The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-08
SPEEDY TELLS HOW He
KILLED TIM CHURCHILL

saloon I encountered a policeman pa
trolman g. a. Patterson. He collared
me and asked n ! had fired the shot.
Though had the revolver I'm my pock-
ct. told him that ] had not done e..
He took me back as far as the en-
trance to the saloon and. when two
others dashed out OF the Heidelberg and
the policeman released me and started
10 chase them. ! COUNT believe my
eyes.
Running up Third South street. 7
dropped the revolver in the pool hall
stairway at the corner OF Main street
Then / ran up Main street as far a.
Second South. 7 did not bug a pint
or whisky az the Bank saloon. but kept
right on and ran down West Temple
street About half way down the block
I ran into another policeman. and
thought II was all Off. Just before
7 reached him 7 pretended to being
drunk and stumbled. He told me 7 had
better beat it and get home.
There was some woman coming M
the street in n taXlcab tSteIla Kelley.
but ! had nothing TO do with her.
cut through ALLEYS and when near the
q. S. L. depot I began beating 90 IN
the direction Of Lagoon over the rail-
road tracks. 7 arrived at Lagoon
little after sunrise. I caught the first
train coming through Lagoon and went
ana while seated on baggage truck in
that city read about the shooting. The
manner In which che patrolman had
failed TO get me was funny.
II remained in ogden less than an
hour. when I caught a fast passenger
for the west. I finally landed iu Sc
attic. and then In Vancouver. 7 had in
tended TO go to Alaska as n cabin boy
on steamer OF which an old fricno
or mine was captain. when I was picked
up as piCkpockCt by the Seattle pO-
lice. 7 happened TO be sized up as
pickpocket when 7 got mp and gave
Someone had been touched on the car
and because I was a stranger they
blamed me.
whisky, Not Dope.
by the way" continued Jeffress.
"the papers have been saying that /
have been a 'hOphead and cocaine
fiend. That is not true. Ny chief in
diligence has been whisky. Sometimes
have taken too much. and had been
drinking somewhat on the night that
shot Churchill. I was FAR from be-
ing drunk, however.
Though IL might have had the APP
pearance the shooting was not over n
woman. I was up I'm Butte. Mont, when
Churchill was arrested for a bunch or
crooked work some time ago. When
Churchill got out he told some OF my
pals that ] had Switched on him. which
I hadn't lie got arrested because he
made some kind Of bad bull and
that was all Il was to 10. We all tried
10 help him in getting out
When ! returned TO salt Lake and
Churchill came to the city he kept
telling friends OF mine that ] was "a
,stool-pigeon' and 70 look out FOR me.
This was "a false accusation. Several
weeks before by trouble with Churchill
I'm the Heidelberg. ! brushed against
him m Mulvey's saloon. on Second South
street. lie turned bad eye on me
and told friends he was drinking with
that he would get me. distinctly
heard the remark, but gave IL no at
tention.
heard II and he repeated the threat In
louder tone. still I gave him no at
tention. but walked out Of the saloon.
a little later man named Roberts
who was with him when he made the
rema rk, advised me 10 lock out Tor