Show OWEN JEN ADMITS I COMPLICITY IN FORDS MURDER Says He Took Part in Holdup Which Resulted in Killing of Officer THREE SUSPECTS ARE PLACED UNDER ARREST GOVERNOR OFFERS REWARD OF FOR ARREST OF MAN WHO FIRED THE FATAL SHOT Reward Offered ty By y the Governor of the State of i e et 0 t Proclamation I A reward of ot OO IB Is hereby of ot offered offered 0 for the tho th arrest t and conviction COnvICtion 0 tion Uon of 01 tho the person Derson who shot and K killed Charles S Ford In Salt take Lake City on the morning of 01 Dec oS 14 U 1907 In witness whereof I hereby i iset s set my hand and the great groot seal of 01 r the slate state of Utah Signed JOHN C CUTLER s Governor of ot the St te or of Utah 0 8 e I 0 0 0 0 Y losely lose following the tb death of man inan Charles S Ford Foro at St Marks Mar ICs hospital yesterday afternoon the po Im polite polke lite arrested two men and a woman on Information obtained from a confes confession confession sion mado made by John Owen They were weri Tip Belcher Becher a bartender in III the Ju Jubilee bilee saloon I at LL 26 Commercial 1 street 1 I 15 s 3 wife Mrs Sadi adi Belcher B and nd Jack Jak Ja k M 1 of IjO 10 North Main street Me McGibbon Gibbon was as Lq r h ii d after r h Ii had hady I I y JOSEPH SULLIVAN wanted for the murder of Patrolman Charles Ford FordIK IK 1 n questioned by b the Ie police oI but I Belcher 1 and his wife Ifa are still in the jail juil Owen Oven who was wis captured an hour the Albany was held up and Policeman Ford was shot early jest esterday morning in his confession to the police endeavored to make it ap appear pear that the robbery robber and murder were committed I by Joseph Joeph Sullivan an ex ox I and another man whom he ho hoI hec c I ouid uld not name but his story of or the third man nuan is not believed Oven OW was seen seep late on Friday Frida night wandering on South State tate street with Sullivan The two men were followed as vu they skulked from saloon to saloon and no HO third man was seen with them It Is believed that Owen In making his Ms confession was moved by a desire to save himself from the charge of ofha ha having Ing been one of ot the robbers who murdered ed the policeman It is proba probable probable ble bl that thal Belcher Becher will be released if It the f le are unable to find anything Continued d on Page 3 I MURDERED AT HIS POST I uL uLA A 9 I b j i T Tt PATROLMAN CHARLES FORD t Sh shot hot t to death In n the performance of u o W 1 f r I J r ADMITS COMPLICITY 1 IN FORDS MURDER Continued from Page 1 against a him him in addition to what has been told by Owen At an early earl hour this morning the police were still looking for or Sullivan Closely following the death of Po Pa Policeman Policeman Charles Charies S Ford at St Marks hospital yesterday afternoon from the pistol wound Inflicted by a murderous highwayman the police pollee made three ar arrests arrests arrests rests on Information obtained from a confession made by John Owen the theman theman theman man who was as captured an hour after the attack was made upon the police policeman policeman policeman man manThe manThe manThe The three persons taken Into custody were Tip Belcher his wife Mrs Sa Ba Sadie SadIe Badie die Belcher and Jack McGibbon M Bel Belcher Belcher Belcher cher Is bartender at the Jubilee saloon 26 Commercial street and McGibbon was at one time employed there Bel Belcher Belcher Belcher cher and McGibbon are suspected of having had something to do with the planning of the robbery which ended in murder Owen was wa caught In Fifth Filth North street as he was running toward the Oregon Short Line railroad yards He was covered with mud after his wild dash through the streets and was waa al at almost almost most out of breath From the first the police were con convinced convinced vinced that the man was one orie of the highwaymen who held up the Albany saloon at Fifth Vest and Second South streets and that he while escaping fired tired the shot which caused Policeman Fords death Planned by Sullivan Owen at first denied that he had ta taken taken taken ken a 3 hand in the tho Albany holdup but at last weakened and confessed that he was present In the Jubilee saloon In Commercial street when the job was planned by b Joseph Sullivan a con convict convict convict vict who was released from the peni penitentiary penitentiary on Monday and another man While hile these two men were in the Al Albany Albany Albany bany saloon stood outside When hen the robbers emerged from the Albany and the shooting commenced Owen says that he ran eastward on Second South and then turned northward thinking to reach the Oregon Short Line yards where he expected to board a freight train and escape out of the city In his hl confession Owen is said to have mentioned Belcher and McGibbon bon boit The two bartenders lived at the old Heber Kimball residence North Main aln street There The according to Owens story the highwaymen were to meet during the afternoon Police Policemen PolIcemen PolIcemen men and deputy deput sheriffs surrounded the house during luring the afternoon Bel Bet Belcher Belcher Betcher cher his wife and McGibbon were ta taken taken taken ken into custody But Sullivan and the man who was with him could not be found A J who lives in the Kimball house informed the police pollee