The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-21
What Bishop Woollcy Says.

positive from the statements the man
made that no force was used TO get him
TO make the confession
What Bishop Woollcy Says.
\. IT, WooIlcy said: "Driskcl! re
pcatcd his confession TO me and other
citizens. When we went into the room
and he appeared. Chief Barlow said ,
'Driskcll, | have brought some gentle
men TO see YOU. They are men of diff
fercnt religious beliefs and of different
political affiliations aud | want You TO
tell them If we have done anything
wrong TO YOU, or anything like that.
Driskcll didn Z look like n crook or
murderer 10 nc and | felt sorry for
him. He told us that he had made the
original confession and that no force
had been used; that he had had his
meals regularly and that his sleep had
never been disturbed. lie repeated
these statements three or four times 10
all of the men present. He told ms that
the reason for his confcssing was that
he understood that If he did confess
the police would use their influence 10
save him from being executed.
''Driskell also told us that he had
made a prior confession 10 OckSreidcr.
two days, | think il was, before he had
confessed to the police.
\. w. Cowau. president and manager
bl INC western aAIWN ana sporting
Goods company, said
Driskcll repeated 10 us this morn
ing the confession which he made Mon.
day afternoon. He stated that he was
the man who killed Officer Riley. In
answer to questions from us he stated
that he had not been robbed Of his
sleep and that he had had plenty TO cat.
" Every possible courtesy has been
shown me by the officers said he in
answer TO . question.
No Third Degree" Methods.
Gle emphatically denied that any
third degree methods had been used
on him. The confession which he made
Monday was read TO him and he said
that IT was the statement that he had
made, aud that it was true.
81 ann convinced that the man has
not been i'll treated by the local Off
GERS.
George Morgan, proprietor of the vi
cnna cafe, said:
" Driskcll confessed that he killed OF.
ficer Riley; he repeated il several times
this morning. The only change that be
made in the confession Of Monday was
that he was not sure that he bad hit
the officer the first time he shot, and
that he took second shot 10 make
sure. He was asked if he had been
treated well by the officers and replied
that he had, that he had all tho sleep he
wanted and plenty 10 eat | asked him
if any physical force had been used by
any officer and be replied with an en-.
phatic no.
''Tn reply TO question from one OF
| the business men present as 10 the use
of the so.called third degree he
stated that no such treatment had been
used on him ! asked him with which
hand he held the revolver AT thc time
of the fatal shot and he replied that
he had used his right hand. lie showed
us how he had slipped the revolver
| from his pocket 10 the front of his
trousers at the time Of his arrest and
how he had drawn it when he shot the
officer. y
R. w. Nicol's Statement,
r. w. Nicol. president Of the Salt
Lake Electric Supply company, made
tho following statement:
| 'Drlskell repeated his confession OF
| having killed Officer Riley the night
of October ,. lie was closely and kind
| ly questioned by us as to the kind OF
| treatment which he had received since
he had been in Jail He denied that he
| had been i'll treated and cmphatically
statd that he had not been subjected
TO any third degree treatment by the
local police. In answer 10 a question:
| ne SldItd lIlHI nP Hdu lptcINfu HE
meals at regular times and that he had
had all the sleep that he wanted The
statement that he is mere boy in
mentality and apDearancc is 10 my
mind the rankcst kind of rot Anyon,
who sat as we did with him for nearly
an hour tins morning could not hell
but come TO the conclusion that he is
a mighty smart fellow, While h,
| denies that he has ever been in trouble
before ! cannot believe him. His looks
belle his words For one | am thor
oughly convinced that the confession
which he made was secured by kind
ness and not by any harsh measures and
consider that the work done by the
local police in this case is a credit to
their ability to uneartb crime. II was
fine and commendable piece of work
After having seen and talked with Dris.
| kell there is no question in my mind
that he is the murderer of Officer
Riley.
No Force, Whatever, Used.
Charles j. Collins said. in regard TO
the examination; 81 was called over
TO the station by Chief Of Police Bar.
low with other citizens and we talked
to Driskcll. The chief of police and