| Show rALS PALs TELL TELL STORY fk Of NIGHT Of GRIME CRIME Sullivans Associates Take the tho Witness Stand and Rotate Relate I Their Ter Movements i i j i CONVICT OWEN IS S RECALLED M A Ii c cr I s I 11 i r t h K of v vi r Trio lust Prim t To Jo Murder Ff JF j John Owen who hn lui hus furnished such ii IH lIen testimony against Joe Joo iY charged with participating In the tIe lh murder or ot at tho the late lato Patrolman Charles Charlo i J Ord hl was WM recalled to tf tho the stand thiN morning he was permitted to toJ J kayo leao the thc the tho defense hart Win nUn Ii handle u IL L revolver with lila hit maimed II i light Ight II 1 ht hand mid nud nut wrung from Cram tho thc witness tho admission that ho could pull a trig trigger gel ger with force to 10 1110 tho tim Hapon at CAN CA PULL nut But said tho witness coolly Id 3 been boft bO n fl timid about ah ut shooting 11 IL gun cun guntin tin I 1 believe tho recoil would OUI wrench it 3 1 from my m hand hanl A crowded courtroom c witched thC witness WI being belli put through II Q his gun tun breathlessly as all a the tuo point making was WM a I strong one tor tar too 1 Bide establishing It WOMANS WEIRD STORY Mrs Belcher DeIcher wife of ot tho ho no notor tor bus TI Belcher bartender was waa wason ir r on tho the stand also this morning AH AI 1 sho stio tol l of Ot tho the nocturnal gatherings and prowling of at tho the Sulli Sullivan van an the th man mun on trial John Owens Owen his hl fi pal now testifying against him and himself serving a n long bug term to Im In tho the pen Ilen penitentiary and tho the half haIr breed breeda many a I mind went vent to Dickens story star of ot Oliver Oller Twist and saw again Nancy Nanc r Sykes companion of oC DIll BUI Sykes It Itt the tho th appearance of the woman T t l knit but the story II to 1 she sh told a story stOl full Cull ot of ofT tho the darkness of ot the tho that T brought this picture HO so vividly The trio came camo to tho the Belchers humble little room on tho the night of at tho the murder mu l e 1 and Mrs Belcher cooked supper for Cor or them themAs As s cooked cool erl and set tho the table the men inell examined revolvers and und their conversa conversation tion thill Vils about them theW She went out In Into Int Into to t tho thi night with the tho halfbreed and ana rul bought beer beur then thell returned and all her visitors remained until morning Tho The state is hi calling alling a II large number J of witnesses each ench o of whom furnish turn Ish con considerable coni conn n i testimony for the tho records WILT WHAT OW l CONFESSED John JOhll Owen was wall the witness on onY ons s Y the tho stand tand this morning having been re ro recalled row w c called by the state Ho was naked un on under onder der 1111 what qualification ho heAl had entered a II apica pica pl t l of ot guilty lIty Ho lie said ho hud had dis disclaimed disclaimed claimed being present when tho the sa se saloon o loon was Willi robbed but confessed to being w an alder aider and abettor of ot the robbery bel 1 Officer Johnson Johmson next took the tho island lit and HP lic Il said ho lie win was with Clough near hear tho the Albany saloon Just prior lo to the tho tune time It wa was help up and jaw IW LW and nII talked with wilh Ford I ord Lat bit Later Latr kc er r ho hoard h a II shot followed by two others and soon Boon afterwards found om Officer t c r Kord at ot tho tim Albany bur bILl 1 r film a II gun shot wound MRS MIlS CALLED Mr Mit a I Sadie Sallio Belcher HeIchel testified that she sha shai i 1 resided In one aile mom room of ot tho the old house hj on upper Alain street on tho the of o Dec I c 14 It 1907 Joe Joo Garcia Joo Joe Sullivan and John Owen to her Place utter midnight Sullivan ami ate ato a 1 meal Ieti prepared by herself Tie Tia Ile three moO examined toni and talked two revolvers The Tho men inch all 1111 loft left together and In 10 halt half or hr an IW hour und and i back bacI HII lD Mrs h Belcher und went to toS S First South und and tho the man re IC remained on tho the corner coiner while sho she went In III a II saloon and bought beer Jeer They The then vet returned Mined to the thu room Garcia wanted Sullivan to stay all ull night be Je caino olt It was cold colli Witness told Our Oar cia cla she sho did not bellevo that Tip her husband would approve of ot It II Sul Sullivan livan and Garcia loft letl tho the house sonic somo time he tor daylight Sho She had never wen cell L Guicia and had seen scell Sul SuI Sullivan livan In lii jail She Sho had bach talked about tho case caso with tho tin county attorney the tho tl edl din dh attorney Deputy Sheriff Joe Toe r Sharp and nn l with her husband attorney Huron I ui un X Christensen since l the Iho prelim preliminary inary bury hearing mid nini sho hail had boon told fo to f t tell ll tho the