Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-08
STATE RESTS IN
SHEETS HEARING
Defense Processes Great Sur
prise at Predicted Nom
Appearance Of Bell.
"DR. i'm" TO TESTIFY AGAIN.
Severe Cross Examination for Man
Who Sworc He Lied TO Save
Disgraced Chief.

The hearing of former Chief of Police
Sheets charged with accepting brides.
came 10 sudden temporary termina-
ton this morning when the state an
nounced It would rest. The defense
made exhibitions of great surprise at
this action, asserting as was expected.
that II had rested assured Bell would
be called to the stand to testify for
the state. That Bell would not take
the stand was announced In the News
AZ the opening of the hearing. The
News" can repeat the declaration. Bell
win not be called upon to take tho
stand at the present time no matter
what demands the defense may launch.
The state is confident II has brought
ample evidence TO convince the court
George Sheets should be held to the
district court to answer to the new
charges filed against him.
JIM TO BE RECALLED.
The defense will put Jim" Donald
son upon the stand this afternoon and
subject him to a severe drilling to show
numerous discrepancies in his testi-
mony In this and other hearings. Dom
aldson swore while testifying before
Judge Bishop day before yesterday
/ that he (Donaldson) perjured himself
during his own trial, because his coun-
sci had advised him to protect Sheets
no matter at what cost Jim feels
he has not been treated in the same
way he has treated others and is now
ready to tell everything he knows. He
started to tell of his dealings with
Sheets in prize-hght matters but an
objection by the defense was sustained
and the story was not told. When
h N
ious big tricks turned in this city the
defense side-tracked his flood of angry
declarations. This afternoon Jim" will
be put under cross-eXamlnatton and the
defense will not spare him In it's at
tempt to destroy his credibility as
witness.
When the state announced shortly
after $3.50 o'clock this morning that It's
case was finished, attorneys for the
defense We're on their feet instantly
processing great establishment. Then
It was asked that Donaldson be brought
into the court room upon the resump-
ton of the hearing at o'clock this
afternoon. 1t is not thought the de-
Tense will consume considerable time
with Its portion of the examination OF
new witnesses.
STATE SCORES POINT
An important feature brought out
this morning was the states meeting
contention raised yesterday morning
by the defense and kept up during the
rest of the day. Alex. McWhirter while
on the stand said Sheets said to him,
Now you will require to keep this
quiet because If 1t gets out it will go
hard with me-" During the cross-ex-
animation Attys. Wedgewood and
Thurman had the witness repeat this
statement. Transcripts of former testi-
mony rendered by McWhirter was read
to show that this statement was en-
.tirely new.
You have testified five or six times,
Mr.. McWhirter?" asked Judge Thur
man yesterday afternoon.
Yes, sir" was the answer.
why have you never made This
statement before then? Is 1t an after
Il thought ?"
81 believe I have made 1t before
Then followed a long questioning to
shake the witness on this point Tho
transcripts We're brought out and long
extracts read and while the afternoon
was consumed by the defense in going
4 over the records no such declaration
could be found.
STATEMENT is FOUND.
This morning, however the state had
transcript of McWhirter's testimony
before Judge Armstrong In former
Sheets hearing and the statement was
found. almost word for word. Sheeta
q uttered this warning. McWhirter ex-
planned, after the thousand dollars was
q returned and the Scotchmen We're
II leaving for the coast. Judge Thurman
81 took the manuscript from District At
a torney Loofbourow, read the page and
n paragraph several times and then
passed 1t TO his associates. Thus ended
Ia long and tiresome contention and inn
n mediately after the Incident was closed
the state announced it would rest. y
recess was then taken until o'clock.