Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-19
Gordon Hurries From South AfrI-
ca to Assist His Brothers
In Salt Lake.
THAT LETTER TO HOME CITY.
AS Usual Fake Sentence is Inter-
po|ated by the American"
Organ 10 Gain Point.
ayrshire Post Contains mo Reference to
AsslstaEt Rendered by Friends as
Alleged Brazeilly This Morning

The McWhirter bro theirs, late Of Scot
land, and more recently Of Salt Lake,
are now three in number. The latest
addition Is Gordon McWhirter, who
iourneyed all the way from South
Africa to help his two brothers out OF
trouble when he read of their unfor-
tunate encounter with two fake police
men and a chief Of real police in the
city of salt Lake
Gordon Is now with Alexander and
william in their Salt Lake business
and he brings with him considerable
supply OF capital from Africa, which
the brothers plan to use in re-ostahlish-
ing themselves on a larger basis, or ex-
panding the present start,
II don't think I could have stood it,"
declared Gordon this morning, ito
have $4,000 taken away from me by
men wearing the badges of police Off
GERS, pretending to be operating In the
name of the law. and then go to the
police station to get this money back.
only to find that the chief paid no at
these men had showed the insignia OF
police officers and taken this money in
the name of the law. and furthermore
that knowing these facts he could let
the man who had used the insignia OF
his department come into his private
Office, talk with him. and then let him
go his way after bringing back 10 per
cent of the money taken, to get my
brothers out of town.
AS M'wHrRTER THIRD SEES III
II don't know about your Yankee
laws, but I think the worst thing that
could be brought against Chief Sheets
Is his conduct In defending, or rather
totally falling to defend. the hohuor o.
his de partment nv allowing it's Insignia
to be used by robbers without a protest
And protest there was in plenty, for
one of my brothers asked at the desk
for their money! that they Thought
would be brought there by the police
man who robbed them of It. and one of
Them told the chief personally an hour
before the fake policeman, Bell. showed
mp with the other brother, that this
money was iH'ren from them by men
claiming 10 b. nolIcenlen, and that one
Of these fake policemen was AZ that
very time out In the city with my
brother"
STILL ANOTHER SAMPLE.
The Mcwhirter family had for their
consideration today another sample OF
the Kind of defense being put up for
Chief Sheets by his friends and allies in
crime, with their newspaper defender
Their policy from the start has been
10 grossly Inisstate the clear facts Of
the testimony. 10 leave uunoticed MANY
facts which are we'll established, and
n given In their clearly intended inn
port, would deprive the Sheets defense
Of tho bottom its explainers attempt to
establish for it,
AND THE ECHO ANSWERS
WHY
Said Alexander this morning: why
don't the Tribune print again the
manly statement OF Chief Sheets. he
made right after the occurrence, and
that is now clearly established as d
mess OF lies? Why do they persistently
attack me? Here l came on my way
TO the COAST had no friends here,
and no afTiliates, They now declare
that this bakery was established by
friends OF mine and hackers. insinuat-
ing political hackers. Wen, they can
easily find out the facts. My broth
or and half starved ourselves to save
our little mite OF capital recovered
after the fake policemen had robbed
MS We had $500 OF this $1,000 left,
when we started here, and we sunk
$50 OF that into iiStures- leaving us
only 80 when our doors opened for
business Mccormick & Co, are our
bankers. and my books nre all open
20 inspection. Since then We have
paid all our bills, and We are In
position 10 continue 10 pay them but
every cent has come In through the
sales from the bakery, and the day
hook will show this. Why should the
Tribune he bounding me with mis-
Statements. and false charges, instead
of doing something TO help the city 7"
GROW better ard get rid OF the thieves
that prospercd here ON tho business OF
ieeclng tonFlsisy
JUST A FEW POINTS
eAnd the Tribune might remember
another thing The ordinary sucker
Il card man, willing to 80 against
card game. We dld moi go 10 the
Antler roomIng house To play cards
We were accosted on tho street by n
man OF pleasant anpearnnce, who want
cd TO help us see bis city. or rather tho
city where bis friend, Col. Rice. owned
nm automobile In which he would hc
pleased TO take us for n ride. We ~
fused him several times and only ac-
cepted out Of n desire not 20 be dis
courteous To- q We'll meaning citizen
az the city The poker game was
sprung while we were waiting for the
colonel and In agreeing to SIT In IT, no
attcmpt Was mnde 10 play. but only 70
hold tho 'steerer's hand, nalther of ms
Knowing the least thing shout cards.
Tint Is sOnevbat different from
ease OF an attemp 10 win nj cards
and thfn a0llen Hing because unauccess-
ful The bic bulk ~ our money was
tnken by fake policemen, whom we
trusted because of their badges for IN
Scotland The first thing our police did
on rnldlne . gambling room was TO
search all the mon cauVht there. AnH
tahe the property thus secured 10 the
station whore It WAS returned"
THAT INTERPOLATION,
The most recent phase OF the Mo-
Whittier story Is The reproduction mis-
morning by the Tribune Of letter from
Alexander MoWhiter 10 his home paper,
but 20 make its point II characteristic
cnlly Intcrpolates n sentence Into the
test making the Scotland pnper author.
ny for ihe statement that ihe MeWhir-
tiers were rasglsied by friends IN get
ting into business There ir not one
word IN lac Scotland psper, the Aye
shire Post, a copy OF which "a before