The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-19

up and murder. Owen. who was his as
sociate and had visited the half breeds
hiding place in North Main street, knew
this and, to save himself, wove truth
with fiction in his story that Sullivan
and Garcia had entered the saloon 10
commit the robbery and that he, un-
willing to take part in the crime, had
remained outside 1t is contended that
if Owen had been a block away from
the scene when the shooting commenced
he could easily have returned to the
heart of the city without attracting at
tention, as there are many passers in
West Second South street at all times
of the night.
Anxious to Plead Guilty.
1t is believed that he was at Sullivan S
side all the time and that his ingen-
iOus story was for the purpose of in
ducing the authorities TO accept his
plea of guilty to the charge of robbery,
so that he could go to the penitentiary
for twenty years and escape the charge
of murder.
In support of the theory that Owens
| confession was a clever mixture of
truth and ficEon, the fact is pointed
to that Sullivan and Garcia were to-
gether when they met Doc" Gibson,
the stool pigeon, on the night before
the crime. Their conversation caused
Gibson to report to the authorities that
! the two men were about to commit a
crime. A few hours before the hold-up
and murder, Sullivan and Gibson were
| found in a South State street saloon
by two deputy sheriffs, who followed
them into West Second South street
where the crooks managed to elude the
men who were shadowing them. Gar
LII s1-,E.T
ton, was not with Sullivan and Owen
At the time. the two robbers were OF
/ their way to the scene of the robbery
and murder. The crime was commit
ted few hours later. and it is rot be-
! lieved that a meeting with Garcia
| could have been arranged before the
bandits entered the Albany saloon.
On the other hand, it is intimateo
| that the machinery of the under world
is being moved to save Garcia, who is
a successful crook, with plenty o1
money and a resOurcefulness which
promises much future loot, while Sui
Ivan. and Owen are mere ruffians.
Sullivan in Court.
Sullivan was taken from his cell ii
the city Jail yesterday morning to the
/ police court. where he was arraigneC
on charge of murder. He seemed coo
and self possessed. The desperate, while
in court, was guarded by Captain Bur
bidge, Sergeant Hempel and Police
men Heath, Hilton and Beckstead.
/ Judge Diehl informed Sullivan tina
1t would not be necessary to plead Il
the charge at once, and when Sullivan
asked for time in which to consult /;
lawyer, continued the case until Mon
day morning at 10 O'Clock.
he court damned with Snppta
tors, eager to catch a glimpse of tn
desperate.
AS soon as the case was continued
Sullivan was taken from the cOur
room and hurried to the county Jail il
a hack.
There he was placed in a cell witt
George Elliott, who is accused of hav
ing broken into the Court saloon il
South State street on Dec. last.
Sullivan also asked that Lawyer
John Henry Bailey, jr., and Frank L
: Vickery be sent for. Mr.. Wicker,
, called at the county Jail and had lon
conference with the accused man. Sui
} livan heard of the lawyers through hi
cellmate Elliott. who explained tina
they had been appointed to defend hin
by Judge Armstrong. Learning this
Mr.. Vickery told Sullivan that shoul
the court appoint Bailey and Wicker
TO defend him, they would do thei
duty as the law requires.
, In the county jail at present are sew
: erai men who have figured in the Sui
. Iivan-Garcia- Owen case. Four cell
away from Sullivan is Richard Dem
I ing. the highwayman, who, after hi
escape from the county jail, accordin
to his story. tramped to Oregon wit
Sullivan. He claims that Sullivan wa
at his side when he was captured.
Doc" Gibson, the stool pigeon,
! also in the Jail.
/ Joseph Donovan, Eddie Olson an
. Mike Lynch alleged associates of Sui
/ livan, are also there.
Mrs May Donovan, DonOvan's wifi
3 who was arrested with her husban
= and later released, has left Salt LAX
She is said to be a country girl VIII
] fell into the hands of Donovan, Nc
knowing that he was suspected {
t crime. When she learned the tru
4 character of her husband, it is saiC
= she returned to her parents.