| Show H H I JH WH IH I 11 HI H I X r i Jn Jno Maces Ma e Startling ta t ng Story j f Prisoner Affidavit A Join John t Strange Confessed Confes to 10 he of Col Co J f f I Aid lat l King is s Innocent InnocentI I I II I 4 p pS S Atty loll Iree on this r the tl th ll j loin the state nt itt It Cn CI on City CIt fw je M wan ins IH promptly limed over oter to Att hl who baa h king f j and Lynch In the tie battle for tOl their 1 Kim hut lina been leen Waging gln In the thu Salt f l Lake courts routIS tot for the lot hint a half hlf f State Sin tt of at Colorado Colotto County of at o as l 1 John Muco leu being first duly dul on UI rath deposes and old nays My I name annie Is II John Juhl Mace I 1 am 11 am t Ira old and amid a it 1 laborer by I J gun sen I cial em ci occupation f T was iuta Wil in 11 O on th on th the tho 1 attempted holdup of the III thi H h In hi Salt Lako City CI Cit Utah SI on un Sept 11 1 1900 lOO In which the lie proprietor of ot said I 4 mi Isa u Ion Colonel 1109 was killed Chad 1 been In II Ii Ogden Ogdon about u a week Iek t prior to 10 that time line and hud hll then thun mot fiat JM Id I Davenport who was Wil later loter on al onI I ul at lt Cripple Creek Colorado fur for tUI burglary and sent ont to tl time the allt reformatory at Lit lt luell Vista lu lie 1 l II is still there IMe When 4 I 1 Ogden Olen on the mor I jr this thin holdup I J again met DI f 1 i on Oil 01 time the near leol the 11 I I u I hu he hI met mot me tar ho Ito 10 stopped I y naked If it I knew 1110 a I party whose name Halite he lie hI gave but hUl hUlI butI V I r I have hate forgotten It I was WUI He lie Uti said saki sll nt ot that tiit time he lie heX le lies X s and the latty ho he Il had 1 got ot into Imo trouble at Salt Holt Luke Lake 1 City lb the tue tl night before and thiet tIl thUY sla II trying to got out ont anti and all that tIlt l were VIle W Ie 10 Ii to II go 10 into lute n P 1 1010 1011 R f J stay Ia until Int night und and then thol got get y l out 01 or town My U partner John bW V M Ol In Ogden with me mo at itt lt v vV V I that time and I paid J f fol r the tho of securing our I I I way WI on nit 01 tho lie tall y T i i ail to it ii point Qt of Han link Wrt Ing Is II now dUty In lit 11 the thu I I 1 nt at II Buena tHU Tho rho availing r tin thu robbery I 1 again met II tn Davenport on the thi train I found o that uil ho 10 und and John Strange were Illio golu east eUll tIme the Il 0 Y partner I were Wele WC Daven do In the seat by lw wi the HIP other othor end anti endot OIt sat SOl me tue 11 e trana kept In II 1111 ot of the tin C nr itt 11 tile loft dell Davenport while sitting b I l me tile Ile pointed out his partner strange and Ind said cold that he would j have hayo to keep shad until Ihl pulled 1 out that he lie le r i know klow kno but there thema might bo be s on the traIn r with wih theta them thel At this time told me time ne that he anti ond John Strange I T o r were two of ot the parties that held up lP the Sheep hunch Daven pott hiatt 10 also ailO said lold that limit It Wil iut lUCkY lurly for fir Strange that he lie 10 hits had hl passed by on tho time street treet in II ond fl while no me wore the remit coat anti and trousers of I the thus HUlt stilt the vest of o which balon ey to tl ts Strange and amid was In 11 tho tIm satchel or valise volel on al one ant of 01 til ti gang Inn hi tn the tho Sheep saloon When hn wo we got to the lie t morning nning nD Davenport Strange o Mat Matthews howe and amid 1 I together with a number IU I n I of others gut got ot oft off of the tho train trall and stayed theta thalo bout About 9 that morning att breakfast t I met tart Davenport on al the street tumid he asked mo time to cm KO KP g to t his ls room I did so and there I J first met flirt nt John Strange They rhuey hp said sal sai l the il were Wole afraid to go o around on al alt i t time the streets and asked nu mp If IC I 1 hid en n any 11 poisons who I might sue BUS BURlice ot of Stilt Bait und pact lice I watching Di me lime n it paper ald aldI I pointed to nn an 11 account