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Show Crooks And Grafters Learn Police Plans j m Inspector C. A. Carlton 8ays Former H Members Deliberately Work H Against Department. Lil Salt Lako Cltr. Juno 21. ' Tho charge was made this morning jf H by Inspector C. A. Carlson ot the po- !' Continued on page 8. 1H I Crooks And Grafters Learn Police Plans Continued from paJ 1 llco department that former members or tho department hnve been deliberately deliber-ately trying to counteract the work ot plain clothefl men In many cases, and that In some Instances they have been successful In their underhanded work. "Wo know that men who wore en tho dopartment but who wore discharged dis-charged for the good of tho service, and a certain stool pigeon who was In tho employ of these men have glv, en Information to crooks and gratters or our plans to catch them, nnd havr advised them to keep tinder cover,' said Inspector Carlson tills morning. It Is known nt police headquarters that. In nil probability the two con-ridenco con-ridenco men who nttempted to rob W W. Kent ot Moore, Idaho, of ?3000 Wcdnesdny, would have been nppre-bended nppre-bended yesterday morning when thoy had an nppolntmcnt with the supposed sup-posed "easy mark" had It not been tor tho spying ot two former members mem-bers or the plain clothes torco nnd u mnn who had long ncted In tho capacity ca-pacity ot a stool pigeon. Thcso men knew or Mr. Kent's visit to police headquarters and also know-that know-that Detectives Cleveland and Seagor wero working on tho caso nnd prepared a plan to catch the crooks but tho gratters wero warned In time nnd failed to keep tho appointment. It Is nlso known that former detectives de-tectives were responsible for the failure fail-ure ot ono or tho gratters who tried to rob David Harney ot $5,500, to" ttee his appointment with Mr. Barney nt the Hotel Utah, when detectives wore waiting to capture him. It is claimed by officers in the department de-partment that certain ex-members oi tho torco have taken great pains to keep contldence men informed nnd to point out to them plain clothes men of the rorce so the crooks can bo on tr-c r guard against officers or the law. Officers aro at work on nt least twfi cases ot this character, and they hope to gather sufficient evidence ot an tin Impeachable- naturo to warrant tho Issuance Is-suance ot complaints against tho Informers, In-formers, charging them with Interfering Interfer-ing with nn officer in tho discharge ot his duty. |
