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Show I a a ' a a O & a a a " ' , PLIGHT OF BOY I SHOWS 1EE0 OF I Li CHANGES I Oqden Clubs Declare Present Conditions Are Inadequate and Inefficient as Well j STATUTE FIRM IN CASE I OF CHILD CRIME SUSPECT Judges Apee and Sullivan Dis- cuss Situation; Boy Is I Interviewed Also I I ointlng to the case of Ray Clou?h L l- ir-old boj w ho shot and killed JH his f;i'.h.-r at the request of his in- JH sane mother, the Federated Women's . tubs of igden have launched a cam-palgn cam-palgn to procure better law-sand con- H dltions in the handling of Juvenile of- The women accus nobody In con- H nection with the case, but I hey point out that even under the most humane enforcement nf laws relating to Ju- BH venile offenders, the condition of a H boj in M)- predicament that young I fh finds hlmj elf in is d p fl Attention of The Standard-Examirt- er was called to the situation in the following communication received BH from the Federation of Wonisn'S Clubs and the Children's Aid society: fl m tin- regular meeting of the fl Child i Iturc . Itib held on 'Vntu- daj s. n onber io. a talk on ju- fl venile la a proved n rv mi rc-liu fl and Instructive and broughl but manv )i lnls r,r L-j u-iou. 1 number of authentic were i I ted, inndnit the iii.-.di - vi and Inefflvlencj i the u- J venllu law- as tbey stand. One case III particular around Eli n Indigs lion tluit . r i '. i r cloueh. a M-c M-fdd fio) mm lia- been confined in lhe -it and rouniy iall for three ntoutiv. Tills boy ts not under conTicttoJi L of the crime hut awaiting trial. i ndcr this strict confinement and environment tin- boy's health ami menfalitj an- slowly but stfrelj fl being undermined, and we, the undi rslgiMsd, vm-i. to Know irheTe-Iji irheTe-Iji the blame Ucs. is it uiih the law or i- it with fl ih, c.nn ? if the rorroer, we ap pi al for a i v laion where b j.i renllo offeodera an- not treated a aduli criminals, if n,,- btuer may, we. jls representative v-...-men ol i Igden, pit ad for leniem in behalf of this ikiv. iimt he II " ret bav.- ii banco to ic- i imc an upright and honorable ajjsajj (Signed) Till i i i,i t; 1T10 F ! M i M 1 Vs , i.l ,ix I Ml HTLDKJ S'S lli I SOCUZPT. ji dgi si LLn w s rjBwa fl Judge Dan Sullivan, of the Juvenile WM court, said that the Clough case was 1 one of the boat examples that ever fl came before the Ogden public In fl showing the absolute need of the cltv fl for a detention home for Juvenile of- H fender. Jf "Clough, a youth of 14 years, was bsbbbbI arrested on a charge of first degr..- Lbsbbbbbb! murder, a felony punishable by death sbbbbbH or by life Imprisonment,'" the Judg bjbH H He was allowed to remain In the dry fl Jail for weeks awaiting his prellmln- H r hearing. His preliminary'' hear- H ing was held and the boy was bound fl over to the district court. Judge 1 P.. Roberta recommending ut the time that hi- In held in custody at Homo place other than the county Jail. 'ClOUgh had to stay at the cotintv jail. No other piaca was provided oi eplni if the boy. Had he been an adult prisoner, he would have probablv demanded bis constitution- jf al right of a speedy trial. As mat- ters now stand, the boya has already served more than the sentence gener- H ally Imposed upon adult offenders for H "If Ogden has a detention home. ;Lfl the bav- could have been given a great- er degree of attention and oven In jJjBBlBlBlBa event that his trial dragged on for fH It is not probable that he ILlBlBlBlBW would have had to experience tor- ments of almost solitury confinement sibbbbbbbbbI to which he lias been subjected. 9sbbbbbbbb1 f I V I) i oV sOI. TlON "Adult prisoners, confined to jail. IH find some consolation in each other's lfl company. What has a 14-year-old H in common with the usual run of H men who are confined within the H county jail- Either he will absorb H criminal tendencies, or will be left to H his own resources as seems to have H been tbe cane of ClouRh In a deten- Hon home he would probably have as- H sociated with youths of bis own ags and his mind might have been OCCU- H liled with pomethlnpr other than mo-bid mo-bid broodings over tbe crime which he committed. H Judge Sullivan commented upon the LV Scardlno ease, Stating that It was probably because Ctousrh had no back- H Ing that he is now a prisoner, rather H than at liberty. awaUini; trial M rVRDINO t'ASI KM 1 I I IV "Jennie Scardlno. years older H than Clough. Is alleged to have com- H mltted an almost parallel crime.'' he ,.t "in her . It was a cousin, H