Show TERNES TESTIFY STRANGE DESIRE INSPIRED BY PECULIAR ANIMUS ex day jailer makes a statement in the salt lake herald rule abandoned nearly a year ago the ogdan department of the salt lake herald this morning contains the following there beems to be some misunderstanding in the testimony given before the committee investigating the escape of young the testimony tended to show that eight months prior to the appointment of chief browning the daily and nightly telephone reports had been abrogated former police court clerk ben ternes declares that such a statement is false for the reports were received up to the time chief browning took the place vacated by john and were placed on file he presumes that if they are now missing they were destroyed in order to aid in whitewashing officers concerned in the present investigation mr ternes exhibited to a herald man one of the reports in question which was dated jan 16 1902 which proves to a certainty that such reports were being made up to the time of chief brownings appointment mr ternes la anxious to know why he wa not called to testify before the committee mayor glasmann was been by a standard reporter thia morning and asked in regard to the above he said the investigation vesti gation proves that the practice of reporting by telephone after 12 af night was abandoned about eight months before chief conlisk went out of office and with his knowledge and concept con sept the testimony comes from eight honest men and must be believed while there may be few report in existence is understood these were fixed up as a blind and are known to be such the rule was made by tha chief and could be abolished by him in fact there would probably have been nothing saia of the matter if it had not been for boine disgruntled office losers who have the baa taste to criticism criticise critic ise in this administration what was a feature of the previous one the officers who worked under the previous administration are practically unanimous in cheit assertion that the rule was abandoned eight months before the ex chief went out of office it was suggested that ben ternes be called to testify but it was suggested to the committee that he is a bitter enemy of jailer critchlow and other officers and that he is bitterly prejudiced this is proven by his threats to go into print and his bitter denunciation of committee before its report has been sent in the committee at to fairly the case not to give people ah opportunity to satisfy personal ven apa bioc I twill gire me great pleasure said ajie to order an investigation of he last eight months of the conlisk administration if they ex chief Con comisk isk and ex jailer ternes are th evidence presented et them ask for an investigation I 1 will be delighted to grant it |