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Show Sheriffs Force Makes Reply to Chief of Police T if. Blackburn, Jr. deputy sheriff, j ni.-il the folloT. Ins rttT public ronrvn-Ing ronrvn-Ing the rccciit lubor trouble at th Ka plcmt : "To the Tuhllr Th.it you mav know fh- truth fo iho mri'lent In onneel Ion , with the relntion 'if the ri:ml-rn o.' the heriffs department v!o were nt the IM plant to the in-ll-Mi ; th.it occurnM there and the atnlem'ii" thnl wai made t- Chief of Police Itro'.Miint-, )iv this to My: 'Seijreant .Irn5m rill.-t Sherlf' iV:er yon on th phoiif- m l told him that the were expeetlnif trouble at the rus pl:mi nnii Unci not enough mn available at thai lime to (ope With the situation If tro.i-o tro.i-o of a serious nature occurred anrf n-lerl If he could Mend fOnK nv IT down lo aXslat them. The sheriff said h would be plad to lielp in any way to n-fr.r. n-fr.r. e Ihe law ;nd protect th property of Ogden'a cltlzeni H" sent all the men he could get at that time as the others v.ero out on other work He sent the followinc depute . Blackburn, Chad-wlek Chad-wlek and Allen When we re.irhed the gaa plant the crowd was collected inostlj inside tho yiird and nt the onst end of the main building. Tho hlef -,nf Serjeant Jensen anil other police officers w re there I we approached the crowd we say Mv Woodard place his hand on the chiefs BliOUlder and mv, "Ian't that right. Tom: Tito chief replied. ' Yes " As to wbat thej referred we do rot know. I -ip proached the chipf -.iid said. "Hero we are chief. Tho sh ritt told US lo come to you and report :.nd spo what you wanted us to do and do it " He re plied, "I am glad you came but wi have the situation well in hand and g' not think we will need J on " "As to the statement of the chief that he say the deputy sbori'fs (fet U1 to their car and drive owuy, this is not true The chief left betore we did. We could not pass their car in th-narrow th-narrow road. Aft-r .he had leP with hla r-n- nr .Ubi.J n n n C ik;, IB officers they had left behind c:p their car was full and he rode up town wltl us. When we reached 24th and Washington Wash-ington we saw n large crowd north of 23rd street and drove down then and lot the officor out. Whatever trouble ensued th'vr.' we d;d not see. The crowd on the Bldewalk was or derly. but Mocked he Sidewalk, nd we Rot out and asi-ist-l in moving them and then left and returned t:. the office and made . ur renort to he sheriff. "As to how th situation was han. died at the gas plant we ;efe. you to the manager and superintendent of the gas company. (Signed) T H BL 'KJU-PN. JR. Deputy Sheriff." no |