Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-27


That Joe Sullivan is being railroaded
10 prison without being accorded the
rights that are his is the belief of his
counsel, Bailey & Vickery. They be-
live that the state is not giving Sulli-
van an opportunity to show that he was
not In the city at the time the robbery
was committed, that the state Is de-
nyipg sullivan an onortEnity 10 COM
municate with his friends in Washing
ION Oregon. California and New York
to obtain the financial assistance that
k needs in order to bring witnesses to
court 10 show that he was on his way
10 Oregon before the robbery of the
Albany bar was committed and the
murder of Police officer Charles Ford
accomplished by the men who robbed
the saloon.
SAY SULLIVAN Is INNOCENT.
Mr. Vickery declares that he has
come closer to the man Sullivan than
any other person He declares that
he has watched the man as he has told
his story to the lawyers who are trying
TO obtain liberty for their client. In
his entire story, Mr.. Vickery declares,
there Is conference of every detail
that there has been nothing withheld.
From what Joe Sullivan has told Wick
cry. his lawyers say that Sullivan Is
Innocent Mr.. Vickery asks why owens
vas so willing to go into court and
plead guilty TO highway robbery and
lake the maximum sentence and why
that sentence to 20 years at hard labor
made owens glad He points TO every
circumstance as indicating that Gar
Ella, man unused to bold and daring
lnbbsry. but sneak thief who used
silent shoes In his visits to lonely homes
and robbed them when no one was near
10 disturb him. that Garcia, again, was
one OF the men who robbed the AL
bany saloon and that with Garcia in
The saloon was owens, that owens was
he man who stood outside the bar and
hat Garcia was the man behind the
bar; that there We're two men
in the robbery and only two and those
two owens and Garcia, He points to
The testimony Of Buckley. the bar
tender who peered into the cave like
barrel of the Al caliber revolver held
by the man outside the bar, as indi-
eating that Garcia. the man with only
one serviceable hand and man who
was nervous when robbing boldly IN
The sight of his victim. was the man
behind he bar who was so nervous
That he took only the money in the
'front.' of the money drawer leaving
by far the greater sum behind him. Too.
mat owens was found with u pack
ige OF cigarettes identical with the
ones taken by the larger man when
lgylns the saloon is indicated DIS q
s5nitlcant point.
ON WAY TO NORTHWEST.
Sullivan, in his talks with his law
yers, has said that there We're men on
NE train he took out of Salt Lake who
could IDENTIFY him. Sullivan says he
had lrlt Salt Lake before the robbery
was committed and that when Police
man Ford was murdered he was well
on bus way TO the northwest coast. To
Bel those witnesses into court would
mke long time and would require
money sullivan is penniless. He left
mo peniteutlary few days before the
robbery after serving a four-year sen
Wnce Tor robbery committed IN Ogden
sullivan says that his friends and rel
alNes would gladly come 70 his aid II
lhey Knew he was facing trial for muir
ger This would take time though, ant
.9i This Mr. Nickery asked the couri
Nls morning. His request was moi
slanlod aud Sullivan's trial has beer
~, doWn for Monday, March ., ~ Il
Nothing but circumstantial evidenc,
sau De produced in court, Mr. Wicker,
p.'lores, TO support the charge th'
s ~, has brought against Sullivan. MI
lNkery wanted the trial Z
20 over TO the next term OF cour
rive his client an opportunity T.
llng Witnesses TO court who woui'
year down Convict owens testimony
STATE COUNSEL OBJECTS.
mr. Foofbourow, for the state, OBJ
lseled 20 The delay He said tina
we tiate had witnesses detain
Tor the purpose OF giving
esumony OF weigh IN the trial
ar Nickery answered by ursinl
lal tle state IN the manner provided
ol statute. take the testimony az IA
Witnesses and permit cross-examina
lon By the defense and that this testi
inpny pc recorded and preserved 10 b.
presented az the trial. MIR, Loofbourov
.phWered this demand by saying tina
lhf state desires theae Witnesses 90 b.
Present In court 20 testify In the pres