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Show PASTOR HINTS I AT RUM PLOT Broes Sends Word to Washing-ton Urging Delay in Schweitzer Case j SALT LAKE, Dec. 1C Rev. Frank W. Bross. president of the Salt Lake -Ministerial r.osociatlon. yesterday sent5 Prohibition Commissioner Roy Haynesl a telegram as follows- "Walt for In-formation In-formation on ir. M. m. Crltchlow case before suspension Is made. Bet- i tcr element Miphcs to be heard from." j In explaining his position Rev. Brovi charged that a conspiracy to thwart prosecutions for violation of tnc liquor law is responsible for much of the Juror.- now prevalent regarding regard-ing recent actions of general prohibi-j tlon agents working out of the offlco of Thea Schweitzer. Dr. Bross declared that his motive1 was to Insure a "thorough, impartial investigation of the affair, covering all angles In tho cast- and In which all sides should be heatrd. It ii, street gossip that at least three me i have been In Washington recently-trying recently-trying to get Schweitzer's job. There j Is an organized nation-wide conspir-acy conspir-acy to defeat the prohibition act." The Rev. Bross said that he had acted act-ed not as the head of the .Ministerial association, but as a private individual. In tliis connection, he said; "I resent the Intimation that as a preacher I bave no business to say how the af-i fairs of the city and count;, should go 1 I am a cltlren and have the same right ' of citizenship as that held bv othcr voters " Second, he declared his motive to be-only be-only to insure a "thorough. Impartial Investigation of the aTfalr, covnng all angles In the case and in which all sld.-s Should be h?rd " Third, be stated his belief thaht suspensions sus-pensions of prohibition agents Whose I testimony Is vital In cases now oend- ! (ng in federal courts, should not be made until tho final disposal of such Cases, in that such suspensions might be brought out by attorneys for eir- ! rendants In an attempt tD ilscrcdlt the ! agents' testimony. UTi Bross her.- intimated that friends of the defendants i apending i ises might b.j implicated .'n tiir conspiracy which he claims exists; and that weru the federal court now In session, those responsible for the complaints made against the agents might b liable to contempt charges. Dr. Bross, however, how-ever, exonerated Dr. Crltchlow as a participant ln the alleged conspiracy OPEN FIGHT "1 think the time )iqS cbmo. when an open, fair, square fight should be mad.','' Dr. Rross asserted "Foi many months it has been well known rhat there Is an organized conspiracy throughout tho nation to dcRat tho prohibition act. "That consplracv apparency extends to Salt Ike City. "It reveals its WO'r&ingS In the present pres-ent uproar regarding the dctions of Mr. Bchweltaer and his agents, "There are men in this city who have been working night and day to annul tho efforts o,' these prohibition agents ln connection With cases now pending before the federal courts. I believe that much of tho. furore now being raised can b? traced to this elementthe ele-mentthe same element which has made threats that Sjhoriff-cl ct Harries Har-ries will never assmno office and which. I understand plain eourt uc- I Hon in an attempt to obtain ail injunction in-junction restraining hlr.i from assuming assum-ing office. "If Mr. Schweitzer or his agents are suspended their testimony In rhcae pending cases might suffer discredit :n tho mind of any jury should the fact of their suspensions bo brought uul In open court. "The element which Is waging war against the efforts of the prohibition agents is devoting every effort to h.ic. the officers suspended or r. move 1 because be-cause of this fact that their toStlmoUj would so be discredited. ' i " "If the federal court were now in i session and the facts of this conspiracy j tald before it, I believe that each party to it would be liable to sentence for contempt of court. "It is street gossip that ot least three men have been In Washington recently trying to get Schweitzer's Job," Here Dr Bross was asked for the names of these men. Dr. Dross said that he did not know the names, hu: suggested to "ask Mr. Schwdtz. r." "Do you believe that Dr. Crltchlow Is a party to this alleged conspiracy" Dr Bross was asked. I "I do not." he replied. ' The Crltchlow Crltch-low Incident was an unl'ortunutc mistake mis-take and is regretted not only by th-agenLs th-agenLs who participated in It, but b... ever temperante advocate In the t i t "The situation is that the Crltchlow j affair apparontlS Is being used by others oth-ers as capital for the attempted removal re-moval or suspension of Mr. Schweitzer. and his forces. Shortly