The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-03
.P|NKERT0N CHIEF
IS ON THE STAND
James Mcfarland Tells What
He Knows About Diamond
Robbery.
DOUGLASS TESTIMONY
READ INTO THE RECORD
Showing Is to Effect That GIrl
Gave Four Diamonds
to Him.

The story of J. d, Diehl Of the al
legged diamond robbery, in which he
says he was relieved Of more than $1,000
worth of precious stones by GLADYS
Whitney On the night Of September l
of last year, was more or less disputed
by c. Mccarthy, a witness for the
state. at the trial Of the Whitney girl
Friday afternoon. Mccarthy was one
of the three men who met Delhl ana
his friend Drextell and the two Whit
ney girls AT the Rathskellar and later
accompanied them to the Metropole
hotel where the robbery is alleged TO
have occurred.
Mccarthy testified that Delhi did not
seem sick, as he averred he was, when
he reached the Metropole hotel, and
denied that there was beer in the girls
room TO the best of his knowledge,
when the party arrived. Mccarthy tes-
tilted that he gave Clara Whitney 81
to get somo beer. but when the beer
arrived ne testified that he thought
Delhi paid for it. Earl Aldrich, an
other Of the three who met the party
at the Rathskellar, testified that Delhl
seemed under the influence OF llquor.
but he did not seem exactly sick.
MCFARLAND on Stand,
James Mcfarland, western superin-
tendent of the Pinkerton detective
agency. was placed on the stand by
the state 10 identity the diamonds in"
troduced IN the trial Thursday morning,
which it is averred we're secured from
w, G. Douglas, TO whose home the
Whitney girl and Walter Perry, her
alleged accomplice, are said TO have
gone the morning following the alleged
robbery. On cross examination the at
torney for the defense asked Mr.. Nc
Parland if he had not endeavored TO
obtain confession from the girl,
which he practically admitted by an
swering that he wished to find the dia-
cerning conference which was held
between him and the girl and Douglas
at the county Jail, The attorney for
the Whitney girl asked Mr.. MCFARLAND
If he did not suggest ,that the girl go
TO confession with him, knowing that
she was a Catholic, in that he might
nduce her 10 confess to him that she
lad taken the diamonds. To this Mr..
MCFARLAND admitted that he had asked
the girl If she desired a clergyman.
Deputy Sheriff C. L. Shelter was
'alled Friday afternoon to tell of a
conversation which he had had with
Gladys Whitney concerning Walter
Perry.
Deposition Is Read.
The reading Of the testimony OF ". |
{. Douglas took up the greater part
u Friday morning. Douglas testified
lG the preliminary examination of the |
Whitney girl that she and Perry called |
1T his house at ! Wayne court the |
morning following the robbery, Perry |
@ get some clothes which he had left |
here, and that he also borrowed a hat |
'or Gladys
When they were leaving. Douglas
estlfied at the preliminary examination.
iladys made the statement: "There is
omethlng for your trouble - After
hey had gone. Douglas testified that
he found small white paper on the
able containing four diamonds. His
estlmony was read Friday morning
fter it was shown that the state had
alled to find Douglas and could NOT
roduce h,m Mrs. Julia Douglas, wife
T Douglas. was called and testified that
he had not seen her husband for sew
raj months
DS'iico attorney T. y. Leatherwood
ana that he would show that the two
diamonds introduced by him in tbe
caring Thursday morning were two of h
he stones which Douglas found after
he girl and Perry had departed
W. e. Wills. head of the Pinkerton
elective agency in Salt Lake, testified
oonceTnlng the movements OF DOUGLAS
fter- the robbery. The case will he Z;
esuned Monday morning.