Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-20
BARTENDER NOW
CHANGES STORY
AGAR Declaring Owen Was Not
Man Who Entered Saloon
He Reverses Opinion.
rttoRT TO SHIELD SULLIVAN
-, IN Make II Now Appear as
though owen Was the Man VINO
l,il,cd Officer Ford.

mia return of Joe Sullivan, charged
~ the murder of Police Ofiicer
ares S Ford. the robbery and hold
A. the Albany bar and other
is still chief topic of discus-
CO." this city. AS to the evidence
inst the desperate 1t is mattel
,,y of conjecture outside of police
has The authorities still maintain
Nh. have much evidence against the
and believe they viii be aoie l.
a,reet MIN directly with the murder
Of the officer.
s,,oe he was remanded to the GUS
Of the snerl1, sullivan has Dee.i
W.! nod in the county jail and neIs
,oan oenied the privilege OF seeing VISA
~ several persons called 10 see tne
sn hut tney were not permitted u
A,,er ms cell. Late Saturday afternoon
q" sent Tor Attys, j. III. Bailey, Jr., ana
n Nickery. the latter called az tn
'ounty jail and had u long conference
I'm Inc accused murderer Detective
Stsnnon visited sullivan yesterday ana
soa talk with him, bat II the omcer
.scnred any material statement from
the prisoner it is being kept secret Tor
the time being.
NEW THEORY.
,s to who fired the shot that killed
pollceman Ford, another theory has
heen advanced, but even II 1t sho ala
pr,ye correct it viii in nowise benent
snuyan. The new story is tnat Jon.
owen, the man now serving 20 years
az a result of his confession of COM
nlclty In the Albany bar AFFAIR, is the
man who actually fired the shot that
Killed Ford.
BUCKLEY'S SUDDEN CHANGE.
This Is the belief of j. A. Buckley,
bartender at the Albany bar, when
was robbed on the morning of Dec. II,
a few second before the murder of the
officer Buckley says he now believes
that owen was the man who took tho
money from the cash till while Su. D j..
stood guard at the door. The statement
seems rather peculiar in View of tine
fact that the morning of the arrest
Of owen, the men who were held up Ia
the saloon called at police headquarters.
took good look at owen and positive
ly declared he was not one of the mei.
who entered the saloon. Now, however,
Buckley comes forward with the dec
laratOn that he believes owen was ons
uf the robbers, that he took the money,
SIS and not $40, from the cash draw
al that he fired the fatal shot, ami
that. when arrested, owen manufactur-
ed the story of Garcia to shield him
self from prosecution for murder, ana
that he confessed to completely in the
robbery and took the 20-yesr sentence
in q hurry to escape a murder charge.
Buckley says he does not think three
men were in the robbery for the rea
son that the taller man of the two,
believed to have been Sullivan, KEPT
guard Gt the door and peered out sew
eral times. while the shorter man, said
to be owen, went behind the bar and
took the money.
HAS A MANNED HAND.
Two fingers are missing from owens
right hand. Buckley says the man who
went behind the bar used his left hand
In getting the money and was careful
to keep his right hand concealed under
the bar. The smaller robber of the
.w0 appeared quite nervous and threat
nned several times to shoot Buckley.
The rObber who stood guard at the
door cautioned his companion to be
quiet and hurry up with the work in
hand. Buckley also says that owen
had been in the saloon several times
md knew that in a particular drawer
from $4,000 to $4,000 was kept from
The 18th TO the 18th of the month to
ash checks for railroad employees. The
'obber behind the bar tried the drawer
Nher the money was kept and ordered
{ he did not comply with the demand
Buckley said he did not have the key
FOUND SAME BRAND.
When the robber behind the bar
started TO leave he went to the cigal
ase and took Il package of Turkish
Trophies cigarettes. When owen was
earchCd at the police station a box
If Trophies was found on him.
The shooting OF Ford Indicated that
he man who fired the shot did SO
Trough extreme nervousness or be
1use OF an insane desire to kill
The theory is advanced that when
me- robbers ran onto the officer Sui
ivan ordered the policeman to throw
lp his hands, but that owen, being
cry nervous and excited, fired. If
ne theories are borne out by the facts
hen owen worked a smooth game on
ne police to escape prosecution for
murder Buckley thinks that owen
nHde up the story of Garcia out of
'hole cloth, feeling certain that Sulli-
'an would not be captured and that the
lolice would not be able TO locate the
'orch climber Garcia.
WILL NOT HELP HIM.
But whether owen fired She shot or
lo' VIII not help Sullivan In the least
V owen was with Sullivan when the
murder was committed, there is reason
% believe the man win testify against
sullivan with view 10 shielding him
'eIf The fact that owen Is doing
I term Of twenty years win not pre-
'ent the authorities from filing a charge
q murder against him If the facts In
me case warrant that step. The theu-
y advanced by Buckley IL being care
.ully investigated and the officers are
'oniident that the truth will be re-
'enled within a few days.
TO CURE \ COLD IN ONE DAY.