- p- p t a n visit was made to his room t. t in Iii a rooming house on State street a U 3 notorious habitat for the denizens o of Commercial street and others othel's who ho I lead d dissolute lives this lives this on authority o of Die tho chief of or police Jim was lh dressing dress dress- ss- ss I ing when the visitor knocked on the thedoor thedoor thedoor door and for Cor ten minutes there was a aheart heart heart to heart to heart to talk He lie confes confessed ed that I he wa waft vas doing nothing that lie he had been doing nothing for the last eight or ten years ear and that he was not straining hl his eyes yes looking for work Ive lived in Salt Sal Lake a good many years yean saul said Donaldson and this is ismy ismy m my home I aint doing much of anything anything any any- an thing now and anti haven't done one much M for or several years year's but I make a T p q A KF T after rl r onUte ri Ute n Ing you e on the vagrancy c charge rg Jim was wa va ventured ganc Well Vei they're welcome to But the they cant can't get me They spoiled m my show and amid made a fight on me me and there Is going t to be trouble If it I they twy came to tome tome tome me as you have now and told mo inc what they were going to do lo before I spent flent Jent all ni that money on the prize fight it might have been a different mat mal ter tel er Ve We were vere not Intending to violate violate vio yb- late no law la It I was to be an nn exhibition ion tion ton for tor a test of oC sl skill l and It never was advertised as ns a prize fight Vagrancy HY Statute S It Severe ere It was as suggested to lo Jim while he adjusted l his pale blue lluc cravet clavet that the vagrancy law In Utah is pretty hard hardon hardon on every everyone one who ho is Js not an Indian With the coolness of a n gambler who flirts with wih fate fale and fortune ho admitted admitted ad ad- at- at that It wa was a severe ere statute but expressed the belief that the mm- mm V would have a hard hanl job joh making such a charge stick on J Jim fm Jim was wa reticent about his If lift life and his habits halls He had hal probably been heen out most of oC Saturday night because he hc V lid did dil not get up until 3 o'clock Sunday unda afternoon You ma may find Jim alost alv al al- v most ost any night in the downtown donton districts dis lis- lis sometimes In saloons sometimes sometimes some some- times In worse vorse places often ofen on th the v corners corner discussing discussing- sports chatting I with wih friendly members of the Amerl- Amerl can reform party palt administration But Hut you will vIll wi not find him at work uni un un- i l less les It Is at a table with wih his sleeve sleeves S v J rolled up and In the company o of oft f t- t other r men As a matter mater of fact act Jim has m no place pace of employment He lie has ms no DIG DIO mucous means 01 or support Under the Lime eyes of the law he Is a vagrant His most Intimate friends say ay Jim dont don't do much of oC anything but gamble When hen Jim was working working overtime to lo pull ot ofT off the prize fight he might have 1 escaped the vagrancy charge because h he- he was wa engaged In something el else that called caled for COt a little Itlo heavier One flue Now ov he Is not promoting prize fights und and confesses that he aint doln doll much of anything American J Part Party lunty Needs Him Ilium Hil J If 1 the good men who made the law laws of Utah could see the the- realization of their dreams when the they framed the section on vagrancy there thero would be lJ fewer fewel men standing on un the street corners there would be fewer ewer roamI roamIng roaming roam roam- I ing about at nt night night There would be beno beno beV V no Jim Donaldson In Salt Sal Lake L k But nut the American party city i refuses al absolutely to lo enforce r 4 V the tho law la J Jim im Is allowed to live lve here herc V His Ills very ven presence in Salt SnIt Lake Is Js evidently evi evl- V dently desired by hy the city officials V because he lie Is worth something toV to V them But Dut he has shown himself elf to if Ie a ft dangerous parasite Yesterday a n number of or the minIsters ministers min mm- and some attorneys of the city V who have the Interests of oC good government gov gov- at heart met and taJ talked cl over the vagrancy laws What hat action acton they ther will wi take lake will wi be seen cen by the developments develop develop- V ments o of the next 24 4 hours for or Jim has lias hal ma made e himself odious since Ince the V V prize fight One thing timing Is certain The V ministers