The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-20

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mo. sir. He did no such thing He
gested that they might be the swindl-
ers. He never even asked me for a de-
scription of the men
Didn't he tell you that your tickets
might be extended?
HE certainly did not. When 7 asked
him about il and he said the chief would
arrange that all right. Ny brother told
the chief ABOUT our predicament in regard
&c the tickets and asked him what the
fare was to, San Francisco. He replied
that it was $40. took it that he meant
one way.
On redirect examination McWhirter
stated that about S1,300 of the money
belonged to him and the rest to his
brother.
Tells of Changing Bill.
W. J. Casey, cashier at the Turf Ex-
chaonge, was called to testify for the
state. He said that about midnight one
right last month he was called up at
his room at the OPpheum hotel nv lin
Donaldson and asked to go to the White
House bar to cash a $1,000 bill He did
50. giving Donaldson gold and currency.
He said ne had seen Donaldson three or
four days later, but not later than that
On cross-eXamination he said that he
was not positive about the date but that
IL he banked the bill he could telI nv the
date of the deposit slip.
William j. Cardwell clerk at the lie
Roy, cigar store. testified that on the
afternoon of Sept. 10 a young Scotchman
and a short man who answers 1tha da
sCription of Bell. came into the lie Pow
cigar store and the Scotchman asked him
II tne Other man was a police officer
The clerk replied that he did not know.
Then he went on to say said Card
well. that he had been robbed of SO 600
L thought he was hop head and paid
no attention to him.
He identified Alexander McWhirter as
the man who had asked about his com
panion.
ton.
Fred Anstee proprietor of the SIM drug
store on the corner of South West Tenn
pie and Market streets was the next
witness called for the state
he testified that on the afternoon of
sept ~ between 4 and o'clock Alexan-
DER McWhir and the short man came
into his drug store. The short man ran
70 the telephone and asked for number
10 He asked for Chief Sheets and then
Tor Raleigh. Neither Of them seemed to
pc IN as he was at the telephone only
few minutes.
McWhirter went to Anstee and asked
nlm II the short man was policeman or
detective Anstee replied that he did
not know. Then McWhirter said:
he mas SS.0CO OF my money which he
The druggist did not believe the story
and only laughed at him.
Under cross examination Anstee told the
same story
fore the noon recess.
Mrs. Lena Perkins took the stand at
the opening Of the afternoon session She
said that she was one of the owners of
the Sanitarium rooming house. and that
during the month of September she had
two roomerS, who gave their names as
Davis and Bell She gave their descrip-
tons, which tailed closely with those
given by the McWhirters of the bogus
policemen She said that Davis came
there Aug. Is and Bell about the LIST of
49,. No. \ H@kla
Sept. %. Towards the middle of Septem-
Der Davis had another man. whom he
said was a relative and who resembled
him very closely, with him for a couple
of days Both Davis and Bell rOomed
with women who they said were their
wives and who left with them.
Carl NJ. Mauck. one-legged man, the
bookkeeper at McCoy's livery barn. said
was Davis telephOned for rig. He came
to the barn with another man, who he
had since learned was Bell. Shortly after
them came William New hirter and asked
Mauck where the men had gone. He told
him to the New England addition, and
then McWhirter told of the robbery Mr.
Mccoy sent Fred Ensign on horseback to
follow the men. Mauck went home be
fore either the men or Ensign returned
A few days later. about Sept. 81 Bel
came in and asked about double-seatcd
carriage. The next day he telephoned fer
the carriage he had spoken about to be
sent over to the Sanitarium.
On croSs-eX9minatiOn Mauck described
both Bell and the companion who said
tailed closely with those given by the
younger McWhirter of the two men who
took the rig.
as counsel for the McWhrter brothers,
occupied the stand for nearly an hour
yesterday afternoon. He said that he
had practiced law in Salt Lake City for
about four years; that he was acquainted
with Donaldson, knew Chief Sheets and
the McWhirters.
He told of a conversation with Chief
Sheets on Second South street, near the
Smith drug store. about Sept 20. rela-
tive to the robbery of the McWhirters
Chief Sheets and Raleigh were coming
down Second South street" said Attor-
ney Braffet. II called the chief aside
and told him of the robbery and stated
that 1 represented the McWhirters. He
said that he had heard of the robbery
from the McWhirters.
Sought to Protect Donaldson.
Il said. Chief, don't you think the
trick was turned by local men? 1 am
satisfied that Jim Donaldson was one
of the robbers. L don't think he was
replied the chief. Donaldson isn't much
good, but / don't think he was in en- the
robbery. He doesn't work that way
Il told the chief that if he would come
with me l thought / could convince him
that Donaldson was one of the swindlers
and we went together to the Antler room
leigh of my suspicious about Donaldson
and Raleigh held the same opinion as
the chief saying that he did not believe
Donaldson was in the deal
AT the Antler rooming house we talked
TO Mrs. Young, the proprietress. and she
gave a description of one of the swind-
ers fo4 In my opinion this descrip-
ton was almost perfect of Jim Donald
son. but the chief still said he didn't be-
ieve that Donaldson was one of the men
who committed the robbery.
Then 1 told him that | had learned
from a local gambler that Donaldson had
-ecently turEed trick and way lying low
for a time. The chief then turned TO
Raleigh and said:
M. E. would know where Donald
son is
Raleigh evidently didn't understand
who was meant by M. E., and the chief
said 'Mulvey.
Il then told the chief of my visit the
1ight before with Alexander McWhirter
o the Sanitarium roomIng house and see
ng there the two bogus policemen Raj
eigh said why didn't you telephone po-
ice headquarters THAI you saw the men
there I replied that the time was not
yet ripe for their arrest"