The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-26

the examination was that OF indifer-
ence, so poorly acted as to amount to
nothing more or less than a guilty
nervousness.
The first witness called was
SAMUEL JOHNSON
who testified On the night of Monday
last I was walking along Brigham
Street going home; tail man and
small man came up behind ne; the tall
man held his hands over my eyes and
the small man went through my
pockets and took my watch and chain
| worth $50 and some money, about 81 or
So; could not recognize the men again
by their clothes or boards il was between
IL and 10 o'clock at night; followed the
men up and saw them turn the Council
House corner; they did not speak
word to me.
q. S. MARGETTs
was the next witness. He said: live
at 326 West Second North Street; passed
the Council House corner at IL IS on
the night in question; stepped across
the sidewalk; saw two men running
they stopped when they saw me; heard
come one groan down the street; 1 fol-
lowed the men from the Council House
to the Hooper & Eldredge block; they
turned into the alleyWay next to the
Eldredge bu lding; one of the men was
abouta half head caller than the other;
[ heard man talk and called to Mr..
Dobson Johnson had no hat on when
l first saw him Doth the men had felt
hats on could not identify them.
JAMES C. WATSON
testified: live at SOC South Fifth West
Street; am nightwatchman; was in
the alleyway at the Hooper & Eldredge
block at about 10 minutes to II on the
night in question; two men entered the
alleyway, walking fast, the shorter one
in front; they went to the rear of the
Deseret bakery, then through the block
and out the lane next the Ellerbeck
building; lost track Of them and went
back, and then went down Main Street;
| gave their description to Officers Cum
mock, Smith and batemen; the two de.
PENDANTS are the men | saw run in the
allcyway; am positive that they are
the TWO who passed me. Excused.
ANDREW SMITH, JR.,
was them called 10 the stand: Heard of
the robbery soon after it occurred;
looked through the block and found no
one; we met these men on our beat;
two of us folio Eed them and the other
went after Watson; they acted pc
cnliarly started to go into the Mirror
saloon and then came back; one of
then went up to third party and spoke
to him; after we brought them to the
City Hall, in reply to a remark by
Pickett, one of them said: Gentle
men, be careful what you say, this is a
serious CHARGE" nothing had been said
to them of any charge; we compared
their shoes With the foot tracks which
we found at different pie ces in the block
through which they ran; found them
to fit exactly; found ~ on Larkin and
25 cents on Harris.
JOHN CUMM3CH
testified: Heard Pickett say just as we
were bringing the men in: do these
men compare with the ones you saw
1t was then that one of |
them made the remark referred to by
Mr.. Smith; later Pickett said: Il
don't think you will find any watch on |
them" Excused.
This closed the testimony for the pro-
secution and being asked if they had |
to say, both the defendants
answered no, that they would reserve
what they wanted to say for the upper |
court. The impression created by the |
actions of the men was that their con-
sciences, or at least the fear of long
term in the Pen. was troubling them
and that they realized the fact that they |
were in box.
There is no doubt in the minds of the
officers that they have caught the right
men, and they only regret now that
they did not gather in the third party,
to whom these two were seen talking.
The Court fixed the bail at $4,000 |
each, in lieu of which both men went
back to jail. |