The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-21

Sheets said. Well, then. hurry up and
/ get your bill changed: that train will
be leaving soon.
Sheets started back toward the sta
ton and 1 went up to Donaldson
room at the Imperial hotel. Donaldson
had gone to get the bill changed. Aft
! er a little Donaldson returned and
counted outs $3.50 in gold, then he
counted $3.50, more in gold. 1 put the
$3.50 in purse in one pocket and the
$3.50 IN the other pocket and went back
/ TO the police station. The two Nc
! Winters were in the chiefs office
| when l got there. / told them that l
was only able to raise $3.50. McWhirteT
said that he could not get along with
! less than $1,000. I told him 1 would
/ try TO raise the other $3.50.
Il started out the door and Sheets
/ followed me. He said They have sent
me after the $3.50. / gave 1t to him
and told him l would have to loaf a
few minutes before I came back in the
room. The chief said, Go in there
and motioned me into the detectives
room. After a little Sheets came in
and said that / had betterg come back
! in his office as. the Scotchmen were
getting anxious about the train. I then
went back in and gave them the other
/ $3.50. We shook hands with the chief
and left the station.
! we went to the Cullen hotel. got
the luggage of the Scotchmen and went
| to the Oregon Short Line depot.
| stayed with the McWhirters until the
train pulled cut for Los Angeles.
met Donaldson at the station after the
train left He had been following me
after l left him at the Imperial hotel.
''The next day we all met at the I'M
perial rOoming house, in Donaldson's
room, and arranged a division of the
money. We decided to give Sheets
| 81. 800, which was 20 per cent of the
| SO, 900 we had left. Bell and got $3.50
and the O'Briens and Donaldson kept
| the rest. Parent and l left the room
after we got our money and went to
the drug store on the corner just west
across the street from the Y NJ c. A
building. I called up Chief Sheets and
said, Chief, l got your bit for you.
He said, All right, I'll come out the
back way and meet you
Parent and ] left the drug store
and went south on State street. l saw
Sheets come out the alley leading TO
the rear door of the police station and
go to a little second hand store.
crossed the street and followed him in
to the store. There was an old man
who spoke to Sheets and then went to
the back of the store. Sheets and
sat down In chairs near the front.
I'm Leaving Town, Good Bye.
81 slipped the chief roll of bills
amounting to $780, l said, Chief, that
| is only $3.50. The O'Briens' said they
would pay you the other $500. 1 don't
know whether they will or not, but
wanted to tell you how things stood.
The chief said he thought things would
/ be all right. l went out. leaving Sheets
in the store. and went across the street
where l met Parent.
"On Sept. q, the next day, / met
! Sheets on West Second South, and he
asked me to have lunch with him. We
went to the Chesapeake and ate. Dur
| ing the meal I told Sheets that
/ thought the McWhirters would be
back l said that az soon as they went
to some intelligent man and told him
their story he would advise them to
come back, and That if they did, it was
cinch that they would go to the
sheriff.
After lunch / met Parent and we
walked down the street together. Near
/ Second South and Main street. we met
Sheets talking to a tall, dark man.
} Sheets asked me to step i'm the door
way. He slipped me a $1,000 bill and
asked me TO get ii changed. l went to
! Walker Brothers bank and got two
SJV0 pdchdSeS Vi currency, pIouShl
them back across the street and gave
them to Sheets.
"On the following Monday. when
was going to my room at the SAM
tarium. 1 ran into one of the McWhir
tiers. l called up Sheets right away
and told him that the McWhirters were
back I said, I'm leaving town. Good
| bye"
The state then attempted 10 bring out
the dealings that Bell says he had with
Sheets prior to the McWhirter robbery.
The defense succeeded in blocking this
testimony on the ground that it had no
direct bearing on the present charge
against Sheets.
Bell Cross-Examined.
Bell was asked whether or not he
had communicated with Sheets since
he left Salt Lake. He said that he had
written him two letters, one from Den
yer and one from Wyoming. He said
he had received an answer to one in
/ Kansas. He was not allowed to give
the contents of these letters, because
the state could not produce the letters
themselves.N which are considered the
best evidence with reference to the cor
Tespondece.
Soren X. Christensen, as attorney for
| Sheets, then began severe cross-ex-
animation of the witness.
You read Parents testimony in the
various hearings in connection with
this case?" asked the attorney.
| Every word of it, replied Bell.
From the transcripts in the case?"
mo; 1 read it in the newspapers
while 1 was travelling around the coun-
| try. / bought Salt Lake newspapers
in New Orleans. in Birmingham, Ala,
and in Kansas City"
"Then you didn't see any transcript
| in the case?"
There was one in my cell at the
county Jail for two or three months.
| but 1 didn't read it. Parent had it
there. He used to sleep on it."
You and Parent were friendly"
About as friendly as two strange