The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-18

ms extreme caution was not unnc-
cesSary- During his criminal career l.
is known that Sullivan has made some
remarkable achievements At the
state penitentiary. while confined there,
he was able to remove an Oregon boot
from his foot
Admits His Identity.
Worn ouc after his long journey from
Portland, sullivan retired Immediately
affer being taken TO his cell He is
thin and worn after the hardships of
his long h'ght, but is man Of athletic
peilG, and seems full Of strength and
vitality. At first, when questioned con-
corning the crimes of which he is ac-
CHsed, he said:
''i can't talk. I must fest see a law
ser. You know that THIS is Il serious
position"
But at last ne consented to talk
1t is true that / am Joe sullivan
he said, with a surprisingly frank and
amiable mapCer for man who, be-
cause of his evil disposition. spenI near
l. all of the five years of his impris-
oIin.enr i the state penitentlarv in SOL
ita.y confinement.
Il don't remember the day I left salt
Like. / don't remembar whether it
WIS day or nictt. 1 was sole To get
aboard a freight train and ride out %
salt Lake. The story toll by Richard
Dcn'.ng that I Travelled 10 OREGON with
him was not true. 1 made the jour
ney alone. 1 had no companion.
Denies knowledge of Murder.
Il tramped and beat my way until
! reached Portland. They arrested me
there about an hour after 1 had reached
the city
1T is useless to ask me about the
hold-up of the Albany saloon and the
shooting of Policeman Ford. 1 know
nothing about the murder. And if l
did, you know that you could not eX-
pect me to talk about the matter"
Where did you leave Joe Garcia?'
was asked.
GARCIA" inquired Sullivan, assum-
ing an inquiring and puzzled look, who
is Garcia?"
When it was explained that Garcia
was the man known among his criminal
associates as the Mexican" and was
supposed TO have been Sullivan's COM
panion on the morning of Dec. H. when
Policeman Ford was killed, the man
said:
Z did not know Garcia. I was never
with him. l do not remember that
ever saw him in my life"
Didn't Tip Belcher. the bartender
at the Jubilee saloon, introduce you to
Garcia, the porch climber" was asked.
mo" said Sullivan, land I don't
know Belcher. 1t is true that l some
times went into the Jubilee saloon for
a drink. l was drinking there one
night with a man named Doc Glib
son. He was in the penitentiary when
I was there, and we became acquainted.
When | saw him in the saloon, talked
with him because we had been fellow
convicts / did not know at the time
that he was a stOol-pigeon who was
trying to get me into trouble
Does Not Remember Owens Name.
Concerning John Owen, the man who
is now serving twenty years in the pen
itentiary and who confessed that he
was with Sullivan and Garcia at the
time of the Albany saloon hOld-up, Sui
livan said that ne did not remember
the man by name. owen, he said, was
a chance acquaintance. He met the
man, he said. the day he was released
from the penitentiary. The next night
they were arrested in Commercial
street Bob men were armed and Sui
Ivan carried a revolver that was
stained with blood. 1t had been dis
charged within a few minutes of his
capture. As no offense other than the
carrying of concealed weapons could be
charged against the two criminals,
both were released after a few days in