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Show I OGDEN POLICE FORCE IN TURMOIL! i HEAR MOANS OF VICTIMS UNDER WRECKAGE I TWO MEMBERS DISMISSED BY I POLICE CHIEF Men Hint Their Activity in Arresting Gamblers Cost Them Their Jobs DRINKING IS CHARGED Ousting Follows Heated II Row Between Elam and I Sergt. Stephens f Patrolmen H B. Elam and H H. H Butler were discharged from duty with the Ogden police department ye- H li rday by Chief of Police Jonathnn Jones following recommendations H le by J. Ray W:ird. commissioner jH Ol public safety. J Discharge of the officers came afte H Ian investigation had been made by MH Chief Jones of an altercation which is H said to have occurred In the police slir- - early Thursday morning between I Officer Blam nnd Sergeant A. H Stephens in which tho sergeant is said H to have accused Kl (m of having tic H smell 6f liquor on his breath IjH The accusation is said to have been I m ids rew minutes after Officers LI Elam and Butler made their second H raid upon Grant avenue gambling H houses and had brought In seven Chinamen and booked them on gamb- H ling charges An hour before this the two patrolmen had raided a Japanese gambling bouse and bad arrested two H alleged Japanese gamekeepers. ARGUMENT is BEGUN. The two discharged officers claim they were about to go out lor a third raid upon a gambling house when H Sergeant Stephens called Officer Elam aside and talked to him about smell-ing smell-ing of liquor which resulted in a heat-ed heat-ed argument ither officers who were present at the time say that Sergeant Stephens l then asked Detective W. A. Jones to I smell the breath of Elam with tho J result that the detective reported thai ' J he could smell nothing. A demand is said to have been made upon Blam bj the Bergeant for h;s badge and gun. to which Blam threw iy Jils gun on a table. fl Detective Jones is reported to have been ordered by Sergeant Stephens to l take ilium's gun from him. but that j Elam would not give it up while Scj - IH geant Stephens was armed. Detective ll rone i then .i.u l Sergeant Stephens I H lay his gun on the table first and he would try to get Elam to do the eai$ Stephens then gave up his weapon and IH Blam then drew his revolver and , IH emptied the cvlindcr of cartridges re- U uirnlut: lh vun to his holster. Iiln BUTLER TAKES OFF STAR Officer Butlor is said not to h&vi tH been accused of anything by Sergeant nH Stephens, but when Elam was ordered to lurn in his equipment he also laid K his badge and gun on the tuhlc. Later b however, upon orders of Sergeant Stephens he took his badge and gun f and patrolled a beat for thy bal n i HI his shift. Patrolman Elam was said to haVu I Hj entered Into a heated argument with L1 Stephens after he had emptied his gnu . H ami had been told not to complete hiw Hj shift, which almost reached a poJn; &'H Where fisticuffs were resorted tu mlH Elam is s.ii'i to have told Stephens fi-,1 instances where he h ul neglected hi- ! duty to which Stephens answered that IhI be was a "da d liar." H Elam then went to his home an i SHI has been off duty since. IIhI joN ES DISMISSES TWO. said late yesterdaj ibj-. HJ ho hud listened to the stories of both IHJ tho discharged officers, to Sergean Stephens and to the other officers who HHJ were witnesses and decided to dis- Ha charge the men, after he had receivoc PJHfl recommendations from Commissioner II Ward. IHl Blam and Butler both said y ester- IHJ day that the aro preparing to immc- I HJ dlately Reek a hearing of their case I HJ before Ihe Ogdeh civil service coming- slon in an effort to bring about their HJ reinstatement in tho department. HJ Elam declared that he had talked J with Sergeant. Stephens following tho HJ first raid upon a gambling house ami HJ the sergeant made no mention of HJ smelling liquor. He said that when HJ he and Butler had brought In the sex- HJ en Chinamen following tho second HJ raid, Sergeant Stephens imniedlatclv HJ called him In his office and accused HJ him of smelling of liquor, although HJ they Iiid been gone but a short whib HJ mi making the second raid and he ha 1 HJ taken no drink HJ i IKES hot room . Elam asserted In statement v t torday afternoon that ho had been il' HJ ,ind had been off two nights before iLunUuucd ou Pufio Twelve I OGDEN POLICE " " j FORCE IS UPSET j Patrolmen Elani and Butler Dismissed After Row With Sergeant Continued from Page One.) the argument came. He told that late VVe.ltie.sday afternoon he took a hot loddy at home to brace himself for tho night shift which began at 10:4.". o'clock. It was after 1 ..clock tho next morning that the Second irarnb-llng irarnb-llng house raid was made and he was accused of smelling of llQuor, he declared. de-clared. Bome hours after the altercation between be-tween tho officers and Sergeant Stephens, a written report was mad.' to Chief Jones of th" affair by tho sergeant. Tho complete report follows- IIjuI n tlk wlttl Officer EkUDD reiiirtllnc him drinking whisky. I noticed tlun ii,- smelled of frhlsJcj tonight, ait.