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Show I-CHARGES IUJI1 HEAD Chief Witness in Probing- Got His Story From a Dru? TESTIMONY IS SHAKEN Direct' . Evidence That All Jewels Taken From Murderer Mur-derer Were Stolen Here. Mr. Arthur Brown, editor of the HoraM-Rcpublican, said that all stories of the Morria accusations were writton by N. V. H. Jackson, police reporter of that paper, which published Morris's affidavit containing tho charges. Mr. Jackson testified that he wrote the affidavit and Morris slcncd it. I Mr. Jackson said he received first information concerning alleged al-leged robbery from a man named Anderson, alleged trusty at city jail, a drug- fiend. Polio: deny having had any such man in jail, cither before, during or after the crime. Detective Bert Scagcr stated that Joseph C. Sharp, a week ago, said he thought he knew who received re-ceived part of alleged stolen jewels. jew-els. Same remark attributed to Jackson. Mr. Jackson doniod making sucli -remark to Scagor, stating, however, how-ever, that he had ideas which he did not care to make public. I' Anil isn't it a fact, Air. boater, tli:i( iu your capacity as a deputy slier- ijf and iute.r aa a city detective, or at any Unto as a citteon.- you only heard two person:,- ever intimate iliat they l.uew any tiling concerning the alleged missing il in mo mis, and those two persons per-sons arc Mr. .Sharp and Mr. Jackson?" " Vc. sir. those are the facts,' The question and answer wero those of Attorney tforen X. Christeuson and i.itv Detective Bert Scagcr, respec-tivolv. respec-tivolv. at the opening session of the investigation of tho police dcpnrtinont by tho city commissioners, relative to Lhr :illen. (lijimonds. alleged iu an affidavit by .1. -1. Morris, murderer und highwayman, to have been stolen from him by tho police at tho time of his arrest," following the murder of Waller Ax-tell. Thn two mou referred to bv Detective .Scnger were Sheriff .lohpph C. Sharp and Nathaniel Von II. .iaeksnn, police reporter of the Ilorald-Ifepublican, Ilorald-Ifepublican, Accusers Absent. L'ospilo the fnet thai widespread publicity had boon given the investigation investiga-tion wliich, was started thi-s morning by commtisiunors at tho instance of members and ex-members of tho po Tu p foreo for I he purpose of elunring i liemsnlvos of the cliHi'ge which had infrenco been brought against thorn l v .Morrisj tliruiigh the columns of the llrrahl-Kopublienn. and regardless of t In general invitation isnued by tho coinmif-sionort. for anyone to appear who might throw light -on the matter, there was no response to the request of Mayor Samuel G; Pari; thai. anyone having any accusation to make, sh'ould step forward and be uwoni. When the soysion for the day closed at five oYlnek yesterday afternoon tn witness? had ' been examined. Tho only fact? secured were that Morris had made an affidavit that ho had had the diamonds in his rest and jewelry in hi& pockets when arrested for the murder of Axtoll and after the robbery rob-bery of the Uiieln Sam Loan office in I'iast First South street; that the original origi-nal affidavit had mysteriously disappeared; disap-peared; that it had been writton by .lackson, a lorald-Republican reporter, had been signed bv Morris, taken to the. Herald-Republican office and' printed print-ed in its columns the next morning; that the affidavit hnd never been taken to the police department or to any tH other official: that the only notice ever. given the former fit- administration of lh matter was through the columns of the Herald-Republican which odi-nmmm odi-nmmm toriallv and in its news columns do-cH do-cH mauded an investigation. I Tip From "Hop Head." Arthur J. Brown, editor of tho Herald Her-ald Tfopnbliran, and former managing editor, testified that all he knew qt th0 matter was what had been written writ-ten b' Jackson, the reporter. Jackson Jack-son said that tho first "tip" ho had had and which led to the series of articles which he wrote for his paper was tbat given him in Commercial ht met. by a ''hop-head.'' whose namo iv a either II. J. or H. L. Anderson, and who, Jackson alleged, at the time of the Morris arrest, was it "'trusty" in the cit.y jail. Investigation of tho police, records and inquiry of police officers of-ficers who wero on dutv at the time, reveals the fact that "there, was no trusty at the city jail either