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

Sullivan. He told me / would be foolish
to leave here.
Attorney offers Protection.
Q.-Who told you? Newton?
A-Yes, sir. He told me he could fix
things up He said | wasn't known here
and if | would get partner that was
not known we could go to work again.
| wrote to Bell and moved to the SAM
tlrium We moved to the Sanitarium nn
the 10th of August. Bell arrived on the
zlst We talked it over. l introduced
Bell to NJ. Newton; and Bell didn.
like his way of talking. He said in
prayed the races and drank too much
He didn't know whether to trust him or
not Newton made me proposition that
could go TO work here for 500 a
Dust a moment. Who was to re-
ceive the 500 a week?
A.-Wen Sheets
Q-Now. who were you TO pay it to,
if anyone
A To Newton.
o.-What was Mr. Newton to do with
/ it, if he said?
Mr. Christensen-Did he say that?
Ayes, sir.
/ Mr. Christensen-Let us have the exact
/ conversation.
! the exact conversation.
/ Ave finally agreed Bell was ar
rested ON the oath. think. by shannon
I H.
| Ice headquarters ard turned loose. He
had a talk with Chief Sheets and he said
/ he woul1 turn him loose If he would
leave town.
be did tell him, that is entirely outside
of the case.
Bell Talks to Chief.
The Court-It may go in if it is prop
erly connected.
Q.-Mr. Bel had a conversation with
/ Mr. Sheets2
A.-Mr. Sheets turned him loose with
/ hotel-(interrupted)
Mr.. Christensen-Did he say the date
was the 10Th he talked to Mr.. Sheets?
] The Witness-No. sir.
! Mr.. Christensen-What date was it?
! The Mitness-Nhy. about the 24th;
along about that time l am not posi-
! tive. Bell came back to the hotel and
said he had to leave town and that ne
had been arrested and had been ordered
| to leave town. and we went down and
bought four railroad tickets to Los An
geles. He came back to the hotel ard
Mr. Newton was in my room and VIC
told him that we were going TO leave;
| He said it would be very foolish; that 4
we wanted TO stay here he would fix II
IN Bell told handicapped.
MIR. Christensen-We object to that be-
cause ne said it was never fixed up ii
is a preliminary conversation with, moi
the confederate. but with someone else
Il
! spiracy, he says, but there was no con-
spiracv entered into. 1t is prelimi-
nary conversation between these mer
and Newton, Newton promising that af
would do certain things.
Mr. Hanson-Mr. Sheets will be bound
4 he adopted the conspiracy by Whai
preceded it. That is the law-the adop'
ton.
The Court-He would not be bound b!
the declaration of the co-conspirator un
less the declaration should be brough
home to him.
J Mr.. Christensen-That IS my contention
exactly
Mr.. HaDson-There is no dispute Oh
A. Newton said we would be foolish T.
leave He told us 10 take these ticket
mack. which we did. We took them bacl
to the office That was Friday. The mex
dav. the gsth. was Saturday, of Augest
4 we had an arrangement to meet hin
q, Whersg A. At the Chesapeake
@ In this city? A Yes, sir In tn
banquet room.
Newton Paid 300 for Sheets.
O. What occurred there? A. Newtoi
and his wife and two little girls wer'
present and Bell and / walked in ana toll
him we had decided to take the chanc
of him. | gave him the 500 ana then W
he came back. He came back. suppose
/ In about two hours. and told US to q
ahead that everything was all right ant
that we could skin all the suckers W
wanted to. We would not be bothered.
O. Yes. then what followed? A III
told us to be careful We went to worl
Monday morning, the 9th. We were T.
/ give up S1o0 a week to work
o. TO whomg A To Newton.
o. Now tell what followed You wen
To work Where did you go and wha
folIoved? A. We went to a saloon dow
on West Temple run by fellow by tn
name of Ross, think, Dago- He run
a saloon down there.
/ O. What is IL known as. the New
Brunswick saloon7 A. ! don't know.
was a rev place then and Just opened VI
This Italian wanted TO know what W
wanted with him and we explained IT Z
him and to Mr.. Newton, also. We ex
planned TO him and he came 10 me an
asked If there was any chance or gettin!
/ IN fro,1ble and / told him / did not thin
there was
81 What else followed? A We opene
! M card game there.
o What followed after that? A. W
continued TO work until Monday, the ut
the 9th. 7 believe II was. or Tuesda,
the 2sth-eitl1er Tuesday or Wednesday
and went up town and noticed someon
following me up and down the street
didn't know anything about II and ealle
Bell and asked him who the fellow wa
j and he told me IL was Mr.. Raleigh.
Raleigh Learns the Game.
O The defendant sitting over there
A Yes. sir Bell then told me to Wal
and he would introduce me and he Gale
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