The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-20
feet, and evidently it has been effective
on some impressionable minds.
McWhirter Concludes.

lpucSElOQcu as 10 WQcLler OF uOJ Lc
could have described Davis when he
went to the police station, he said
he could, but Davis was not one OF
the men who was present at the
Antlers rooming house. He told the
officer at the station that he had seen
Bell with man resembling Davis, be-
cause he could not get away from the
fact that he thought the man was
Davis.
When he went into McCoy's livery
stable, the witness said he wanted Bell
arrested and sent one OF the boys
standing IN the livery stable to get
a policeman. The boy never came back
and he never saw q policeman.
Q,-Why did you not 20 INTO the
nounce him there9
Al did.
o.-You were interested in getting
your money b2ckf
Al had an interest In getting my
money back, but / was afraid [ would
never get it.
Q.-You came back here to get your
money!
Q.-And that is the reason you and
your brother got counsel 10 aid youi
Al did not 90 and get counsel 10
aid me.
Q.-You were interested in the
money!
Al was interested in the loss Of
the money.
In answer to another question the
witness said that mis- brother came back
TO consult an attorney about the prose
cution of the men.
Attorney Brown objected TO this line
OF examination.
McWhirter a Prosecutor.
Mr.. Varian had been experiencing
considerable difficulty IN getting direct
answers from the witness and he said:
81 want TO say that this man is
prosecutor here He is an intelligent
man and have the right to cross-er-
anime him.
Q.-You are a prosecutor here, aren t
yon7
A-One of them. yes
Q-You swore 10 both complaints7
A-Yes; the complaint was made out
and read over to me and / signed it.
The witness said that at the livery
stable Bell accosted him.
Q,-Then it WASH { true that you
accosted Bell'
A.-Yes, that S right, I did
McWhirter then repeated the conver~
sation between himself and Bell and
added: "FHe didn't say where the
money was and / was highly suspic-
ious. F"
Knew Bell Was Bogus Officer.
Q.-You knew he was bogus officer
at the time you talked with him al the |
stable'
A-Yes
Q.-And you were only highly sus-
picious of him2
Al didn know who to believe. / |
thought they were all robbers
Odd you believe Bell, after all |
that had occurred-with all your |
he told you that it |
would be al right, you would get your
money back9
A,-No I didn't. I said it might
be so, but I WASH It sure about it.
Q.-You said you were highly sus-
picious. You didn t say to me this |
morning that you didn't believe him
until just now9
A.-Well, | am telling you now that
l was not satisfied In my mind. didn t !
know whether to believe him or not.
He said he was suspicious Of the boy
he asked to get policeman; he was
suspicious of everybody, When Bell |
left in the buggy McWhirter went into |
the office and asked where the two men
were going; but did not say he had
been robbed. Then he spoke TO an
other man IN the stable and told him
he had been robbed and that one of |
had robbed him. He got no answer
from that man. Then be was told by
the boy that the man had gone 10 the
New England addition and he was to
90 back and see the man in the stable,
and then the man listened TO him.
Details His Interviews
McWhirter then detailed his inter.
views with the two officers as be went
to the Rio Grande depot and up to his
return TO the police station at 7:30.
AS the witness was not giving direct |
sci asked him if he could only tell the |
story In sequence because he had told
1t that way so often that he could not |
go off the beaten path. McWhirter said |
no, that was not the case.
Continuing, McWhirter said that
Sergt. Hempel, the Chief and him
self were standing together in the |
hallway when Hempel told the Chief |
that some one had '-honed that the |
men had gone out to New England ad |
dition.
When Bell returned with the money |
he asked how much money his brother |
could do with until he brought HIM |
the rest of his money.
Understood Money Was Coming.
Q-So the impression that you got
was that the return of your money had |
been promisedl
Al understood so; yes.
Odd your brother say that he e1-
pected to go into business, and that |
$1,000 was little enough9
A.-Yes, he said that
Odd the Chief say, Cant you |
get him some more of it,
A.-No, I don't think ne said that
Odd Bell go out to get the
money!
Ayes; and the Chief with him.
Q.-And the Chief followed him outl |
A.-They went out together, the |
Chief in front.
Q.-The Chief came back immediate.
ly, didn I he?
A.-About three minutes after that. |
It might have been two minutes. When |
the Chief returned he said, ''We would |
not have allowed him 10 go out with |
that money The Chief came back !
with the money and counted il out. |
When Bell came back with the balance |
of the money he got his note, and there
was general hand shaking all round. |
The (hiaE told ina.,, tbo offf.a -