The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-25
Absence From Beat Costs Life.

Young Nebeker rushed 10 the police
station. less than block distanct. with
word OF the holdup and gave the depart
ment descriptions OF the men. Riley
was night watchman along East South
Temple street, but happened to be at the
police station. off his beat. and this cost
him his life. There was only one regu-
lar man at the station at that instant.
II developed that could be sent out on
the case, so Riley went one way and De-
tective George Chase another taking
young Neoeker with him TO identify the
holdups in case they were found,
Detective Chase and Nebeker went east
on First South street and Riley went
around the corner from the police sta
and State streets he met Kennedy and
Drlskell and. searching them. started
back TO the police station with them. AT
the alley leading east from State street.
trance, one of the desperados shot and
killed Riley and the jury, by its verdict
Thursday night, expressed the belief that
Driskell committed the murder This be-
lief is held by the public generally.
Drlskell and Kennedy escaped through
the alley and fed to their room at the
oaks hotel They then worked their way
TO Ogden. but the police. with Chief OF
Detectives George a. Sheets in the van.
were straining every nerve TO ayenge the
murder OF their fellow officer and pretty
soon, through Joe Gordon. a negro, Chief
Sheets located Driskell and Kennedy in
rooming house at ogden, The Ogden
police were instructed to apprehend the
men, with James r Healy a dapper
sporting world. and the three were ar
rested and brought back to this city by
Detective Joseph Burt.
This was October IS, 1909 only eight
days after the murder. Healy was turned
loose. and on October is. FIVE days later,
Driskell voluntarily confessed. On Oc-
degree murder in Police Judge j. NJ.
Bowman's court and was transferred TO
the county jail. Immediately after his
arrival there he confessed again and in
confession TO William Morgan. his cell
mate. charged with counterfeiting.
Plans to Escape.
In the meantime. Tracy Driskel,
Drlskells brother. had come here from
California, at Driskel's request. 10 help
to Sheriff Sharp and been given work
on the new county Jail With his
brother here. the prisoner began to plan
escape. He slipped notes to his brother
on the outside, appealing to him to pass
hacksaws In to him and one SATURDAY.
five saws came into the cell OF Driskel
and Morgan. Three OF these saws were
two were slipped on TO John Furey the
noted California desperate. who held up
tinch's cafe Then gun was needed
the same way as the saws. but the
sheritf's office discovered the saws and
seized the note. rolled in the form of n
cigarette. In Driskelrs pocket. Driskers $
brother was arrested. charged with at
| tempting to effect a Jail delivery, plead
ed guilty and Is serving years sentence
in the State prison.
The brother, II is said. was imposed
upon by DriskelI In the face of DrIs-
kelis violent protestations OF Innocence
he believed him to be innocent The
| confessions. he thought. had been OBJ
tanned by cruelty and duress and he be-
lieved that his brother stood In danger
OF being railroaded to the gallows
movement is on foot even now. 1t was
authoritatlyely reported outside the
court room Thursday. to have Tracy
| Drlskell paroled or pardoned soon.
Chase in Shadow.
Detective Chase grew reminiscent
Thursday when he recalled Riley's muir
der and the circumstances Immediately
preceding It. which brought him into
The shadow of death.
IF had taken the State street course
in pursuit of the holdups and Riley had
gone east on First South street. I might
not be hero today" retrospectively re-
| marked the detective, 1T might have