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Show 7iinesses Per Chief Sheets Knock Holes in Percent's , Testimony and on Cross-Examination Cross-Examination County Attorney Establishes Estab-lishes Proof of Perjury by His Ally. . The testimony of W. !H. Parrent j self-confessed thief, gambler and all-around crook, in the Sheets case,, was ripped, torn, punctured and -otherwise damaged'in Judge Whitaker's court this morning. Parrent was not in court to hear five reputable citizens testify .under oath that he was a liar of the unadulterated1 sort. The witnesses gave evidence on direct "examination that County Attorney Hanson was unable to break down in a single instance. The testimony was given with a frankness and directness that carried conviction with every word. ' y As soon as court was opened Attor-ys Attor-ys Thurman and Cnxlstensen lost no at In putting their witnesses on the ..and. The first witness called was Thomas Halliday, manager of the H alii day Drag company. It win be remembered that Parrent testified that in company with - Bell he went Into the drag store on - September 20 and that Bell used a telephone tele-phone located in the front of the store to ask Chief Sheets to meet him on State gtreet. Mr. 'Halliday testified that he had I been manager of the drug company for the last sixten months and that he had ! been in the store- nearly every day dur-, dur-, ' ingthat time.""' .' : la answer to aneetions from Judge I Thurman Mr. Halliday described the store, stating that in addition to the main part of the store there were two rooms in the rear, ', "I will ask you how many telephones you have in your store!" ' "Four." ' "Where are they located!" "We have two public 'phones located in the west room at the rear of the ', store and two private' 'phones located , at our. prescription desk in the east room at the rear or the store." 1 "Have you any other telephones in I . your store!" "No, sjr; those are the only ones." ''Have you at any time daring your connection with the store had a telephone tele-phone located in the front part of the store?" "No. sir." . ' "Did .you have a telephone in the front part of your store daring the month of September, 1906!" "We did not." . "Then If anyone has telephoned from M .your store at any time daring the last. - ' t they would have to use one of the phones located in the rear of the store?" ' "They would, for the reason that there are not now nor have ever been any other 'phones In the store." . I "Is it customary for private parties 1 to use your private 'phones!" "It is not." ' ' "Is there anything to notify the fmblic as to where the public 'phone is ocated!" " "Yes, sir; there is a sign over the ' door reading, 'Public Telephone.' " "Anything else!" A "Yes, sir. When a party comes into 1 ' the store and, asks for a "phone he is ' directed to the public 'phone." "What kind of 'phones are those public 'phones!" "They are what are known as slot 'phones. The party using them pays for the service. Cross-examination by County Attor nev Hanson followed. . ''You say that your private phones .are not used bv outside parties!'.' asked Attorney Hanson. "Very seldom." "Didn't I use one of them a few davs ago!" ''Yes, sir; I extended that courtesy to you." "And you allow others to use them, '.. do you not!" "Occasionally, when the party who makes the request is known to us." "Is it not possible for others to use them?" "Yes, sir; it is possible but not probable.;'- George Goalen, proprietor of the second-hand store at 169 South State street was the next witness called. It was in this store that Parrent testified he saw Bell enter with Chief Sheets on September 20 and saw Bell give the Chief 350 in currency which the Chief counted while in the store. The witness testified that he was in the store the greater part of September 20, 1906. "Have. you any means of knowing that vou were in the store at that date!"- VTes, sir. X keep a book giving the date of everything that I buy. as well as what X sell. I find that nearly every entry in the book for September 20, 1906, la in my hand writing. The store is open at all business hours. There is only one man employed in the store beside be-side myself." "Do you know George Sheets!" "Yes, sir." j "Did you see him in your place of business on September 20, of last year?" "I have not seen Mr. Sheets in my place of business since he has been Chief of Police." "If he had entered your place of business last September while you were there would you hare seen him?" "I certainly would." "If Sheets and another man had entered . your place of business last September and walked into your store a distance of eighteen or twenty feet and have remained there for sev-nynotes sev-nynotes would you have seen them!" "I certainly would." "Did you see the Chief and another man in your place of business last September!" .''I am confident that I did not." "I there a show case in your store!" . "Xo, sir." ''Was there a show case there last September!" 'No, sir; I have not had a show case in my place of business for over two years. " Parrent testified that the alleged transaction between Sheets and Bell took place near a show case in the front part of the store. On cross-examination County ' Attorney Attor-ney Hanson asked: ct .y011 know Deputy Sheriff Joe Sharp!" "Yes, sir." ' "Was he in yonr store about last Saturday or Monday!" "Yes, sir." "Didn't he ask you If Sheets was in your place of business one day last September, Sep-tember, and didn't you answer that vou didn't know!" . 