of cit time the holdup hOl arid and Ild killing at 01 the time Sheep Sheel Hanch s saloon and asked me Inc what I thought Up of f It It I read lad It I hastily and said all y 1 that limit they Ihl tIle would have to look 1001 out fr fb themselves or something to 10 that C 1 effect Tn y talked the time holdup over oter at lit name length and ond were vere wonder C CIng 1 I lag Ing how much Information the haul hail ha that hat might lead bud lell to their 1 I uncut arrest They both bath greatly groat titillated agitated nail were re anxious to take takeI I Very every ery precaution to 10 keep 1 out mit of at sight Hight lul set get eI away aWA 31 Soon after aCer this i I went put uway and knocked town lown that day 10 lid and evening About 1 dark of that day as an al I passed Davenport DIen rt and room Davenport 1 chub came out und and naked asked me toe le If IC I hal had hIt Ul money a I caul I had bad a n little and ho lie he lie fo to that night and 1 said hl Ild Strang wore were tic going 0 leave Ine town ton 1 that thiat I might aught take their the room lOOI I r paid pai him hm four hits bits and they thoy attn x C waide WI I went ent away aWI and RII I found that they thc afterwards Rn Went ent to another I room and amid stayed In ho town toll till ni night because I saw sai O them next morning I I en sitti aW w Davenport and auth 1111 Htone a n few tines within time the next nel few low days doys When they loft left for tor lar City i 1 y tle CI a g tf I i r el cr f thiC v SitU 11 la amont t r 1 was wa un an In of cit tf the time arrest orrl of bC Robert flobert L I 1 King Kins ICu und and I t L and th each Reh neither of Lynch they were vere t asking other oth l who King was as lie RI 1 them knew him and that ho lie was wal slot not In their gang and that he hind had r nothing to do 11 with wih the time holdup holup or 01 killing of 01 at time the Sheep Ranch Hancl x saloon They concluded that hi h was isas 1 some ome Pete Ne man 1 Davenport made mode the tIme remark that he lie was as probably sonic rhino that t I Detective Sheets of oC Salt ol Lake take City Ci was WIS core against nail and could not get Iel i evidence In him any other othet way to pinch him lm A few Ct days dO utter after leaving l 1 met Davenport und and again In city ll It I 1 stayed I there thelo a II day do or am MO met both Strange and RII While In II 1 Cheyenne and in 11 talking with wih strange about vAllous tImings things he told tola I me time that the attempted holdup haMul of or o tho limo Sheep saloon n put JUI up l by h him tutu und and hIs hl while they thy time v ie both hath In the time Idaho j i penitentiary lint he ho Strange got out three or rn 0 four Cour foit months month before A t Davenport did dl and that lint he waited until Davenport was vas released when i they tile the went to Salt Lake City and met three other leos fellows they the t I f arranged for Co or I the time five fe of 01 them to do tithe this holdup V j I Strange said s ld that he Ime hind had held hed up this same place before They he I y c gave gle Davenport D ven ort U 45 to buy u three revolvers revolver He lie te went neat nt out OUI of oC Salt Hal Lake f J 1 anti bought throe three e revolvers He lie II came caine back Me with Wih three thice revolvers T TA j C A Pt f either olther 44 14 Hol or oi 45 caliber Strong Strange told me ama that at or the time last minute win aiDs IO 1 l 1 of ot the th live five backed 1 out of oC oli oh and ami Ild that tiit there ther were werl four lour of or them 1 t 1 actually concerned In It I That they ham had hll loaded Up with wih whisky whisk and I 4 that was seas wa why h the tho fifth oman man gave 11 time shake Strange also asid j me mae le that his hiM vest VOlt was In lim the lie grip that was o thrown away asay own also ulIC y I 1 told 1011 me tue 10 that he lie hC was wo the man inait Inn I who pumped It t Into when hu ho hoAl Y j 1 flaw Amity Al one of at the time hails on time tho fluor luor Meaning time the holdup who wits was shot I He le told me Inc le this several times I 