Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-12
Jesse T. MCMILLAN, bob" Sleeves
and ChaS. Phelps The MlrderdrS.
MAKE A COMPLETE CONFESSION.
Say That Robbery and Not nurder
Vas Intended Corouer's In
quest This Afternoon.

In an alley at the rear OF "Dan
Quinlan's Dive" otherwise known as
the Senate saloon, 262 south Fast
Temple street, the dead body OF John
Egan, former proprietor of this White
HUuse bar, was found at an
early hour Sunday morning. There
were bruises on the forehead, and that
the man was murdered was evident
ircm the circumstances surrounding
the case, as he was lying on his back
with blood oozing from his nose, while
his face was besmeated with blood
and u orimson.staine path marked
the mans exit Q ither volu ntsty oil
otherwise, from the building in which
his fate had been sealei.
Yesterday tina polics arrested Bob
Sleeves, an old offender against the
law, Charles NJ. Phelps, tough
character, VINO killed Heber
West ut Pocatello some years
ago and Jesse +. MCMILLAN
barkeeper. rs suspects. 1t was soon
certain that thee hal got the right
men, though an effort to get them to
con ess yesterday was fruitless. To-Day,
however, Chiei Pau and Capt. Eslinger
Wrecked full con ession from the
men in which they unqualifiedly ad-
NIT having killed Egan. the story
came cut late this afternoon and
in brief is as follows:
Phelps says that he and Sleeves
took Egan into the saloon with view
to robbing bin and that they had
s,xtn m ri nj ri
| plan was, he eays, to simply drug him
and deprive him OF his personal pos.
sessions. Win this idea In
view they gave him big
dose OF morphine which YVES
"hxed up" by Mcmillan. The "dose,"
however, was not Sufficient to render
Egan helpless and another doss was
given him. This, says PHILIPPE,
not only rendered Eyan insen-iblt,
but killed him. They then robbed
him OF 81. which was divided
between Phelps and Sleeves. The
watch, 1t is claimed, was
lost in the scrimmsgs, though the
Ulcers think this was McMillan's
portion.
Phelps says that after the robbery that
he and Shelves dragged Egan from the
building to the rear OF the premises
| anu tubl lub hpthtlUDb On tuc nOsc
anu flc1 were caused In that manner.
The ooroner's irquest was In prog
ress at press time. During the proceei-
iugs the story Of the murder rs narrat-
ed In the NEWS, 1t was Understood.
w5rt be told by the murderers.
WHAT DIR. ROOT SAYS.
| Il report was current this morning
that DR.. Il. +. Root had been called 10
the Senate saloon late Saturday even
| ing to treat D man with the note
bleed. To ascettaiu the correctness Of
the rumor, a NEWS reporter callet on
the doctor ana learned from him that
he had been called Into the saloon on
Wednesday evening and not Satur.
day. He Identified Phelps as the
| man who summoned him, and Nc
| MILAN the bartender ss the party
i, whose nose wss bleeding. Mcmillan,
he says, was very weak from less Of
,tloon and 1t was sai1 that he had
b, zen losing blood from O'CLOCK until
IL, period Of six hours. DR.. Root
trel ted the man, but found It nece'-
ssry to plug up his nostrils before tue
flo'7 ,li blood was stopped.
EuAN's WATCH.
Tine W, Itch OF the dead man has not
been fou, ii yet. Ii 10 said to be q
WaIthap, o sz', pickle tnret -iourth
plate sliusts 4 full, Jewel patent regu-
lator, gold hL uting case, almost PLAIN.
The stem or ch wn anu DOW isantique;
monogram on IA 'ner cap ". h."