| Show BROWNS BROWN'S rs VERSION FULLY SUSTAINED Citizen Citizen Diehls Diehl's Outbreak Shown to Lack Important Element of Truth f i CALLED PREACHER A LIAR LIARs LIARi i A s sl County Attorney Now Xo Corroborates Cor Cor- In lii g gr cry r Detail Statement State ment of ot Rev HC Mr r Brown I Another Anther point was made In tho ho controversy con cou- 1 ers ro between Rev D D. A A. Brown Brownl who ho recently arrested for I was perjury pert per per- t j jut jury lJ In connection with spoiling spoiling- th the tho pl plans ns of Jim Donaldson to pull pun off offa a prize light fight In Salt SnIt Lake and Judge Judger r C C. D B. B DIehl who issued the lie warrant arrant for Mr r. r Browns Brown's arrest r After the hearing hearIng- Mr 11 Drown Brown addressed addressed ad nd- dressed an open question to Judge Judg-c L DIehl In which he said the judge had hadr r been Informed b by the superior court r v that In hi case a t. t warrant was Issued no prosecution would be le made by the district court In this letter Mr tr Tr k Brown Inferred that the thc police jud Judge c If of Salt Lake Lale by his action In the ther r matter hoped to show favor toward towar the thc the lawless lawless s element clement of the city and to tor 4 r cast reproach upon tho the law abiding f L- L citizens r i To ro this open letter Judge Julge f acting as ho said In Inthe the capacity of a ai i private citizen and not as Judge jUdg-C made a reply saying Mr Ir Drowns Browns statement statement statement state state- ment that Diehl Diehi had been Informed b by tho the superior court that if a warrant warrant war war- arrant ar- ar rant was Issued no prosecution would toll follow 0 In the district court was an nn unqualified and unmitigated Cal falsehood In rebuttal of this statement made b by Judge c Diehi Mr Ill Brown received recel C a letter teller from Willard Hanson as assistant assist assist- ant county count attorney yesterday In InS S which Mr 1 Hanson Hnnson over his signature nature tj 7 corroborates Mr Ir lr Browns Brown's statement b by sa saying he told Judge Diehl Diehi that Dle DIel l I I could not Issue a warrant without the approval of the county attorney and that If Mr 11 Brown was vas arrested the county count attorney would not prosecute tho the case and would ask aI to havo have the case caso dismissed If Jf It was filed med The Thc lettel letter letter let let- I ter tel follows on Statement Rev Rov D D. A A. A Brown Drown City near Dear Dear Sir Complying with your our request for Cor or the conversation or substance thereof that occurred between Judge Diehl Diehi and amI myself relative to the Issuance of oC a warrant for or your arrest I send you OU the following following- I met Judge Diehl Diehi b by appointment at athIs athis his chambers on Saturday afternoon May 12 He lIe showed me the tho complaint made b by Mr lr Donaldson and stated that he did not care to Issue a warrant thereon there there- I on on but belfe believed ed It was his dut duty under the statute to do so 50 Inasmuch as complaInt complaint com corn I plaint had been made to tu ti him In proper form I 1 disagreed wIth JUlI Judge t Diehl's Diehls view of the law being of oC the Iho opinion that 1 the Jud Judges es o of the city court had only the jurisdiction of justices Justice of oC the peace In k criminal matters and aRd therefore could not l Issue Itsue sue a warrant without the approval of or I I 1 told him that I 1 tho the count county attorney had gone over the facts that I 1 knew the circumstances of ot the case as I had prepared pre pre- pan pared Dared l the tho complaints you swore to on which the alleged prize fI fighters were arrested arrested arrested ar ar- ar- ar rested and which apparently had formed the basis of the tho complaint against you OU and had refused Mr 11 Donaldson a complaint com corn plaint for or your o arrest and that Mr r Donaldson's Donaldsons Donaldsons Donaldson's Don Don- remedy wa was n against the county attorneys attorney's s 's office to compel us to act In Inthe Inthe the matter and that he DIehl Diehi should not be brought Into the matter Further that the cases 1 against the alleged prize fighters fighters fight fight- ers were ere still pending In court and not t. t until after those cases had been heen disposed ed o of should a complaint against ag y you OU be bo en en- en Wouldn't Prosecute Cn Case Jud Judge c DIehl disagreed reed with m my view In Inthe the tho matter and stated that If IC the men were proven guilty of prize fighting that would be a defense in the case a against you U for tor perjury I 1 told Jud Judge e Diehl that If IC you were arrested I 1 would not prosecute prose prose- cute tho case because I was satisfied that the case had no merit whatever that Mr 11 Donaldson wished you ou arrested simply to get even with you for or having the prize fight stopped and anil that I 1 was of the opinion that after aCter having gone ono over overall overall all alt the facts and reu refusing ln to Issue a warrant warrant warrant war war- rant that the county count attorneys attorney's office wan watt entitled to some consideration In the tho matter mat mat- ter and that I should ask to havo hao the case casc dismissed I If It was filed lcd We Ve discussed discussed dis dis- dis cussed the different phases of oC th the case for tor more than an hour and when we e e separated separated sep sep- Judge Diehi Informed me that hf- hf h would not take any Immediate action but would decide some time lime the l tame same night whether he would approve the issuance ot of a a. warrant Yours very truly Willard Villard Ilan Hanson oll Assistant County Count Attorney |
