Show THE TRUMAN ERRY I TRAGEDY 1 I IT WAS an awful and truly regrettable reg retable affair near salt bait lake last friday when a drunken automobile party with truman perry at the wheel crashed into the auto truck of calvert feller of bountiful utah instantly killing the sixteen year old son of mr roller feller seriously injuring the fa father ther and wrecking both cars the ferry boys bom truman and william twin sons of mr and mrs W mont ferry of salt lake with three companions two of them being young women had been on RIC an all night drinking spree at one of the canyon resorts end and were on their way for fors a swim at becks hot springs tearing along at at fifty ao to sixty miles an he hour and on the wrong side of the road when the collision occurred snuffing out the life of an all innocent young boy and bringing sorrow and grief and shame on four families I 1 it Is truly an awful thing and nd hardly any punishment would seem e too severe for those directly responsible or the tragedy but nd no matter what the punishment might be it will not give back the beloved boy to the devoted parents or lessen the sorrow and shame of the tragic event drunkenness was the sole cause of the accident and herewith enters another phase of this awful affair drunkenness isa Is a violation of the law and pence peace officers arc sworn to enforce that law and to arrest all ioa tors had 1 a I 1 paid peace officer done his plain duty last friday morning in salt lake city this particular altorn automobile I 1 bile crash would not have happened no young life sacrificed no sorrow borrow or pain inflicted on the now distracted parents and public disgrace and shame avoided for all others involved aft after er an all night carousal at a canyon resort and various so eo called road houses bouses the ferrys ferlys and their friends well went t to a salt lake restaurant early in the morning all drunk A salt lake police officer J A gordon was at the restaurant when the party came in lie he knew the entire party bad violated the law yet paid no attention to them I 1 finishing his ats meal and resuming his re regular gular beat within thirty minutes he was called to the same restaurant by the banige management because of the boisterous and unruly conduct of truman perry and some of his companions it was simply a drunken mess instead of making an all arrest as 28 he be should have done slid and undoubtedly would have done had the members of the drunken party been of no social prominence he be disgraced his position by assisting them all to their automobile and allowing th them em to proceed on their death dealing ride he Is largely responsible lor for what followed foil owed and la Is deserving of severe condemnation and punishment far more than a fifteen day suspension without pay if peace officers not only in salt lake city but ali in RII all cities possessed the moral I 1 courage to perform their duty without fear or favor there would be fewer such tragic affairs as last fridays days less law violations and a consequent bet better ter citizenship generally less politics and more honest conscientious service Is the remedy and the ballot box Is the vehicle to obtain it |