Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-11

and IL was necessary to secure n bond
at midnight and to arouse the city
judge before he was released.
We did not deny The News story to
Chief Barlow, because what The News
published was true.
Tuesday night Dec Z Mr. Lloyd. an
honorable. clean gentleman who was
aroused by the brutal treatment ac-
corded my mother and brother and me
by the police. told me to give all the
Facts to Attorney Moses Davis, whom
he had retained to fight our case Mr..
Davis carefully Investigated the whole
matter. and then he said: Don't be
afraid We have the police beaten on
this case already. BY the time this
thing Is exposed in the courts. the po-
lice VIII be glad to hunt for coves.
Don't give up those diamonds to the
police or TO anyone else under any cir
cuinstances. Don't let the police bully
you or scare you. Don't take any
definite action without my knowledge.
II the police try to do anything moro
10 your mother. or your brother. or
your sister. or yourself. consult with
Mr.. Lloyd Immediately, and send for
mo"
The police wouldn't leave us alone,
and Chief of Police Barlow kept after
my mother, although she was Ill and
had Just arisen from n sick bed
| The police threatened to send my
y
| for grand larceny unless we gave up
| the diamonds.
Wednesday afternoon, Dec s, my
| mother WIS on the verge of insanity
and WITS sick in bed from worrying ovc.
the wGy the police were bounding little
Lon Ny sister. Lillian, had been
| uriVen almost crazy over the case. and
she, too, was sick in bed. I was tho
only one left on my feet.
! The police threatened To put all OF
us in jail. and the detectives came out
to our home. while my poor mother and
F! sister were sick. and insulted chem
| outrageously and called us all n set
| OF thieves and said we were trying 10
steal the diamonds
| They frightened me so terribly We'd
nesday afternoon. that / was willing
| to do anything. They said that Lon
would be arrested again on o chargs
of grand larceny. although he had
been released the night before, after h.
was arrested the first time on n chlrg,.
of grand larceny, and Judge Whitaker
had ordered MIN released on 81 900 bond.
But they said they would give me Gn
hour to get the diamonds and turn
them over.
1 telephoned to Mr.. Lloyd to get the
diamonds out OF the safe, and took
them home to mother, Xander, TIE
man who claimed he owned the dia-
with a detective. My mother told Kan
der that all he would have to do would
be to write out O receipt for her, and
sho would give him the diamonds
Xander refused to take the diamonds
from us. 1 am satisfied that Xandc.
was afraid OF the detective We iold
Xander in refusing to take the dia-
monds from us. after he had come ou
many times before that and had de.
manded the stones. convinced US thai
the whole affair was crooked. We be-
lieved that the police and Xander wers
In a conspiracy.
When got scared. Wednesday nfter-
noon, after the threats had been madi
to send my brother and mother to th'
penitentlary, / ran as fast as l coul.
and got the diamonds and gave then
up to Chief of Police Barlow. / neye
should have given the stones up to th'
| police l know that now, but 1t Is to,
late ERMINA WATCOTT.
State OF Utah. county OF Salt Lake
SIS. Ermina Whatcott. being first del,
sworn, deposes and says: That she ha
read the above and foregoing statenen
and knows the contents thereof: an
that she made the above and foregoing
statement of her own free will and voll
ton: and that the matters and thing
therein stated are true OF her cwl
) knowledge and belief.
ERMINA WHATCOTT.
/ Subscribed and sworn to before m
) this tenth day of December. A. d. 100!
Ny commission expires on the 18th dl
l of October. 1913.
t C. CLARENCE NESLEN.
t (SeaD Notary Public.