Inter-Mountain Republican | 1906-05-11 | Page 5 | Commission No Power

t COMMISSION NO POWER I ii t inn SIL Said 11 I lo o I linn Ila in ye Been Hern Called Culled at al ns n's t. The juvenile court COUlt commission con con- sibling of Mayor OI Ezra Thompson Chief of Police George J A. A Sheets and City Superintendent of Schools D. D II IL Christensen Christensen Chris- Chris held a II meeting yesterday morning to hear heal or r f further testimony in l' l regard to lo the notorious Em Emma ma Knox S case The lle se was held in III the private office o of Mayor Thompson and anti was wasS S open to the public No spectators S. S were present outside of tho those o who told what they kne knew of the case Brown Choate and anI Young newspaper news hews 5 paper Imer reporters Officer C. C E. E Stables Probation Officer F F. J J. L Lucas cas Mrs lIs Robinson of oC the Deaconess Deaconess' s' s home and Sirs A A. I I. I Young probation officer I testified d as to what hal had taken place placeS S in Iii the court room loom during the scene of oX which so o much has been said and andS S at ll which they were present nl S The testimony of the majority of them tended to show that Judge 1 Bro 1011 I had bad acted in a delicate way and Teemed very ery anxious to gel get the truth out of the girl his chief pur- pur having ha been to establish her own S Innocence If possible The testimony S 5 also nIso demonstrated that Mrs frs Knox the of the girl had given gl her conS con con- S to t all the proceedings ln and amI alsoto also to tc- the after aCter events S I The commission will meet again this morning and find probably conclude the thc session As to lo the purpose of or th the hea hearing fn there thele h Is consi considerable erable speculation till tile S commission having no ci discretionary o ot 01 e c power in the tile matter under tile law creating the the- commission Some S ot of its members stated that the IJ ines Ug Uon had been called at the thc special specia specialS request of or Judge Brown S 1