The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-18
OWEN RELATES
THE DETAILS Of
FORD'S MURDER
Describes Meeting Sullivan and
Traces Movements Up
to the Crime.
CONVICTS WILL TESTIFY
TO REFUTE HIS STORY
OWEN IN CONSTANT FEAR OF
DEATH AT THE STATE
PENITENTIARY.

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g Case Sf prosecution. outlined by .
Z. District Attorney Fred LOOfbou- g
q row: Joe Sullivan and Joe Car @
s: cia held up the Albany saloon on g
. the morning of Dec. ID last, q
6, leaving John Owen outside. The e,
g two ran out of the place together g
4: and one of them fired the bullet @
@ which killed Policeman Charles S. o
&: Ford. Both, under the law, were o
p guilty of murder
q Case Of defense, outlined by F. {:
Z. f. Vickery. attorney for Sui q
o Ivan Joe Garcia and John o
Q owen held up the Albany saloon, g,
g and one of them shot and killed g
g the policeman. Joe Sullivan left o
q Garcia and Owen before the rob o
Q berry. walking northwardly on the 9,
9, Oregon Short Line tracks TO 6.
Q Woods Cross. He had no part in o
the hold up and murder
g The defense claims that Owen. @
o at the penitentiary, confessed that {:
&: he told the police a story to save {.
o himself from the charge of muir q.
o der, and that Owen said: The po- q
8 lice are going to hang some one, @
{: and / am going to see that they o
3. don't hang me- @
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the prosecution Of John Owen, the con-
Wet infOrmer. in the case of Joe Sui
Ivan, the alleged highwayman who is
on trial before Judge Armstrong in the
district court for the murder OF PO-
! liceman Charles S. Ford, other con-
Victs are to be brought from the
state penitentiary to testify for the
defense. They Will, it is said. swear
that Owen confessed to them that his
statement duplicating Sullivan WAS
made so as to prevent the authorities
/ from trying the informer for murder.
While John Owen was on the stand
yesterday afternoon at the trial. At
torney Vickery paved the way for the
/ introduction Of these convict witnesses.
When owen appeared in the court he
showed the effects of the terrible
strain under which he has been living
at the state penitentiary The mans
/ face was pale and thin. and there was
a feverish glitter in his eyes. In his
testimony ne stated that he had been
warned by Warden Pratt that he
might be murdered by the other con-
/ Victs.
Warden Pratt told me to be very
careful in moving about the corridors
of the penitentiary." ne said "The
| warden warned me not to go into or
/ close to any Of the cells occupied by
other convicts. saying that the con-
victs were liable to kill me
New Details Related.
/ Interesting new details were
/ brought out in the examination of
! owen. He said that when he met Sui
/ livan- on Tuesday, Dec 20 he was
| begging upon the street. being hungry
| and without money Sullivan gave him
/ 10 cents. and then. when three police
men ordered owen to leave Salt Lake,
/ threatening to arresa him as a vagrant.
Sullivan walked away with the in
| former and befriended him. Yet after
| cOnfessing that the accused man had
/ fed him when he was hungry. Owen
| seemed eager to fasten the crime OF
/ murder uDon Sullivan.
In strong contrast to the nervous
/ half-frighteped bearing of Owen was
/ the calm manner of Sullivan. Prison
/ life has worked a marked change for
/ the better in Sullivan's appearance.
/ He is no longer the thin wolfish. trav-
/ el-wOrn hunted creature the police
/ brought back from Portland. Ore.
/ where he was captured. The hoIlows
in his checks, caused by the privations
/ ne endured during his flight have dis
4 appeared. His face is now that of a
/ well-fed and rather prepossessing
! young man. The hunted look is gone
! from his eyes
Sullivan Eyes Owen.
He watched the proceedings yester-
day with a calm and quiet face. ex-
/ cept for moment when Owen was on
[ the stand. Then there flashed i'm his
eyes a look of malignant hatred, which
/ quickly disappeared. Apparently with
an effort to conceal his impotent rage
( ne reached for a copy of the evidence
at the preliminary hearing. when he
( again raised his eyes he was smiling.
! This smile he held upOn his face until
/ owen was led from the court room.
! Fear of the executioner had taught
Sullivan the power of repression which
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