Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-08-04
SHOOTING At DENVER
Two Letters From Chief Of POliCo
VI, II. 0'BTlon.
OSE WAS FOUND IN EDGAR's ROoM
And Is Addressed 10 janis Cullen,
Now in III Utah state
Prison.

The following letters In the Denver
shooting case were received by the
police department Iodsy:
DENVER, Aug. ., 1897.
Chief OF Police, Salt Lake. Utah:
Dear Sir: -Euclosed please find letter
found Ia the room where shooting
took place between s. II. Edgar and
an unknown, which resulted In tbs
killing OF the unknown man and the
fatal woundlng OF Edgar. We are
unable to learn anything from Edgar
co ncerning his friends with whom
We would like to commu Dicate. I
am satisfied that both these men arc
thieves who came hero few days ago
from Salt Lake and the West. wish
you would take the enclosed letter to
James Cullen at the prison and make
inquiries regarding the writer and
write me iully concerning him. Tho
unknown man was known ss
Billy and his name may be
O'Brien, as telegram was sent
to San Frsnclsco to Flossie O'Brien
noriiying her OF the death OF Billy.
We also have In custody a man giving
The name OF Sheldon who wass rienu
Of these two men. He Ia man about
thirty-fivo years old and lame and ho
Ia also a morphine hend. l wired you
the numbers OF four watches fouad In
the pi session OF these men which l
have reason 10 believe was stolen 10
Salt Lake. In cas. the, are owned In
your city l will forward came to you.
Kindly make this investigation at
your earliest convenience and thus
favor.
Yours truly,
W. Ii, O'BRIEN.
CHIEF OF Police.
Tho letter above referred to as
!Ound in the room where the
shooting took place Ia written
on n Windsor hotel note head IN lead
pencil anu good business hand and
ls as iollowt:
Dear Friend james, just received
my mail from San Diego AMI was
very glad to hear from you. | am
glad that you got that S25 which 1
sent; and say, 4 wish you would not
deprive yourself OF snytbing you may
wish on account OF wanting
to save that money till your
time expirer, because / viii
| Try and send you some more money
before long. should have sent you
money before this but neg lected to do
60 on psy days anu am sorry to say
| that haven't learned TO economics
| yet. wrote you y letter from Gfaud
Junction a lew dsys ago which l sup
poss you received several days ago.
| by the way, l bad an experience
with Jack Kelly come time ago
which learned me 81 no care al wlo 1
loaued money to. He owes me s24O
which | suppose l will never be aDie
to collect.
BY the way, have . friend In Sal.
Lake who | wish you would go aud
| see " heu you are released. 1 do not
know Just what his address is at pres.
eut, but will fiod out and
then | can eeni you letter
| In hia caro- and yeu can
Get on 1t September 24!b, which is tho
date you leave there II | am not mis-
taken,
We'll, will close for the present
hoping that you are well and also that
! | Will be able 10 spare you reasonable
stake next pay day.
With beet wishes, your friend.
Acting Chief Eslinger in COM
| pllanoo with the request In
ihe first letter telephoneu to the State
prison this morning asking the warden
to ASCERTAIN what he could from James
Cullen regarding the matters spoken
| Of. As Cullen is o BAD man anu q
hard prisoner to deal with, he 10
now IN solitary confinement, but
| Warden Dow had talk with
him ana learned from the prisone
that Il Jgsf, one OF the dead men +,
came to this country twelve years az o
| from Australia. Cullen claims 10 be q
cousin TO him and also claims to have
given him all education.
Despite this Information, however
| II Is believed by the Salt Lake Cf1icer
that Edgar was uoDe other than fel-
iow. prisoner OF Cullen while The latter
was serving Twelve years III the Fol.
| som, California, state prison.