that when he left the place about 1 yesterday esterday afternoon he saw a man in inthe Inthe inthe the yard ard who closely closet answered to the descriptions of or Sullivan According to Owens confession Sul Sullivan Sullivan Sullivan livan was the man who ho fired the shot that killed Policeman Ford Confession Given in Detail Owens confession It is said was given ghen in great detail He began with the story stor of his meeting with Sullivan soon after the convicts release on Monday from the state penitentiary af after tel tar serving a of five fie years for or highway robbery committed Ogden Owen had come to Salt Lake from Lynn Utah where he said he had been employed as a switchman on the Salt Lake Route He talked with Sullivan of going forth at night as holdup men In the Jubilee saloon and claimed that someone there furnished them with revolvers He admitted that he ho was with Sul Sui Sullivan SuiI Sullivan livan Ilvan on Tuesday night at the old Con Continental Continental Continental I saloon and said that an at attempt attempt attempt tempt was made to rob Pete Peterson the man who was found in the rear of the tho place bleeding from a wound upon his head That wound was inflicted he claimed by Sullivan The two men were taken Into cus custody custody custody I tody a short time after Peterson was I found wounded at the Continental sa saloon saloon loon while they the were walking in Com Corn Commercial Commercial mercial street Both were armed with revolvers and one of the weapons was WM stained with fresh blood It had also been discharged within a few minutes before the two men were seized Peterson was charged with drunk drunkenness drunkenness drunkenness I enness the police concluding that ho hoI had fallen down and injured himself I At the time the man was under the Influence of liquor When hen he became sober he told the police that he had I gone one to the rear of or the saloon to sit t down and that two men had attacked and attempted to rob him He was not notable notable notable able to Identify Sullivan and Owen as asI his assailants although other persons personE I In the saloon stated that the men had hadi i been seen hanging about the tal till tal Time to Leave Town Saturday morning Sullivan and Owen were given ghen floaters by b Judge Diehl the police having failed railed to secure suf sufficient su suI sufI I evidence to connect them with the attack upon On They did not leave Salt Lake how however however ever eyer After dodging through the city to escape the vigilance of the police r and deputy sheriffs they made their way wa back to street and I according to Owen secured new wea weapons polls pons When hen the holdup at the Albany Alban bar barwa was wa planned In the Jubilee saloon Owen Own said it was waa agreed that the ban bandits banI tilts were to meet In the afternoon at I Belchers room In the old Kimball house Owen described the man who accompanied Sullivan as being swarthy and land apparently of or negro blood As soon as the police obtained this information a number of patrolmen headed by Chief Chiet Pitt and Captain Bur Bar Burbidge bidge went to the rendezvous and sur surrounded surrounded surrounded rounded It When all aU exits were ere closed Belchers Reichers room was wa entered ente He was found there with his wife wi e and Mc McGibbon McGibbon Ic Gibbon These were taken into cus custody custody tody tOO The police desired to search a trunk and two suit cases were found in inthe Inthe Inthe the room As these were locked Mrs Belcher was asked to t open them She refused The trunk and nd d the suit cases cael were then loaded Into Int the patrol wagon and taken to police headquarters There are a number numb r of families living at the Kimball house ho s which is archi architecturally arranged in such a manner mannera as a to be convenient for division into small apartments suitable for light housekeeping purposes Great excIte ment was created among the other oc occupants occupants occupants I of the house by the visit of the police It is a quiet neighborhood unused to such tempests and for tor a awhile awhile while consternation prevailed i Saw Man Resembling Sullivan Neighbors of o the Belchers stated that I the man and his wife were quiet and I I pleasant persons p and that during the three month months they had been living in inthe Inthe intile the tile house had hd h d attracted no particular attention It 1 wali a known that Belcher flelcher worked at For Foe ot that reason fIt i I nothing was wa thought though t of the fact that he and aM soi i r friends fri usually had supper about ab t It or 12 r clock every very night at the house and afterward re returned returned returned turned down town Mr 11 Radebaugh who wito saw a man re resembling resembling Sullivan In the yard returned home hOl e while the police were at the house He was greatly surprised at atthe atthe atthe the commotion On learning that search was being made for Sullivan he ho asked for a description of ot the when Then he told of ot having seen such a aman aman aman man manThe manThe manThe The police were unable to learn i whether the man seen by Radebaugh had come from the Belcher room At the Uta Jubilee saloon It was waa said last night that Belcher came here from Denver four or five months ago He seemed to be a man of good