The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-24

its correctness with one slight change,
the word 'he' for "I'' In the sentence
| up making it read. He said. ETC. and
then signed Il,
on cross examination. Mr. Setrit eX-
planned how he came to be present when
the confession was signed. II was In
the heat of the city campaign and the
opposition was making a fight against the
police department and he wanted to be
sure the confession was all right. he
said. He suggested that other outsiders
he called In 10 witness ii. but Chief
Barlow insisted that he be, present. and
he. with Arthur {. White. then managing
editor OF The Tribune, and two or three
police officers. Witnessed the confession.
The state scored again when Mr.. Loot
borrow succeeded In getting into evi-
dence DriskelTs confession of the crime
To his cell-maJe. William Morgan. charged
with counterfeitlng. dated February: 1910,
although Driskell. OF course. bitterly re-
pudIated IL This confession. like the
police admission, was admitted for im-
pcachment purposes only.
Morgan said that the night Perchin, a
fellow prisoner at the county jail. was re-
leased, after he and Driskell had been
talking about the charges against them,
DrslSell said
I'm going TO tell you all about how
Morgan, so he testified, warned:
Don't tell that to your brother, even"
Driskell replied
30. hell I'm going TO tell YOU anyway"
Then he launched into the confession.
found at the head OF this column, Morgan
said,
Dungeon at County Jail.
Ii then developed that thore is dun
geon at the county jail. too. much worse
than the one at the city prison. Morgan
said that he didn't tell Sheriff Sharp OF
this confession until he was thrown into
the dungeon. following the discovery cf
the hacksaWs In his and DriskclIs cell,
and then only after he had learned that
Driskei was double crossing him and try
ing to lay the blame for the entrance Of
the saws into the county jail onto him
and two other innocent prisoners. Sheriff
Sharp told him after he put him in
the dungeon that he was going TO keep
him there without food or drink until
he "came clean" as TO how the saws got
in, but Morgan testified that he wonld
not have told then If Drisk@ll had played
square with him.
Until heard that was being double
crossed | was willing to 60 down there
and suffer TO protect that man right
there" declared Morgan, In II rage. point
ing an accusing finger at Driskcll.
Nick Gulbransen one OF the city all
ers, corroborated Chief Sheets in every
essential, bringing out that I'm ADDITION
To the regular Jail fare Driskcll and Ocks-
reider had meals from the Vienna cafe
while they were In the city jail costing
upwards OF sol, No whlskcY VAS given
TO the prisoner that Gulbransen knew Of
and drugs or liquors are never given eN-
cept under physicians order ,t u,o
George w. Morgan, proprietor ~ Inc
Vienna cafe testified that he was ore
OF the business men who visited DrisNSll
at tho city jail and that Driskell was
told by the county attorney that he need
not make n statement unless he wanted
TO and that IL he did II might be used
against him In spite OF this, Mr., Morgan
testified, Driskell acknowledged the con-
resslon said that he had not been de-
prived OF food or water. that he had not
been mistrcated and that the confession
had not been induced by duress. IT.
couldn't have been obtained that way
DriSkell declared Mr.. Morgan said.
County Attorney Lyon was not permit
ted 10 testify that he was present at the
business mems meeting. that he had
warned Driskell not TO make statement
and the like.
More Confederation.
Detective Chase denied that he told
Driskell that Ocksreider was an attorney
of any kind and corro5orate ted Chief Sheets
in almost every particular
Inkling of Plot.
In the oss-eXamination of Mr.. Chase
an inkling OF the desperate attempt tho
Republican party campaign managers
made to get something on the police
department for political purposes was
given Mr.. Chase said that Sheriff
Sharp had tried mighty hard 70 con-
vince him that he had furnished Driskell
with whisky the day OF the business
mems meeting and only few minutes
before This was easy to dsprove. as
the whisky. procured from the Halliday
drug store was charged to Chief Sheets
and the bill, with the date on II. Is there
To show when it was got. MIR. chase
said
Sheriff Sharp said that the day Dris-.
kell was transferred to the county jail
he had a conversation with him, in the
presence OF 4 reporter, In which Driskell
made substantially the same confession
as the one he made to the police, with
the exception that he said that Riley
struck him I'm the mouth with his gun;
breaking a front tooth. when he arrested
him and Kennedy, because, Driskell said,
he didn't throw his hands UP quick
enough to suit the officer.
Chief Barlow said that Ocksreider told
him that Driskell was ready to make
a statement TO the officers If they would
from execution, and that DrIskell had
dictated an oral confession TO him. Chief
Sheets, Lieutenant shannon and De
tective Joseph Burt. which afterwards
pher, presented to Drlskell, confirmed
with the correction detailed, and then
signed after the witness had read the
written confession through through to the pris-
Chief Barlow's cross examination
brought out that Driskelrs bin at the
Vienna while he was at the city jail
was pretty close to Sl2 AT this Dris-
kell smiled broadly.
Then both sides rested finally.
Driskeu Passive.
DrislSel expressed no discomfort or sat
isfaction with the outlook for his case.
AS he was led from the court room his
face was impassive lie has been re- re-
county Jail while his trial lasts. Samuel
NOVEL; has been appointed a special
deputy to help keep watch over him
The jury which Is at the Kenyon ho-
tel. Is in charge OF Deputy Sheriff James
Hilton. Wednesday night the jurors
attended the thcater.
One of the defendants requests for
instructions will be that the confessions
be disregarded. except for impeachment
purposes, and this instruction will be
given, but the subtle effect of the con-
fessions is with the jury. just the same.
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