The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-03
Conspiracy Is Exposed.

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and explained at some length how the
two had frequently been successful IN
retaining money secured from victims
who had kicked. by allowing them 10
mail drafts 10 the bank in which the
gang had money, ordering the cash TO be
sent to the address of the dupes at what
ever point they happened TO be going to-
At this iuncture an envelope addressed
TO some member of the gang would be in
PRODUCED into the letter, with the result
that the cash would never reach the vic
Tins al all.
over and over again he reiterated his
statements as to the protection or the
TWO men and the amount il cost them.
At this time he claimed he and Bell had
no connection with either Donaldson or
the OBriens. whom. however. he knew to
be operating in the same way
Sheets Loses His Temper.
Al one point during the confession the
chief could stand il no longer; he made a
move TO rise 20 his feet and in tones cas-
lily audible 10 lawyers and reporters in
mis- vicinity. exclaimed:
You lying. peTJuring -- -
His lawyers checked him before he gave
further vent to his enraged feelings.
\ feature of the proceedings has been
the absolute secrecy maintained by the
county attorneys and sheriff 5 offices
with regard to the intention of Parent
TO make a confession. The defense was
Yisibiy nonplussed by the suddenness of
the attack. When the noon recess was
-
with Soren Y. Christensen, is acting for
the defendants, would not admit that the
line of prosecution came altogether as
surprise but it is not believed that any
thing like as complete an expose was an
ticipated.
There were few interruptions during the
recital The prosecution simply put their
man on the stand. asked few leading
questions and allowed him TO tell his
story in his own way. Occasionally an
objection would be interposed by the de-
Tense. but these did not succeed in ma
terially blocking any part of the evidence
and the twenty minutes or so of cross
examination by Attorney Thurman failed
s 10 shake the story in single particular.
At half past eleven or Whereabouts the
tale was complete and every previously
unsuppied feature of the famous rob
berry lay open to the light OF day Dis
crepancies in the former accounts from
various sources were explained clearly
and upon the conclusion Of the confession
there was not a single feature in the en-
tire chain of happenings which not
clear TO every man in the ROOM The
cross-examination was devoted largely TO
testing the credlbihty of the witness by
showing up his previous life. Under the
questions of Thurman. Parent admitted
that his occupation for some time past
had been that of a big mitt man. and
general card sharper, and that he had
been in Jail three or four times. for the
most part on charges similar TO the
present, on which he was after
NtIuS EtltdStu on lnt pay iDeEt OF a llue-
At u o'clock the proceedings came TO a
close with Parent still on the stand. and
the case was continued until Monday
morning at 10 o'clock.
Police Chiefs Alibi.
The sensational disclosures OF W. II.
Parent. the card shark, who turned
states evidence yesterday mOEaing in the
Sheets case, had no sooner been made
public than Chief of Police Sheets him.
self sprung sopnething of a sensation by
producing conclusive alibi in the con-
spiracy proceedings testified TO by Par
rent
At the time that Parent testifies pos
itively the agreement for police protec-
tion was entered into. Chief Sheets was
on his vacation and was spending two
weeks his father-in-law' ranch on
the border line between Rich county,
Utah, and Idaho.
Parent testified that Bell talked to
Chief Sheets on August a, and that the
agreement which was entered into be-
tween Bell and Parent on one side and
Attorney William Newton, the alleged
go-between for the chief. on August %
On crOss-examinatiOn the defense made
the witness swear positively as to these
dates.
The attorneys for the defense and Chief
Sheets have found in the records OF the
Oregon Short Line Railway company that
the chief hfs wife and daughter went to
Logan Utah. on passes on the Ale train
on August -. and returned from there
Chief sheets said that the party went
overland forty miles to Meadowville and
stopped at the ranch of his father-in-law
Archie Gum. and were there all the time
during his vacation. While there the
chief says he met number of reputable
men who reside IN Salt Lake and who
will be called as witnesses to substan-
tiate the alibi On the return trip this
chief rode with Warden Arthur Pratt OF
the state penitentiary from Logan TO Salt
Lake.
The testimony of Parent is given be
Text of Confession.
". H. Parent. a witness for the prose
cution, was duly sworn and testified as
Direct Examination.
Questions by Mr.. Hanson:
Q.-Your name is w. H. Parent?
Q.-what is your business. Mr.. Parent:
o.-Hsve you ever lived in Salt Lake
City?
x-came here about the first of Au-
sust, 1906
%SCame with a fellow by the name
If Thompson and Harry Sullivan
Q.-Do you know Mr.. William Newton.
dn HtkotttC<
Ayes. sir.
Ayes. sir.
O--Do you know Chief Sheets?
S-Yes. sir. when l see him.
O-Do you know Mr.. George Raleigh
S-Know Mr.. Raleigh when l see him,
C.-When did you first talk with Mr.
Newton II you remember
August when i arrived here
Mr. Christensen-n the court pleace
NE would like TO have the witness give
the time and place
O.-Do ysu know about what time in
Al think short time after came
hcre-the next day. don't Know the ex-
o@AIong the fore part Of August. pos
A-Refweer the 1st ard 4th.
o-Where did this conversation oc-
lit was down here I roomed. south
on WeSt Temple. ] don't know the rum
Der II the house Il was right at the