Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-30
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used.
ON SATURDAY NIGHT.

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ON SATURDAY NIGHT.
And this leads to Saturday night
Jan. 4. On tho events OF that night
somebody lied Friends OF Jonathan
u. opcnshaw said II was William W.
Trimmer Friends of william w.
Trimmer said It was Jonathan f,
Openshaw. AT this point the bitter
differences OF opinion concerning the
robbery, and the fnctional fight that
has lasted all through the iuvestiga,
ton. with les mesh of charges aud
counter charges, had its beginning. w
f. Adams was friend of William w.
Trimmer He was quickly lined up
on his side, and Jos Nelson on the side
OF Openshaw and then the flood gates
| OF reorimlnation were opened. to prove
In the final analysis that circumstan-
tial point after clrcumstantal point
held by one side US convincing proof
against the other, and vice-versa, we're
really without foundation on either
side.
TO prove which OF these two men
| lied has been one of the problems con-
fronting the investigation. and opinion
upon It has differed materially.
Because Openshaw was quiet 1T
| tie man, unobstruslve, and a slave to
| his work, he was not thought of as
possessing the desire TO spend more
money than he earned, or to be engag-.
| ed In speculative schemes that
would call for large sums, Hence he
was among those most slightly sus-
| picioned
He has seldom been mentioned in the
Investigation, except In connection
with the matter of setting the time
| lock Saturday night January T. the
| date when the robbery was fixed, and
It was the fact that this Is the date
on which the first irregular action
L Al. A.. I..altl ar.s.~
on which to begin.
THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
Discussing that evening, friends OF
| Joseph Nelson pointed out that Mi.
Adams insisted on Miss Enberg work
ling late and this, like the action
| of the vault door was irregular. Friends
| OF Mr.. Adams pointed out that Mr..
| Trimmer could not get In next morn
| Ing, and that II was an infamous lie
| to insinuate that he had fixed the lock.
| because he did not even have n key to
| the outside door until he secured one
| from Mr.. Adams near st, Marks
church, after being unable TO set in to
| open the vault,
openshaw and Trimmer quickly sank
to secondary places in the discussion
| Will. between Joseph Nelson and Mr.
Adams 1t was kept up,
FACTS AND CONCLUSIONS.
The facts of that particular night
were these: Three bank employees were
concerned. and the subsequent facts
showed clearly not one of them lied
about what happened Miss Ida Eng
berg, stenographer, was told by w. f.
Adams to remain at the bank late that
night to finish up her work on the
banks notes. Someone had to remain
to lock the vault after the notes were
returned to it, and as Teller Strong
wished to go out to Centerville to visit
with relatives, this duty was delegated
to j. F.. openshaw, exchange clerk.
Sunday morning brought a duty to
w. w. Trimmer or Mr.. Strong to coma
to the bank, open the time lock, which
should have been set Saturday night
10 open Sunday morning, look through
the mail, and put within the vault. all
letters containing money. AS Strong
was out of town, Trimmer on this oc-
casion undertook the task.
W. w. Trimmer said he could not
open the vault on Sunday.
j. i. Openshaw said he had fixed the
time lock Saturday night so that II
would open Sunday morning.
The vault opened Monday without
difficulty. and experts said that only
the setting of the time lock to open
Monday instead of Sunday could ac-
count for this irregularity. This left
the circumstancial conclusion that
whenever of the men had apparently
lied, had something to conceal. and
this conclusion remained definite
matter OF investigation through the en-
TIRE session The final sentiment IA
that neither j. r. Openshaw or Trim
mer lied, deliberately, At one time II
was thought that Openshaw had writ
ten the letter to w. +. Adams which
was concluded to have come from one
OF the guilty parties. The evidence
of Mr. kytka, the famous expert. was
however that A. W. Nelson wrote this
letter, and 1t is reported that his evil
dence made this n certainty beyond
any possibility of q doubt Nelson him
self denied writing It, The condition
OF things this afternoon Is that Open
shaw Is considered to have locked the
vault as he said he did. and II the in
ctdent was connected with the robbery.
then there was time for someone else
| TO enter the vault between the hour of
| 10 o'clock when Openshaw said he set
the time lock to open, and H. 80 o'clock
| when Trimmer tried to get in, and re-
| ported that he could not.
ANOTHER IRREGULARITY.
The second irregularity noted at the
| bank In January was the refusal of the
| reserve chest combination to work for
Teller Strong This discovery was made
at time when A. w. Nelson was in
| from Bingham Junction to receive the
monthly allowance needed to pay the
| smelter hands. once before II had re-
| fused to operate and Joseph Nelson had
| succeeded in making 1t work He was
| east at the time the discovery was
| made, and IL was decided to wait for his
return before trying to get into the
money chest. This was done, and when
he was unable to work the combination.
the services of experts wene secured
The experts drilled In from the ton
until the tumblers clicked as they fell
INTO place. Then they left Teller strong
and Joseph Nelson TO actually open the
door.
This happened Jan. II, the day the
robbery was actually discovered. and
notice OF its having happened was car.
ried TO w. S. Mccormick.
THE SIGNED STATEMENT.
In signed statement made CONCERN
Ing the events OF that day. w. i.
Adams said that no was called to the
reserve chest and told that money had
been stolen. At that time no declared
the opening was slightly ajar and the
Interior OF the box so dark that he
could see nothing. while the Others
could see that something was wrong.
In tho same statement, Mr.. Adams
narrated his treatment of the news,
and hts going over To the office Of w.
s. Mccormick to notify him while Mel
son and Strong remained to count the
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