Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-23
Defense Closes and the Case
May Go to the Jury
Tonight.
ACCUSED TELLS HIS STORY
Claims His Alleged Confession Was
Nrung From Him 10y Threats and
Cruel Treatment by Police.

/ his neck Dr. De did not confess 90
/ The murder of Special Omccr Riley on
/ the night of October O.. 1909 Lucian
/ E Duskou, ON trial for his life ON
I that charge this morning underwent
/ another eruollng cross examination
/ at the hands of Prosecutor Loot
houroo. and held Co his story of yes-
/ terday that bee did not know what he
/ was signing when he did make the
/ confession.
Driskeu wor, Co. moro hasgard app
/ pcarauce at this mornings session
/ than nc mas set shown. His face was
/ pale and he had plainly passed
! sleeple7s night for he yaWued now
/ and then and showed signs that the
/ long scige was telling upon his physi-
! cal strength. BE kept nsrNuusly chew
| ing at the quid of gum which ap-
! peared TO relieve somewhat the mem
| tal tension he was undergoing and
/ which he has constantly keW in his
/ mouth during the trial.
| The court room was crowded when
/ the court opened. "a few women being
| among the spectators
/ Driskcu said iu answer t0 questions
! but bv Prosecutor Loofbourow that Dee
| had been addicted 90 the practise of
using "yenshee" about five years. Hg
] nIu not aHhfA NlAN INNAfA wv A'AN 'Aa'.''
! him opium after being incarCeratcd in
| the city iail for the reason that De
wanted 10 quit the practise. In reply
! To- the prosecutor as Co whether Pee
! had not altered his confession in save
ing that che said let's go stick some
| one up" referring Co conversation
| with kennedy on the night Of the
| killing from the wording 'l said let
I go and stick some one uV Driskell
| said ne had not changed 10 and SAID
/ that he did not know what was com
| tained IN the confession,
MEMORY IS ERRATIC
he said that be- did not remember
/ having said 20 county Attorney Job
| Lyon that De was not deprived or food
/ tobacco. his clothing and his sleep
| when Lyon asked n the statement had
been forced from him
Ma- it any inducemont that The Of
/ fcers offered YOU or the cruel treat
! ment given YOU that induced YOU 70
/ make the confcssion2' asked MT.
| Lo0fbourow.
III was the cruel treatment and the
/ double crossing that ] received an
swered the defendant.
There was no inducement or prom
| Csc OF assistance that led YOU 60 make
| the confession. them"
"Thev said they would crack my
! neck if didn't confess"
"Did Ocksrolder's promise 20 use his
influence 90 save you from hanging
/ have any influence with youf'
"It did The statement was made
/ before the promise was made
| "Then the promise had nothing 10
| do with your making the statement.
| Attorney Thomas FOR the defense
! objected 20 the line 0f questioning as
being calculated 90 get more than mere
I Impeachment testimony from the i'm
/ PRODUCTION OF the confession and Co De-
prive tine accused Of his constitutional
rights The objection was oveIru'et.
! however. and the defendant answered
| that the promises were not made until
after 10 was clear that the de-.
/ PENDANT was somewhat mixed up iu
/ his statements and the matter was
| permitted 90 go 60 the jury as 10 stood
COMPELLED TO CONFESS.
Drisseu then detailed again the story
OF how chief Detective sheets took him
/ out and tortured him, compelling him
% make the confession Tie said Sheets
placed him ion cell without clothing
ON a damp cement floor and only gave
him two glasses of water and four
slices Of bread in two days, and he said
| he could not eat what was given him
because ho was sick and he was
cramped up from being deprived of his
yeushce.
u was tortured and double crossed
said urskeiI land when sheets took
me up 100 the office ne handed me
paper to sign. saying they had me- ana
was up against IL, and had might as
well make O clean breast uf ~ and toll
how 70 happened. Tie then gave me
paper which I signed, after ] had placed
/ my mark on The PAPER ocksrcIdor made
out for me 90 sign
I'm answer 90 questions hy the attor-
news for the defense Driskeu said the
paper sheets had given him 90 sign
was folded under ga that ne could not
see vbat.uns ou IL. and he signed his
name on the paper below the writing
GENERAL DENIAL.
prIskolI denied that no had admitted
10 Morgan. his cell mate al the county
lam that h. had held up young Nebe-
ker and that he had killed officer Riley
and that he had said 90 Riley when
De was attempting to arrest him, that
ITS either YOU or D. and shot him.
Prosecutor I.oofbourow asked Dris-
keU why be crossed the street when he
came back from eating at the rcstau-
rant ON Second South. which Driskeil
testified 10 having done.
n don't know why ] crossed the
street" replied tho defendant
Have YOU told everything that YOU
aid on the night OF October @. between
tho hours o. ,.i5 and 10 o'clock asked
M I.oofbourow
Eyes. sir"
why did you object t1 answering
that question yesterday
'On tho gruuud that 7 might inCrim.
mate myself ln another crime. replied
tho defendant.
Prosecutor Ioofhourow announced
that he haA concluded his orusscXam-
nation. except 90 ask him to tcll again
the distance he was from tho corner
ON state street when De broke away
from the officer
'It was somewhere I'm the uoighh0r-
hood OF 20 feet replied tho defend
ant
Attorney Dale Parke for tho defense
then led Driskoll through the whole
story OF he actions on The night of
the murder causing him 20 repeat
several times the story Of bis cruel
treatment az the hands of the police
officers.
"When you made the statement 10
the business men did YOU tell them
what Sheets told YOU 90 ton them. or
did YOU ten Thorn whnt YOU yourself
intended 10 tell themT
Il told them what Sheets told me 20
tell them, because he told me n 1 did