| Show HOLDUP PLEADS GUilTY Frank Dayton Makes No Defense S De-fense in Police Court TESTIMONIAL FOR HIS CAPTOR The Highwayman When Formally Charged With Attacks on John H Kimbnll and E W Reese Admitted His Guilt and is Sent to the County Jail Ho Talks ot His Experience c With Kimball and Young Russell Russell to be Given a Testimonial I Testi-monial S S S I J r S Frank Dayton the young fellow who held up and shot John H Klmball In the arm near his home on Monday evening appeared In the Police court yesterday to answer to a complaint I charging him with assault with Intent to rob Kimball To this complaint he I promptly pleaded guilty He appeared Ito I-to be a little surprised however when I a second complaint was read charging him with the same offense but substituting I substi-tuting the name of E AV Reese for that of KImball but his response of I guilty was equally as emphatic In default of 53000 baum In each case he was sent to the county jail lo await the action of the District court Both of his victims were In court yesterday and while Mr Kimball thoroughly Identified Dayton his assailant as-sailant Mr Reese was not at nil confident con-fident and appeared to be considerably pleased when Dayton pleaded guilty So far as the Reese case Is concerned all the evidence that the police now have against Dayton Is the defendants i own confession No one has yet been found who could Identify l him There I I Is doubt In the minds of some as to 1i 9f Samuel Russell i Tho young man who captured the hold up I whether he could be convicted on that alone In the Kimball case howeveiv there is the confession tlc Identification Identifica-tion and the other surrounding circumstances circum-stances I A search for the gun used on Kimball Kim-ball was made by ofllcerg with Qylon yesterday and these were aided by half a hundred boy but without success notwithstanding the fact that Dayton pointed out the exact spot where he claims he threw the gun HE TALKS OF HIS DEED I suppose It Is all up with me hs i said In answer to some questions put to him but there Is no use making any fuss about It I guess I Intended to shoot over the mans head and tried to and I do t not sec how I hit him Of course If the gun had gone Off the I second time things might have been different but I am glad now that It did nol No I was not laying for Elm ball especially I was wllllrig to tackle anybody that came along because 1 needed the money The other two men were waiting for me near the south gate of the Temple block but I suppose sup-pose they are out of reach by this time IC they are not then they are chumps We all came here together I had no particular object In going to the place I where I me Kimball but thought It might be a good place In which to do a Job of the kind I swear to you that I have never been engaged In a Job like this before and It was with the knowledge knowl-edge and full consent of the other men that I did the wprk S Dayton Is anything but the Ideal highwayman He Is small of stature lean In frame and shows little sign ot muscle He was haughty and defiant when arrested but had cooled clown and became himself yesterday when he I was before the court It was evident to all who are familiar with the case I and who saw him yesterday that he Is a degenerate Who probably loft home because he thought he had a wider field of usefulness In the West and running against the men with whom he has become acquainted with lately has simply been made a catepaw ot He Is apparently weak and shIftless and Just such a fellow as could be handled to advantage by any sharp rascal However his retirement from society for soyerul yearn at least la u foregone conclusion Mr Klmball suffered considerable pain from hit wounded arm yeslorday I do not see why It was that tho bullet bul-let did not enter my body herald fIns my hand was not In the air when tho shot was fired On the contrary It was directly in front of me TESTIMONIAL FOR RUSSELL A movement Is on foot to present a testimonial to Samuel Russell the young man who so pluckily tackled and held Dayton Monday night The Idea originated with D E Burley general passenger agent of the Oregon Short Line railroad In speaking of the matter yesterday Mr Burley said that the bravery of the young man deserved some fitting recognition by the people of the city and Mr Burley has headed a subscription list with i5 for the purpose pur-pose of purchasing Home token which will convey to the courageous young man the appreciation the public bna of hiM act Russell Is a native of Salt Lake City and Is 22 years of age He lives at 16 South Fourth West He graduated from the Salt Lake high school In OS being president of his clans He IH a much Hinaller mnn than the holdup weighing but about H5 pounds RUH sell says that a alight error crept Into the accounts of the affair In regard to the relative usefulness of himself and the holdup when the olllcon arrived He Insists that ho had the man all sewed up and ready to deliver whon theo the-o appeared When he first accosted ac-costed the man Russell say he took hold of the fellows arm and naked him what he was doing Dayton said he wag looking for the fellows who did the shooting and started to breakaway break-away They struggled backward about a dozen paces and went down Russell says that then he feared the t man would stick a knlfo Into him and exerting ex-erting nil his strength he managed to clasp the fellow so that he was help I I loss and RUMP J says lit could have I hold him for several minutes longer If 1 necessary |
