Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-02

two aces against a hand of three
fives."
What did Raleigh say when you ,ol3
him about this?''
He smiled. and told me to be care
full. | told him how we stiff them
out OF town. IL is to take the sucker
who has lost his money. ana give him
a draft on some fake bank to which he
writes letter asking them to send the
money to his destination. Then We
take the letter, put it in tablet as II to
blot the writing, and pull out another
letter addressed to ourselves, which we
mail for him. The sucker then goes on
his way and we hear no more from
him Exhibits of fake bank drafts
were shown, Which We're identified. and
the victim In this case was described
as having been on his way 20 Nevada.
where he looked IN vain for the money
from n fake Montana bank.
WHEN HE MET SHEETS.
when did you first meet Chief
Sheets?"
About two days after we went to
work, and we started on Aug. 81. Thib
was Monday"
In cross examination 1t was shown
that Parent first met Newton on an
earlier visit when he knew him as Il
friend of Kid Painter and Harry Wal
tiers, two crooks. This summer early III
August Parent was playing with coins
In Liberty park, when the gang was
arrested by two officers. Parent cs!
capped, and was visited by Newton that
night
WHAT NEWTON TOLD HIM,
Newton told him he had fixed II with
the court and the chief that the other
two were to get 'calaboose' sentences
with "A suspension OF sentence IL they
would get out of town, aud that tf he
wanted to work he must get some one
who was not so well known. He then
sent for Bell, and negotiations began
with Newton 10 fix things up This
was on Aug, l6. On Aug. -, after he
had seen Newton almost every day in
the meantime 1t was fixed" They
met Newton in the Chesapeake restaur-
ant His wife and two children were
with him, and in the converse tipn New
ton said he had fixed it with Sheets for
800 a week. They made FIRST pay
meni then, As they had 10 have some
ono To cash the checks they won, theS
agreed to turn these over To Newton,
who had saloon man friend. who took
the checks from him and turled them
In as II They came through his regular
business channels. For this work New
ton was to get 20 per cent OF AL The
checks handled.
800 A WEEK FOR SHEETS.
Did you pay Mr. Newton his 20 per
cent?"
Yves, and 500 week FOR MIR. Sheets
In addition
At NICK ROSS SALOON.
Tho headquarters of the gang was cs-
tablished a the Nick Ross saloon on
West Temple street just south of ihc
old Tribune bllldlns. There the men
were met ana 'trimmcd' so many OF
them that the witness had forgotten tbs
number
when did you first meet. Sheets"
"ue spoke to me on Labor day, told
me my clothes were too loud and adj
yised me to change thcnL did So
Ibid You sec Bell give Sheets amy
money!"
went 70 work one Sunday Ben and | |
were talking II over, aud Bell didn't |
trust Newton. He thought he was not |
Delivering TO sheets the fun 500 Il week. |
IN he went down and tolophoned 10 the |
chief We then walked over 10 tho /
Knutsford corner, and whom wo ar |
rived there Ben ana | saw Sheets COM !
ing down the street. half block away |
lsei gave him $50 that ] had given |
him for this purpose before leaving the /
room,
"BE CAREFUL" SAID SHEETS.
Il saunterod over 10 them and said, !
Is everything ., *. chief?' He an
swercd. Yes. but be careful boys, and |
said good night. That was 80 =. M |
II didn't see him again till Sept 20, |
after the McWhirter robbery. Newton |
was angry with Bell and accused US OF
irving 10 do his business. so we gave
him The money for the chief after that
McWHIRTER ROBBERY
After general statements about the
other gang the O'Brlens. witness told
of the McWhlrlor robbery In the same
manner as the McWhirters narrated It.
frhe money they got Was sl0,370, and
Sheets got from BELL $3.50, as their 20
DER cent whark-up on the one-third
not interest of this pair
WHERE PARRENr STOOD.
OF the way they We're drawn into the
game. Parent said that he was stand
Ing across the street from the Antler
roomlng house on the day ~ the game.
with Bell They were in a tailor shop
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