rather than n father, who was shot. H 3h had i pit i of self-defense, while fl Clough has the plea that In committed 1 the deed In belief that his father hi t MM killed his younger brothers snd WS 1 mM mistreating his mother. fl Jennie Scardlno Is now at fl although her case has heen mM (Continued on Page TwoJ sbbbbI LbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbI PLIGHT OF BOY I SHOWS NEED OF i I CHANGE IN LI I Continued from Vagr One.) fl Jailed for preliminary hcnring The H public is In ii;nor.,nce as to the ni U of the case, and will be until n pre- H fimlnary hearing I held. Some bo- H (love that Miss Bcnrdlno should be inished for dor crime others main- H Ealn that she whi Just Ifled In shoot- H lug At any rate, she In n Juvenile, : H implicated In a onsp somewhat parallel that of Clough's and s)n " at lll-' M "There should ho a detention home i H Offden, In which nil Juvenile of- H genders In rase of serious nature, H ,conii be heM awaiting trial, rath H than subject them to Imprisonment H In county or city jail?;. B VIKW8 H If the law was strictly follower In H the case of Raj Clough or any other H Juvenile n eed with a felony. H would be necessary to confine the lad H within a cell at the county Jail with 1 H the understanding that he be treated ns any other prisoner, according to H .lodge A. VY. A8r,. who H Honed yesterday regarding laws H pect lo Juvenile- The jaw maker H U ar. that in ca"s where hls ma- H tor charge is made. the court has no Jurisdiction further man! B n iet as committing mael ! H Further In the law and orders the ju , H rnit Juveniles charged with .i felon) to H the district court of the count' in ' H which the offense In committed H to be prosecuted upon InfornntliVi or' H Hidli tmenl as provided bj law-. l .t I PI i s M :r However. In the cae ..r Kay Clou-:h j the luvenlle court did no! order his commitment to the i. Jail, it: was explained, for the i thai ih Jflty court has concurrent Jurisdiction End csn act a committing magistrate In rases of this kind. It was epia ir.- j h it the city court ordc , irned over to the sheriff. i"ir i ro-, Vision was made whereby the '.1 Should not be treated is in ordinary! prisoner. The law In regard 1 i luv thurged with n felony follows: "Thai j te. all cases where the Juvenile N (barged with the commission f ( . bny. the juvenile court shall act is a committing magistrate and when It i appears that ,i f iony h " ' i enltted and there Is sufficient Mrat" to I believe the Juvenile guilty, to com- mlt him to the dlsl let noun of t hr J county where the offense Is committed, commit-ted, there to he prosecuted upon in-rormation in-rormation or indictment as provided by law." i In another sentence o' the Is - It Is made clear that the committing magistrate has not the II Ion lo commit the Juvenile to the ustn of his parents or o'hers. I- 'In , -e when a Juvenile Is eha-ged Ih a minor offense and is classed simply i as a "dcllnouen t.'- ''h, i , i '. is committed by the youth tie must be turned over to the ceojnty. v hl h means to the custody of th.- -h.-r ti WHAT THE ! W SAYS. The law states In this regard In i eases where a felony is committed the court shall not adjudge or decree that 1 the parents, parent, or custodian, or guardian Is or ar fit or unfit "... have control and custody of the Juvenile Commentlnc upon tb Clough yesterday. Judge Agee said' "To my knowledge, no murdei case In the' state has proceeded with ntch speed as the Clough cose. Ills trial in court before a Jury is set fur next Wed day. The crime was committed An-, gust y. his preliminary hearing in ' the city court proceeded with great dispatch and now the final disposal of the case is expect'-d when the ivsc goes on trial in the dlstrb t court Wednesday." Wed-nesday." ' "Aa far as the law is concorne I. it is clearly set forth that the defendant i is charged with murder in the fir- cree. and according to law, h must j stand trial for that offense. The law ; lo provides that the defendant mut j bo turned over to the she iff ,-,t.d held without hall as any other prisoner inarged with murder " PI NISHMKNT BAMF. "The law pro' Ides that tho proceedings pro-ceedings utai-it a minor charged with murder proceeds in nil other c -II makes no provision for age. ! ia rece or color. The punishment fori ihe crime 19 also the same " "Of course, whether a Jury will ever! cjrmvlct a 14-year-old hoy on a charge murder Is a different thing." An in vest lea lion was made this! morning as to the Drocedure in the! ety court when Ray Cloueh appeared , I was hound over io th- district' 1 rjOUfl for trial The court stenograph- j is t r.ins, ri ' of the Ci.e Shows that t)aorgs Halvsrson. counsel c ai the boy, retiuested ef the court that the lad be retained In the custody of some officer and not confined as a com- muii prjsonsr, It is shown In the tran--erlpt that Judge D It Roberts of the , itv court was willing that arrangements arrange-ments of this U In I le made Ol RT I'ttex I Id It!