shortlv before, during or after the crime, whose name or alias was Anderson. The testimony also showed different Mories as having been told by Morris, other than that given in hi. affidavit, nnmclv that he had the somn sewed in his vest. One witness testified that Morris had said -that ho and his pal, iMurrav. had worn the diamonds several sev-eral davs before the robberv aud when thev held np an East Tfurd South street hotel clerk. Another witness baid that Morria had said that ho haI sowed tho diamonds in his vest before he caino to Salt Lake and that Murray had aeon him do it. A third witness tehtifie,! that on no occasion did the description of the diamonds and lowclry which Morris swore was taken from him and which he asserted he hnd , received from Portland, Or., tallv with any description ever 6ent by the Portland police department of diamonds and jewelry missing in that Jewels Turned Over. Detetiv George (,'base, who was ulncod oo the witness stand yesterday r.fternoon. said that he had "carefully noted each piec of jewclrv as it was taken from Morris bv former Detective Detec-tive F, M. Schultz and had listed the same: that the soveral pieces had been identified by A. White, Jr., manager of the Uncle Sam Loan office; that tho police had turned over the. jewelry aud money takcu from4 Morris, the latter aggregating .$05.4, to White, and that he- bad jriven the. department a receipt: re-ceipt: .that the jewelry claimed by Morris Mor-ris in his affidavit was included in, or at least the description of it talliod with, that turned over to the pawnbroker. pawn-broker. - A. White, Jr., pawnbroker, aud manager man-ager of the loan office, was next called to the stand and testified that n.11 iow- elrv received by him from the police department had been slolon from the East First South street store, lie said that ho had received everything back excepting a few minor pieces of jew-elrv. jew-elrv. and one diamond which had been removed from a setting, and a small amount of money. He said that he was nresent in the police, statiou when M.orris wns searched and had identified each iiiccc as it was taken from Morris Mor-ris and had taken a list of the articles after the search was ended. S eager 's Testimony. Detective Bert Seager was next called. He testified that at the time of tho crime he wns connected with the sheriff 's office and that since -Tan-uary he has been auiombor of the city nolice force. Tn his two positions lib has been so placed as to be able to know the talk of both places relative to the robbery of the pawn ahop aud the affidavit made by Morris, xVhen Morris was brought to the county jail I was on duty," said Seager. Sea-ger. "At tho time ho said nothing, but later ou he asked for his clothes. "When the. clothes wero brought down from tho city jail by Deputy Axel Steele, I think, T placed the bundle bun-dle in the waiting room aud brought out Morris. Uc opened the bundle himself him-self and grabbed his vest first. He felt it for a moment, thou sighed, and then grinned, but said nothing. loiter, wlinn I. examined the vest which .Morris claimed had contained the diamond?, dia-mond?, the stitching was crossed and could not at the moat have made a pocket more than an Inch and a quarter or an Inch and a half" square. The stitches misfit hnve been those left bv- a tap such us arc on new garments-. Tho vest looked Ilk' a. now one." Detective Scaler testified tbat on a number of occasions Jackson, tho re-porier. re-porier. had come to the Jatl and bad Interviewed 'Morris, ami that on one occasion he bad been accompanied bv the sheriff and that at that tlmo the sheriff hnd sent him (Seagcr) to Morris's cell to got the vest. Ho Bald that Morris Mor-ris had on several occasions given statements state-ments for general publication, but be could not remember whether tho statements state-ments had been criven to Jackson or the sheriff, or both, No ntatement, said Scapcr. had ever been given to any newspaper news-paper man other than Jackson. 