The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-01

mistaken the word direct" in the wit
ness answer for the word correct,
hence his question.
You said his demeanor made you
think he was guilty?"
yes"
What did you expect him to do?"
An innocent man accused of shoot
ing his friend and that friend sup
posed to be dying, would have asked
to be taken to his friends bedside as
quickly as possible"
You thought Jones was guilty, and
you have been hunting up evidence
ever since to prove him SOP
Yes, that is correct"
And you wanted to keep the knowl-
edge of that evidence from Jones and
his counsel?"
Il did, l wanted to keep it from his
counsel for
Mr.. Brown dnterrupting)-You can
get your venom against his counsel off
at some other time.
81 have no venom" said the chief.
Counsel here read extracts from the
Deseret News of an interview with
Chief Pratt respecting his reason for
wanting to hold Jones and the witness
said the report was substantially cor
rect
Counsel then proceeded to question
Chief Pratt in regard to the statements
made by Bank Examiner Wightman
regarding Hedges having done the
shooting.
Jones made little map to enable
you to find Hedges?" asked counsel.
Yes"
Did you ask him to do SOP"
I don't know, may have done so.'
Jones said that he didn't accuse
Hedges?"
Yes, he said, mind you, don't &C
cuse him.
Did he say he didn't think Hedges
was guilty?"
NO"
Where did he say Hedges lived?"
In a little court near Jones house.
near Main and Sixth South Streets
When you accused Jones he simply
said I didn't shoot Stoutt.''
THAT was the first time
you told him that Stout said he
shot him and that you believed it?'
L don't think I said that l believed
it."
That was the time he said that
Stout was a damned liar?"
Yes
The witness was then asked about
the experiments he made as to the
possibility of recognizing persons at
the billboard from the place Stout was
ification being made in his original
testimony on that subject
Did you ask Stout, when you went
to his house that night, if he knew
who shot him. and did he hesitate a
moment and then say no?"
Yes"
BY Mr.. Putnam: Did he say any
thing further about it the first time
you were there that evening""
n tnAA L..
him.
You had further conversation with
him on that subject?"
Yes; in about five minutes after"
tion?' -
Objected to and objection sustained.
In the second talk did he say some
thing by way of explanation of his
first statement?"
Yes
DIR. Pinkerton was there then?"
Yes
When Jones told you that he walked
down home with his wife after leaving
the bank on the night of the shooting,
did he say anything about another per-
them?"
He did not"
How long would it take to walk
from the bank to Sixth South?"
L nave walked it in twelve min
utes."
DETECTIVE GILLESPIE.
Detective Moroni Gillespie was next
called. Examined by Mr. Putnam. he
said he was at Stoutt's on the night
Stout was shot. Saw Stoutt's clothes
and the wound on his life side. Wit
ness was with Chief Pratt when Jones
was arrested. Mr.. Gillespie told about
going to Jones' house with the chief.
and, not finding him there, they waited
Tor him to come on the car. He then
related in substance the circumstances
Of the arrest, as testified to by the
chief, and the conversation on the way
up to the police station between Jones
and the chief, and how Jones ac-
counted for his time from the hour he
eft the bank until he was arrested.
In the police station, said the witness.
the chief accused Jones of shooting
Stout. Jones said it was a damned
lie. He looked very peculiar when he
said it. He was pale and dazed, and
MS eyes bulged out. He seemed to be
terribly afraid that his reputation
would be ruined if such a charge were
made against him. Chief Pratt told
him it wasn't his reputation that was
Ut stake; that it was his life: that he
would be charged with numbering
Stout.
Regarding Wightmans statement
about Hedges, the witness said. Wight
nan told them that Hedges was a dan
serouS man, and if they went to arrest
him they had better be careful or he
would get the drop on them. Witness
lad made some experiments as to how
ar he could see and recognize people
away from the billboard. He said at
light he could recognize features fif- !
cen or twenty feet away
Cross-examined by Mr.. Brown: Wit
less received telephone message from
Smiths drug store about the shooting
1t $50 O'Clock that evening. In the
between Jones and Wight |
nan the former spoke very disparag-
ngly of Stout, and, among other
hings, said that he was a defaulter.
/ damned old perjurer whom he |
wouldn't believe under oath. They all !
lbused Stout, Wightman as well as
he rest. Wightman repeatedly said he |
vas a id old $. of a b, and a |
hief. Chapman said there was a time
When he would have believed Stout, |
nut now he would not believe him UNI !
Ter oath. Waldemar Van Colt said he |
idn't believe that Jones had shot /
'toutt. Hal Brown was there, too. and !
oined in the TRADE against Stout.
DETECTIVE SHEETS.
Detective Sheets next took the |
tand. His testimony was substantial |
y the same as that of the chief and
Detective Gillespie. Witness noticed |
hat the sleeves and pockets of Jones |
and his gloves We're wet with !
au de cologne. If man put a re- |
oliver, which had lately been dis
harged, into his pockets they would |
,e very likely to smell of powder
Chief Pratt, recalled, said that after |
ones arrest, Jones said that he |
,uessed he knew what he wanted him |
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