The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-20
Held in the County Jail t
Answer Charge Of Grand
Larceny and Robbery. !
SHERIFF REFUSES TO ALL0W'
HIM TO BE INTERVIEWED
Finally Does Permit an AttOr'
ney to Hold a Conference
With Him.
Jim Donaldson arrived in Sal

Lake Friday morning from Hot
Springs, Ark. He was accompanied byIL
Eflio Fay. Donaldson was III custodyjg
of Deputy Sheriff Sharp, who had ar3Is
rested him in the Arkansas city. At
Provo the party was met by Sheriff
Emery, County Attorney Farley Pm
Christensen and Assistant County Ats. !.
torney Hanson. On arrival here theWp
prisoner was rushed to Il cab and
whirlcd to the county Jail, where Dons
aldson was placed in cell. The woman
WIS permitted 10 go her way. The a.,
charge against Donaldson is grand lars(p'
ceny and robbery, All efforts made by n
Tribune reporters to sec Donaldson
were futile. the officials refusing per-
mission. The prisoner was finally per-
mitted TO sec an attorney. ~
Donaldson has nothing whateverb
to disclose and nothing TO conceal that .ss
viii in any way impllcatc Chief vs.
Sheets 4" Such was the statement
made to The Tribune Thursday night
by 5. y. King, attorney for Jim Don-
aldson, whom the Sheriff allowed to cns
ter the Jail 10 talk with the prisoner.
Mr.. King says That Donaldson has told
all that he has TO tell 10 the officers of -
the county. That he thought he was x
wanted on a charge Of gambling and u
| that he denies all knowledge of the
McWhlrters being robbed of the SS000.
What Attorney King Says. y
According to the story told by Don.ff
aldson to Attorney King. he WAS NOT b
living under an assumed name in Hot
Springs, but was using his own name,
ard was receiving mail in his own 81
name. He states further that when d
he learned that Salt Lake officers were =
hunting for him he hunted them up in !
Hot Springs, thinking that it was on y
charge OF gambling that he was 4,
wanted When he was arrested he said : =
he was willing To return to Salt Lake II
at once. and the start was made as
soon as his belongings and those Of Ef4
he Fay, his companion, could be 4
packed.
Donaldson Claims, according to At. =
iorney King, that the $1,000 was won
IN perfectly straight poker game on
n hand that was higher than that held Z.
by the Scotchmen. AS TO the robbery. n
he claims that if ii did occur. it was a
after he had left the room. Donaldson 4
also claims that the only gun play he !
the Scotchmen. He says ono of them
had an automatic gun III his hip pocket
Whlch he attempted to draw Donald IA
son also claims that he never saw Bell I
and Hemenway, the bogus policemen,
untll they were brought into the room
ever or any scheme being fixed up be- x
fore hand
lie also claims. according TO Attor- q
ney klng, that he had never been in \
the room where the poker game was i
played until the dav before and had \
NO uTl knoWledge whatever of the Nc
Whlrters being brought there until Al
Iney were ushered into the room by
Morris. and that ii came as a completa
surprise TO him.
Mr. King reiterated the Statements =
that Cmef Sheets would not be impli- 4
IaIeu Dneo,J ia any manner by anything that
Donaldson might know of the affair.
Arraigned Before Whitaker.
Donaldson was arraigned before
shortly after ) clock Friday after D
noon, His bond was fixed at 10000 +,
IN all. $4,000 on each count. Grand
larceny and robbery.
An effort was being made up to n :
m IaSe hour Friday night by friends Of 4
bonds. Attorney King stated that he
was sure Donaldson would be out ON
bonds the first thing this morninc.
bine Fay, Donaldson s companion, Z
VINO accompanied him back from Hot 1,
springs was arrested about $50 4
clock on charge. Of being an ac-
cessory to crime after the fact. The
complaint on which the warrant was \
issued was sworn to by Deputy Sheriff A
AXel Steele before Judge Whitaker. 4,
MISS Fay was immediately taken to z
tne residence of Judge Whitaker. who =
hxeh her bonds at $1,000. cash bond 4,
was immediately furnished b., wo- 3,
man friend of Miss Fay. and She was
never taken 10 the Jail al all. -
The date for the preliminary hear y
ing in Donaldson S case was not set, y
1t being left 10 be agreed on by the z
COUNTY Attorney and the attorney for a
the defendant
Could Not Identify Donaldson. IA
Mrs, Sallie Young. proprietress Of i
me Antler rooming- house, where the L,
Nc Whirter brothers say thew were II
robbed. was visitor 10 the county iail q
about 4:3o o'clock Friday afternoon. i.
She was accompanied from her home to $
tho prison by Deputy Sheriff Sbarn. Il
The purpose of her visit was to see If (
she could identify Donaldson as a mem y
ber of the gang which is alleged to 4
have buncoed tho Scotchmen. IL
Donaldson, who was attired in a =
lght sult. was lned up with five or :
SIX other prisoners on the lower corri-
dor or the celiroom, immediately back
OF the Office ~ the county ioil Tho
door 10 the cellroom was thrown omen.
and Mrs. Young was ushered into the u
presence of the standing prisoners She n
took searching look M each of the &
men; and announced in their presence:
de not see him. - ~
As soon rs the cellroom door was ~
closed sheriff Emery upbraided Mrs.
y Dung TOR making the above auoted re- n
mark IN the presence Of the prisoners. Y.
Hevera words were spoken bv II
Nherit Emery. 10 Mrs. Young hnt these
could not be heard by a Representative N
the time "S
when / saw him last he was ~
fFessed IN dark suit and a T1ard
Drown nat Mrs Young ventured M