1 have frequently Strange nd Il J 1 i Davenport talk hulk tho time matter 1 a I I over together and amid old from tram their s thin ton as 01 wall wol as ns tram train what they lucy thc told mo tio directly I time the above bo li i 1 a ii 1 fair rail y yi I i 1 f statement of what they tho had to 10 say In They Thuy talked to me air 11 anti and 1111 In lii II y I Im L my tim m presence without reserve ami I heard n ii great many aiRily mAi things many man manyI J Jot r rut I ot ut them often repented repeated all ni of or which wn ina I to tho tim effect that this hold J Jup 1 1 up I was wall aA a premeditated affair In ilL JI which four of them were ivere engaged but luit I C that hint Hoben L I King III wn was Os not lul engaged In It I and wn was 11 nt Vr keon o IK is h isi i them They he talked of or getting as much money mOlo as OR they the could to help hell time the thaman I f 1 man mario who was shot eliot fell tel to the loor but hut Instead of ot using the time money y r 1 that way wa they tIme thu would blow biow It In InI Ini J JI t i I have known Strange St Stan an a ever since the tho time tinie last stated and ana ald lie he Is isnow j 1 now no In tho the Colorado C lordo sit penitentiary tend Ids ii convict number Is 4 MiG ioa Some Seine tine time last sum I had bind hal a n talk with wih Strange In tim time the pent peni penitentiary 1 1 1 when wilm he told toll me nie that hint King iCing sos convicted Thin flits Is II the I l 1 lr r knew kew of oC it IL He lie I laughed about 1 it II and said Wol oil King In is II Innocent innocenti 1 r i but they eon can do ho nothing with wih me imme about U It now Strange also 1110 told mo inc le leoter t 1 after oter he lie had remarked that King was In Innocent I t nm om the time man mon I 1 bought the time valise muse valse shoes imos neckties handkerchiefs and so BO forth all I Isee Isee see Ile tho time heeney heene I 1 bought them heat of ot testified I tried to Jew jets him down 1 but that Is U n a He lie Il I F John Joint Matthews also heard Strange e anti and Davenport talk this mat matter matL t L tot ter over and knows that they the have hao saul practically what I have stated l I also wish to say Sl that while h 1 Ie I cannot put ut everything in nn an In affidavit 1 t tIn 1 In iii tIme the manner I would like that my may IlY frequent fr talks talk with wih Davenport J Joud 4 4 nod oud Strange have hove been BO so numerous and of or such Ruch n a character un for dor such circumstances that I am inn positively 1111 absolutely convinced y X I beyond any Inv possible doubt first hobart Hobert L L King who vho was con can Y r with wih Tames Lynch of ot tar te killing of o Iro Is Innocent antI antIl L l that en enid Joint John Strange Ed id Davenport James In h and another nother are aret r t the guilty guilt Kult men j 1 1 I know this an 11 well wel as OR I can know anything which I 1 have hlo not nt net od netI 3 I seen sen with my own awn eyes and amid I never can be bo convinced to the time con contrary conf 1 If I I could see John Matthews I know that he lie would corroborate f l my lY statement In every detail He Je might without my being present biu bu buhI y 4 I 1 he hI Is IR n a sort lort of n a fellow chow and Ind might not want to 5 soy sey IA any In an v r 1 thing tIming but I 1 know he hs would If II I could see sec him I make this 1 purely for Cor the hue purpose of ot aiding In him the lie release of 01 King 1 who Is known klov to bo lie Innocent I t have hare not made It with wih the hope hop or n IN t reward or favor of ot any Iny kind Itna King Ing Is IR Innocent and 1 J dont y I want rt him hint to suffer nod fur for this reason alone I have made this amla y 4 vit freely and openly and ami Irl without reserve T TAnd i Anti And further affiant a lont not nt JOHN MACK Subscribed and ant sworn to before me In duplicate this hits slav dav a of February A D fl 1902 1902 CHARLES P F REED Notary Public t x My M commission expires Aug 11 II 1 13 v t 1 Signed In presence of ot C M r OA WOOl 1 I C M MARTIN HI H H W S t H W |
