Show PEDERSEN PEER V KW BRIGHTON i PLANS PLAS TEN TE DAYS BEFORE FORE MURDER EVIDENCE SNOWS SHOWS 1 Sheriff Emery and Telegram First Witnesses Witnesses Witnesses Wit Wit- nesses in Preliminary Trial of Alleged Faus Accessory J that Levi L. L Pedersen charged with ith being an i V 1 accessory in the murder of Charles Faus Fausi knew ten days r the murder that Gilbert Jj Ji Brighton and his pals were pl planning nning jt a r ii holdup on t the e. e east east side of of the city fe featured t red the beginning beg Q Pedersen's preliminary hearing before City Judge Noel s S. S Pratt today E V That Pedersen admitted after his llis arrest that he had known that Brighton was planning a holdup was as testified to by Deputy V Sheriff Frank S. S E Emery ery and arid Vincent J. J Keating Kating and John F. F I H Hall Hall- 1 I of the reportorial staff of The Salt Lake Telegram Th The admission iop V I was made in the office of the co county nt V jail February 13 the day after Pedersen Peder- Peder isen sen en was arrested according c to to t the e. t ls' ls s- s V I Despite the fact that Assistant v County Attorney George M. M Cannon r who is in charge of the prosecution of of 4 Pedersen had subpoenaed Brighton T and his partners In the murder of Fatis Roy E. E Donnell and Angelene ter tel they did not appear In court durIng during dur- dur Ing the morning It was Intended to place them on the witness st stand nd dur during dur- dur i J Ing the afternoon session of court and andI r Sheriff C. C Frank Emery said he would wait until they were called to the st stand stand before taking them to the courtroom from the county jail The courtroom V was crowded with spectators throughout through t out the morning session of court t t WITNESSES EXCLUDED V At At the b beginning of the proceedings g Attorney Frank B. B Scott counsel for fop Pedersen asked the court t to exclude k kall all witnesses from the courtroom eX ex except the one on the witness stand V For the state Mr 11 Cannon en entered ered an objection declaring that two of his his witnesses were newspaper men wh whO wished to be present during all pro as the representative of their their V newspaper Attorney S Scott ott Insisted and Mr Cannon finally agreed stating however that he would place the two newspaper men on the witness stand first so that they would not have jo 10 V remain outside the courtroom 1 Most of ot the testimony at the morn mornIng morning morn morn- Ing of court concerned statements state state- ments merits made by Pedersen the day f to f V V lowing his arrest All the testimony I was objected to by his attorney on th the I I grounds that he did not answer voluntarily voluntarily voluntarily volun volun- V but was forced to talk The Tha court overruled the objections Oris Deputy Sheriff Frank Emery the first to take the witness s stan stanc stano said sald that he went to the streetcar barns February 12 and told Pedersen that the deputies wished to question him Pe- Pe ersen orson rushed back into the room filled with of company and ana announced that he was pinched d Emery said sald Emery told of a conversation conversation conversation conver conver- between himself lf Pedersen and Keating Kenting and Hall of Th The Telegram staff In the office of or tn the county jail jall the following day V BRIGHTON PLAN RELATED 4 At that time according t to tot Emer Emery Pedersen Federsen admitted that had had- I told him several days before before the Faus s murder that he Brighton was planning plan plan- ning fling a hol holdup up of f r a home on the e east st side Upon taking the witness stand Keating and Hall corroborated this this' statement When each witness was called to the stand Attorney Scott ob objected on the ground that Pedersen haan had haa hadnOt hadnot n not t talked voluntarily The three witnesses witnesses wit wit- wJ- wJ nesses testified that Pedersen admitted that he had gotten on Brighton's street streetcar car the night before Brighton was was was' ar arrested ar- ar rested and had agreed to dispose of ofa a a suitcase containing the clothing that Hint Brighton wore during the holdup Ped Pedersen ersen said sald according to the testimony that he took the suitcase and k Pt for several hours finally returning It and telling Brighton that he was afraid that he would get Into trouble over It i and that he was In In d deep ep enough al already al- al read ready V V Emery and Keating testified that Pedersen said that Brighton visited visited his his Pedersen's room the night that Faus Pau was shot and told him that he had just just shot a man on East South They said that Pedersen told them th thaU V he told fold Brighton that he- he on him V l 1 |