Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-19

on the shoulder"
(Which shoulder" (hotlyD
1.-THE right shoulder. In two or three
minutes the chief came back.
1.-TWO or three minutes-might 1t
have been four?"
Yes possibly four--I can't fix the
time to seconds
you didn't keep a stop watch on 1t,
did you"
mo. I have something else to do
with my money besides to buy stop
Watches and here Atty. Varian chang
ed the subject while there was laugh
going around the crowd.
SHEETS SAID 1T TO BELL.
Taking a new tack, Mr.. Varian asked
II there was conversation IN the office
Yes there was" answered the Wit
ness. 1.-The chief said, BY G. We
would never have allowed that man 10
get away with that money on him. but
he was going TO let the man get away
just the same If my brother hadn't
stopped him and suggested he be
searched"
II move that that be stricken out"
put In Mr.. Varian hastily.
THE chief also said he would try
and get the rest OF the money back"
who told you you would have TO
hustle to get your train"
Bell said 1t to us at that time
"Dld Chief Sheets say It to you?"
mo; but he said IL to Bell"
Then another tack was tried to break
down the story. This time IL was on the
failure OF the McWhirters to give Il
description OF the men to the officers.
CHIEF WOULD SEE ABOUT 1T.
Ibid you describe the robbers to the
officers?' asked Mr.. Varian.
mo, sir, | was never asked to-"
Are you sure you couldn't be mis-
taken about this?'
Eyes, sir; am positive could not"
"When you were out with Sergeant
Hempel, did he not point out a man
near the Wilson hotel and ask If this
was one Of the rgbbers?'
''No, SIR" (Thls with emphasis.)
Ibid you have any conversation about
extending your tickets. with Hempel?'
eyes, sir: / told him my circum-
stances--that our tickets ran out that
night and we would lose them II we
did not go on. He did not offer TO get
them extended, but he said, %. that's
that He didn't say he could have them
that. He didn't say he could have them
extended"
"Dldn't he say something to you
about extending them IL you would stay
"No, sir: he did not All he said was
that the chief would see about that"
In answer 70 questions from Atty.
Brown McWhirter explained that or
the total sum OF money, he owned
26S English pounds of IL, and had
made no rotations OF the numbers on
the bills secured when their draft was
cashed in New York,
CAsHED ONE OF THE BILLS.
w 7. Casey. cashier of the Turf
exchange, was called, and he explained
that he cashed Thousand dollar bill
for Donaldson one night four or five
weeks ago--he did not remember the
day. He was called from his room at
| the Orpheum hotel, answered the
phone. and found Donaldson wanted
him to come down and cash a LOU
bill. He did so, taking the money
| from the safe In gold pieces, mostly,
"Did you bank the $1,000 bill?'
| asked Mr.. Hanson.
81 don't remember, I think I kept II
In the safe to pay out as change or
| for winning tickets.
what tickets?"-this from Mr.
| Varian.
why, winning tickets, we run the
| Turf exchange, you know"
Attorney Soren Y. Christensen
leaned over to Mr.. 'Varian and started
| to explain.
"Tm asking these questions" was
his way OF shutting off the explana-
! tions. and then he turned again on the
| witness. with What tickets did you
say these were?'
why, winning tickets on the horse
races. We run the Turf Exchange
| pool rooms" 49,
'Did you see Donaldson after this
night?'
/ saw him often for a week atter
| changed the bill. Then he disappeared
| and / have not seen him since
| William Joseph Cardwell OF 123 +
street, clerk In the Roy Cigar stand, To-
Gated In the Chesapeake cafe, was cali
| ed.
He told OF the visit OF Bell and the
Scotchman to his cigar stand, and OF
the query from McWhirter as %
whether Bell was a policeman. Bell
bought a cigar and offered II TO Me-
Whirter, but he refused Il. Then Bel
went back to get a drink. and McWhir-
Ter asked n he was policeman or @
detective. saying he had been robbed
| Of $4,000. The witness hardly knew
what TO make OF Il. he said. as h,
.',vasn't wise" at the time 10 what had
happehed The Scotchman came back
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