The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-24
SULLIVAN IS
HELD TO COURT
FOR MURDER
Damaging Testimony by John
Owen, the Convict, at Pre-
liminary Hearing.
TELLS OF CONNECTION
WITH MAN ON TRIAL
PRISONER HEARS FEARFUL
STATEMENTS AGAINST HIM
WITH BLANcHED FACE.

As John Owen the convict. made what
he pretended was a full confession of all
he knew about the Albany saloon hoId-up
and the shooting of Policeman Ford. yes
terday afternoon, at the hearing of the
case against Joe. Sullivan, VINO is charged
with the murder of the policeman. Sulli-
van gazed at the witness with ewes
cleaning with fear and malice and white
lips pressed together as though to SUD-
press d cry of alarm and despair at the
treachery of his associate in crime. 1t
was dark day for Sullivan. owen was
not the only associate Of the accused
man who testified for the prosecution
Tip Belcher, the bartender who gave
hiding place to Joe Garcia the porch
climber ard Mrs Belcher were among
the number who made damaging state
ments against the man who is struggling
TO save himself from the gallOWs
When all the witnesses for the prose-
cution had been heard, Bailey and Wick
cry, representing the defense, announced
that they would not present their wit
nesses at the examination. Judge Whit
aker then held Sullivan for trial
Points in Owens Story.
In Ovens story there were the follow
ing interesting points:
That until few hours before the rob
berry and murder. he said Sullivan was
unarmed and was eager to leave Salt
Lake Then he met Joe Garcia. the porch
he not met the half-breed. he would not
now be struggling TO escape the execu-
toner
That before the Albany saloon hoId-up.
an unsuccessful effort was made to rob
the residence of W. S. Mccormick, the
banker
That in each of the crimes undertaken.
Owen had remained outside"
When owen entered the court room to
testify he bore the stamp of the prison.
The hair Of his head was clipped close
and he was cleanlv shaven. He is a
dark insignificant looking man, with an
impudent. evil face. He wore a long
overcoat. which had seen much service.
When this was removed it was shown
that he was clad in a short coat. evidently
made for a smaller man. 1t was the
figure of a sOrdid, miserable. frightened
man, who had apparently heard a Wills
per of the suspicion that he was at Sui
livans side AT the time of the murder
and was making a struggle to place him
self as far from the clutches of the exc
cutioner as words from his own mouth
could put him.
In the Grip of Fear.
From the time Owen entered the court
room to the moment be departed Sui
livan's face was a curious study. At the
first glimpse of Owen, the accused mans
face frightened Written across his face
was the glad recognition or a supposed
friend, a pal who had possibly come
from the penitentiary to say something
which might help Sullivan to escape cap
itaI punishment Then. as Owen spoke.
Sullivan's face darkened. The color left
his lips and cheeks and rage named IN
his eyes. Until that moment Sullivan
had smiled, but had kept we'll concealed
the demOniacal spirit that was in him
The menacing face turned toward Owen
illumined the mans past more than the
statements of many witnesses.
owen, as he testified, avoided the chal-
longing eyes of the confederate against
whom he haO turned
fpT he a n a n
County Attorney Willard Hanson's ques-
tons. Il pleaded guilty to having taken
part in the Albany saloon hold-up and
am now serving a sentence of twenty
years. Before L became a convict l was
a railroad switchman. l had been in Salt
Lake only four days before the hOld-up
and shooting of the policeman. IlrSt
met Sullivan in the street near the jail
I was with him all that day. That night
we were both arrested as suspicious char
acters We were turned loose on Friday.
Dee 13- We walked about together all
that day
Tries Wireless Teleeraphy.
Here suuivan's interest in the story
deepened He threw back his head and
vainly strove TO catch the eye of his for
AFTER ter: leaving the jail" continued
Owen. I'VE went to the o. S. L. shops
and INQUIRED when there would be tram
going south on the San Pedro railroad
We were told that the Los Angeles lin
tied would leave at u:30 O'Clock. We
then walked back toward the center Of
town, stopping at Sindars saloon for a
few glasses of beer"
At this point Detective shannon en-
tered. j. H Bailey. jr., catching sight
of the detective, asked that he be ex+
cluded if the prosecution intended to use
him as a witness. Judge Whitaker said
that the detectives testimony would not
be accepted if he remained in court De-
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