The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-12
SUSPECT IDENTIFIED
AS SULLIVAN
Continued From Page I.

Broom and owen stood outside. The
hold-up was a success, but when the
robbers emerged from the saloon they
saw Patrolman Ford standing upon
the opposite corner.
What followed is a matter of con-
lecture. 1t was first believed that the
highwaymen, on darting from the door
of the saloon, ran across the street and
unexpectedly came face to face with
the policeman. One of them ordered
the policeman to throw up his hands.
The other. almost at the same instant.
fired the fatal shot.
Later it was held that Garcia and
Sullivan. on slipping out of the saloon.
looked for Owen, and seeing that he
had disappeared, stopped still to de-
termine the cause. They then espied
Policeman Ford as he stood on the OPP
positoo corner, dimly seen through the
falling snow. 1t is believed now that
they consulted as to what they should
do Instant action was necessary, as
the alarm would quickly be raised by
| the men left i'm the saloon. If they
| took to flight in the direction opposite
to where Policeman Ford was stand
| ing. they probably concluded that
they would be pursued. If they adj
vanced upon the policeman and killed
| him they would open the way to the
prearranged avenue of escape. In that
quick counsel, II is thought, the death
! sentence was passed. A moment later
| Policeman Ford received the fatal
wound. Stunned but brave and de-
/ termined TO do his duty, Ford drew
/ his revolver and fired two shots at the
/ fugitives. who by that time had
dashed past him They were unhurt
and kept on their way.
Policemen Johnson and Clough, who
were close by, took up the hunt after
/ telephoning headquarters. They were
unable to overtake the desDeradOes.
! The shooting occurred about 2:30
| o'clock on Saturday morning, Dec. 13.
Ford died that afternoon.
Garcia a Cunning Criminal.
How Sullivan got out of the city is
not known. His success in getting
| away was attributed to the cunning of
Joe Garcia, who was with him. Gar
cia was a man who, in pursuing his
criminal operations. was content to
live the life of a hermit so as to min
| imize the chances of capture. He
would hide during the day and only
come out at night. In that way, al
/ though he was in Salt Lake several
months and committed many rob-
berries. his face was almost unknown
here. 1t is believed that Sullivan sub
mitted to the guidance of this willy
half-breed in the beginning of his
fight. Where they separated is not
known, but Sullivan was alone in
Portland. and his appearance, with a
new growth of beard upon his face
| was sufficient to arouse the suspicion
of a clear-sighted policeman. The cir
| cumstanaces of the capture are such
| i'm the opinion of those who have stu
died the case, as to leave no doubt
that Garcia had abandoned Sullivan tC
his own resources.
When searched by the Portland POI
lice it was found that Sullivan was
armed with a revolver and wore five
| suits of underwear. The underwear
| il is believed, was worn by the fugitive
because he had been compelled to SLEEP
much in the open or in cold places
during his fight, and was for the pur-
pose of avoiding the carrying of blan-
kets.
Photographs Go Astray.
Sullivan was arrested in Portland on
Jan 9 The police there wired to Chief
Pitt that pictures of the man would be
mailed to Salt Lake the next day.
Watch was kept upon the mail, but
the pictures did not arrive at the ex-
pected time. AS day after day passed
| and the expected pictures still failed
to arrive, Chief Pitt wired to the Port
| land police and asked the reason of the
delay. He soon received a message
saying that the pictures had been sent
but as they had apparently gone
| astray other photographs would be
Salt Lake yesterday morning. No one