The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-06
This Is Testimony of Hotel Man
in Gladys Whitney
Case.
IMPORTANT EVIDENCE
ADDUCED BY DEFENSE
Three Witnesses Say DiehI Told
Them Girl Was Not in
Room.

That j. D. Deihl. 1he travelling dia
mond salesman OF Denver, whom
Gladys Whitney is alleged TO have
robbed of more than $1,000 worth OF
diamonds AT the Motropole hotel in this
city on the night OF September |, OF
last year, in conversation with Citv
Detective Chase. declared that the girl
was not in his room on the night ot
the alleged robbery and that he locked
the room when he retired, was testified
tn by three members of the detective
force, in whose presence the convrsa-
tion took place at the trial If the
Whitney girl Monday afternoon.
Detectives Earl Ripley. Wilson and
Golding all testified that Delhi had said
that the Whitney girl never entered
his room, as Delhi in his own story on
the witness stand last week testified
she had.
The state rested about II O'Clock
Monday morning after the examination
of three additional witnesses. Fred
Jones was the first witness called Mon
day morning by the state. Jones was
one of the three men who met the two
Whitney girls and Delhi at the Rath.
skellar and afterwards went TO their
room with them at the Metropole hotel.
Deputy Sheriff j S. Corless was
called for the state and testified rela
tive to bringing GLADYS Whitney back
to Salt Lake from Memphis. Tenn.
where she surrendered herself to the
officers. saving that she would come
back to Salt Lake il she was wanted
here
Detective Earl Ripley testified for the
state concerning his search for the girl
af he oil oll "a,
ure TO find her.
Had Laughing Jag.
That Delhi from all appearances was
suffering from Laughing Jag in
stead Of being every sick as he
legged robbery. was testified to by Ivor
Redman, clerk at the Metropole hotel
and the first witness called for the de-
fense Monday morning
Counsel for the defense introduced
map of the second floor of the Met
ropole hotel showing the location of the
various rooms.
Ivor Redman testified that after the
partv had gone to the hotel Clara
Whitney ordered two bottles of beer.
which Delhi paid for. and in doing SO
made the remark: "Brine six" Red
man said that he opened the beer and
Delhi handed the first glass 10 GLADYS
and retained the second glass for him.
self.
Redmau testified that there were sew
eral calls for beer and that he served
beer several times, Delhi payinp for
the beer. Redman testified on direct
examination that Gladys whitney left
the hotel between the hours of and
5 on the morning of September .. and
that as she left the hotel she appeared
10 have been crying, Redman testified
that he observed her go down Third
South street to Main street
Cross Examination
On cross examination Redman testi
fled in response to the interrogation of |
counsel for the state that he had re- |
fused to discuss the issues of the easel
until he got on the witness stand Hell
said that he often had beer in the hotel
to serve TO guests and that he occa-
sent out for it. When asked |
where he kept the beer he replied tina
II was kept in garbage can on ice. |
On the night in question he testified
that ne had about twenty bottles of |
beer