after the raid. Prohibition Agent Sch. tiler visited both Dr. ana Mrs. Crltchlow and conveyed the apologies apol-ogies of the members of the raiding forces to them. Both at that time were apparently satisfied and declared they harbored no grudge. ' "Thl3 attitude was again expressed in Dr. Crltchlow's publish- 1 letter to United states Commissioner Henry V, Van Pelt. BHOWS DIFFERENT r iE "Dr. Crltchlow's more recently published pub-lished communication to Commissioner Commission-er Haynes Is In an entirely different tone. "I personally am sorry that tho Crltchlow raid occurred. I believe every ev-ery other right-thinking citizen. Including In-cluding Mr. Schweltler and his forces feels the same way. "Yet here ls one mistake which re-Icelves re-Icelves great publicity, whereas nothing no-thing Is snld about the many cases In which raids have been made, evidence and Indictments or convictions secured." Dr. Bross said that he was told thar ; other raids by county and city peace Officers had been made on the Crltch- i low home. Dr. Bross admitted that ho had not corroborat ed the report; ii.-lther had he seen II In pubjlsjieu reports in the newspapers. I "Search warrants are bulng secure every day throughout the Unltod , States on less evidence than that pre-ented pre-ented by Mr. Bohweltser and his mrcnts 10 Commissioner Van Pell un l ;on which tho Crltchlow warrant wa procured, "Wo are always hearing the complaint com-plaint that federal prohibition offli . -h aro arroating only petty offenders and I are allowing the more prominent or wealthier element to go scot-free. Hero I I In un exactly opposite case, nn.l !" causo ln this one Instance U mlstuko Is made. It ls seized upon as an excuse for complaint and demand for suspensions suspen-sions of thoB Involved CHARGES CONSPIRACY "That un aiul-prohlbltlon conspiracy conspira-cy Is ucllv.i throughout the nation Is; plainly evident, As Mr Behwsltser's afforts are being hindered hern, so Kepresmtat 1 n Jumna W, Qa I II van of Massachusetts bun been attempting to hinder Commissioner Haynei ln his enforcement of the law, "What I um u minister and a citizen want, and I believe many other members mem-bers of our ministerial association uiu with me, Is an open airing of this affair. af-fair. "Take this petition purnortlr.g to' have been sent to Washington by a Mr. Owen of Salt Lake, asking for an investigation of the Crltchlow Incident What Is Mr. Owen's Interest in it He said that he doubted the sincerity sincer-ity of the signers of the petition. "I believe that many of them an-. Innocent signers; and 1 bolieve that the names of many of thos -o n in the antl-prohlbiti"ii. ant:- mp. . , c conspiracy In Salt Lake, are on that list " "Can you name anyone whom you know to lie implicated in this alleged conspiracy?" queried the irerview1.'. "Whe-n you publish the names of the signers of the Owen petition, maybe may-be we will name names, also," was the reply. "If the other party won't come out Into the open, you i in't ( p-ct us to do It, can you '.'" "I aril Interested in this matter, not as the president of the ministerial association, as-sociation, but as a private citizen. 1 bollcve that the Same element which fought. Sheriff Harries ir. the recent election Is behind the fight against Schweitzer. "I re-sent the intimation that as a preachcer I have no business to Bay how the affairs of the city and county should go. I am a citizen and am entitled en-titled to the rights of any voter. "What we Should have an impartial, impar-tial, thorough Investigation of this affair. af-fair. "There seems to be a tendency on the purt of the newspapers to print but one side of this affair that of tho campaign towards the removal o. Suspension of Mr. Schweitzer, ami to ignore the other side that of the conspiracy con-spiracy to defeat the efficacy of the prohibition statute. "Ope could read between the linos and find this same septlrdent. "I believe both sides should be printed." Little was heard from Washington officials yesterday regarding the status sta-tus Of the proposed inquiry into the affairs of Mr Schweitzer's office. line dispatch was to the effect that Prohibition Agents J.rr Z Hoyt and rge Baker had been ordered suspended sus-pended temporarily pending an in-q in-q dry! Mr. Schwelfser .admitted receipt re-ceipt of a telegram trom Colonel L. u. Nutt, chief of the general prohibition agents, requesting a complQtta report of the Crltchlow affair, and another from Coininlssoner Haynes' office asking ask-ing the names of all agents involved In the raid. This information, Mr. Schweitzer' says was sen, at once, he d nicl. how- ever, receiving definite orders as to lfl I suspension oT anyone. |