The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-04


that scotchman since Mr.. Braffet told
you he was in town? Ayes, sir.
Q.-When? A.-Last Friday. L think
this gentleman here, Mr.. Fendergrass,
was with him and introduced me, and he
asked me If | knew anything more about
the case and / told him that / had given
Mr.. Braffet what l could, and he said
Mr.. Bratfet is out of the case on account
of his eyes, and be said that he had seen
two Of these fellows down to the Santa
rum building. and 1 said why did you
not call up here and let us know about
it?'
time? Ayes, Mr.. DAILY was there
Q.-Mr. DAILY was there? Ayes, the
Scotchman brought Mr.. Pendergrass in
and introduced me to him, and DAILY was
sitting right opposite, and then he said
that he had seen two of these men down
at the Sanitarium three or four days be-
fore that and when he first came to
town.
Odd you receive any notice of that?
A--No sir
Q-What time did you say you saw
the receipts that the bogus policeman had
given the Scotchman for the $500? Al
would not be sure, Mr.. FernStrom, when
that was.
Knows the O'Briens.
Q.-When was it that you saw Mr..
Braffet and the Scotchman when Mr..
Raleigh was with you? Al never said
that / saw them at any time when he was
with ma.
Q.-Do you know the O'Briens? Al
know the o BrienS, yes. 4
Q.-You had not suspected them? A
No, I have not seen them since the last
time we drove them out Of town. They
have been living here off and on for the
last three or four years.
Q.-Then after the Scotchmen left you
dropped any further investigation; that is.
you never detailed any man to keep up
any lookout for these men? Did you see
mo AZ
time? A.-No, sir.
Q.-When the Scotchmen and Mr.. Bell
were in your office and Mr.. Bell offered
him the $3.50 and said that was all he
could raise, you say the Scotchman would
not accept it2 A.-NO, he said, You said
you would give me a thousand, and the
fellow said he was ready to do all that
he could and that he would go out and
try to raise the rest, but that ne would
have to go and get another check cashed.
Q-The Scotchman did not accept it?
A.-No, he wanted the thousand.
Thought Loan Was Voluntary.
Q.-That was voluntary loan to the
Scotchman? Ayes, sir
Odd you ask the Scotchman why ne
insisted having a thousand dollars? A
No, let them settle their own trouble
Q.-You did think there was trouble be-
tween them. did you? Al had an idea
there was something between them
Omen are not in the habit of loan
ing TO strangers! A--NO, l. Olu not luinb
they were strangers.
Odd you endeavor to ascertain
whether it was settlement or a diff
Guilty between them? A.-NO, sir; told
you I was letting them settle their own
trouble.
Odd you take any pains to arrest
those fellows? A.-No, sir.
Q.--At this time when they were bicker-
ing back and forth about the $50 and the
81 600 had you not already the Informal
that fhpra had hPpn hIInCO
that there had been a trick carried? A.
Yes, sir.
Never Suspected Bell.
suckers supposed to be in that bunco?
Al did not suppose that the man who
came there with the Scotchman had any
thing to do with it.
Q.-Then they did not arouse your sus-
picions at all. as chief of police? A
Yes, sir, we are mixed up with that kind
of thing all the time.
Odd he not say that indirectly Bell
was mixed up in the affair? A--Yes; he
said that when he first came in.
Ole refused TO make any complaint
against Bell? Ayes. sir.
Q.-At the time of the visit of these par
ties, did any of them appear to be under
the influence of liquor? A.-No, sir.
Q.-The whole three of them appeared
to be sober? Ayes, sir.
Never Knew Such Case Before.
ON your experiences as an officer in
Salt Lake City, has there been any cases
similar to this? A.-Never had one like
this.
Q.-Have there ever been any men bun
coed and refuse to prosecute the case?
Ayes. sir; plenty of them.
Q.-What is the custom when a man
comes to the police department and
claims to have been buncoed? Ave
try to get the fellows and get them in Jail,
but most of them fix up some settlement
and refuse TO prosecute, so we have to
turn the fellows loose The most of
them settle these things among them
selves
Q.-Would you go out and arrest a man
whom you suppose to have buncOed some
one, and the party buncoed refuses to