The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-04
DONALDSON PUTS IN
DAY ON RACK
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hand He and Whirter held q
whispered conversation, which ended in
Whirter sitting into the game. and
Larry giving him half, if not all, Of
hi schips.
Hands That Were Held.
Donaldson then entered with great
detail into q description of the game,
and the hands that were held together
with the bets that were made. Nc
Whirter dealt, and, so far as the cards
that were in sight were concerned, the
Scotchman was high man throughout
the game, and it was up to him to make
the, first bet every time. Twice, he
said, McWhlrter passed the bet to him,
and once McWhirter led off by making
L $500 bet.
When the deal and betting wcro con-
cludSd, Donaldson declared, and show
down was called for, the witnes, John
o 'Brien and McWhirter had $2050 each
in the pot-McW Whirtor' Is portion being
Besides this, he declared the witness
and O 'Brien had n sido bet OF $3.50.
The hands, he said, were as follows:
Donaldson, three sevens, John O 'Brien,
n pair of queens: McWhirter, aces up.
Both on direct and crosseXamination
Donaldson showed n poor memory as
TO the smaller and immaterial cards
which were dealt.
Donaldson testified that once during
the game McWhirter had demanded to
know if Donaldson and 0 'Brien had the
money to redeem the checks III the
event they lost John O'Brien, he de-
clared. flashed roll of currency. and
Donaldson had pulled pocketbook
which, he said, contained $25O5. Nc,
la no.
satisfaction. He had continued to bet
When the showdown came, Donald
son said, he showed his three sevens
last, and scooped in the money and
chips. McWhirter remarked: You re
a lucky guy Donaldson declared that
Jack o 'Brlen asked McWhirter If he
McWhirter made roar that the game
was not fair.
Gun Play by Scotchman.
McWhirter, he said, pulled an auto,
matte revolver from his pocket and
commanded Donaldson to give back his
money. Donaldson replied that Nc
Whirter was playing among gentlemen.
McWhirter said he would rather go to
iail than lose so much money, where
upon Donaldson suggested that some
body go for policeman, which sug
gostion was acted upon by Larry
sSIt;s a good thing / didn't have
p7In myself,S declared Donaldson.
Larry o 'Brien, according to the wit
ness. came back shortly with two men
whom he had never seen before, gnu
whom he now knows TO have been Par-
rent and Bell. These gentry were IN
troduced as policemen, and HarrehC IN
ouired what was going on
-, Il irNf1
Of the dialogue was as follows;
sParrent-Hello, what s the matter!
Have YOU fellows been gambling!
rMcWhirtcr-Ye sir; we We been
MA wing cards. and that man there mas
nv money. / lost $4,000. and 1 don't
think the game was fair.
Thereupon Parent examined inc
hands, Donaldson said, and told Nc
Wbirter that Donaldson S hand was the
hest McWhirter complained that he
could not afford to lose that much
money. and Parent reminded HIM that
the laws of Utah were very strong
Then, at the suggestion of John
O 'Brien, Parent took the Scotchman
gun away from him. He denied that
any gun was taken from Jack . Brlen,
although McWhirter had claimed that
O 'Brien had weapon,
Dian SoSS JliS IsoupSLJ'
Donaldson then showed Parent the
money he had won from McWhlrter; put
denied positively the testimony of both
and Parent that he had
turned the money over TO
Parent. He declared that 1t never left
his possession. He then declared that
he did not see Parent take SS3i3 or
anv other sum from McWhirter. He
had become suspicious of the two al
legged officers, he said, and must have
been watching Bell when this incident
occurred He di dnot know of IT., he
said. until the next day, when Peck
told him of II.
shortly therea fter. Donaldson went
on, Parent suggested that the parties
eo 10 the police station, but not to-
pether. He himself left with Larry
8 'Brien. under the escort of Parent
At the head of the stairs he left them,
Parent making no effort TO detain him.
He went into a lavatory and came
met Scott coming back from his lunch
con. He told Scott that he had won
$4,000 in a poker game, and showed HIM
the money.
Donaldson then detailed his move
ments up until the time he went out
TO his sisters house that nigM. accom-
panied by the O 'Buens and Parent,
and TOLD now Bell came out ldleT III a
buggy They returned, he said later
and that night he turned over $1,000 |
to Bell TO square the McWhirters and
get them out of town. After changing
the $1,000 bill for this purpose, he said,
he took Bell and Jack O 'Brlen up TO |
his room, where ne turned the money
over to Bell in gold.
Followed Them to Depot.
Donaldson told how. distrusting Bell |
he had followed him to the police sta
tion, where he turned over the money
to the McWhirters, then TO the Cullen !
hotel, and then TO o. S. L. depot, where |
the victims took train to Los Auge- !
les. He came back from the depot in
the same hack with Bell. and interro-
gated him as to how much he had set
tied for, Bell told him it had cost the |
full $1,000. At that time Donaldson !
knew nothing Of the $3.50. Later in
the afternoon, when thinking of the |
fact that he had been MIXED for half
his $4,000 to settle with, he declared |
with bitterness: "They conspired |
against me and di me up Just like |