-. The transcrl'Jt In regard to the placing of the lad In custody follows Mr. Halvereoh; I ou(d ttuggrest, if your honor pbsse that this boy OUgfit really to be put In the custody of perilSpS some other officer, so that he would not be confined as the com-mOh, com-mOh, ordinary prisoner, and possibly ; oio of the officers might he willing o take chArgf of him I believe It would be In the Interest of justice If Something Of that kind were done. Th,. e'onrt: Well. 1 think that nr-rangemsnt nr-rangemsnt perhaps might be made' between the attorney and one of the officers Mr. Halverson: Perhaps the her-iff her-iff would be permitted The 'onrt: I think perhaps It WOUld bl better to commit to the care and Custody of the sheriff. Mr HalVtrson: And let the sher-I Iff I The eOurt: And let the herlff. with, thi countv attorney, make what rr- rungements will he necessary to property prop-erty take care of him and give him every fair ohanee. Mr. Halverbon! I bellee we ran do: something of that kind if vour hon- or please, if an arrangement of that kind bt mnde, I take l It wont bp eo-t-sldered s-iythlng. might I. as a con- tcniii' of court, and as lone as he Is i In custody of some scrvsnt The Cnurl: As lo.ig as I Is In : custody of h sheriff, under h ner- , sona! direction of 'he Sheriff there .-should not be no not personally ! within the Charge 0 'be sheriff, within with-in the sheriff's Jurisdiction, pers nal- IV. Mr. Helverson: I think we can tike that t'P und arrange It later, all, right. i Ml I nM m OVTIt Members of (he so-iifi"s office were j qusstl0pd this morning In renard to , the holding of the 'ad at the Jail ,' and thev i ;is-erted that not since' bis arrival -here several teeeki ago. bad he o a much as entered the Interior Inter-ior of the tall proper lie has been given liberty about the sheriffs of-j flee and the' rooms connected with the Jo 11 and the kitchen, they said. The only prisoners with which he his come iu oontaci ''.o trusties who are also given llberllc of the kitchen kitch-en and rooms 1'ntll reeently ihe ho- lias slspt In i S roor.t stt aside lp the ouortera ued 1 by a family Which attends to thfl enok . log for ti p j.it) inmates. This room, hey ?!d. contains no b r. Of lock's' on the door. A few nigMs Kto the ' "I Ip s-ld 16 j have bad a dream Iji Whloh his father aopecred end ordered 'he bO) to U IP 1 'ilmsr-lf as jiunishmem for h'.y Crime, J The lad i" said to ha fnioini the Kltcl-en and to beva procured a knt'e but before t'e made any move to ln-lure ln-lure hltrs'f. h" wns hslted bv den-uty den-uty sheriffs. They stated that the hoy ahngared to be in s dae snd sp-Parently sp-Parently i.leep Whetl be entered thj room. When awakeiej, thev said, he' quieted f"own and appeared hi his nor-I ma1 rrtatt of mind. nnv si i v M VPPT Since that night the officers said the bos has been Closely ws'ched ard has occupied a bed !?i the rooms ad-lolnine ad-lolnine the Isll with n member of the her'ff'S fores who ' rialns there at nirht. Other tbnn during the period of his dream. 'H ind '--js hcn normal .-nd goes about his du"rs ui he kitchen kitch-en In a happy frame r,f nilnd. they fle-; dared I A: noon yoeterday tSe hov was ap-I D reached as he was eatine Ms dinner In the Jill klreim Ffle Wenfl copsts'-ed copsts'-ed of fried stussre i hei- of fried potatoes celery, pTm ad other ar- J ;!cls. He was ntic'')ne the rations with leor and "nnepred to lie happv In hf su'roundings. T'o wdo you like !t here-"' he wa asked. "e"h. e;ne " Rev snwered "Would vnn - v, here i the s';'te Industrial S,v'0 or nv nth er Instltutinfl of that kind"" was the ner question "I would rather stay here." cume, the reply. ni you get enough to ea'" T il siv so. i anythjng t want, i even randy.1 "Are vnil treste.l n eoorl here as. yon were pf heme'' "Yes" he answered "Von want to tsy here then?" "ves " he Slid "Have yotl ever h-i inside the. jalir "No I b' shout th kitchen snd i olaV nr - nd the hiM- vi-d and in and abntlt the rnr-MnM OUtaldS." "Toil ire Mtf'ed then" "Vou bet t'm learning a lot about cooking." he answered |
