The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-06

road house both before and after the
shooting. All OF The men told varying
stories and contradicted themselves
several times to the officers. but late
in the afternoon a story that threw
considerable light on the tragedy was
secured from Sherbrook. and the other
witnesses corroborated II.
sherbrook at first stood by the story
he told the night before. but finally. in
nervous strain. he broke down. and
told his story, In which he asserted
that Jennings had made the claim in
the bar room that he had been robbed
Ia the house.
Said He Had Been Robbed.
According 70 the story told by Sher-
! brook. Jennings came into the road
house late in the afternoon and bought
some drinks. He then walked out. and,
walking back in. pulled a gun on the
bartender. Trusty. and demanded his
money back. claiming that he had been
overcharged. When the negro refused.
Jennings, according 20 the statement OF
Sherbrook pointed his gun at the negro
and made him dance a jig on the floor.
The piano player declared that Jen-
nings acted in a very ugly manner
Z
didn't dance. Then Jennings went out
and the door was bOlted TO keep him
from returning. SherbTOok says Jen-
nings did not return until the shoot
ing took place.
In this part Of the story he was cor
federated by Alvin Dunlap. and the
negro bartender after stoutly denying
the story several times finally admit
ted that IL was true when he was
/ brought face 20 face with SherbrOok.
In relation 10 what happened when
the shooting took place. Sherbrook
stated that Jennings walked into the
| bar room. and walking up 10 the bar.
said
Il have been robbed. and there is
going 10 be something doing here
pretty quick" With that, he stated.
| Jennings drew revolver and placed
I IL at Barney's breast. The latter drew
his revolver from under the bar and
shot Jennings. Sherbrook denied that
he knew Of any robbing having been
done in the house. and asserted that
/ Eckstein was not about the saloon in
the afternoon until about O'Clock in
| the evening. From that time until the
/ time of the killing Sherbrook declares
/ Eckstein was in the bar room all the
| time.
Says There Was No Robbery.
The bartender Frank Trusty, when
questioned denied that Jennings had
said anything al all about having been
/ robbed when he came into the bar
room with the gun in his hand He
/ declared that no rObbing had been
done In the house so far as he knew.
/ and ne corroborated the statement Of
J ha 70 Ifalrafafufa a
/ from the house until o'clock.
Some important information that the
officers believe 10 be true was given
/ by Andrew Burt and Horace Renshaw,
/ the two boys, They rods up 10 the
/ place shortly before 9 o'clock, and Burt
states that then Jennings was lying
on the front porch and 10 him ap-
| peared to be dead drunk. He went
inside and a few minutes later Jen-
nings. ne says. came in with his gun
in his hand. Burt did not hear any
words, bat he says that when he
/ looked around he saw Jennings with
] his gun pointed toward Eckstein. and
/ that the latter had the muzzie of his
gun against the breast of Jennings.
Il heard him TO tell Jennings two or
three times that if he did not take
/ that gun off of him he would kill
{
/ fired. The lad declared that Eckstein
\ had his gun in his hand when he first
/ saw Jennings at the bar
J The story OF RenshaW tallies with
! that of Burt except that the former
/ thought he saw Jennings come out OF
/ a room 10 the left Of the bar room and
walk on the porch TO the bar room
door.
/ Eckstein Says He Has Told An
Eckstein. himself. was questioned. but
( he told the same story he did the
night before He maintained that ne
/ had never seen the man Jennings until
/ ne came in with a revolver, and as
for any robbing having taken place in
/ the house, he declared that II was
not so.
Il have told all there was TO II"
/ said he, land all / want the other
/ bows to do is TO tell the truth about
what they saw happen. l simply had
/ to shoot him 10 save myself and that
I is an there was to t..
/ After listening TO these stories and
/ securing the Information as given
above. sheriff Naylor said:
/ There is no doubt in my mind but
/ that something happened 10 Jennings
! before he went into that bar room.
! Everything indicates that he was
rahbed aud while the witnesses all
stick to II that Jennings flashed a gun
/ / have my doubts about whether the
man had a gun or not. OF course, that
/ remains 10 be proven.
| captain Burbidge and Detectives
/ Chase and Gillespie, who made some
/ tnvestiga tons of the matter. declared
| they had no doubt that Jennings had
] been robbed and was shot down when
he demanded the return OF his money
! one officer is authority for the state
nent that SherhroOk, in talking TO him
Yesterday morning. admitted that he
] bad been coached by Eckstein as 70
what story "a tell about the affair. This
/ az course Sherbrook denies now, and
/ he explains having told several differ
/ ent stories about the AFFAIR by saying
| that he was drunk when he was talked
] 10 first.
Theories of the ofheers.
/ The robbery theory Of the officers II
not only based upon the facts already
set forth. but upon various peculiar
! circumstances that were noted VIXEN
/ they reached the scene OF the killing
/ one or these was the fact that the CUR
J law by Jennings cooked
1T doesn't seem reasonable. said one
officer. that Jennings. II he had a
( cooked revolver drawn on Eekstein, ht
would stand there and allow Ecksteir
to get his revolver from under the bal
and shoot him, when all he had to az