truth und anti It would bo be b made mudo tinnier fur for her hiot husband hU band Mr 11 Chirl hud bud told hur her this Witness ad nil admitted t that Joo Garcia was u a of hurs hur This TillS admission was wua brought out by hy for or the tue state TESTIFIES II IES George Hotelier husband of at Sadie Belcher wits was 1111 next called He lie II testified 1 ho hud hul known knowlI Garcia about eight l yearn s till tho tue night of ot Dec 13 Bul Rul 11 van 1 Into the tho Jubilee saloon horo wItness was a It bartender and asked for tOI Garcia About Aboul 12 1 B told Sullivan that Garcia would so him him at ut the tho Continental mi sit Sullivan Owen and Die Gib went out mit together and witness did didt t opt not HUO He Sullivan again until tho the pro pre Urn I miry i HAS On Belcher said lip hip acquainted with Garcia in Ini i Jail jull at lit Denver ho hu admitted that he lie kt had boon in Ip prison many times No o 91 Immunity or promised had hILd been made to tI him by h tho tim attorneys for fOI or the tho state ha tp James I L M If d bartender at nl tho him f Continental saloon sow now Jou oe Sullivan Im John Owen in iii his hili place of ot busi bUIjI business ness iI times during Juring thu tho oven even evening ing ig I of It Deo Jer 13 They Iho met a it dark nina man whom witness afterwards learned was Joo Garcia Tho Thu witness was vas excused after having fur furnished furnished this evidence TESTIMONY OF ACCOMPLICE John Owen who rho Is serving a n oyo sentence Inthe In the state prison for Cor con confessed complicity In 11 the tho robbery of nt tho Albany was Wai tho the principal wit ness flees for tal the tue prosecution yesterday aft Ho He detailed his hl doings from the tine of ot his hil arrival In II Salt Lake Inko ned Dec 10 lost last to tu tho the morning mor of ir o the tho when he lie was wan Wil arrested arr ted within two hours of ot the Uie time Iliac lre that that Officer Ford l ord intO had hal been beell shot Owens first meeting with wih Sullivan ho he lo said was on the duto datu hirst Indicated le lie was without money und anti accosting Sullivan on tho lie street asked for tor or the tho price ot of a IL meal The latter gave RIe Owen IE 15 Ii cents COItS Two officers appeared and ordered Owen to leave leavo the city or they hoy would arrest him for vagrancy When the tue policemen hat had passed on all Sullivan advised Owen Sulan not to take any lotice of ot the tile officers Ovon was taken II by his itis found Cound friend to various arlous saloons salooM he testified and plans fot foo money by robbery mony were vero in PROGRAM OF OP ROBBERIES The doings of Sullivan Garcia and Owen on the tho night P preceding tho the rob hob of at tho Albany saloon and an tho tim of ot Officer Ford ord were welo detailed by Owen In the tho ot ut the tho lent they hey wore at nt the he home of at Tip Tin Belch cr bartender ot of the Jubilee saloon who resided nt at the tue old Kimball building on upper Main street There Ther Mrs Mr Belcher cooked the tho mon men a a meal and there two revolvers were product produced by Garcia to bo b u In a I series or holdups holdup nod and robberies Witness knife hind had been used b l y one Olle of or the men to whittle down a 1 bullet for tor one of ot the tue revolvers It U wee was planned first to burglarize the tho wn nick residence but the project was wai Wi abandoned The Tho trio then went to the tho neIghborhood of o tho the Albany saloon and Owen says ho stood on guard while Sullivan anti and Garcia wont went Inside anti ana aa held up the bartender and patrons p of ot the place He lIe sew saw his ll pals run from tram the tho saloon and sew saw tho the shot hiot fired that killed 1 Officer Ford I old HP lie went frd to the thi northwestern part pat of ot tim the city elt and shortly afterwards fell tel Into the hands I of ot the t officers PLAN LAN OF DEFENSE Owen was Wili subjected to toa a rigid cross examination by attorneys for Cor the tho do tie d But Hut hold held to tho ho story stor told toll on direct questioning It I was rae wal plainly to tc be seen Been that counsel will Wi en err deavor to prove that Owen and Garcia committed the tire robbery and murder and that Sullivan had nothing to do with It SMALL S rALI DISCREPANCY There was nomo sonie discrepancy In the tho th of oC Warren Costello and An All drow drew J Buckley who were vere on the tho stand yesterday afternoon before Owen was wall brought Into testify Costollo Costelo swore that the tho darker roan man of ot tim tho two upon entering tho the saloon fIrst the cash register then came to Buckley went vent through his hil pockets and returned again to tho thu register Ilelle was ivas WUI equally positive that ho lie was searched by the man pian lan outside tho the counter while the thc till tl was WI robbed by b tho tine other man u |
