Show COL GOl VERSION TOLD Was at tho Merchants Cafe on Bus BusIness mess Iness with Albert Morrs Morris OVER HE WENt nOME fars hy lie Dd Did Not ot send the t toler oler u rOII roni Him by br Col Theodore Buback Bruback ansi Ab Morris cale called at the News eI om to to today day ani and made statements relative to the dinner party at the Merchants Cafe Cate on the a afternoon tc moon ot of the day ot of the tho Den Col Ce Bruback as nn an annoyed noO noyed Dt at the unpleasant notoriety hl tile presence lt at the place had given him Concerning tbs this he declared mOlt moat mph that while he had tact met Albert Morril Morris there by lp ap appointment nt and white It was a worm warm slay day and while they had hod drank br beer ho he had deported for or home on the f 3 cur nearly on an hour nd nd n a hal half before the shootIng In detail he made this statement which he saId represented Ibe tha facts In the tho case Upon the afe afternoon oon or of the that Moris Morris woo wao kie killed I received 1 a telephone t message alf from Albrt Albert C Mor Mortie ra tie telling me that ho WI was at the Mer Merchante chante cafe ansi intended dining ther there therewith with two Indie ladies Morris had ben been working for tor m me In in connection wih with lt no curini cerain certain for tor the sale ule of stone ston and hit his meSiC message relate related to this thle business Je lIe told wid m me that h ho desired to too ao o rae me but ut I was au bua busy and di did not leave leae my om for tor some ome time ater otter ward When I 1 did leave leao I vent down downto to the office ot of Irvine Mason and after talking to them for tor come started home When I reache reached Main street I remembered lie message from Morris and went over te to the tho cAfe I fW saw Morel Nana Nann Witbeck and Emma there hero an and discussed the ho buln mat matter or with h Morris That wa was the fIrst time I hall had ever beers t to the Merchants care cafe and J I have never neer neverseen ren seen the ito two girl since I had met metr Miss r Witbeck once before at A ton Ion at Saltair she wars waa Intro to rae me After concluding my business wih with I lef left tho cafe and took a car cartor for tor my home huo On street J I reached hOIe borne In Ime for Cor dinner nl at C 6 and did not nol leave the hou again until after S 8 I 1 never saw IW Burton Durton C Morris to my knowledge Ina he was n not 1 at t the cafe caCe while I was th re ONLY MONEY D WITBECK TiE THE As Ae o 0 the suspicIon that ho ld had fur tur nl fished hed money for tor the Misses Witbeck and Matheson to go calt east he said Before the girls girl lef left town John Wit Wil Witbeck beck ek whom I have hoo known for tor man many ears came to me and sid said ie he was s se verely erel distressed by the nee need of at n a ce thin amount ot of money J I hint hIm what he wanlo wanted ith I it but bul tie he declined to uy say I then lien told him that I feared tie he intended sending hIs daughter away and assured him that It woul would be the tho worst thing ht he coull could do lie He did not flY say whether or not that wa was his inter lion but he cd me he would ilo iloan o nR an I advised I then loaned him the tho money monY which h ho had asked k 1 COl for forI I saw Mr Witbeck on Tuesday even IN and told him th that lie he should hue have taken m my advice and h he admitted It ItI I 1 also told him to lo to the and assure them that he would have the girls return It their wal was desired This h hi promised to do JY DY Albert Morris mOL most emphatically corroborated Mr story 1 no tar far faran an 1 I it to the appoint mont ment wih with him at the Merchants Cafe Cate and the length or of time the lie colonel re ther there and tha that he did lelo leava the place at C 6 As to sending the girls away he that hc ho knew nothing ot of that whatever Now that the name hl has been caught In Inthe the tho dm drag net Albert says aAe he has noth lag further r to keep bk back heretofore lie he admits that he ha has d some unImportant tact facts but he did s so simply to shield Colone Colonel Druback go good name 4 |