Show L U REAVIS HELD FOR TRIAL THE CTTAEXJE IS MUBDEE IN THE FIRST DEGBEE in tho of Complicity He is Accused Kining of Thomas Sandall at Layton Lay-ton Confessed it to H E Grant Knysvlllo July 2Lognn U Reavls was without ball held to the District court on the charge of murder In tim first degree de-gree today at tho conclusion of tho preliminary pre-liminary hearing beforo Precinct Justice John W Galley The offense for which ho is held Is tho murdering of Thomas Sandal the crime for which lloworth was recently convicted At the hearing some very pointed testimony testi-mony was Introduced tending to show defendants de-fendants connection with the crime CONFESSED TO GRANT H E > Grant who was brought hero from San Francisco to testify was the principal witness for the State He testified tes-tified that he l was a horso dealer doing business In Oakland that ho hnd known Reavls as a horse tradof for two or three years saw defendant In Redding on May 19th Witness went to Redding at thc Instance In-stance of the Chief of Police and Urn de tccUvo department of San Francisco saw Reavls there on the day before Ills arrest ar-rest a conversation followed during which Rejivls asked what witness was doing In Redding Witness replied that ho was buying linrses The conversation then drifted to the Sandall murder and Rcavls asked witness Has Nick got his sentence yetI yet-I dont know was the reply Theyve already got Billy Coslollos deposition and paid him 10 for It 1C I could go out there I could help Nick out said Reavls Well why dont you go witness asked I havent gpt the money If Nick is Innocent and you can get him out Ill give ygu50 y said witness If Igo cut there those Mormdn s of b 1 will crack my neck too was Rca viss rejoinder Hows that Why thats terrible paid witness fr < Well I was with Nick that night InLay In-Lay ton when ho killed the old man All three of ua only had 1GO wo had to do something Witness continuing said the foregoing conversation occurred while ho and flea vls were riding from Cummlnpss barn down town on May ISth Jn Redding Grant then related what occurred l on May 19th when tho arrest was made Witness pot Reavls Into a saloon and the local Sheriff and ShcrllT Abbott came in and made the arrest After Rcaviss ands went up at the behest of the Sheriff Sher-iff defendant said Ive been expecting this a long time t On crossexamination witness said ha was not a detecllvo nor a police officer of San Francisco Ho denied that his Interest In-terest In the casowas prompted by a hope of receiving a L reword His expenses had been paid and that was all Witness did not go to Redding for evidence evi-dence but to locate Reavls found him In a nice quiet place on the outskirts of the t < jwn Witness denied that he had advised Re TvIs to make a clean breast oC thor nialtcr and admitted that Rcavls paid the day before his arrest IfI am arrested ar-rested I will make a hard fight against being taken to Utah Defendant mado no attempt to cacapo when arrested In the saloon because ho could not have done it JED ABBOTT deputv sheriff was sworn and testified that In conversation with Rcavls on the train recently the latter said concerning Grant if 1 didnt have these bracelets on would hit the s of a b just for luck and I wouldnt bcf responsible for what I would do If I get at the s of a b when I get out of this DEFENDANT HELD At the conclusion of the testimony Attorney At-torney Wlllcy moved to discharge de fendantr Ho denied that there was suf Jlclent evidence tending to show his clients cli-ents connection with the cclme Mr Allison Al-lison replied briefly and Justice Galley ordered the defendant held The appearance of Rcavls when the Justice V Jus-tice gave his decision would Indicate that lioliad honed for a discharge He flushed deeply and seemed Considerably perturbed Ho was taken back to Farmlnglon by Deputy Sheriff Abbott and will bo confined con-fined In the county jail until his trial takes place > > |