The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-04

that it was t'the doctors sweetheart
who was coming into the room when
Larry and the McWhirters arrived. Ho
also had controversy with Mr.. Loot
| bourow as to the nature of the rules
of the game.
Ono of the weak points Of Donald
son IS story upon which Mr., Loofbourow
laid great stress was his assertion that
when Larry bought $40 worth of chips
he (Donaldson) bought $4,000 worth
mitting that he had paid no money TOR
the checks, said that John o 'Brien, who
sold him the chips, knew he had the
money on him to pay for them
Donaldson also showed weakness by
forgetting to say on direct examination
that McWhirter played in two games
instead of one. He has often told this
version of the story in private, but
when it was dragged out Of him IN
cross examination, it looked like an art
erthought. Mr.. Loofbourow elected 1T
by inquiring ii, when McWhirter came
into the game no had not been gwen
the cards to deal out of his turn. Don,
aldson insisted that John bTlen mao
dealt one hand, and that tins game
had been unimportant in that little or
no money changed hands. Donaldson
also got tangled up to some extent IN
his story of tho betting when the big
pot was lost by McWhirter.
Had Too Many Chips.
In this connection Mr.. Loofbourow
tried to make Donaldson admit that,
according TO his story, he had bet moro
chips than he had purchased from
O 'Brien. Donaldson countered by say
Of chips, o 'Brien had given him Tour
yellow ones, worth $l25 each, more than
ne had paid for He admitted that he
had not called 'Brien's attention to
this little $500 discrepancy, and that
he had never told him of 1T. Mr.. Loof-
bourow insisted that the chips were
bogus. and that few more or less
didn' i make anv difference, but Donald
son declared that, with him at least, the
poker game was dead serious PROPOSE
tion.
Mr.. Loofbourow read to the witness
the names of all the plain clothes mon
on the police force, and Donaldson ad-
mitted that he knew them all by sight;
He declared, however, when Bel ana
not know but what they might be PLAIN
clothes men.
The District Attorney demanded to
know why Donaldson had told Scott he
had won only $4,000 in the poker gamo
when, IL John O'Brien's g chips were
good, he had won over $4,000. Donald
son said he had done so because $2OuU
that he later explained the details to
Scott. He said that $4,000 which he
had on him when he went into the
roo mwas Scott 8 money, gwen to hlm
to gamble when he saw ft.
Didn't Telephone to Sheets.
Mr.. Loofbourow tried hard to make
the witness admit that, on his return
from his sisters house the night of the
Nf,N oGoiy ha had stnnra1 ST
the Salt Lake rooming- house with Bell
and telephoncd George Sheets to meet
him and Bell at Third South and State
streets. Donaldson stoutly denied this.
He had tried to telephone his sister, he
said, that her little dog had followed
him up town.
IL was when he was asked why he
didn't go into the police station with
Bell, when he followed the latter there,
that Councilman Mulvey's name was
dragged into the case. Donaldson de-
clared that he was fearful of getting
"pinched, - because Of Chief Sheets 8
enmity toward himself and Mr.. Mulvcy
Mulvey he described as his true
friend. -
Donaldson further admitted that upon
the return of Bell and himself from the
depot they had gone to the lodgings
of the O 'Briens, where they found Par
rent.
"'Thus, with the victims out of town,
everybody else who was III the room
when they lost their money, gathered
at the O'Briens, did tbeyl' demanded
Mr.. Loofbourow. Donaldson acknow-
lodged that this was true. The af-
fair was little discussed there, he said,
because Of the presence of Mrs. John
o 'Brieu and woman named May Da-
Wis. The women were in bed.
"Why didn { you discuss 1T with the
ladies present?n asked Mr.. Loofbou-
row.
"wen, I m considerable of a ladies'
man, - replied Donaldson, but | didn't
care to talk this matter over before the
ladies.
He said he went to the 0 'Briens lodg
inps to get his sister IS little dog, which
had followed John 'Brien home earlier
in the night.
Donaldson Love Affairs.
After touching briefly on his con
versation with 'Dutch, night man
aper at the Vienna, and denying that
he had agreed to meet the Q 'Briens
in Denver, Donaldson was asked;
"Were you married on September
1917"
"No, SIR
"Had you a sweetheart"
"I had several of them.
Mr.. Loofbourow hnally brought tne
sweetheart issue down to Efie Fay,
the woman who was with Donaldson
when he was arrested at Hot Springs,
Ark, and Donaldson first admitted that
she was "lady acquaintance of his,
and later that she was his sweetheart.
The defendant gave two reasons for
going to Hot Springs, One was that
he was suffering then, as now, from
eczema, and another was that he feared
a warrant would Issue for his arrest
for gambling.
''I had heard,' he said, ''that the
McWhirters were back and that the
case was in the hands Of the Sheriff !
All the others had flown out, and 1T
looked to me as though, if 1 stayed, |
would be left to bear the brunt of the
thing alone. -
The witness acknowledged that he
had travelled to Hot Springs under the
name of fBilly,' James. Judge Arm
strong here excluded decidedly
pointed inquiry as to the personal char
acter and occupation of Efie Fay, Don
aldson IS travelling companion, who has