The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-04
DONALDSON 1T BIZ
RELATES SPIC1 IND
UIVWIRITTEN HISTORY
Sped on Gamblers for Martin Muvey Who Wanted the City
to Get the Rakeoff, and Thus Antagonized Sheets


chief of police, George A Sheets, and
its heavyweight councilman, Martin Z.
Mulvey, were told by Jim Donaldson
on cross-examinatiOn yesterday after
noon. That Mulvey and Sheets had
been enmies for seven months prior to
the McWhirter affair, and that Mulvey !
had employed Donaldson to find out
who was gambling and where they
were located, was the declaration of
the gambler now on the witness stand
in his owD defense
District Attorney Loofbourow evil
IDENTIFY did not appreciate the motives
that prompted the crusade of the cor
pulent councilman and his gambling
sIeuth against vice, for he asked:
did MuIvey want to start a gam |
bling house, too2'
No. sir" replied Donaldson, he |
wanted the city to get the license fees !
that belonged to it for the operation of /
these places, and didn't want them to /
run unless the city derived some rev. |
enue from them"
'"Dr. Jim's" Love Affairs.
DonaIdson's affairs of the heart were
touched upon by the district attorney |
in his cross questioning.
I'm quite a ladies' man." admitted /
Donaldson, on one occasion
on another occasion, (which one do you
mean?"
Attorney Sam King heated off sew
eral attempts of LOOfbCUrOw TO go into |
details with reference to the character |
and standing of these sweethearts."
Jim Donaldson was on the stand all 1
day in his own defense. All morning |
was taken up with his story of the
poker game in the Antler rOoming
house, and the events Immediately be-
fore and after il took place. In the |
afternoon he was placed on the grill |
and put through a severe cross-exam
ination by District Attorney Loofbou-
row. He stuck TO his story in the |
main, but got in rather deep water
once or twice. Both the witness and |
the district attorney were mixed once
or twice on the mathematics of the
case, and it was with some difficulty to
each that the figures involving the ad-
dition and subtraction and division of
the McWhirter money were finally
Strengthened out.
Throughout his testimony Donaldson
repeatedly declared that he was held /
up in the game Just as badly as the
McWhirters were. 1t developed that
the $1,000 returned to the McWhirters
had been furnished by Donaldson,
While at the same time Bell had led
the others to believe that it came out
of the sS.373 taken by Parent, making
Bell S1,000 to the good in the transac-
ton.
Questioned About Murder Charge.
District Attorney Loofbourow en-
deavOred to show by his questions that
Donaldson had been arrested for muir
der. This line of questioning was ruled
out of order by the court on the Objec-
ton of Mr.. King. The homicide re-
fcrred to was the killing of Jim DON
aIdson's father by himself At the
time Donaldson was accused of the
killing, but was afterward freed from
the charge
Juror Henry n. Bird was indisposed
all day yesterday, but insisted that the
trial should not be adjourned on his
account and stayed in the box all day.
Mr.. Bird is II years old. On account
of his age the hot weather has caused
his health to suffer In the afternoon
Judge Armstrong had an electric fan
installed for the benefit of the jury,
and it had some effect in cooling off
the tOrTid court room.
Donaldson took up the story of the
McWhiTteT transaction when court con-
vened yesterday morning from the
point where he left off the day before.
He said that when he entered G. W. /,
Scott, Jew Peck and Jack O'Rrien
were seated in the room. He indicated
on the chart the location of the arti-
cles of furniture and where these three
men were seated. After a few com
mOnplaCe remarks, Donaldson re-
marked that he was going out to his
sisters, and asked Scott to go with
him. Scott said he had not eaten and
asked Donaldson to wait few min ,
utes and he would go out with him. As
Scott started to leave Jew" Peck
arose and said: If you have no OBJ
lection, III go and get something to ,
eat, too" O'Bren said he had none
Donaldson then arose TO go with the ,
other two, but O'Brien told him he
might as we'll remain there. He re-
sumed his seat and O'Brien suggested
d game of stud" poker. Donaldson {
bought 800 worth of chips and they !
started to play. He lost about SO or
$50 when a knock came at the door.
O'Brien said he feared it might be the {
police and placed a newspaper over the
cards and chips on the table.
The Entrance of the Victims.
Jack O'Brien opened the door and
Larry O'Brien and the two McWhir- '
tiers entered. Larry O'Brien introduced I
himself and the two MCWhirters He
didn't catch the name Larry gave HIM 7
self, but was positive that he was in
troduced to both McWhirters as Mr.
Donaldson. Larry asked for Colonel 4
Rice, and Jack told him that he was
not IN. :
As Alexander McWhirter sat down
near the dresser he picked up a piece / :
Of ore and asked what il was Jack
o Brien explained the ore to him. He +
asked the McWhirters where they were i
from, and one of them said they were a
from Scotland and were passing
through Salt Lake on the way to Cali
fornia. Y
Jack O'Brien then asked if the gen r
tlemen had any objection TO their con- r
tinuing the game of poker, giving as il
a reason for the newspaper being over
the cards that DOnaldson's sweetheart
objected 10 his playing cards and for
that reason they had concealed them.
Donaldson said that in the course of a
the game that followed Jack O'Brien t
called him doctor once or twice.
Larry O'Brien asked to enter the game t
and Jack said he did not usually play \
with strangers, but he would this time n
Larry O'Brien bought $40 worth of il
chips, displaying a roll of currency.
Donaldson then bought 81 900 worth of "
chips, but did not pass over any g
money The chips played with were |