Show OWEN OH RELATES RELA TES THE HE DETAilS OF FORDS MURDER Describes Meeting Sullivan and Traces Movements Up to the Crime CONVICTS WILL TESTIFY TO REFUTE HIS STORY OWEN IN CONSTANT FEAR OF DEATH AT THE STATE PENITENTIARY i o p Case f r prosecution outlined by w District Attorney Fred Loofbourow o S row Joe Sullivan and Joe Gar Garcia Garb Garcia b cia held up the Albany saloon on S t t the morning of Dec 14 last S J leaving John Owen outside The Theo o two ran out of the together i J i Jand s and one of them fired the bullet 9 4 i o 4 S which killed Policeman Charles S OJ OJo o 4 Ford Both under the law were 4 0 o 4 guilty of o murder 4 b i Case of o defense outlined by F F 4 0 S SE o 4 s E attorney for Sul Sullivan 4 0 4 livan Joe Garcia and John Ib i 4 0 Owen held up the Albany saloon W Wand s sand 4 and andone one of them shot and killed 4 s 4 the policeman Joe Sullivan left leCt 4 0 o 4 Garcia and Owen before the rob robbery fc 4 4 bery walking w on the theo o 4 Oregon Short Line tracks to 4 4 Cross He had no part In 4 4 tho hold uj up up and murder 4 b 4 The he defense claims that Owen 4 4 at the penitentiary confessed that 4 o 4 he told the police a story to save save 4 o 4 himself e from the charge of mur murder S 0 der and that Owen said The po police police 4 lice are going to hang some one oneo 4 o 4 and I am going to see se e that they the 4 4 dont hang me mo meTo 4 00 To offset the damaging testimony for forthe forthe forthe the prosecution of John Owen the con convict convict convict vict informers informer in in the case of Joe Sul Sullivan liven livan the alleged highwayman who ho is ison Ison Ison on trial before Judge Armstrong in the district court for Ion the murder of Po Policeman Policeman Charles S Ford con convicts convicts convicts are to be brought from the state penitentiary to testify for the defense They will it Is said swear that Owen confessed ed to them his statement implicating Sullivan was made so as to prevent the authorities from trying tr the informer for murder mur ler While John Owen was on the stand yesterday afternoon at the trial At Attorney Attorney Attorney torney VIckery paved the way for the r these convict witnesses When Owen appeared in the court he heI showed the effects of the terrible I strain under which he lie has been living at the state penitentiary The mans face was vas pale and thin and there was wasa a feverish glitter in his eyes In his testimony he stated that he had been warned warnel by Warden Varden PJ tt that he lie might ml ht be murdered by the other con convicts convicts convicts Warden Varden Pratt told ma mo to be very verj careful in moving bout about the corridors of o the penitentiary he said The warden Varden warned me not to go into or nose close to any an of the cells colls occupied by other convicts cO HyIng that the con convicts convicts were liable to kilt me New Details Related Interesting new details were brought out in tire time examination of Owen He lie said Mid that when he met Sul Sullivan Sullivan livan Uvan on Tuesday Dec Dee 20 he was begging upon the street being hungry anti and without money Sullivan gave him 15 cents and anti then when three police policemen policemen policemen men ordered Owen to leave Salt Lake threatening to him hini as a vagrant Sullivan walked away with the in informer Informer former and befriended ded him Yet after confessing that the accused man had fed him when he Owen Owea eager to fasten the crime of murder upon Sullivan In strong contrast to the nervous bearing of o Owen was the calm manner of o Sullivan Prison life uto has worked a marked change for forthe forthe or orthe the better in Ip Sullivans appearance He Is no lorer lonter the thin wolfish trav tray hunted creature the police pollee brought back from Portland Ore Orl where he was caPtured The hollows In his cheeks checks ch ks caused by the privations he endured en during his flight have die appeared His face is now that of a and rather prepossessing young man The hunted look is gono gODI from his eyes Sullivan Eyes Owen He watched the proceedings yester ester day with a 0 calm and quiet face ace ex except except capt for a Ii moment when Owen waston wason wa on the stand Then there flashed in his eyes a look hook of malignant hatred which quickly disappeared Apparently with an effort to conceal his impotent rage he reached for or a copy of the evidence at the preliminary hearing When hen he I again raised his eyes he Wa was smiling This smile he held upon his face tace until Owen was vas led from the th court room Fear of o the executioner ner had taught Sullivan the power of or repression which Continued Cont on n Page 2 OWEN RELATES I ITHE 0 THE DETAILS 00 OF FORDS MURDER Continued from Page 1 five years in the state penitentiary P had failed to do The man who wh had re rl rebelled belled belied against prison rules from the theay day qa ay he entered the penitentiary to the th thay day ay he was released was able to smile amne into the face tace of ot the man whom of or all I others in ld he hated mOt most I At ond on side of the th court c urt room aS a aI I I group of figures clad in black lack In tills his tl ls group troup was Mrs C S Ford ord widow Of C the th murdered policeman Mrs Ed Edvin Edwin Edvin vin win Butterfield and Miss Misa Lulu Bell