3 "I think that I answered him to that effect." "Then why are you so positive today that 8heets was not in your store last September!" "Because X have refreshed my memory mem-ory by looking at my books and because be-cause Mr. Sharp's question was answered an-swered without me taking ' time to think." ' Mr. Hanson tried hard to get the witness wit-ness to admit that there was a showcase show-case in the store last September, but witness insisted that he had no showcase show-case at that time. "Didn't Mr. Sharp and another man come into your store a day or two ago, and didn't Sharp ask you if Sheets had been in your place of - business about September, and didn't you say that you did not know!" "I said so at that time, but X am positive now that Sheets has not been in my place of business since he has been Chief of Police." ' N i . , . The question of the County Attorney as to another man entering the store with Sharp, and the admission of the . Continued on page 2.) . . I SHEETS CASE, ' (Continued from page' 1.) witness that there was another man with Sharp, nails another lie to Par-rent, Par-rent, who testified that Sharp went Into the store while bo stayed on the outside in buggy. B. .L. Oough, who is employed aa a clerk and deliveryman by the last witness, wit-ness, testified that he had been in the second-hand store a part of every day since the first of last September until the present time. "Do you know George Sheets 1" '"TesTsir." "Did he and another man enter the store on or about September 20 of last yeart" "No. sir." "Did Sheets' enter the store along about that .date! " "No, air." In answer to a long question as to whether or not he could have seen Sheets and another man had they entered en-tered and money changed hands from the other man to the Chief and the latter lat-ter stopping long enough to count it, the witness stated that if anything of that kind had occurred during hia presence pres-ence in the store he would have seen it "Did any such transaction occur while you were in the store?" "It did not." "la tfcqre a glass show cue in that store?" "No, sir." Cross-examination. "Didn't Deputy Joe Sharp come into the store last Monday and didn't Sharp ask yon if you Temembered seeing Sheets in the store last September, and wiidn't you tell him that you didn't remember!" re-member!" "Is your memory any better now than it was then t" ' Yes sir. ' ' "The question came to me as a surprise sur-prise and I did not have time to think of my answer. Redirect examination. "If Sheets had entered the store on September 20, while you were there would you have seen himl" "Yes. sir." "Yes, sir." "Wnatare they!" "Forty years ago I had a chum and playmate whose name was George Sheets. He has been dead for many years. When I came to Salt Lake I was Introduced to George Sheets, now Chief of Police. I have never met him since that time without thinking of my old chum." . Hi G. Brockman, a traveling passen- Ser agent, testified that he baa known eorge Sheets for seven or eight years. "Did you see him in August, 1906 1". "Yes, sir." "Where!" "Logan." "What date?" "August 27." , "What time of the day was it!',' "Between 3 and 4 o'clock in the afternoon." "Did you have a talk with Sheets!" "I did." "Where was it!" - "In Hayball's store in Logan." "When did you next see him!" - "In Salt Lake a few days later." It will be remembered that Parrent testified that he and Bell met Sheets on August 25 and that Bell gave Sheets $100 on that date. . The next witness was Joseph E. Hogan. a passenger conductor on the Oregon Short Line. "Do you know George Sheets?" "Tea." "Did you see him In August, 190r-"Yes, 190r-"Yes, Z saw him on August 28 on the train coming from Logan to Bait Lake. The witness here Identified the passes used by Sheets, hia wife and daughter as having been collected and punched by him on August 28. The two passes were here offered In evidence. The pass of Sheets was an annual, while that for Mrs. Sheets and daughter was a trip pass. The date of Issue of the trip pass was August 11, 1906, and the data on which It was used on the return trip was August 28. John Crunshanks, chief clerk of the passenger accounts department of the Oregon Or-egon Short Line, testified that each conductor con-ductor made a report on each trip that he made. . The report showed the number of passengers pas-sengers carried together with all passes, to whom they were Issued and the date of use. The trip sheet of the conductor on the line running from Salt Lake to Preston, Ida, for August 15, 1906, showed that Georare Sheets was a nas- senger traveling on an annual pass and that Mrs. Sheets and daughter were passengers on a trip pass. This ended the testimony this morning. This afternoon the conductor on Jhe train leaving for Logan on August 15 will be called to the stand to testify as to the place that the Sheets party left. the train. It Is possible that Deputy Sheriff Joe Sharp will be called to tne stand to testify tes-tify that when be visited the second-hand store on State street last Monday the manwlth him was Parrent, and that instead in-stead of Parrent remaining outside In the buggy, as the latter testified, he went Into the store with Sharp. eaeaaaaiBiaBWM "Was he there?" "No, sir." . "Are you sure of it!" asked Mr. Hanson. "Yes sir." -"Do you pretend to remember every person that comes into the store I" "No, sir." "Then why do you say that you know that Sheets was not there!" ''Because I,. know he wasn't. I have a reason for knowing it if yon want to know it." Mr. Hanson did not evince a desire to learn the reason. "That's all," announced the County Attorney. Mr. Christeasen asked: "You say that yon have a reason for remembering George Sheets t What is your reason t" Objected to by Mr. Hanson and argued ar-gued at length. Objection sustained in part and questions put in another form. 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