Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-23
California Prisoner Leaves for
Los Angeles With His
Affinity.
SOME UNEXPLAINED AFFAIRS.
His Connection With the Driskcll Con-
fession Viewed in Differ
cnt Ways.

y. j. Ocksroider. who has been held
in the city prison pending arrival of
extradttion papers from Gov, Gillett of
California, since his arrest here more
than a week ago, left for Los Angeles.
Friday night, in custody OF Detective
G. x. Home He must face a charge I'm
the California city OF having enrbezzled
$500 from the Pease Furniture COM
pany I'm the capacity of professional
collector
Ocksreider was accompanied by Mrs.
Bertha Sonnenbyrg. divorced wife OF
Henry Sonnenberg, former manager of
I the orpheum theater here, whose home
he wrecked. Ocksreider. before leaving,
boasted openly that he would square"
his troubles In Los Angeles.
One OF the peculiar features OF his
case Is the fact that Ocl1sreider also
squared" the charge of having given
a bogus check for 1856 to DR. Field OF
this city In exchange for valuable min
ing stock, which he sold TO a mining
| promoter by the name OF Wilson for
$500
II is known that Mrs. Sonnenberg
| turned over $3.50 to the police In her
aftiinity's behalf in this matter.
In connection with Ocksreider's claim
Y.
| the statements made by L. r Driskell
| the young man who is now in the
| county jail on a charge OF having muir
| dered Special Officer G. c. Riley, are
| quite Illuminating Driskel said locks
| reider came to me while | was in
the city prison two days before made
| the concession to the detectives. Ocks-
| reider represented himself as an attor-
ney, and he said that criminal law was
| his speciality. He said he would take
| my case and defend me. He advised
me TO confess to the police. I did not
| confess the murder of Riley or anything
| else to Ocksreider. But he told the de-
tectives that confessed Riley's muir
| der to him. l was bilked into that
| confession"
Ocksreider. on the afternoon of the
| day that the committee OF six citizens
were called i'm by Chief OF Police Bar
low in order To convince them through
| Drskells repeated confession that he
| had not been put through the third
| degree" by Chief Of Detectives George
| Sheets and his men, made a
| statement to a representative of The
News" In which he denied that ne
had talked to Driskell; he denied, fur
| Their, that he had represented himself
| as an attorney to Driskell. he denied,
too, that he had told Driskell that he
would take Driskelrs case and would
| defend him, he denied, also, that he
| had advised Drlskell to confess 10 the
| police he denied that Driskell had con-
fessed TO the murder Of Riley to him;
he denied that he had told Chief ~
Detectives George Sheets that Driskell
had confessed TO him.
HIS SIGNED STATEMENT.
The following day. Ocksreider made a
/ signed statement for publication re-
garding his betrayal OF Driskell as fol-
| lows "Driskell made a confession to
me two days before he made il to the
| police. He told me that he was the
| man that killed Officer Riley. / did
not represent to him that l was an at
| torney, nor did tell him that the best
| thing he could do was to confess to
| the police. I did tell one OF the officers
1 OF the confession which Driskell had
made TO me. l would be worse than a
| criminal TO shield a man who had com
| mitted such murder. / have no idea
/ OF Intention of claiming any OF the re-
ward that has been offeved. All that
/ have done was In the interest q,
| justice
(Signed) IN. J. OCKSREIDER."
What connection the "squaring" OF
the 1855 fraudulent check and the OBJ
tanning OF $500 under false pretenses
for Ocksreder, while he was a prisoner
in the city prison awaiting extradi-
| lloH papers on winch ne was 10 De
taken to Los Angeles on a charge OF
embezzling S2,40O. had with the cir
cumstances In relation Of Driskel's
confession TO Riley's murder cannot
be ascertained from the police. because
they absolutely refuse TO discuss tbs
matter.
Driskell says that he was "bilket
into making the confession 10 the
| police"
Those acquainted with the detail.
OF this peculiar AFFAIR wonder whether
Driskells cohesion win be allowed e
be entered as evidence by the distric
court, II Driskell succeeds In securing
competent legal counsel. Driskell hai
said that he wants a good, straigh
lawyer" and that he will fight 70
his ife" and that when he gets an at
torney whom ne can trust he Evil
tell everything that has happened"
This Is not the first time that Ocks
reider has represented himself as a
attorney In order 10 win the confidence
Of a stranger. Judge Danford, Of 10
Angeles. stated that Oeksreider In
troduced himself as an attorney q
him Judge Danford said that he I'm
troduced Ocksreider 10 DR. Field AM
Wilson, a local mining promoter. a
an attorney, as he took Ocksreider a
his word. Ocksreider thus deceived Dr
Field and Wilson by representing him