BellFord BellFord Ford ord his lila daughters a gh r Mrs Ford I ord was there here only in Th th tl morning When the husbands garments were brought into the court cou rt shA grew ew faint taint and sick with th horror She di J not iTt have havethe havethe the he strength to return for the he after afternoon noon session of court But her two daughters were there until the of or adjournment I County Attorney Willard Hanson and District Attorney Loofbourow represented the state Bailey Vick Vickery ery ry appeared for the defense I Opening Statement State ent Mr Loofbourow made the opening statement for tor the prosecution pros in which he said that the state intended to prove that hat Joe Sullivan Joe Garcia the porch climber and John Owen left the room oom of ot Tip Belcher Beicher in the old Kim Kimball Kimball Kimball ball residence in North Main street a short hort time before the shooting of ot the policeman and that an attempt was made to rob the house of ot W VT S Mc McCornick McCornick McCornick Cornick the banker at Main and Center streets Then the three men walked to the Albany saloon at Fifth FUth West and Second South streets Sullivan and Garcia held up the place lace leaving Owen on the outside They secured 18 15 In the robbery robber Leav LeavIng log Ing ng the saloon after the crime they en encountered encountered encountered countered Policeman Ford and one of ot the he highwaymen shot the policeman causing death a few hours later Mr Loofbourow said that the state would not try to prove which of ot the two men fired Ired the fatal bullet but would expect to o secure conviction under the law which holds each member of ot a con conspiracy conspiracy to commit a crime responsible for the acts of ot the others As Sullivan was vas one of ot the fleeing Albany saloon holdup men he ha said he was guilty of murder Contention of Defense Mr lr Vickery for Cor the defense saId that he would prove that Sullivan had no hand in the holdup and was not present when Policeman Ford was shot Sullivan he said s ld was deter determined determined determined mined to leave Salt Lake on the night of Dec Dee 13 For this reason he refused to drink with Garcia saying that he lie would need a clear head in beating his I way on the railroad The three men mente he te said walked westward in North Temple street until they reached rea hed the Oregon Short Line tracks There Sulli Sullivan Sullivan van left his companions tramping northward as far as Cross The Theother Theother Theother other two men turned southward and made their way to the Albany saloon At Woods Cross Cro he said Sullivan caught a freight train to Ogden sand and then made his way to SaIP SarP Francisco going afterward to Portland Ore where he was captured Deputy County Surveyor John DH D H McAllister presented maps of ot the cor corner corner cortier ner tier of ot Fifth West Vest and Second South streets and of the Albany saloon to tobe tobe tobe be used during the trial Police Sergeant John A Roberts told of having hainG found Policeman Ford in the after the shooting He was still standing but was wa rapidly growing faint Policeman Story Policeman W H dough Clough who was touring the Greek quarter at the time of the shooting testified that he was emerging from the National saloon aloon l when he heard one of the highwaymen order Ford to throw up his hands The shot followed He pursued the bandits for some distance and then returned to care for tor his wounded comrade Policeman Nicholas Gulbranson brought in the garments worn by Ford Fore at the time of the shooting It was at atthe atthe atthe the sight of the bloodstained clothing that Mrs Irs Ford became faint and was helped to a window for tor air Dr W aS V R ft Calderwood the county physician testified concerning the au an autopsy autopsy topsy which showed that Ford had been killed by the bul bullet bullet bullet let Chief pf pt Police Pollee Pitt produced the bul hut bullet bullet let which had killed Ford It had passed through the body and anti had fallen from froni his garments as ashe ashe ashe he was being undressed at St Marks hospital Edwin Butterfield testified that he had turned it over to the po police poUce police lice Uce 0 Story of the Holdup Walter Costello a miner mi er who lives at atthe atthe the Albany hotel again told the story of ot the Albany hotel bar holdup His story stor was substantially the same that tha he told at the preliminary examination He was sitting in the he saloon when wIlen the bandits entered Both were masked with handkerchiefs tied over oyer their faces Only the eyes ees could be seen He said that the handkerchiefs seemed to him to be dirty white ones One o othe of the robbers stood guard over the four men in the saloon while the other wen went behind the bar Costello described how the robber behind the bar had bad threat threatened threatened threatened ened to kill the bartender Andrew J Buckley when sed to open the drawer in the back bar in which money for cashing railroad pay checks was kept Lawyer Lawer Vickery Vicker in the tion endeavored to obtain from the wit witness witness ness floss some s mo statement indicating that one of the robbers was unable to use his right hand This was for the purpose of show showing showIng showIng ing that Owen from whose whoso right hand three fingers