-i in and Offices' But-Ici But-Ici bad uTcstod tin- seven China- men for i;anililiirr. lie got nuid about me speaking to him about if. ie aid that he t"nk a drink li . i before he came to work. I., uusc I" was sick. Ho HU not 1 drunk, but I dO not know how i. ii. ill he hnd bcCn drinking. He then ncouscfl me of drinking drink-ing nite linn on the job and I told him he was a damned liar and Llicn .Mini brought anQtlicr ami in- turned in bis -tuff ami n nt home, lb- and Butler accused me of getting mail because thoj iii not -1 nnyUhlng t me about getting tin- hlnamcn. i i ii them that the were mistaken oboul thai Bui " r pulled ofl in- star and Mid tlwit he wns Kolng lo quit work, but afterwards said thai he was going back lo work Butler did noi Siavc anj reason to ? - j anj-tbing, anj-tbing, because i was not talking to him. I Hpoke to E2am sometime about tin c.tli r 87th December Decem-ber about drinking win kj and Hid liim that we had reports to thai effect. USO had a talk with Officer Butler about drinking -..in lime around the fir-t of Jan-nary. Jan-nary. Both men admitted thai t , Pad be.ii drinking, but said thC) WOtlld not do It iin more. (filler I . lam told me at another an-other time that he would like to u'.-t .fi nilit work on the streets, hecaii-i he bad loo mam fill ItdS and that temptation wa- t"' strong. Both Flam and Butler made statements state-ments yesterday regarding the affair. Klnm told his story In detail and his statements were corroborated by Butler. But-ler. Elam's story follows: l LAM n l i s ETTOm I l nn ul.lf. shnplk- UUlll-l llll'l i after midnight Thursday morn.ng when we became suspicious after seeing see-ing several Japanese enter a store a 2426 Grant avenue and w decided to raid the plac We entered and founn a game going on. with money on tne table and we arretted two Japanese who wore conducting the game ano took them to the police station- "Wo booked them on a gambling charge and I then went to Sergeant Stephens who was in his office snd asked him how much their bail would be. He answered the ball would be $60. There was no more eonvers.it Ion then. "Butbr and I then returned to a point on Grant avenue and v.atcii.-a until wo saw a Chlmman Klve a ign and enter the store at J473 vlrant avenue. ave-nue. We then rushed In the door ma found a card game in progress witn money on the table. Butler Jumped for the money and cards for ovldonce; while I lined up the Chinamen w no were in confusion and trmg to make, their getaway 1 had my hand upon, the pocket in which my-gun was kept, but I did pot pull it. simply belnp ready In the event that some of tne Chinamen might try to pull a gun or. knlte. Butler did not exhibit his gun for he was busy in gathering up the evidence. BE1 I N ( HIM M BSO vrEB. "We marched seven Chinamen lo tho police station where we booked them and Sergeant Stephens set their ball at $26 each When the gamblers wore disposed of I turned to Bu'.lcr and said, 'Conic on, let's go and gpf the other gambling Joint on Grant avenue.' when Sergeant Stephens suu-dcnly suu-dcnly jumped to his feet and said. 'Elam. conio here. I want lo sec you.- ' Stephens came close to me and remarked. re-marked. Vou've been drinking. You smell like a distillery. You ar0 not capable of dolnj; further duty.' 1 an-sweted. an-sweted. Don't these arrests look like we aro doing our duty? We have raided raid-ed two places and arrested nine men within two hours." "Stephens and I then came out where the others could hear us and remarked, 'You fellows ace not cap-able cap-able of going out and making any more arrests. Elam. glvo me your equipment.' "I took off my bnflfie and placed It upon a table and Hutlcr placed his gun and badge upon me laoic. i re-fused re-fused to give up my cun w hile Steph-i ens was armed, knowing that he wan angry and he ordered Detective Jones to take It from me. Jones then asked , Stephens to lay his gun on the table I winch he did and I took my gun rrom Its holstor and emptied It of all cartridges- "Stephens then told Detectlvo Jones to smell my breath which he did. and said. "I don't smell a thing on him ' BUTLER GOES BACK. "Stephens then told Butler to pick, up his equipment and go on shift, I which he did. Stephens then began) talking about smelling whisky and 1 explained to him that I had been 111 and had not worked for tw. days and had taken a hot toddy before leaving home In the afternoon. "I then told Stephens that he had taken toddles at homo. too. and I also told him of an Instance v here I had found him asleep when ho was on duty- I also told him that a .clerk in an Ogden hotel had told me that Stephens had slept in a chair in tho |