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

Lloh Cheyenne ana the other from
Denver. l received four all together.
PenderTass on Stand.
The next witness was Mr. Fender
grass. He said he was a public stcno-
grapher in Salt Lake. He said that he
aad nae made the stenographic report of
the statement made by Chief Sheets
before the City Council and had tran
scrlbed his notes, but the original was
furnished to one of the newspapers. He
could only give q statement Of what
Sheets had said at the council investi-
cation from memory and by refreshing
MS recollection from the copy made by
another stenographer.
Mr., Narian objected 10 this and mis-
| oolectlon was sustained.
Speaking from his recollection he re-
membered Shief Sheets being asked if
ne knew the o O'Brien boys and he
thought the Chief said that he knew
them and that they had been in Salt
Lake off and on a number of times.
He accompanied Alexander McWhirter
TO the Office Of the Chief Of Police and
related the conversation between the
Chief and McWhirter. Coming 10 the
question as to why the Chief had not
searched Bell, Pendergrass said the
Chief replied, 81 did not know but
what You follows were friends. You
both came in here together and I did
not want to search the man
In answer TO Mr.. Varian Pendergrass
said he did not take notes Of the inter.
view between Chief Sheets aud Nc
Whirter because he was not instructed
TO do so.
Q.-Didn't McWhirter say to the
Chief that he had been advised in Los
Angeles 10 come back and see if he
could not make recovery of his money!
A.-Yes, sir, | believe he did say
that. He remembered the Chief saying
he would do everything he could in the
matter. He remembered McWhirter
saying that he didn I think very highly
OF the police department and the Chief
said he had done all he could, that he
had asked McWhirter to stay and Nc
Whirter replied that the tickets eX-
pired that night and the Chief had
SAID 1T was only ten chances TO one
OF his ever getting his money.
William McWhirter Testifes.
William McWhirter was then sworn.
He told story very much similar to
that related by his brother and which
was published in full in Thursday
s Tribune. He stated that on
Monday when Morris left he and his
brother had expressed the fear that
they were being followed and that
Morris was a confidence man. In the
room at the Antler his brother called,
You go for the police, Willie, and
the witness said, II didn' move; l
was afraid; and Morris jumped up and
said he would go for the police
When the witness came to the part of
his testimony where his brother
jumped off the car and followed Bell
and he remained on the car, be relat
ed the subsequent circumstances as fol-
lows:
"When I went to the police station
the desk sergeant referred me to Ser
yeant Hempel. l told him my brother
and / had been lured into a roomlng
house on Second South and that my
brother had been swindled out of $4,000
at cards and that two men had come
up impersonating police officers and
lad robbed us of over $4,000. He asked
ne to come this way and took me into
he Chief s Office and introduced me
% Chief Sheets. He told Sheets what
had already told him and the Chief
said, How, in the name of God, did
your brother happen to have such an
mount of money as that on his personi,
1empel told me to tell the Chief all
about it aud I started TO explain to the
}hief when Heplpel said, Never mind,
hings take place The Chief was then
allied to the phone for about three
minutes, After that the Chief and |
Iempel passed a few remarks and |
1empel led me out into the corridor |
nd then returned to the Chief office |
lone Then he came out and went out |
With me.
"I went into several saloons and |
hen he asked me TO take him to the |
coming house l took him to the
oom where the robbery occurred, He
l. Il nd
Nothing here, and then took me with
i'm to the landlady. He said, Mrs.
Ioung, who were the young men who
we're here this afternoou?' She said,
don t know He said, Didn t they
egister?' aud she said, They didn t
egister.' How long had they been
ere?' She said. About three or four
ays, They didn I sleep here; they
imply had a room here. HemPel
lerely said OH and walked out,
hen he took me back TO the police sta
sked me to write my name on an
nvelope. -
His Talk With Sheets.
The witness then asked TO go back
o the conversation with Sheets and
81 told them that my
rother was meantime running about
ne clJV Win TINS bogus oIHceI dnu
hat [ was frightened for his safety;
hat that man might lead him into a
aloon and give him a knock on the
cad. They said that was quite pos
ble and Chief Sheets said something
bout, 'he might lead him into the
,untry and do for him there. re-
lained in the room for some time and
.empel came in and said, Look here,
oung fellow. You had better go out
nd look for these men yourself and
ome straight back In two or three
ours ! went around the city al lit
e, and then went to the Rio Grande,
sinking they might be going out on
le train. Coming back ! met Bell and
companion making toward the depot,
; / thought When they saw me they
lme back up the street again. They
ent into q store. I stayed outside.
hey came out, went into a cigar store
I'd Bell went forward 70 q telephone
Id spoke through 1t. ! do not know
whom he phoned. They went from
ere into a livery stable. 1 followed :
"a walked into the yard. When In the :
ird Bell came forward 70 me and Z
id
-. Well ebavs you scan vour hrother7