Show V InterMountain Inter Inter- Ogden Mountain a Department Republican Bureau 0 St St. OFFICERS DISCUSS V I GAMBLING Police Chief and District At At- Attorney Attorney torney Talk of Their V A Attitudes HALVERSON NOT MOT BOSS V V fU utu s Will III Not Ot ViLe Take I iii V From l 1 Hal cr ci- ci vII II lie He SIl Suggested C I Hahl la Idse Ids Ids- V 4 V e l The ii he question lion of open gambling i is again al at its height III in Ogden Di District V Attorney George cison has taken V V unkindly I to the the- letters which c have pa passed pasel ed between tome sonic of or the local officials anti and between himself anti cI- cI V and yesterday a when asked aSKe about the correspondence between Chief of or I V V j Police Browning and an City Attorney f in which the thc was wm V V expressed Sell that the officers were sonic some somewhat what handicapped In coping with the thu situation the district attorney Y said V MC Jf they the the the officers want wain to hav have v an an accusation Uon filed flied against them all V they thc have C to do Is to continue in th the thea V a S i present con rye e and the they will s get st t It It V This has haN been heen going on for fOl or some time timer r r ami they must have known it n. The Theja ja l I is all nil the raids that have hac been heen V E so Io far fal were made at my nw request either direct to the thc police or to to Sheriff V Sabring SebrIng Th The Ilie Ja last t was made In ac- ac V V V with m my request to Lh tho Previous to one of oC the raids mills I diV dl- dl V reeled Chief Cider of Police lolice Browning to arrest ar or- rest the gamblers antI to confiscate V I the Mho gambling paraphernalia He Jt said ald aldi id i- i lie lie 10 would think about It He Tic finally ar- ar orV V the thc Smiths or 01 rather rathel notified V V them to lo show how up 1111 the following Monday Mon lon V V day morning rhe They were 10 caught ht In the Iho act but no rio effort was tas ma made e to f 7 secure tho the gambling devices de lv The Th Craig ca case cate e will viII bo Iw disposed of ot k some j time tinie during this term of court and aud then I shall take up this tiit matter V t unless the law Jaw Is enforced d. d I J have haye I V a against the tho officers and all nil I IV 11 V ask Is that thal they thc do IC their duty dut In this I V respect I r V Chief r of f Police Thomas 1 IS E BIown V log InK was tas called up over o the phone afler af- af I ler tet midnight hl and was asked If ff h he hull had iJ become acquainted with Air i Ir Halter Halver- Halverson's j j Vt sons son's ns fews on HIP mattei matta und and what whal t V V effect the they would have on his future policy Chief Dl Di owning D said jf dl 1 have 1100 not fIOl and 01 will not no take taice 0 0 any V 1 i 1111 from V L il J. i 3 i. i iSn iU IJ F I t ch d In- In n n- n V JI t t S t o froTh the he or ma-or December J O 05 to tu dose close gambling slot lt machines ma ma- 1 chines amid ami saloons loon on Sundays Th The I It t gambling proposition has ha been a hard j problem over ever since 1 J have hae called caBell the 4 captains captain's detectives detective's and t sergeants sergeant's f. f att attention to III the lit rumors that gambling I W going golliS lI on In in the city and instructed V 1 them io 0 t enforce the law against It i 1 attention a few Sun Sundays ays a ago J was I. I called t Jed to the fact that a n game ame wa wOoS wass lat oH Cap and and Cap Cap- supposed ed to be lie in operation oP nn lain Brown an and I went with the InV Informant In- In V and found col- col 1 formant to the place an men 1 playing cards an and placed j them under arrest and they were found guilty of ur playing cards 1 for foa forr V I r Ill In the ca case e of the Smiths V mentioned by HaJ tile the they were also found guilty ulIly of the tho I tame me J 1 I have ha sought for loa advice from flom the city cily V attorney and ancl county attorney anti and was V V Informed that I could not nol do tiO things thin s i that Hal Halverson outlined in his news- news V h vir vu T T rim bv h the city f lUI i I L v c. c L' L A A A win V I f V i attorney y that I 1 cannot V gambling paraphernalia and as to 11 i t V proceeding against the tho violators I J IV i have been contemplating us as will be he I j V letter to JU Judge I g b by my may v and V to taI lake talu some sonic action against them I after the publication of or a letter wi written writ HIt itten it- it ten tn by A who VhO was not man enough h to 10 give his name an and which i iwas V was ru rushed rUshe into inlo print by b- the tit district 1 attorney i I J felt It my mr duty to to- have my letter to tu Judge e Bagley and his hl- answer an l published pUblish ell so so o that the th citizens could coul V 1 V see sec my m fl position inthe in the matter mallet HerrA Herr cf I have refrained from froni publicly A but in inV V expressing m myself IC in the matter fact that Halverson has i view Jew of or the tIme V in Iii this unpleasant t i V placed me inc V in duty bound hound to place I 1 l' feel fel that am ani i the thc matter mattel In Jn the lr proper lel light before I I the I am flit not flot seeking eul in trouble V notoriety but any minded fair e per person pcr-I pcr or V I 1 am am 1 I readily see sec the thc position can sun son have haye bc been n ready and andi and placed In I 1 i V willing at all to do o my m dul duty ut I will con- con and to to the h best t of oC my may ability chief to tu do so 10 as long as I am am 4 from assistance I without any of or police x S than the h mayor count county persons other administration and ancl city cily r. r attorney |