Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-05
WHERE SHEETS GOT CASH.

looking in. They were standing near y
little glass show case and ! saw Bell
give Sheets the money Have you
learned since Saturday that there is no
show case In the place-did you visit
the place while riding around in that
open surrey" asked Judge Thurman.
II call n show case anything with
goods displayed on it," said the witness
Have You been there since ~
Il have been by there
did you stop.
Not there, Mr.. Sharp stopped to
talk 10 some one
ibid you point that out as the place
Yes
Now coming back 10 what YOU said
Saturday: while at the door did you see
anyone in the store?''
yes. A man behind some stones AMI
hardware--about IL feet from Sheets
and Bell
Did anyone come forward to see
what they wanted"
II didn't notice anyone"
How long We're you IN there"
About two minutes
II left the door before they came out.
went across the street to a hookblack
stand--aInost directly across the
street"
The witness was excused and imme-
diately left the room. accompanied by
~
DOCTOR" JrMs NEIcE.
Miss Grace King. Jim" DonsIdson's
neice. was then called to the stand
She said she lives in New England nd
dltion. in tho southwestern portion oc
Salt Lake. She said she saw her uncle
on Sept 20. with several men. She
identified pictures of the O Brien broth
ers and said they were wiki her uncle
at her home. Two men, whom she
did not know. came out later. She said
they came out about s o'clock, but did
not know how long they stayed, be-
cause she left while they were still
there, Miss King was then excused.
PARENT RECALLED.
Parent was recalled TO the stand
upon request OF Judge Thurman. DO
you remember what phone was used
when the mcetiDs with Chief Sheets
ranged ~ asked the judge, The witness
did nnt remember which phone was
used. ait was I'm saloon east of the
bowling alley, east OF the Sanitarium,'
he said. ut was standing ON a cigar
case Just inside of the door
DRUG CLERK CALLED.
Fred Anness, an smploye OF the Sun
drug store at 3S1 south West Temple,
from which Bell Is said to have tele-
phoned TO Chief Sheets, was then called
to the stand.
-"were sou employed at the Sun COM
pany Sept. 1877" asked Mr.. Hanson.
The witness said he was and saw
Mcwhirter come in with little, short
heavy-set fellow, THE latter rushed
In and asked to- use the phone. | told
him he could. While he was telephone
ing McWhirter asked Inc II his com
panion was an officer. J told him I
didn't know. The lit,le fellow called for
number 30. hut l don't think he got
the party he was calling for.
MAY DAVIS ONCE MORE.
May Davis was then called to the
stsud. She said she was working az
6aIs west First South. She said she
knew the O'Brien brothers when they
were working AT 264 south West Tom
pie street, as gamblers, she thought.
Miss Davis. They We're staying ut
1884, west South Temple IN a large
house set back from the street" In an
swcr TO q series OF rapid questions
from Mr.. Hanson. She Identified pic
lures of the o'Brieu brothers and said
she knew Chief Sheets II met him a
the police station some time in Septem-
her. 1 was Larry o'Brien's wife. Mrs.
O'Brien, Johns wife. went into an
Office"
Judge Thurman asked How long did
Mrs. O'Brlen remain in the chiefs
Office
About five minutes"
Were the O'Briens away"
Yes"
This was after the Mcwhirter az
fair?''
Yes
Atty, Christensen moved that tho
girls testimony be stricken out and this
court so ruled with the exception OF the
identincatlons furnished.
SALOON KEEPER SWAIN,
C. s. Swain. the saloon keeper men
toned yesterday. was the next witness
He said he was not personally ac-
aualnted with Newton but had seen
him In his place of business 1863 south
West Temple, He identified Parent as
one OF the men he saw In his place
wish Newton during September They
wanted To buy the saloon" he said
"At first they wanted to rent wins
room for gambling. wouldn't stand
for this.
In answer to n direct question. Swain
said nothing was mentioned about
Chief Sheets. In describing the CONVEX
satlon. swain said he told the men
Newton and Parrent-thar II they
were making so much money he woul1
sell them the place FOR $500 Newton
came back the next day and said theS
had a better place on another street"
HOW THEY WORKED IT.
Thomas Belmont was called and said
he knew Chief Il. Gets. Captain Raleigh
and Ross Razutta. Belmont said he
was a porter In Ro2utta's place during
August, September and the summer,
belmont said he SAW Newton In the
saloon almost every day during the
summer Belmont said two fellows
Mere running ''shoe string" game Ia
The wineroom. while one man went
out for beer the other one switched
cards, thus running stuffed deck
mon the sucker"
would the cards be IN plain sight"
''Well. there would be several decks
of cards, two or three stacks OF chips
and several writing tablets"
''pid You ever see Newton with these
menf"
times less,
"pid you see Raleigh9'
Eyes, IN the saloon
Sheets
Eyes, once or twice
al. hara occurred betWean ftnun