Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-18
ATrnMprs Az EscAPE.


hours after his arrival az police head
| quarters, Sullivan was discovered by
| Night Jailer Ripley making careful
| preparations to escape.
Jailer Ripley had been ordered by
Chief Pitt 10 keep n sharp watch on
| sullivan throughout the night, and the
iaiier visited the man three or four
| times an hour. One visit made by the
! jailer was so quiet the man failed to
hear the approach OF the officer. Rip
ley was surprised to see the prisoner
al work on the locks of the cell with
| piece of copper wire about an eighth
4 of an inch thick and about 10 inches
/ long. How the man secured the wire
| is Il mystery as none of the cells near
| him were occupied. The desperate
| also had d rope 80 feet long, made from
| strips of his underwear At one end OF
the rope was ball so that the cord
/ could be thrown in any direction. 1t
| was undoubtedly made for the purpose
| of communicating With some one out
| side. II Is believed that Sullivan had
| planned means of escape and expected
confederate to send him by means of
| the cord saws and other implements
| with which to effect his escape. The
| idea that Sullivan made the rope with
| view of suicide Is secuted by the of
| fcers as the rope would not bear the
| weight of man, The fellows face
| wore a look of keen disappointment
| when Jailer Ripley took the things
away from him and informed him that
| the Jail was guarded and there was no
| possible chance of escape.
| THEY TOOK NO CHANCES,
Thursday morning Detectives Chase
I and Shannon left portland with their
| prisoner. They took no chances with
the man, knowing the desperate nature
of the criminal. An Oregon boot was
fastened to one of his ankles and he
was securely handcuffed. The detec-
tives were with him constantly and
did not relax their vigilence for a sec
ond, day or night. Upon their arriv-
al last night, quite crowd was at The
depot and when the spectators realized
the prisoner was Sullivan, there was
a rush for the waiting carriage. Chief
Pitt was ON the scene in his busy
and officers were stationed at various
points for the purpose of preventing
any undue demonstration. At the sta
ton Sullivan had a brief interview with
the chief after which he was stripped
and searched thoroughly. 1t was then
the saw and nail were found sewed
in his clothing. Every inch of his
clothing was gone over carefully before
he was permitted to dress. How the
man obtained possession of the copper
wire after being doubly locked IN
cell far removed from any of the other
prisoners, is a mystery and one which
Sullivan declines to explain.
SULLIVAN TALKS.
When seen in his cell Sullivan at
first declined to say anything about his
case II want to see an attorney before
talking about the affair."" said he. Later
he said:
1T is true that my name is Joe Sulli-
van, but ! don't know anything about
| the robbery or murder of the officer
| / don't know just when l left salt
| Lake, whether II was day or night.
\ rode out of town on a freight train.
| tramped and beat my way to Port
| land and l went alone. The story that
| Demming Travelled with me is not true.
| was arrested about an hour after
| reaching Portland"
| Sullivan declares that he does not
| know Garcia, that he never saw the
| man In his life. He also denied know
| ing Tip Belcher but admitted that
| he went into the Jubilee saloon several
| times for drink. With reference to
| Owens, the man now serving 20 years
| for completely in the Albany bar hold
| up and robbery, and who made full
and complete confession, charging Sui
| Ivan and Garcia with the actual rob-
berry and subsequent foul murder of
officer Ford, Sullivan said he did not
know Owens by name. He said he met
Owens the day of his (Sullivan's) re-
lease from the state prison and that
the two were arrested on Commercial
street.
BOTH WERE ARMED.
Az the time of the arrest of Sullivan
and Owens, both were armed with re-
yoiyers. The one carried by sullivan
had blood stains on IT. No charge was
i filed against the men and they were re-
leased. On Dec. IA, the morning after
the men were released, the robbery OF
the Albany bar occurred, followed nm
mcdiately by the murder of Ford.
The shooting of officer Ford was most
brutal and uncalled for The two thugs
after holding up and robblng four men
IN the saloon. ran across the street
and came face 10 face with the Off
Ger. One of the men yelled: Hands
up" and before the officer could do any
thing, one of the men fred, INJECTING
a wound from which the brave officer
died a few hours later.
OWENS CONFESSION.
The man Owens, in his confession,
declared that no stood outside as look
| out while Sullivan and Garcia robbed
the saloon. When the shot was fred
that killed officer Ford, owens ran
| north Of the city and was captured
within an hour of the shooting. Sui
| Ivan and Garcia disappeared The lat
ter is still at large. In his confession,
Ovens so far as known, did not say
which one of the two men fired the
shot that killed the policeman. 1t Is
probable that he knows and may be in-
duced to testify against Sullivan when
the latter Is tried, Besides the charge
Of murder In the first degree, there arc
two charges OF robbery against sulll-
van.
HOW ARREST WAS MADE.
When the arrest at Portland oa-
Cured, Sullivan was armed with Al
caleber Colts gun II was Al cali
Der bullet that killed Ford Ohlcer
Anderson OF Portland. who arrested
sullivan, suspected he was tbs man
wanted by the Salt Lake authorities
} Knowing the desperate nature OF The
man Officer Anderson slipped up behlnc
him, threw his arms about Sullivan
aad quickly disarmed him. The fellow
} gave his name as Howard aud swore ht
, had never been IN Salt Lake. He wal
given 10 days for carrying a conceded
weapon. Ho maintained that his nam,
: was Howard and that he had Jus
/ come from California.
! GREETED DETECTIVES.
: Upon the arrival OF Detectives Chas,
! and shannon, ana when they We're tax
: en- TO Sulivan'a cell, the prisoner
smiled, thrust his hand through IN,
bars. called the detectives by thei