The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-18
SUSPECT SAID I(b
HAVE CONFESSED
Kennedy Said to Have Made
Confession Charging Pal
With Murder.
POLICE WON'T TALK, But
REPORT Is INSiSTENT
Chief Barlow Says Both Men
Will Be Charged With
Riley's Death.

Entangled IN the mcshcs of slowly
closing net Of evidence, K. Z. Kennedy
arrested on suspicion of being impIl-
Gated, with l.. f. Driskell. in the hold
up of KnowIton Nebeker and the mur-
der of Special Policeman G. c. Riley
the night Of October >, made partial
confession TO the police Sunday after
noon. in which he charges the murder
of Riley TO DrjskclI, according TO per
sstent uuors at The city jail. These
rumors the police department refuses
to verify, maintaining strict silence
whcnver the name OF Kennedy is men
toned, but they are insistcnt and un-
doubtedly are with considerable foun-
datiou.
Evidence gathered by the police de-
partment which serves TO strengthen
the rumors consists Of a number of
facts as follows:
After the arrest of Kennedy and
DTiskell, Neheker was taken 10 the po-
lice station, whore he positively iden,
tilted Driskell as the man who had
held him MP the night Of October D,
near First South and Second East
streets, and took his ovcrcoat from
him During the Identification, Drls.
kell was seen TO turn ghastly pale as
soon as he caught sight Of Ncbekcr
The ovcrcoat, which Ncbcker positive
ly identified as belonging to him. was
found near the body of the dying Of.
ficer few seconds after the shoot
ing.
IL can be positively proven, the po-
lice say, that Driskoll was on the left
side of the murdered officer as he was
being taken TO the police station
Whoever killed Riley shot him in the
left side under the left shoulder blade
the ball ranging up through both lungs
sevcring the large artery leading from
right arm. Tho bullet lodged in th"
right coat sleeve Of the murdered Of,
ficeT.
That the man who did the shooting
was standing alongside the officer is
further shown by the fact tha, all al
the flesh around the wound was pow
der burnt. The gun with which the
special policeman was shot was IS
calibre and the ball was peculiar. The
gun found by the police Of Ogden in
the grip of Driskell was of a .3S.cal
ibre and was loaded with n peculiar
ball Two Of the chambers still
showed the marks Of recent shooting
while the rest of the gun seemed to lac
perfectly clean. Riley was shot in two
places,
Persons present at the time of the
shooting. who saw the second shot
fired, have said that the man who did
the shooting ran down tho alleyway
alongside the building of the Utah I'm
ploment company's store. it is said
that rhc police will produce witnesses
who saw Driskell come ont of the al
lcyway near the Grand theotcr shortly
after the shooting.
Both Of the prisoners are being kept
in different cells in the city jail and
both have been put through the
:. sweat-box, During their cxamina,
tions they were carefully watched
from all sides, and each prisoner under
went n grilling ross-cxamination. The
result of these examinations the police
refuse to divulgc. The strain of cou.
finemcnt and the constant questioning
have had weakening effect on both
Of the prisoners. neither Of which
knows what the other has told. That
both will be charged with the murder
of Special Policeman Riley before the
end of the week was Chief of Police
Barlow Is statement Sunday night.