The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-07

TRUSTEE told him 10 take that gun of
him or It might go off He finally went
outside and sat down on the front
porch and he looked like he had gone
to sleep.
Appearance of Eckstein.
I'VE ate cur supper about o'clock
and after Il was over l lay down and
slept for an hour. because my tooth
was aching. Barney came in before
supper was over. but did not hear
him speak about Jennings at all
Il didn't know anything more about
Jennings until the shooting occurred. l
was sitting in the parlor playing the
piano when ! suddenly heard a bang,
bang. and. running into the room. saw
Jennings fall 10 the floor. His gun fell
from his left hand 10 his right side
and was cooked This is all l know,
gentlemen. ! have told you every
thing. You put me under oath to tell
the truth. and / have told IT,"
Did you not tell me and the other
officers, both after the shooting and at
the county jail. that you were in the
bar room when Jennings came in with
his gun and describe just how he
walked 10 the counter and pulled Il
on Barney" asked Mr.. Christensen.
Il do not remember IT," replied Sher-
brook
did you not tell us that Jennings
came in and said he had been robbed
and something was going to be doing
quick?"
Witness Bad Memory.
mo. did not hear anything of the
kind. How could / hear that when I
was in another room"
Did you not hear Jennings saw
there is going TO be something doing
here quick?''
Yes, | Was playing softly on the
piano and / heard him say that"
DO you mean TO say that you did not
tell me and the other officers that you
were In the bar room when Jennings
came In and walked around several
minutes, then said he had been robbed
and there would be something dOing?"
Il don't remember what / told but
II ] told anything else but what I told
you here this afternoon il was false.
| told you Just what Happened on the
stand here, and whatever else | told
you / wasn't responsible for, because
| was drunk and had taken morphine
Tor my aching tooth. and II affected
me. / took eight shots of whisky dur
ing the evening and I don't remember
talking 10 you officers-I actually don't
remember about being taken to Jail.
Gentlemen. ] assure you that IL I told
anything that doesn't agree with what
have told on the stand / didn't know
what I was talking about when l told
IT,"
ANY Other Story False.
You remember. though. what hap
pened there. now don't you, or you
wouldn't be able TO tell IL now?"
Yes"
Then why is it that you can't re-
member the story you told the officers
While this was happenings"
Well gentlemen. l have told you
tire truth now; don't know what else
l told"
Al this point Attorney Christensen
stated that the inquest had better ad-
Journ until Monday at 10 O'clock when
he would again put Sherbrook on the
stand and see II ne couldn't refresh his
memory a little.
The new story related by SherDrook
was a complete surprise 10 the officers,
who expected him to tell the story
related 10 them At the jail, Just before
he was released. In this story Sher-
brook stated that he was In the bar
room at the time of the shooting and
said that Jennings came in and walked
about the room several times before
he walked up to the bar.
He declared" asserted one OF the
officers" that Jennings made the as
/ sertiOn that he had been robbed He
further asserted that Jennings never
had a sun. or at least never flashed
I uf Al DazfAac fhfS he
told US that Barney had told him just
what story he was to tell before the
officers got 10 the scene"
Why Sherbrook Changed.
The officers admit that they believe
/ his change ia story was the result of
/ his having been released from Jail and
/ allowed to go to the road house and
/ spend the night. A person who was
/ al the road house at the time when
/ SherbrOOk reached there from the Jail
/ heard some of the hangers about
/ the bar room Immediately aceost Sher-
/ brook and accuse him OF squeezing"
/ to the officers and telling things" One
/ OF them remarked
''The piano player has been peach
ing"
! Sherbrook demanded: "Who said the
/ piano player has been peaching?"
| To this the first spokesman replied:
/ 1.-THE afternoon papers said he has
! been telling something about the af-
| fair"
Then one Of the loungers took the
/ piano player off 10 one side and held
| a whispered conference with him. To-
day when he appeared on the stand
/ his story was an entirely new one.
I O,Diuiop ~ Ofhcare
These things convince the officers
/ that Jennings was robbed and muir
dered. Besides this, another man was
/ found who saw Jennings just before
! he went 10 the road house and knows
| that he had money in his possession.
F.. He also states that Jennings was per-
/ fectly sober. This man is Walter
/ Westman. a driver of a Main street
sprinklng cart He stated yesterday
that he say Jennings at the corner
| of Main and Third South about 3
o'clock. and that then Jennings told
him he had plenty Of money but did
not state how much.
He was perfectly sober when I saw
/ him." said Westman.
! An important thing in the eyes Of the
/ officers in relation to whether Jennings
had a gun or not is the testimony
that two guns were always kept behind
the bar. and the fact that only one
was found there by Captain Burbidge
and no satisfactory explanation as to
the whereabouts of the other has been
I given. The officers are working dill
/ gently upon this line and they expect
to bring up some startling develop
ments before the inquest is over.
After the inquest adjourned yester-
day the remains of the dead man were
| shipped 10 Levan, Juab county, where
they will be inferred.