'Nor waa pie ablo to say that any reporter other than Jackson was given access to Morris Mor-ris while he was at the county jail. Conflicting Evidence. Sealer then testified that when Morris was bathed at the Jail a knife had been taxon from his armpit. Later, In talking to Jackson concerning the matter, Jackson Jack-son said to him that be had been fold that the knife was given to Morris by a trusty at the city Jail and that ho understood un-derstood the diamonds had been taken by someone who had given tho trusty the knife to clvo Lo Morris. Jackson was then recalled to the stand and denied emphatically the conversation conversa-tion with Sealer relative to the knife, although he admitted that he had been told the knife story by one Anderson whom he know, he said, as a "hop-head" when he was confined in the jail. "And how did it happen, Mr. Jackson, tnat tins Anderson gave you that Information?" In-formation?" asked Chiistnnsen. "Oh. 1 don't know. I have a good many informants in and around the police station. sta-tion. L haw always had thorn. Mavbo it war. because I slipped him a dime now and then. "Inn't It a fact, 'Mr. Jackson, that at that tlmo thcro was considerable animosity ani-mosity between your paper and vourself on tho one side, and the police "department "depart-ment on the other?' "Yes." "And you wrre trylnc your bent to 'get something on' the department?" "Yea." Without Investigation. "Did you ever investigate the knife story at the police, department?" "So."' "Did you ever ask Morris about the knife story?" "No, I don't believe I did." Deputy SherlffB A. A. Butler and Parley Par-ley White -were also placed on the stand and tcuLlflcd regarding minor detalla of Morrl6's arrest and Incarceration In the county Jail. At tho hearing yesterday morning, aftor taking the testimony of Arthur Brown and lieporter Jaolcson. both of the Mcr-ald-Kepubllcan staff. Arthur Pratt, warden war-den of the state penitentiary, was called to tito stand. When asked as to th circumstances of the affidavit Warden Pratt said: "This man woh a prisoner of Sheriff Sharp. Sharp came to the prison at the same time with Jackeon and asked that Morris 5 l7Ii)lI15:ilt out- .deputy Warden Urc. bncrift bnarp, Jackson and I were present. pres-ent. Anderson may liavo been there I heard the conversation with Morris. .. "H?, c'a'rmH1 he had the diamonds In the slit in his veBt and the other jewelry in the other nookofs. Morria intimated, to the best of my recollection, that the lh.,is Jve,rr H0,11 h". th(1 People who searched him. II said 'thn man who kicked me took the diamonds'." Murray to Testify. b' Arthur J. Brown of the Herald-Republican, Sheriff Sharp and others. Sharp told Morrbi that he would m,6 i hstve a "totement. Morris said that ho was a poor author but n Sharp had been falr with him ho would give It lo him Warden Pratt suggested a utenographer. and the sheriff secured one. hhe wrote tho statement and Morris signed in his own handwriting signed and eealod. A few days later Sheriff Sharp took Brown and a. A. Calltetor out to the prison and they had a -talk with Morris, "At that time T talked with Sharp and told him I had Instruction from the prison board to let no one talk with Morris." said Sheriff Pratt. "I told him that he was putting himself In bad with thu o!h-r newepapera iuitl Sheriff Sharp replied that he was giving all the- papers the atatcment. On Sunday Morris demanded to see representatives of all the papcra, and the board said to let them come I notified the papers and took them to Morria In the corridor. They received copies of the statement from 'Sharp." "Did Morris at any tlmo give vou th slightest Intimation who got the diamonds?" dia-monds?" "No. 1 considered Morris entirely unworthy un-worthy of belief, a wilful, premeditated Mar on every occasion.' ., '.Can -vou ive fho commission any light as to whether or not Morris had tho diamonds? "None whatever," answered Warden Pratt, who was then excused. It is more than likely "that John Murray Mur-ray nerving a life- sentence for participating partici-pating In the Uncle Sam pawn shop holdup will be taken before the board for a hearing aa to whether or not Morris Mor-ris had any diunionds other than those stolen from the Uncle Sam pawn shop. After the hearing yesterday afternoon, Commissioner Morrlr? announced that the taking of testimony would be resumed at 10 o n ock thl morning. Mayor Park did not attend the bearing yesterday afternoon after-noon on account of Illness. Attorney ChrJotcn.scn ald aftor the harlns;ht Mr. Calllt,t..r and Mr. Andcr-.n Andcr-.n both of tho IIorald-Ropublicun dlrec-r dlrec-r 1 ;..timl whom Warde.il Pratt testliied f..e xrl lU,n i,tHin. Pf'fon mid had a talk v,itii Morria. would be summoned to up- |