Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-23
DRISKELL'S STORY
Of THIRD DEGREE
Accused Murderer Tells Of Some
OF the Alleged Tactics
OF the Police.
SHEETS AS THE HEAOLlNER
,,.p-e. the Big Detective Of Being a
Nclodramatic Actor--Pccuiiar
And sensational Testimony.

Mailing against the impeachment Of
,,p testimony in his fight 20 save
al. rfa LucIan r.. Driskell. charged
..,b tbs murder OF Special officer c.
d, Ruay Yesterday afternoon offered
81, .yposs Of the third degree" meth
"a, rsod by chief Of Detectives George
a..,.. ir the inner" room 90 wiring
,,rfsssf5ns ont OF obstinate suspects.
First DENYING his alleged confession,
pr.sseH later reluctantly admitted that
If had been forced from him under
Fures,. and in cXtcnuation said that
grbus be- WAS confined In the city jail
he "Uas drunk more than hult the
limo and asserted that he had been
given opium and yenshee. In explain
',g his making similar confession OF
tbs murder OF Riley 90 Sheriff Sharp.
Nor his removal from the city police
stafion Dr'skpu said that even then
bl was lrueged and drunk. that be-
fore leaving the city jail chief sheets
had given him % bottle Of whisky and
quantity of yenshee. with the adj
ronltiou % is mp TO as 20 crack yuor
mock and when YOU go to the county
ieu ,ou tell them the same thing you
norIt1u 1T is up 90 us 20 crack your
uaGt for you know it lies i'm our
WIN the drink and opium. being
thrown into "a damp dungeon. stripped
of au clothing and denied food for two
days w8s added to the third degree
treatment 90 force his confession. ac-
cordIng to Drskell.
Tuesday afternoon in the Driskell
trial was allied with dramatic situa-
tons. After am hour and half of
arguments by the prosecution and
counsel for the defense. Judge LOWS
admitted for impeachment purposes
The confession Of guilt purported TO
have been made by Driskcll 10 the
police
DRUNK HALF THE TIME"
DriskeH resumed the stand with his
studied air Of Indifference but as the
reading of The confession by Prosecutor
Loofb0urow proceeded the accused
man showed bis intense interest When
asked after the confession had been
read in flll Or he had on the 18th day
OF October 1909 said I'm substance the
statements contained I'm the con fession
10 Chief Barlow and other officers.
Drlskeu made a prompt denial Later
he said that he had made such state
ments "to the business men who came
90 see me- and then volunteered the
statement that Il was drunk half the
time ! was in the city jail and didn't
kn0V what I was doing"
Under the gruellinR -examina-
ton 0f the states attorney. priskell
Welded point by point admitting that
De- had made the confession. but con
fnuaIy Offering some feature Of the
third degree in extenuation. He ad-
mItted that he had confessed Ownership
of the hat found ia the aneyway
through which the murderer had os-
eiped and also that he had admitted
that the revolver found In his room was
tle one with which he had killed Riley.
He qualified this latter. however. by
sewing be- had been driven into admit
ting i under the sweating process.
SHEETS ARTISTIC TOUCH.
sheets" Driskel said kept COM
Ing into my cell waving a bloody shirt
and showing "a revolver. and would Veil
20 me- There's the shirt Of the man you
murdered. and here's the gun you killed
him with"
According 20 Driskell he was never
allowed 10 be- free from the haunting,
iorturIng thought that ne was a muir
d'rer Every day" he said. they
would bring people in to look at me, and
.he l3lier would cry out. Bring that
HHiucItf out mere.
When asked why he had made "a con-
ltssion Co Sheriff Sharp which substan-
uated that alleged TO have been forced
oui of him by the police, Driskcll said
That at the time Of talking with the
sherH De WAS still drunk and fun Of
opium. the liquor and drug having been
given TO him by chief Of Detectives
JAIL
MURDER RE-ENACTED.
100 dramatic manner Driskeu re-
enacted the scene OF his murder Of Of
hcer Riley AS described bv him To- mo
loAge and business men at the time the
,'nIessiou was made. Fastening the
n'stered revolver introduced In cvi-
uehce as the gun found In Drlskelrs
room ana which he is alleged 10 have
eee.k,no"ledgod as the one with which he
M'ed Riley 20 the waistband of his
llNUaNFe. and with T.a,ftattYssr.. "a