Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-20
Held in Bonds Of Ten Thousand
Dollars for Larceny and
Robbery.
WHAT COMPLAINT CHARGES.
The Doctor" Was Unable 10 Furnish
Bail Last ENcning and lie Had
10 Sleep In Jail

pOctOl JtUl'H W. ppHilhepH was
arraigned before j. J. Whitaker at $50
yesterday afternoon and held In bonds
of $4,000 to answer the charges Of
grand larceny and robbery for the part
he played m the fleeing OF the Me-
Whittier brothers out Of SlO,37S on Sept.
Is.
The bonds were not forthcoming last
night and the versatile Jim slept
as guest OF the sheriff in cell up
stairs at the county Jail The COM
plant sworn 10 by Alexander McWhir-
ter charges IN the first count that
Donaldson did unlawfully take and
carry away slO.S7S from Alexander
McWhirter on Sept IS, 1906, at lao west
Second South street. The second count
charges that by means Of force and
against the will and consent of Alex
ander McWhirter Donaldson unlawfully
took and carried away slO,3I3 on Sept,
is. 1906.
In each count the amount is made
$40 ,373 in order TO cover the total
amount lost by the McWhirter broth
ers.
WOMAN ALSO HELD.
Donaldson's paramour. Mrs. Efie
Fay. Is held as an accomplish as an
accessory after the fact. Her bond
was fixed at 1000 and was promptly
furnished by Edna Prescott, landlady
OF house" In an alley Off Main street.
She was released and moved her ef-
fects to the resort
Donaldson was considerably surprised
at the amount OF bonds required by the
court and calculated. "Whew, he must
think am a bad one"
Aside from this ejaculation the doc
tor" all along was as cool az the Prov
eybial cucumber. He walked quietly
through the back streets 10 the court
room In company with Deputy Sheriff
sharp. The prisoner was not hand
cufed. IN fact he has not worn brace
| lets" since the time Of his arrest On
the way here from Hot Springs. Ark,
ne was a model prisoner and gave no
| trouble whatever None on the train
coming west knew that the couple were
officer and prisoner While Deputy
| sheriff Sharp never let his man out
| OF his SIGHT, both worked with such
diplomacy that their Identity was
never guessed.
TOOK HEART" TREATMENT
En- route to Salt Lake Donaldson told
practically the same story to Deputy
sharp as his attorney, sam King, de-
tailed to the News" yesterday.
1t is interesting to learn that Jtm
Donaldson went to Hot Springs 10 take
treatment for his heart, at least 80
says his attorney.
Donaldsons heart has been troubling
him somewhat since he has been con-
| fined in the county Jail and his dope
was taken away from him.
The News" did Jim" Donaldson an
| Injustice last night when it was stated
| that he was suffering for the stimu-
| liant OF morphine. Three bottles con-
| tanning drugs were found on his person
| together with glass dropper. one
| bottle contained a solution of opium
Donaldson has had a very dizzy ca
reer to date. He was born IN Tooele
| county and when 10 years Of age was
kidnapped. For the next four years ha
| was a COW puncher Ia Arizona. When
he returned home he and his brother
| herded cattle in the Deep Creek coun-
try. In battle with Indians his
| brother was killed, and Donaldson es-
capped after he had killed one OF the
redskins. After his return TO ciyiliza-
ton Donaldson took to gambling, and
operated In Seattle, Denver and Hot
Springs Ark. In 1897 he went to klon-
dixie where he dealt faro and general
| ly piled his trade Of II gambler In pref
erence to mining. While in Skagway
| he refereed the first prize fight ever
| held north of Seattle. The above IS
what Donaldson says.
HAD CONSIDERABLE MONEY.
Donaldson returned from the north
with considerable money and for a time
made Seattle the scene OF his gam
| bling operations. Here he dealt faro
| for the Considine brothers, and was
| held as witness following the killing
| of the chief Of police by the COnsdines,
| case that created great stir In Sc
| attle. After the trial and acquittal Of
| the ConsIdines he returned to Yukon,
| but did not make stake. He eYentu-
ally bobhed up IN salt Lake broke and
| for time acted az night manager OF
| the Wyoming club until that gambling
| house was closed.
Since then he has had rather a hand
to-mouth existence until he made the
big stake from the McWhirter brothers
last mont.
PROMISED GOOD JOB,
When the American party went into
power he Was promised the position Of
chief of detectives on the police force,
However the better element would not
stand for this raw appointment and he
was turned down. by way OF sop he
was then promised that he would be
allowed to pull of a prize fight hore,
and accordingly he engineered the Cor
bett-Hyland contest. which received
its quletus at the hands Of the salt Lake
Ministerial association and the decent
element Of this city.
Bafned on all sides Donaldson re-
turned to his old paths and with his
hook and line went angling for suck
ers" and between times, It Is said. act
ed as stool pigeon for the police
| department.
TuE MORRIS SCHOOL,