The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-28
DOUBLE CONFESSION TO
C0LD-BL00DED MURDER
Continued from Pago One.


and auizzed regarding the crime before
the witnesses to whom he later made his
confession. Hays laughed when ouos-
toned and said that he had left his room
| alone. going To the Denver & Rio Grando
| depot for n walk and lettering at that
| place for some time, after which, he said
he walked slowly TO the oregon Short
| Line depot and took seat in the waiting
room. Tlrlng of naction. he said he
walked slowly back to his room. at which
rived
For two hours Hays told over and over
| again the same story. regardless of the
fact that he had been shown the signed
was brought into the room. and confronted
| Hays In the presence of the older man
| Thorne at first was ,surly, but after a
Hays focused his beady little eyes on the
| face OF the younger man, who never for
| an instant. after beginning the second
confession, returned the look To those
IN the room II appeared as If he was
| afraid to look at Hays AS the confess
| sion proceeded the sneer OF contempt left
Hays face and for the first time since
he had been brought into the office he
seemed 10 be thinking seriously OF the
prcdicament In which his actions of the
previous night had placed him.
Weakens and Confesses
Thorne finally was led back To his cell.
after being questioned regarding the con-
fession In the presence of Hays who list
ened lntently to every. word spoken by
the younger man. After Thorne had
straightforward manner of the evidence
possessed connecting him with the
crime. He was then given a few minutes
TO think over his situation. He spent the
time in studying intently the faces OF the
witnesses, and after a long period of ST.
lence, in which his face lost the thought
ful expression and took on one of cum
ming. he began his confession in a low
tone OF voice. His confession was writ
ten down as rapidly as he made It. and
when the Iinal words had been said he
was handed the confession to read. This
he did. When Hays was asked TO affX
ILLS name 10 the paper, his heavy lower
jaw protruded Itself and his small eyes
looked squarely into the face OF Chief
Barlow. They narrowed TO Sits as he in
quired:
What immunity do get il sign that
paper?'
Hays was told that he would not be
promised any immunity and that his ac-
ton would merely save the state addi-
tional expense. He then sneered at the
witnesses and refused TO sign his name.
after which he was led back TO his cell.
During his confinement In the city jail
Saturday night and Sunday morning Hays
refused 10 discuss the shooting or he
persisted in saying that he had had moth
ing TO do with the affair. Asked regar rd-
ing his coming 10 Salt Lake City, he ad-
mtted that he had been here but q short
time and said that he had come from the
desert and had only been in the city for
a few days.
Tells of Plot.
Thorne was questioned by the police
authorities in his cell in the boys ward,
after he had made HIS confession, and
told of how he and Hays had left the
Angelus roomlng house Saturday night
and had walked 10 the postoffice, where
they had met the man whose name lie
did not know. but who was called Curly,
Al the postofhce, he said. they had
t=ly
place that happened TO look good to them.
They had passed by q number OF the
smaller places OF business on the way
toward the outskirts OF the city. none of
which had offered what appeared to them
to be A Fat job" When they had ar
rived at the Fassell store they stationed
themselves first AT Sixth East and Fourth
South streets and had watched the store.
Thorne said that the number of delivery
wagons going and coming from the store,
each Of which had a different driver, had
made them decide that Fassells store
would make n good haul"
Thorne said that no dehnite plan had
been arrived at until the store and its
inmates had been closely watched through
the windows for a considerable length of
time, the trio walking back and forth on
the opposide side OF the street while
counting, the delivery wagons and timing
their going and coming from the front
part of the store. The plan was then ar
rived at TO allow Curly to act as look
out" on the sidewalk while he and Hays
holdup proper ThoFne said;
Too Slow in Raising Hands.
I'VE walked to the entrance OF the
store after we had seen the last wagon
leave and entered first, followed BY
Hays, Curly was TO have stayed outside,
want to stick UP his hands. Fassell was
standing behind the grocery counter and
Hays stood about halfway along the coun
ter, facing him. | was in the lead and
in front OF the butcher. Fassell did not
stick up his hands fast enough and l was
trying TO get him and the butcher to-
corner ! then turned back and started
toward Fassell. as ! wanted TO reach the
till He was In my way and when
pressed the gun into his side to move
him over ii went off
Curly had gone to the TIL first and
believe that when the shot went off the
butcher ran out of the back door: Any
how. l reached into the till. for by tha,
time Fassell had staggered back out OF
the way. Curly had got some OF the
money out OF the TIL before got there.
OF the store and to Sixth East, and after
we had got a couple of blocks away
we walked and then ran and walked
back TO the room. Hays stayed with me
but never saw Curly again.
we went up In the room and / took
off the overals and laid them alongside
clothing and then 1 Hopped down on the
bed to get rested. Hays followed suit
and then Burt Brown and Wilson came
into the room. We had been there but
few minutes until the cops came-until
you fellows butted into the room. l knew
then that Ii was all off"
Chief Sheets, when asked regarding the
clue that led him directly TO the room
OF the murderers after the shooting. at
first refused to discuss the matter, but
his modesty at length was overcome
enough for him 10 say.
Chief Sheets "Hunch.''
as soon as they arrived in the city and
our men had had them under surveillance
for some time, but we could find nothing
on them to warrant an arrest. We were
positive. however that they were crooks.
although their actions would not allow
us to arrest them. When the description
reached the station after the wagon had
returned. ] told Chief Barlow that ] was
almost certain that the men / had in