The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-23
Produces the Revolver.

| keli's contention of innocence was bat
tied down time and again.
Produces the Revolver.
The dramatic climax in the proceed
| ings came late in the afternoon, when
District Attorney Loofbourow uncere-
moniously opened a handsatchel and
drew from 1t large Colt revolver
This revolver was found in the room
occupied by Driskell in Ogden when he
was arrested, and it was with this re-
volver that Driskeli. In his confessions
Sharp, said that he fired the two shots
which killed Officer Riley.
Reluctantly. and despite the most ur-
gent objection by his attorneys, Dris-
and show the position in which it
rested at the front of his trousers,
resting within the holster, snapped by
clever device to his waistband.
The district attorney forced the ac-
cused to enact for the benefit Of the
jury the manner in which he deterous-
" drew the gun from the front of his
waistcoat when he shot OFFICER Riley
Driskell went through this dramatic
illustration.
1t was hypothetical in that Driskell
said that 1t was not real, but merely
in the manner described in his police
confession and in accordance with the
way he had described the tragic scene
to Chief of Police Barlow. Chief of
Detectives Sheets and other officers, on
the evening of October Is, after the
| murder.
The prisoner was also confronted by
a black derby hat which was found in
the alley on the east side of State
| street between East First South and
East South Second streets, through
which the man who killed Riley es-
| capped.
Getting well into the Orpheum alley,
] / came to the intersecting alley-I think
| they call it Plum alley, or something ike
| that. There / stopped to see kennedy ano
| the policeman pass on the other SIDE OF
/ the street, but could not see them. While
/ l was standing there | met an old FELLOW
we called Dutch Duncan. While we
were standing there we heard two shots
1 left Duncan and ran into the negro
| saloon at 80 Commercial street and gol
! drink. I then walked down Commercial
street to Second South street, where l me-
| a couple of fellows l knew when was II
Ogden. / must have stood there aoou
fifteen minutes when Duncan came bacl
and said he had helped to carry Office
Riley, who had been killed, TO the polio
station. l took Duncan to Chinese res
taurant and treated him to supper,
Flee to Ogden.
81 then went to the Oaks hotel, wher
/ roomed. l think it was then about TO-
o'clock. 1 slept there all night. In In
| morning Kennedy came up with su
, case filled with watches He took half
| dozen of them out and sold them, an
! gave me IS, which he owed me- we the
met the niger, Ollie Pierce, at t1rs
, South and First West streets. told hi
| about selling some watches, and weT
Jack to the rooming house and got foul
, / teen, which / gave him; and he sold then
Kennedy gave him 81 and two revolver
FOR his bit
, the Orpheum rooming house whom,
said 1 could get drunk and trim her {
her diamonds; but he wanted his cut OF
of the transaction.
Kennedy and / left for Ogden at
o'clock on the afternoon of October ..
Anton Thompson of 4SS First avent
was an unimportant witness at the morl
: ing session, preceding Driskel.
young cha p, who very chipperly gay
his name as James Raymond Healy ar
l who was arrested with Driskell and Kel
7 nedy in Ogden and brought back to Sa
Lake to serve six months in jail, he ha'
ing been given a ''floater by the polio
testified that he met Driskell and Kennel
on Commercial street near First Soui
! street, about 1880 o'clock on the night
: the murder.
I 81 noticed Kennedy's pants bullying OF
T in front, and l discovered that he had
. pistol concealed, said the witness. kei
! nedy asked me to go across the street
r a restaurant and see if couple OF wal
: resses he knew were there.
I when / returned he and Driskell we
gone ] saw them in Salt Lake sever
: days later, and then met them IN Osdt
: about a week later.
!. When court resumed for the afternoo
e session and Judge Lewis had passed upo
e the objection to the admission or the COZ
fession made by Driskeil, District a
torney Loofbourow had hard time nal
V ing Drisken admit that he had signe
. the confession.
e DriskeII poubIe-crossed.