The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-03

Odd you ever see Mr.. Sheets?'
Ayes, sir.
Odd you speak to him7
A.-No, sir.
Knew the Bunco Gang.
Q-Now, calling your attention TO the
if YOU knew a man in the city named
Larry O'Brien?
Ayes, sir.
OIL will ask you to look at this pho
tograph and tell me who Il Isl
A.-Larry O'Brien.
Q.-And this one?
A.-Jack O'Brien.
Q.-And this one2
Aim Donaldson
Q-Do you know each of these? You
know Larry o'Brien, what his business
was? -
o.-Do you know what he was doing
here?
Ayes, sir.
Q.-What?
E.-The same as we were doing.
O-What was Jack O'Brien doing?
Ale was with I.arry-Jack O'Brien,
Larry O'Brien and Jim Donaldson TO-
The "sig Nit" Game.
O.-What were they doing?
A.-Playing what is called big nit
o.-where?
A.-They had a place in Mrs; Peterson
rooming house on West Temple ana tnen
again in another rooming house over ON
Second South, / think
O.-Mrs. Peterson's is 253 South on
West Temple. is it not?
Al don't know the number OF the
house-big two-story brick.
Odd you see their gamer
Al have never seen II. had Deea IN
there. but they generally used news 5s
paper to cover the cards up with. Been
| in there but never seen the game.
Q.EHad they told you what they were
playing?
o.-Now then. were they in the same
business as you?
Odd you ever talk to them about
Raleigh and Sheets?
A.-No. sir: not at that time l did not
Odd you afterwards!
! Ayes. sir.
| Q.-When?
% o.ENow. 1 will come to that later;
Calling your attention to the 18th OF
/ September were you in Salt Lake on tha'
/ day2
Ayes. sir.
G-Around all day: all over town
/ Odd you see Larry O'Brien on tha'
day?
Ayes, sir.
E-Near the door. the entrance of Cor
don's tailor shop, down on Second 60 SOut AZ
YOU know where the o'Brien's were run
| ing their placer
Ayes, sir.
At rooming house across the
| street from Gordon's. down towards the
depot, a short distance down the street
| across in a rooEing house down there-
| O-Known as the Antlersg
Al think il is.
! The McWhirter Robbery.
Dwell. when you saw Larry OBrien
| what occurred?
door of the tailor shop. and Larry cam,
up and seemed to be very nervous, ant
1 told us he says: We have got fel
low in the joint that lost 200, and MAJ
| liceman." He says: Here is badge
He handed me a badge that said "Specia
Police" on it, and says: Come up ant
win arrest this fellow" / put the badg,
on and went on to the foot or the stair
and asked Larry how much / was to get
He said we would fix ii up all right
l told him I would not go up with TN:
condition and wanted to know what
was going to get. He told me ne woul'
give me one-third of what we got W.
went upstairs and there were two scotch
men there. ! showed my badge and sa
he said that they were gambling ant
said this Scotchman had lost his money
and wanted an officer; that Donaldson
won the money: let the Sc9tcnman tel
me his story He told me about coming
over from Scotland; had little Owe
$4,000 and that he lost 5000 and didn'
think the game was fair. l told hin
that there was a penalty attached Z
! gambling IN the state of Utah am
would arrest him / then asked him hov
much money he had when he got int,
the game. and he told me over $1,000
I asked him how much he lost he toit
me- I asked him who had the money
and he pointed to Donaldson. | asket
Donaldson for the money and he gay.
me two $1,000 bills. I then turned TO TN
Seotehman and says: Give me You
laid it on the table, and l counted ss,37
there and put the money in my pocket
He told me he wanted a receipt for il
and 1 gave him receipt.
Gave a Receipt.
OILS this the receipt?
Ayes, sir; that looks very muci
o-That is 1t?
| Ayes sir
Mr.. Hanson-The receipt reads: Sep
TENDER 18th, 1906. Received from Alex
MeWhirter 8, 800. Charles Hemmen
way.
4 O.-What occurred after that?
Ale gave me the money. l counte'
il. put it in my pocket and give hin
that receipt. ] told him had too man;
TO take out at once, and Bell was Wit
me, and ! deputized him IS officer. an
left Bell in the room with Jack O,Br1el
and the two McWhirter brothers. tool
Donaldson and Larry out with me. wen
across the street to the Ralston salool
and went into the wine room, and CAV
them 5000 thi~k- out of it. Could no
Il divide it all there-the bills were to-
Dust a moment Did you take an.
money from anyone else besides Don
ALISON and Mr.. McWhirterz