Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-02
SULLIVAN SEEKS
CHANGE OF VENUE
Man Charged With Murder OF
officer Ford Appears
In Court.
ATTY. LooFBouRoW OPPOSES
He Presents Counter Petition Signed
BY 20 Citizens Protesting Against
The Proposed Change.

Judge Armstrong will render de-
clsion Wednesday morning as to wheth-
Ell or not Joe sullivan shall have
change of venue from Salt Lake coun
" to either Summit or Tooele. Sulli-
van is charged with murder in the
FIRE degree for the killing of Police Of
iicer Z. IL. Ford on the night of Dec.
IA last, and Is being held IN the state
prison awaiting trial. The case is
scheduled To come up Monday, March 3.
Counsel for Sullivan, Attorneys Bailey
and Vickery, believe that their client
cannot have a fair and impartial trial
in salt Lake county, ana nave asked
for q change of Venue as indicated.
This morning an affidavit signed by
sullivan was presented to the court,
the prisoner being present, asking that
the case be tried in one of the other
counties The petition was backed by
others, some sworn to. others not,
containing in all about 90 names. stat
ing 1t TO be the opinion of the signers
that the ends of justice would best be
subserved by the case not being heard
here.
COUNTER PETITION.
A contemplation was presented
by District Attorney Loofbouiow, sign
ed by 26 citizens OF Salt Lake City,
and declaring it TO be their opinion
that defendant can be assured of re-
ceiving a tair and impartial trial in
this county.
MIR. Lootbourow was very brief in
stating his opposition to the movement
He said that defendant could object
to any person sitting on the case who
had a preconceived opinion, and UNI
biased jurors could be found in plenty
in this county
Defendants counsel had large
number of newspaper clippings in
court, taken, as they said, from two
or three hundred pounds OF newspa-
pers, most of the articles being very
prejudicial against their cl.>nt. Mr..
Bailey asked permission to read some
of the extracts, before fling them in
entirety. The first one read was from
the Tribune but the contents did not
bear out counsel's contention as to pre-
judice. The comment of the paper was
to the effect that Chief of Police Pitt
did not believe that Sullivan fired
the shot that killed Policeman Ford.
Atty, Bailey apilogged for not having
more carefully collated his material,
and the court said that the clippings
would be gone into before a decision
was rendered in the case.
SULLIVAN LOOKS BETTER.
sullivan Is lOOhllB muCn peter tnan
when he appeared for preliminary ex-
animation. He has fieshed up con-
siderable and the hunted, careworn
look that was upon his face when he
was brought from the northwest Is
not observable. AS he is in the state
prison for safe keeping and not as a
convicted criminal, he does not have
to work. and that fact is doubtless re-
sponsible for his changed condition.
He smiled frequently today while in
court. thing that he was not known
to do during his preliminary hearing,
Sullivan was not brought into the
city with a chain around his legs, as
when brought into eiurt to plead, some
weeks ago. He was handcuffed, and
when returned to prison today his
right hand and the left hand of George
II. Elliott We're linked together. De-
putty Joe Sharp had the prisoners in
tow. while on former occasions several
officers accompanied the one man.