habits It was said that his reputation In Denver was good Attaches of ot the sa saloon saloon saloon loon remembered having seen Sullivan and Owen about the place The prevailed at the aa so saloon loon that Belcher Beicher had been arrested as one of the holdup men It was said at the saloon that Belcher had worked there all Friday night and arid until he was relieved on Saturday morning It was not believed that he could have had hada a hand in the robbery Nothing was WIlS known of the story that Belcher had furnished the holdup men with wea weapons weapons weapons pons Dragnet Out for Sullivan Nothing Is being left undone to bring about the capture of or Sullivan De Dc Descriptions of the fugitive have been sent to Ogden and all of the surround surrounding surrounding ing towns The authorities In these places arc are on the alert for tor the escaping escaping 1 ing lug Many an messages have been received at police headquarters showing that the peace officers over a wide stretch of ot country are exerting themselves 9 to the utmost to aid the po police police lice in catching Sullivan Warden arden Pratt of the tho state penitentiary penitentiary penitentiary also let some sonic of the prison guards who knew Sullivan Join the chase It is believed that if the man has not left lert the city he Is la being kept securely In hiding as his hIli capture would have been certain had he shown his face up upon upon upon on the tIle street anywhere yesterday Lingers Twelve Hours After lingering for nearly twelve hours houes Policeman Ford died at St Marks hospital at yester yesterday yesterday day da afternoon With him at the time he passed Ja sed away were Mrs Ford and her liar two daughters Mrs Irs Edward L Butterfield and Miss lIss Lulu Ford and Mrs Irs Helen Langford an old friend of ot the tile family famil Mrs Ford received word of the shooting about 3 yesterday esterday morning at her home South Second East street Taking a carriage she sheat sheat sheat at once drove drova to St Marks arks hospital accompanied by Miss liss Ford and Mrs Irs Langford When they the reached his bedside Po Pa Policeman Policeman Ford was still conscious and greeted them with a brave smile of re recognition recognition recognition cognition He Ho conversed with them for tor fora tora a while and then as he was suffering great pain the physician administered d dan an opiate opla te He was apparently sleep sleeping sleepIng sleeping ing peacefully when death came His wife and daughters and Mrs Lang Langford Langford Langford ford remained with him to the end After he had bad expired his lila clothing was removed It was while this was being done that the fatal bullet of or the high highwayman highwayman wayman which had passed through the body bod and lodged in his garments dropped to the thc floor The bullet had entered Fords left leCt breast below the heart and andy ranging up upward I ward vard war 1 had ad come ome out below the left shoulder blade bla e eI a I Mrs Irs Ford bore the plow blow b pf of h lter teru us bands death with great fortitude dej but the two twe daughters were Inconsolable hIt It was wrong rong to place him in such sucha sucha a dangerous neighborhood just as soon as IS he lie returned to the police force said Mrs rs Butterfield He lie was wall a po policeman policeman policeman fourteen years ago and was wason wason wason on the force for more re than a year without having any sort of trouble And now only a few days das after his re return return return turn to the police force he Is 15 shot down Fords courage after he received the mortal wound excited the admiration of every man who saw him alter after the attack He TIe was con conscious I scIons when hen he reached the emergency hospital at police pollee headquarters and andI I assuming a smiling even cheerful de demeanor deI demeanor meanor chatted with those who gath gathered gathered I ered ere 1 about the operating table al although although although though his high temperature and the I perspiration which rolled from his body bod told more plainly than words how much he was suffering I was wa my beat he said and knew nothing of the holdup at atthe atthe atthe the Albany Alban saloon I 1 reached the north northeast northeast northeast east corner of at Fifth West Vest and Second SecondI I South streets about the time the he rob j I I bers were leaving the saloon after the hold up I 1 did not see them as they the theran ran out The first I knew of the pres presence presence presence ence of the two robbers was when one of them shouted for me mc to hold up my hands bands I turned my m head bead And saw two men In the street near where I stood One was a little in advance of or orI I the other This was the man who spoke Almost at the same Instant the oth OUI other other er man fired his revolver His bullet struck me In the breast It dazed me and although I was able to discharge two shots In return I was not able to stop them It was in this modest way wa that the dying policeman told the story of his heroism which will be long remembered remembered remembered in the annals of or the thc Salt Lake Lako police department Dead Officer an Elk Charles S Ford was born borit at Syra Syracuse Syracuse Syracuse cuse N X Y March 25 5 1856 He came cameto to Salt SaIt Lake about a out eighteen years ago |