The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-18

2.-nes, | was depending on him.
Q-li you wanted to get out of the
game why did you not take your $1,000
bills then?
A.-They would not give it to me.
S-Ihat was one thousand Where
dld the other thousand come in?
A.-Ihe next call was one thousand
and had TO put in my other thousand.
2-.AC TINS time you were getting
quite interestcd7
Was Much Interested
Al was very much interested.
Since l put down the second one thous.
and dollar bill and the doctor said he
had won.
McWhirter said then there was the
call for the policemtn. He did not
ieaVe the house then because he ex~
pected Morris would come back with
the officers and he was determined to
see the thing through.
Q-The fact that Morris had got you
10 put up your money did not cause you
to suspect him?
A.-No, it did not
| Witness said the officers came in in
PLAIN clothes and he did not think he
had seen policeman on the street
since he came to Salt Lake He was
not sure whether they were policemen
or not but he could not say that he dis
trusted the officer. He thought they
were plain clothes men, as they call
them at home, but he wanted to be
sure. When he saw the star he was
| quite convinced.
Questioned by Mr. Varian as to the
receipt the witness said it did not
strike him that it did not mean or
show anything at all. Davis intro
duced Bell as an auxiliary officer and
be was satisfied with that, although no
names were mentioned. He began to
get suspicious of Bell and Davis after
they LETT the room and more especially
when Bell went back and could not get
the satchel
Was Suspicious of Davis.
Davis was the man who had his
money and he was suspicious OF him.
He did not have to ask Davis about
his money, Davis volunteered the
statement that his money was at the
police station, waiting for him, but he
was suspicious of him and told him so,
He did not ask anybody at the sani-
tarium If Davis or Bell were policemen,
because he did not see ANYBODY there,
Q-Why did you not ask this wom-
A--She had gone and I did not wish
to go away, in case ] might loose them.
Q,-By the way. You saw some po-
Hcemen dlQn yOus
Al never saw policeman in all
my wanderIngs through the city and /
remarked that that was very strange
TO Mr.. Sheets
Q.-You did stick to Bell closer than
TO Hemenway9
Ayes, believe I did.
Q.-And Hemenway had your money!
Ayes, sir.
Referring to the telephone incident,
McWhirter said he was almost certain
that the telephone number was rs. No
suggestion had been made to him that
that was the number. He had never
mentioned the telephone number in any
statement he had made. He never
thought the number was of any con-
sequence.
Q,-Who called your attention to the
possible consequence that it might
have2
A.-Nobody has done so yet, sir.
Q,-Do you think it is or any conse.
quence now?
A.-No, L don t know what it is you
mean. At the drug store. where the
telephonlng was done he had asked the
man about Bell, but not about Davis,
although Davis had his money. He had
no opportunity OF asking about Davis.
He was outside and witness had not
time to speak about more than one On
enway and Bell but the man said he
had wanted nothing TO do with his
game, He had told the two mail car
riers that he had been robbed but they
passed on without saying anything
When the bills were passed by Bell TO
Davis he got suspicious and spoke to
Davis about it aud the latter said my
money was in the bank and ! would
have to blow the lid of before L got it,
L knew then ] was swindled Davis
bolted down the street. ] didn' t run
after him because l wanted to be sure
of one. ] knew I had Bell. I did not
think my money was in the bank. /
thought it was hidden away or was
split up among them.
Q-l thought you did not know any
thing about confidence men,
A-Well, l know now and I am
learning.
Who Had His Money.
Q-Davis was the man who had your
$4,000. Bell didn't have a dollar2
A.-Yes.
Q-You didn t believe it was in the
bank.
A.-No, and didn't believe it was
on him either.
Q-Anyhow, you let Davis get away.
Al could not help it The money
Davis had was taken from the mining
expert. II was not my money, the min
ing expert had himself said he had
$4,000. Then / was convinced that Bell
was one Of the thieves, When Bell had
got rid of all Of the money he said he
would take me to the station. When
they got to the station Bell spoke first
and said ''This man has been gambling
and wants to make a complaint
Q-Had you said anything about
making a complaint!
Al said, suppose I should have 20
work for every dollar of the money, l
would spend every dollar / could make
to race them down and l said / would
stay in the United States until did it,
Q.-When you told the Chief that you
didn u wish to make u complaint, you
didu t tell the truth.
A.-No, L said, it is untrue Chief.
This ism an officer. He said, cat his
request I have brought him here to
make n complaint - What / said WASH u
true was that sat his request" he