The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-19

the robbery and he said, lis that SOL
! had better look after my horse and
buggy then / said that ] would 90
TO the Rio Grande depot and see if
they had gone on the train. He said,
p! will go out on horseback and see
If ! can find them. The man with
Bell resembled Hemenway.
- On my way TO the depot / met an
officer and told him about the robbery
and he said he would telephone the
Chief where they had gone. I met
another officer at the depot and told
him my story and he said something
about Gee whiz! AS [ was talking
horseback came forward and asked if
had seen them and l said NO. The
stable man then went 10 the Oregon
Snort Line and again he returned and
SAID he bad not seen them. Then he
SAID, 1 will go straight out TO New
England addition and see if ! can Z
see any of them there
Mr.. McWhirfer then said that he re.
turned 10 the police station and when
the Chief returned they went into his
room. Hempel came in and the Chief
said to him. Do any of the men know
about this?' And Hempel said that.
"So-and-so had 'phoned up from Sec
ond South that the BOYS were all out
TO New England addition and that
'he (nodding his head az me) must have
told him about it. Then | told the
England addition. Ny brother said.
Chief, that viii be the detective YOU
sent with him, and the Chief said,
Yes My brother asked what the
chances were to get back our money.
and the Chief said, Ten chances
against one
They wanted to go away on the mid
night train. They had no money and
wanted TO take advantage Of their
ticket Chief said it would be better
10 wait for two or three DAYS. but ii
that was the case they would have no
alternative but to 90 away. The Chief
said it did not look as if Bell was
coming back.
Witness then related about the re-
turn of Bell and the payment of the
money. When they were going TO the
depot Bell had told them that a de-
tective was with him. and he held q
big revolver on his knee all the time,
Identifies the Doctor.
The witness. when shown the photo
graphs, identified Jim Donaldson as the
Doctor" John O'Bricn as the ''min-
ing. expert and Larry O'Brien as
Before Mr.. Varian commenced cross
examination proper, Sergt. Hempel,
Detective Raleigh and Capt. Burbidge
we're brought into the court room
Mr.. Varian-Who do you identify
of these three as the man who said to
the Chief that somebody had 'phoned
up that the boys were at the New
England addition7
cWhirter-This man, sir (Sergt.
HcmpeD. Raleigh, he said, was with
the Chief when the money was brought
in, but he did not know Capt Burbidge
until Wednesday.
Q.-Iou had made up your minds to
avoid this man Morris, because your
brother had expressed fear that he was
a confidence man and you were being
followed. You knew what confidence
man was?
A.-No, sir.
$50 you did not understand what
your brother meantl
A.-No, I did not understand what
my brother meant
When asked what happened to him
when his brother asked him TO 20 for
an officer, he said: "The men did,
md he knew at once it was swim
lie.
Mr.. Varian questioned the witness
very closely as 10 the time at which
,he various incidents occurred and the
witness got somewhat mixed as to
,ime.
When Bell got off the car he became
of him McWhirter again |
'epeated the statement he had made |
1t the police station concerning the |
'obbery and replying to Mr.. Varian
aid he did not tell them about the
appointment with Morris or about Col. |
Rice or how they went TO the Antler
coming house. He did not describe
he men.
Odd you explain how your broth.
r had so much money!
Al never got a chance. I was in
errupted
Q.-Who interrupted your
A.-Sergeant Hempel said, "Never
mind, the Chief knows all about these
hings.'
When he went out with Hempel they
7ent along First South street and he
vent into saloon, but found no one.
1e also went into the Wilson saloon
nd the Cullen bar and did not find
nyone and Hempel never pointed out
ny men on the street and asked if
hey were like the men who commit.
ed the robbery.
At this stage an adjournment was
AIKEN until this morning at 10 clock