The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-27
Refused to Answer.

dation,
Refused to Answer.
Epperson refused 10 answer and turned
to tho clerk for his certificate OF service
that would entitle him to payment from
the county.
would move for new trial Within a
week or ten days. and that they coutl
no, have been satisfied by any verdict
other than an acqulttal
in the event that a motion for new
trial is granted. or A new trial ls ordered
by the supreme court, the district at
torney has. II is said. new evidence on
startling character. which came 10 MN
after the states case had been finally
closed, which he declares can result IN
but one verdict-n verdict OF guilty OF
murder In the first degree without rec
ommenda tion for mercy.
What the character OF that evidence
Is. and whence II came, the officials rep
resenting the state refuse to discuss, nut
they say that 1t is fully IS strong as,
n not stronger than their best evidence
adduced during the trial that has just
closed.
The crime for which Caleb A. Inflow
was convicted was one of the most brutal
In the criminal history Of Salt Lake.
History of the Case.
Thomas T.. White, known about town
as eddie White, was found dead In
his automobile on the morning of Oc-
passerby, who hailed a passing street
car on which were Sergeant Spears and
Detective George Chase, to whom the
pedestrian reported his find. The body
was taken Immediately to police head
quarters, where, on examination, it was
found that White had died as n result
of three heavy blows on tho head in
ficted with some dull instrument. such
as blackjack or a revolver butt, and
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with revolver of large caliber.
That robbery was not the motive for
the murder was evidenced by the
amount of iewelry and money found
on Whites person. One pocket only
had been disturbed, the right hand
trouser pocket. White had been to a
prize fight on the evening previous to
his death and had returned to his stand
at II o'clock. where he talked to John
son, the man who drove his car during
the day. AT 11:30 o'clock lightly
gave directions. They drove away.
Shots Were Heard.
At midnight two shots were heard by
Theodore Anderson, who lives at 9l5
Third East street Anderson heard the
shots so distinctly that he went to q
window and; seing nothing unusual,
went back to bed. The murder was
committed a few rods south of Ninth
South street on Third East,
At II O'Clock on the night Of the
murder, a man, later identified as Caleb
A. Inflow, superintendent Of the Binp-
ham schools, inquired at White g stand
as to whether or not he was a married
man and whether White was away long
at time.
Inflow was arrested at ] 20 o'clock in
the afternoon following the murder on
the charge of having killed White. He
had been arrested the Monday previous
on charge Of entering the house Of
Mrs, Harvey Jones, 716 First avenue,
and of stealing some valuable ore sam
pies White was alleged to have driven
Inflow to the scene of the robbery and
of having taken him back downtown
again with the samples which he had
placed in two suit cases.
In a statement made to the police by
White. Inflow ordered the chauffeur to
remain in his car until he, 1nlow should
return. White said that he followed
Inflow instead and saw that the suit
cases were evidently empty, and saw
Inlow come out of the house with The
suit cases apparently full. Inflow left
the taxicab near the Grand hotel and
White later reported the matter to the
police. which action resulted in Inflow s
arrest on the charge Of burglary
Mrs. Inflow Arrested.
Mrs. Inflow was arrested when it was
found that she answered the descrlp-
t;on Of the woman who had entered
White IS tnxicab the night before. The
coat and veil that she wore had been
borrowed from Mrs. Carl Schneider Of
No < Rustic court. She admitted that
She had been with her husband until !
O. 'clock In the morning and had bor-
rowed the coat and veil from Mrs.
Schneider.
The proofs pointed SO conclusively to
Mr. and Mrs. Inflow as the murderers
that Acting Coroner Harry S. Harper
did not think an inquest necessary,
They were formally charged with the
murder on Wednesday, October 9. and
when arraigned before Justice Harper
pleaded not guilty and were committed
to the county Jail without bail.
Inflow heard the charges read with
little show of emotion while Mrs. Inflow
was visible agitated while awaiting for
the Justice to arrive, and when the
charge of murder was read to her she
fell in faint.
Funeral services for White were held
in Denver on Friday, October IL. Octo-
Der 16 was set as the date for the pre-
liminary hearing Of Inflow and his wife.
The date was then changed to October
II, and later was postponed until Octo'
ber % on the request of 1nlow's law
yer, E. A. Wedgwood.
During the course of the long and