| Show U l-U Rl O Of CHIEf ON NEW NW CHAR E POSTPONED 1 Ii Y The arraignment of Geor George e A. A sheets Chief of Police o on oi a charge of bribery in in Justice of the Peace Bishops Bishop's Bishop Bish Bish- op op's ops s 's 5 court this morning was postponed postponed post post- until next Tuesday The delay delpy was taken by agreement of attorneys to o wait await the return to the city of S. S E. E Thurman of Sheets Chief Chef coun coun- sel Chief Sheets was present and was represented represented represented rep rep- resented also by Soren X Christensen and nd E. E EA A. A Wedgwood County Attorney Attorney ney ley Willard Hanson was was present for forthe forthe the he State No plea was entered Chief Sheets' Sheets bondsmen are his brother John J. J Sheets and Cl Charles T. T Vail Chief of the fire firs department Behind the filing of f the latest charge against Chief Sheets is said t to be the confession of Jim Donaldson and William Sinclair known as W. W W. W Bell The confession of Bell was added t to the theist list several days ago and it was through him that the filing flUng of another charge was was prompted Bell Befi and W. W H. H who gave the first confession have bave the same attorney 0 O. L L. Hilton of Denver It t is probable th that t it was more through the he solicitation of Hilton than desire that Pell ell 11 confessed but o o of this there is isnow isnow isnow now no doubt After his his' conviction Donaldson be came restive in his confinement in the county jail To dozens of persons he told the story that he knew of no evidence evidence evi evi- dence deuce against Chief Sheets and that he be would be compelled to commit perjury tomake to make such evidence In rn suite spite of f tins this he be called for a steno stenographer and dictated more than twenty pages The evidence given iven by Donaldson Donaldson- it is be be- hewed could b bo used as corroborative evidence but nothing in the confession is said said to have any direct b bearing learing aring on th the Chief The prosecution has treat treated d Donaldsons Donaldson's confession much muchas las a joke although th they y declare they were glad to it get What the Confession Is The supposed confession of Bell Ben receives receives receives re re- re- re greater reliance It declares that Chief Sheets heets knew all aU about the alleged McWhirter robb robbery rr r- r rand and that aft afterward h he corresponded with Chief Sheets The confession which is is' isiri in the hands of the prosecution prosecution prosecution-feUs fells feUs in detail many many alleged transactions which had heretofore been in in the dark Bell tells that when he came to Salt Lake City he met and the they started op operations rations in the Brunswick saloon which William Newton had picked out for them Detectives ives Shannon Shannon Shan non non- and Wilson later arrested Bell at atthe atthe atthe the Salt Palace and upon the word word- of Detective Raleigh he was given n a a floater to get out of town That night he says saye he met Newton at at- atthe the tha Chesapeake restaurant and h he was told to r stick It was arranged that he and were to give up a a week to be allowed to operate in in the city Bell wanted to know if such were the instructions of the Chief of Police and he therefore he says called the Chief out of the Heidelberg and asked him about it Some weeks later Bell declares he became suspicious suspicions of Newton and nd wanted to see that the Chief received the money He called the chief up and met him near the Knutsford hotel and was turned over in the hallway of a picture gallery Telephoned to Sheets Bell Ben it is said declares that when he had bad McWhirter 1 in tow tow- he be went into the Sun dru drug store and declared over the telephone that he had a mark and asked whether to bring him him over to the police Further it is said he be will declare he was advised to come in inthe inthe in inthe the back way In that telephone message message mes meso sa sage e he declares also that Chief Sheets informed him that he be had already heard of or of the alle alleged ed robbery from the brother The confession it is said then goes goeson oes on to relate what transpired in the office of Chief Sheets when Bell BelI and Alexander Alexander Alexan der McWhirter appear appeared d. d In many respects respects re reo the story adheres to the one told by the He tells of giving iving back to Alexan Alexander r Mc McWhirter Whiner 1000 an and helping them out on the train Tha The following day according to the alleged c confession on of Bell a meeting was held i in Jim Donaldsons Donaldson's room and 1800 was set set- aside for Sheets ets Bell says that he ho p paid d She Sheets ts' ts in ina in ina n a R second hand store in State street The following day he says he met Sheets In front of the National Bank of the Republic and asked him hin to get geta a 1000 bill changed This he said he did He further d declared that on on the same evening he ate dinner with the Chief at the Chesapeake restaurant Bell says tays that when he lie saw Alexander McWhirter McWhirter McWhirter Mc Mc- looking over tho the register at atthe atthe atthe the Sanit Sanitarium rooming-house rooming he called the Chief and told him about it The next day he says Detective Raleigh called at the 0 OBrien O'Brien Brien house and warned the 0 O'Briens Briens to get out of town Bell further says that he wrote to She Sheets ts from Riverton Wyo and that the letters were answered by William William Wil Wil- liam Newton In general outline the story of Bell is said paid to be be close to that given by only in greater detail detal as to some of the alleged transactions ns The pr prosecution will have havea a hard time securing corroborative evidence as all the evidence on which it now relies is is the evidence of accomplices es |
