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nTHAT RAID ON THE ALLEY.••t•Ip.npt5V-Rr-netThat was h Kpcelacular raid on Electric Alley Inst night. We are told that the sleuth*, divided into three squads, crept stealthily through the byways, until finally, being within striking distance of their quarry, they made a dash and captured the place. The story in the morning papers of the hair-raising attack might be mistaken fur a hlnod-and-thundcr chapter from a dime novel, describing a raid by officers on the lair nf n bandit chief. We presume this members of the three squada that made the capture, crawled on their hands and knees, and, with a “hish” and a hush,” kept their movements concealed.Having read The Standard of yesterday, the hunters and the hunted must have been forced into n good laugh when Hie grotesque-ness of Hie raid” reached its climax.We. arc told 1hat the police knew of I he conditions in the alley for weeks. We arc not surprised. Evidently the closing of the alley was to he nothing but a farce and special privileges were to be enjoyed by those who might, win high favor. Anything of that nature is a thousand times worse than open regulation as it. Jcads to corruption of public officials and subjects the police force to many temptations. New York City's police scandal is an example of the corrupting influences that thus besets r police force.There arc half a dozen places in Ogdon where women are said to be as openly engaged in the traffic as they were in the alley. On Twenty-sixth street good men and women have been forced lo complain to the police and not long ago two white girls were saved from shame by tilt* interference of onlookers. The girls were rushed out ot town, and the police department thereupon ceased its activities. !If the police arc in earnest and really desire to purify the city | by gmn-shoeing through the alleys, and if they are seeking an opportunity to go smelling and peering through dark corners, searching out the bnri. why dun't. the snookers swoop down on Wall av»*-; nuet where sniffing is good.THAT RAILWAY FARE TO OMAHA.The following is au editorial from Tuesday's .Salt Lake Tele-— | gram with our answer:niX
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Ogden City Evening Standard
Ogden, Utah, US
Wed, Aug 21, 1912
Page 2
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Weber S.
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