are arc missing was one of or the holdup men Costello said that the high highwayman highwayman wayman waman behind the bar searched Bar Bartender Bartender Bartender tender Buckley with his left hand bu buat but at the time held a revolver in his right He described how John Burns Bums one o othe of the men in the saloon slept during the holdup and how a leaf and dumb man wh was unable to hear the command to throw up his hands bands was knocked dawn by A bandit He was following Jh robbers out ont t tsee to to see ace where they had gone and had reached tho the door of OC the saloon when the th shoot shooting lag ing In in the street commenced Bartenders Version Bartender Buckley then retold his ex cx experiences s The robbers he said took lS and overlooked 27 7 The Tho man behind th the bar used his left leU hand in robbing th the cash register but had held a revolver revolve in his right hand He said that Sulli Sullivan van an looked like one of the he bandits Mr Vickery asked him if his for the prosecution was wal not riot caused b by the fear that unless ho helped to make mak maka a strong case caJe against Sullivan he would woul be b arrested for tor robbing Mike Glenn a an anold old man who accused the bartender o of holding him up and was afterwards beat beaten en by Buckley Buckle The bartender denied that tha thalie lie he had been intimidated by the police pollee poll e In Into Into Into to testifying against Sullivan He Ie als also denied that he had robbed r bb d Glenn H He said that eo so far as he knew It was no not nol true that C County Attorney Hanson am and District Attorney Loofbourow had refused to Issue a warrant against him until th the dose close of the Sullivan murder trial John the convict was call c called l d when Buckley ukley left leCt the th stand Owen wa was was was clad in a prison suit and were a blue blu striped shirt He was a miserable ml ide de J figure But he passed through the of the defense rather more nore successfully than was expected expect d from his is appearance John Owens Story I was broke roke and was soliciting alms In n the street when I met net Sullivan he saId aid I 1 had lost my position p n with the San Pedro railroad and had spent all au my money About 4 on the afternoon of oC Tuesday Dec Dee 10 1 met Sullivan in inthe Inthe inthe the street I had never seen him before I i asked him for the price of something to eat As B he handed me the money three officers approached and ordered me out of oC town because I was begging I walked around the next coyner coner co er Sullivan followed allowed me and told me rae not to mind what whatley they ley had said lie He invited me Into a sa saloon saloon loon oon where we met two guards from the ie state penitentiary Taggart and arid Irvine Vc We had a drink together and Sullivan Introduced me to the guards saying that I was a friend of his He then told of going to the Conti Continental saloon with Sullivan but was not permitted to relate what happened there It was as in this saloon that Sullivan and Owen attempted ted to rob Peter Peterson a drunken man Sullivan according to wen struck Peterson upon the head with hIs ils revolver The weapon exploded and the tie robbers fled The butt of offie the fie revolver was covered with blood from the lie wound inflicted by Sullivans blow upon pon his intended victims head Where They Th y Went Owen was made to take up the thread ot of f his story from the time tIne pf f their de dc arture from the Continental saloon We Ve e went to Commercial street where wo we w were arrested he said He was again stopped Judge Armstrong Armstron rUling that testimony concerning the ar arest arrest arrest rest est of Sullivan and Owen as suspicious characters on the night of Dec Dee 10 would not ot be admitted But Owen seemed de determIned determined to tell of or the th arrest At last I JUdge Armstrong cautioned him to cease lila his efforts to give testimony that had hadeen been een ruled out This had the desired effect Owens Owen eagerness to say sa something damaging to Sullivan disappeared for forthe the moment Where did you ou go from rom Commercial street asked Mr Hanson Owen smiled The court cut ut that out he le said Where did you go repeated Mr Ir Han Hanon Hanson Hanson son on I IOwen IOwen Owen remained silent For the third time Mr Ir Hanson asked I the he question Then ah aV exultant smile spread pread over Owens face I We e went with the officers to jail jailie he ie answered hastily hast II glancing toward towar Judge Jud Armstrong I We left the city Jail at atO 10 oclo k on Ol the he morning of Dec 13 he continue Then he described their wanderings wandering from front saloon aloon to saloon and finally a trip to the he cathedral where Sullivan begged beed be gt d HO I 0 I cents enta from Father Ryan I Leading Up to the thc Murder I There were other wandering among I saloons At the Jubilee bar in Commer Commercial cial lai street they met Tip Belcher the I I bartender who gave Joe Garcia the porch climber er a hiding place and Doc Doe Gib Gibon Gibson Gibson son on a former convict who was acting as asa asa asa a stool pigeon for the sheriff At last they the met Garcia and a d went with him lo to l J Belchers room in the old Kimball 1 resi rest residence residence dence where Mr Mrs Irl Belcher Beicher served |