of Salt Lake have hn made male V Hc Mr Browns Brown's cause own The Tho revl revised ed cl city ordinances of 1903 V V contain a section on arm vagrancy the tw V V language of which Is based almost entirely en en- entirely upon the state law la It I is pretty str strong ng on vagrancy It I runs as follows fol fol- oh- oh V lows I ra raw v on l Vagrancy la nc CIp Chap 29 Sec iO er Every person except except ex ex- an Indian without visible means of I 2 V living who has the physical ability to work and who does not for the period V of ten days seek employment nor labor V when employment IH Is oUI offered rfd him as us Every Ever a business healthy beggar heggar who solicits alms V Every person who roams about from place to place without any lawful business busi busi- ness Every Idle or dissolute person or associate asso aso elate clate of known knon thieves who wanders t V thle V V L V VV V V about time the streets at nt law late or unusual hours of the lime night or who lodges In iii II UI uny barn birn shell sheil shop ho million V issei Vl l or UI place other oilier than thal luau such as is Is kept keit for lod lodging ll purposes without permission of the owner owner own own- owner er thereof or party part entitled V to th the the- PO possession EIOn Every fr lewd or dissolute person pron who lives In and about houses of fame II-fame Ill fame and andr every r common prostitute mid nud common drunkard I Is a 11 vagrant IT SHALL BE D Bl INIA UNLAWFUL FOR IOn ANY PERSON TO BE un A VAGRANT WITHIN THE LIMITS OF 01 SI SALT T LAKE CITY Penalty Hil An Any person jerson violating nn any of oC the thc provisions o of or till 11 this chapter shall bf be bt deemed guil guilty of a n misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof of shall shul b be punished by hJ a fl fume fine of oC not more than Y 39 or h by Imprisonment JI- JI Im mm- for COl not mon morl than six months or i b by both such tine fine and Imprisonment Imprisonment The state statu law la laon on va vagrancy differs froni the tH cl city ordinance In Il that It I prescribes prescribes pre pre- scribes a penalty for or violations by Imprisonment in the tho county jail not nOI exceeding iO 90 days lays The Imprisonment Imprison Imprison- ment Is Imperative In lime state stute law lawand In rind find discretional with the wih court under the city ordinance Is an aim al Ideal Example III Jim Donaldson's Donaldsons ol's conCe confession lon that he Is doing nothing has been doing nothing and ami has no employment under un un- der ler consideration makes him the be best t exam example of the lit vagrant In II Salt Lake Jim has been heen allowed d alo to dodge dolge the vagrancy law just as N he ht was aR allowed to dodge the thic law prohibiting Prizefighting prize prizefighting fighting and prize fight promoting He lie le has strutted 1 about the tho streets late Inte at nl night ht without ut lawful nn any occupation ion tion ton has hns moved In the w sphere of If members mem mem- bers and beneficiaries of uC the American reform city administration by hy whom favors ors a are given him Since Since the day ilay when tl tIme the prize fight was not flIt no held hehl In Salt aJ Lake Jim has hns 1 made ll himself distinctly disagreeable to tn the tIme community In many manyas ways as It He lie first CIt announced under the lie l very ery Iy eyes o of the the court COUt before whom he lie had hal been boon I If led that th the lie prize fight would go goon JO on amid eu-amid ol-ald ol and he used the time expression fight too too and loo and he mocked the minIsters ministers min mm- and count county officials who sought to enforce tIme the law in a tw community which I Is im at the time melC mercy of an administration adminis that cares little for COI law and less boss for the people V When hien hen Jim made his confession o of va vagrancy Iancy yesterday he knew he was talking to a reporter and he lie know knew he was vas talking for fO publication He lIe Il brushed his hair nonchalantly as he lit I finished his toilet talked brazenly of his shameful life adjusted the carnation carnation car car- nation naton to I his hole button hole huton-hole put Ut on hl his hat and strutted out Into the hall hail hal past the women who ho gossiped over ovel overtime the time stair stall railing When Jim emerged Into lute the time sunlight of the time fading fadIng falIng fad fad- fal- fal Ing du day his eyes blinked ed l for fO he he Is IJ not exactly used usel to sunshine The Thc night Is more mote conducive to clear ek-ar el-ar el sight for or Jim Jiun |