Show 11 H Hi H H 11 HII H H I Ht H I IH I t H I 1111 H HI 1 H H ASSASSIN IN TELLS STORY OF HIS HI AWFUL CRIME i The full text of Sh confession and supplementary admissions regarding a previous r rJ J follows 1 REASON FOR THE STATEMENT 1 Office of Utah State Prison Jan Jail lo 10 1904 It is possible that an all innocent man might suffer suITer 1 for the guilty that the man I implicated probably not prove his innocence My I true u name is as I stated J 1 have a father and mother mOlher and two sisters in ill Marys lo I am not a criminal at heart 3 and never hurt a man previously My record can call be traced up I am the man that caused the death Ii of these two street car men on the night of Jan Jail 6 On the night of this tragedy J 1 took the th Second South street car and went to Tenth East and walled walk d to the thc scene of the thc holdup When I went in inthe t the car I had my gun gUll in my m hand and told the men to hold up their hands Neither seemed to be ex excited y cited and the thc smaller man of the thc two Gleason said you had better put tip up your our hands I realised rea Ii wi then that they were going g ing to make c a fight and started to hack back out of the car but before bc I reached the j t door the two men mell made a at me and were on me before I could get out I could have hilled both t men before they got me hid had L been bc n so minded When they the took hold of me the largest man first the thc smaller small r man drew a gun wL pointed ed it in my fn eye it could not have hwe been more than a foot and a I half away awa The Thc other ot man m held me and I was positive that he would shoot and I waited to hear the report of the th gun For some reason he did not fire firc and I wrenched myself free from the thc other man mall manAt mallAt At the same sat tc time this man stepped back his gun in both hands han s and even at this time the thought passed through my mind li ld I to hit that mans arm in case he goes to 1 fire again and at I drew d my the intent to hit his arm but at the same time I dr w j jm my m gun threw the other arm ann around me My finger was on the trigger and ld my gun went off at arid and I r did not know whether I had hit him or not At the same instant gun wrenched d loose from the thc other man again and aud started for the door man got between me and the door At this time I 1 tried to force the larg larger cr er man out but At the same time the larger man reached into his pocket whether to get apon or do away with his money I hlo do not know but supposed at the time that it must be to get J I remember well the thought passed through my mind U My God I cant take chanc s another gun and I fired to hit him After I had fired the thc man seemed to stand perfectly still stitt and myself bhim and alid left H t the thc place If I had thought these men wanted to tomake ton make n me mc a priS h had i W they even c me mc to fo give them the gun I would have done it rather than shot the man nm I I bv an accidental shot which resulted in his death and as T f fUte Ute the last I when I th thought he would kill killme me Had I known at the time that it 1 was only onla a term t nn inthe penitentiary even n though it i had been heen a lifetime l lc I would never have fired hut but huta 3 at a that time tunc it e I n l of my action is tS n a I have here stated and andis r ris is as above I I J M r SHOCKLEY of Witnesses Wit S W J Lynch 9 G R Raleigh h C Wright John Stowe CONFESSION XO O 2 j Office Utah State Slate Prison Dated Jan 10 In III regard to the holdup on the Fort Douglas f I line last July Jul when the condu tir ran from me mc I did not fire firc with the intention of hitting him only t to stop him furthermore I 1 never wanted o hurt these men al o assured them that I did not want I II their ir own money or watches which they thc will out in Signed Si ned J M 1 SHOCKLEY I Witnesses s j Lynch GA G Wright John Stowe J JT X i T 1 1 lt t t vM II I i 1111 i |