The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-02-21
STEPHEN KIEZIEsGoTs FREE.

STEPHEN KIEZIEsGoTs FREE.
Young Stephen Kinzie, who has
gained a rather unenyiable reputation
during the past few years, was the next
defendant arralgned. The Indictment
charged Grover Spencer and himself.
with grand larceny, in that they had
| appropriate 81 400 the properly of
George W. Barr and A. B. Cutler
George W. Barr was the first witness
called. He testified: In Novem Der,
1887, l was running a saloon at l54 S.
Main Street. A. B. Cutler was inter
ested with me in the gambling b use
over the saloon. knew Stephen Kin
zie and Grover Spencer, mainly from
the fact that they visited the saloon.
first missed some money from my safe
on a Monday morning There were
two rooms, and the safe WAS situated in
the rear one. Both Cutler aud
L had the bination, one Sat-
urday night, about l O'Clock. [ went
TO the safe and opened it. A large
bunch of greepbacks was missing. 1
asked Cutler if he had taken any money
from the safe, and he said he had not
We b0th went back and examined the
safe ard books and discovered that We
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thing quiet about it. Iu the following
spring d young man came to me from
California
towERs-Hold on. 1 object to what
was said by the young man from Cali
fornia.
BARR-All right The money was
mostly in greenbacks. There might
have been some gold among it.
To PoWERs-I did not accuse nv
partner Cutler of the robbery. There
was some gold that had not beer
touched. The currency was in g
wooden drawer. had not balanced my
books for some time, but knew JUS
now much money was there. l went
to see KiLze after he was arrested
and | told him that, if he would eI-
PLAIN matters, would not prosecute
lim. He told me 10 go and get Cutler
went awav. In the meantime
CuGer c!ll,d On Kinzle with an
other party, and " ben l went back ht
would have nothing to say to me
Kinzie and Spencer were around tn,
mouse at about 10 O'CLOCK On SATURDAY.
event. g.
Mr.. Hiles asked for an order dismiss
ing the indictment against Grove
Spen Ger, IN order that he might be made
a witness in the case, and 1T was al
, lowed.
Grover Spencer was then called ant
sworn. He had been in the plumbinI
and teaming business, and was &C
quaints d with the defendant. l DO no
know whether Kinzie st lie any money
! from Barr or not. Klnzie once asked
me if wanted to make some money.
told him certainly. He said We coulc
make some by touching Bars bank.
told him no l couldn't take any
chances. 1t then went along for abou
week. when he said he would stake N,
for $l00 in case l wanted to do 1t. Thi:
was about the latter part of October
We had been up al night playing, anC
we went up to Barr's, where q couple o.
men were gambling. They won some
money, aud Barr was going tt
pay them ia gold. They said no; they
wanted currency. aud / arr went to the
safe and got it. The men then went
down stairs, and the others passed
into the front room. Soon afterwards
Kiuzie went into the back room, and
later we went home. On the way
dome he showed me big roll of green
backs. KiDzie told me that we might
easily touch Barr's safe, because 81
times it was left open. About the Sec
ond week in October Kinzie again
showed me money. l asked where he
"dlgged it up" and he said, Where dc
yo1 suppose man like me would gel
it? From the same place."
70 powERs-Kinzie and were part
ners in the gambling business. and
when 1 won anything l divided with
him, and when he won he shared with
me. He never told me that he got this
money from the safe. When we got
brooks, we dissolved partnership.
To HILEs-I was at Ouray, Col. 6
short time ago, when got a letter from
Kinzie saying that Dan Raleigh wa:
making some ugly crack about he anc
L, and that there was some tall
in Salt Lake about coming after me, fol
touching Bars safe. He asked me
What l thought about It, and w-oSe
and told him not to be alarmed.
Powers asked that the defendant b
discharged. The Only testimony
against the accused was that OF an &C
complete. The other testimony was t.
,he effect that he was flush with money
n October, and the indictment ALLEGED
hat the $1.400 had been stolen in No
Vember.
hiIes thought case had been mad
hr7t ho +houoh% I,