Show f mM COMES W T p O fr Freedom doni Is Asked for or the Man Who Vho Murdered Watchman Sandall A LONG LOND STATEMENT MADE and add Irresponsibility Claim Id rdSe to Die We lie He Escapes Escape Executioner flick who linn hall twice been heon to 10 IatI for tor tim tho murder ot of Thomas at Layton on tho night tt March I 28 25 9 but i ont Ial tl aS l b n commuted to lire life Imprison oll nt it hall ia made nn 1111 application for lor par pr jn Ln n to 10 Hi the tAtO of ot pardons Ao Ac ning anIn tho the application which WI d I by b Ja attorney A Ai AJ i iJ J i weber l I ta a IL lo long e U oath by In j jil tolls if nl hit whereabouts on tho the night tt g the murder and 1111 also tella lella the clr cit tu t n connected with his hig all ged lr lu nt his liIn attempt to acio ji If n r th h noun house dur dUt durme me Jg lu trial lIe flie follows 1 1 ant 1111 tw ll convicted defendant In Ir IrMal Inal InaI Mal al aI 5 8 and nin nn now n rv MI Iii jig tar i 1 1 never killed hi I iet ietI I l 1 U and a Ud had Dig to 10 do with vI lilt hili hi 1 I do not know who commit HI j mo Ih murder At the of ot March 28 HO ISO I was wan 1111 my flY at lit Ogden on un On Mi tn 2 lW Ib James tHo tHon n v for lor oi a 11 ar fluy r Iw 1 I was 1111 with Ith hilly but It III l Known as 1111 Kill Hili Doth f r us vi r rt drinking und anti while 1 do tb not 1101 li j vc WE were wc CO together every minute w were 1 re i it t separated very cry long nt ni any liny n Il o time I J call CHII no particUlar HC IC nt of oC my m movements that I day savo thit v W lIen It nt saloons 1 I It u II I s I at t the Ihl police station that we vis in IH Mm di N that und and that vj llIn III at it MrK Mra nj I 1 wont Kent up town again and that wo WI UIT wr cr nt at a theorge saloon at nt about After AIt r lousing leaving we WI u If nt ut 11 10 O 0 the Queen saloon on oh 01 w avenue between Twenty third slid streets took toole I and vent to my hou o a IL I Iok IAK ok and ani a halt hall distant il night at tt our house hOu I never thought I r the 1111 JAW LUtle Queen saloon until rc ro roand and n ver told that to any one mi till J I told laId Mr ir Weber In fIt June lit lii lithe he Je h of ot Warden Pratt I do clo clot dor r rt t know knoll how mAny man horses I had In l Irh rih IS but hut I f probably had five tiva or xI I usually u had nt at least loaft 1 that num Ur hr UrI I t cI In m till May 12 i 1 V und id thou then with my lily family left lett by III n II Wr WI went through Cache Cliche nl nI nII W J I stopping Slopping nt at Logan lolIn three days ami anil nt hi f ono day We were nt Itt ro one ono day tiny ami at It Maker City t 10 ci or M three week Wo We stopped Mopped sev sever er i days diya At fit Wel Ida where I saw SRiV R ft grading outfit from and knew I cr Ct I three of ot the lilt mono men We arrived n 1 l nd In the fall Call There Ther I rented s i Kirn f fut r my H horses horae and rented nev nevi ev i ml rH from Mrs Pa DaiM vis on Oil Union unu im un III my In way from Irom Ogden to Portland I 1 went under my own oln namo mil 1 was lIall known nn an Nick Haworth nt at I never In my lilY life lICo nt at any tim him ur or place went under or r gave nn on K d name mime I 1 nr t came Caine to Utah In 1806 and that ar v nt to California In the win utin winIT IT of or 6 or 1891 1811 I wn waR at Mo stockton to Mud and nd Oakland Irom From there I went to suit Ii rz jn In I April then to San Lulu I and and theire tr f nil all tho thu time by L train team to Utah willing Ogden O llen III In November 1898 I Il l Ift ft Iowa Iwa in III 18 1885 1855 going to California ir traveling by b Wagon trading tr horses I teamed In co one year yean om I went tent to Texas Tex and in III iJ IW nt III Tex I joined the A I 1 A lodge From Ironi to tho time of or orY ny fly Y I drank more noro or lees lew I II often ollen l 1 lI fx ew At Portland I drank hear heavry ho ry i 1 The OrAl first time lIm I J knew kne I was wa HUB lIue MM wl d of the Sandall murder san WOH after my lilY arrest nt ot Portland In InT T w 1599 1199 When the tho officers nr ar ruled me mP and put pUI upon m me I t Ithem inked them why they the arrested me mo and th thy hI y said Kald Tome Coma along On of oC the tho the tho next clay Iny told me why I was wn arrId When Wh I was wa brought to and put iut In Jail I WR waK r llly frightened II thought I t would he h kill i dont donl why wh I tried to 10 suicide When Whon hen I Jumped out of oC th ho hP coUrt ourt house window after cutting my m n wrIst my idea Iden sas to get el away or VIII hIi myself After I lund had been beon In Jail H IC I thought my m food was aB poisoned pol id nd refused to oat The Iho reason rellon I r thought my Iny food poisoned was wall that It 11 t tasted wrong ronI I thought men hail had hen h murdered and burled hUrled under tinder tho tim t leps P of the Jail I dont know knoll why I f hail bad that idea I do know knol that I firmly d such uch to be the fuse cope Sheriff Abbott often orten camo cattie In to see sel selus ec in us but bUI hf hp never made mild any threats and mudo mo ma no lie nuked m monce once whether I would he tic willing to tu take tak live five years call It I 1 thought hn IA wa I wild aId 1 I would I dont remember telling Jodd Jedd Abbott AbLott that I 1 had killed Th celtic to tomo tome mo me antI and mid lIld he lie h WH sst lifter I told old him there wan no of oC that an all w 1111 not hot guilty Ha lie me meIL H n chock check or am a II warrant and pull that t If tC tChI ho lie BO go 0 after the money would be bc used tom for my Iny I told him I would plead guilty und MIL un hits his questions III In about the way ho lie I did they read the paper over to me I agreed to 10 It Vh n nI I made tim the confession which I nt mit till title time Ume know to be bEl false r I I hud had bean put into Jail for Cor the tho Hi of re ro reforming forming tinning me toe from drunkenness and ami I 1 thought I would get Ert out liy by 11 aying I Willi Hull I had b been en told laId about HIM thu Iron bar being found In im the tho well 1181 ehi I told tho ho I pried the back door dear open Olen because I had that wits us th I way the rii rt r r got Into the h store I dill did not leave heave Ogden at lit 8 I p IJ in tn or at nt lilly other oIlier time that night I 1 did tint not drive thrive to tl Hellers liery next nUL morning and I 1 never put nut n a ten in In Hellers livery stable In my m life 11 I hlll n It good barn and kept my toy there thorl When I tried to tl get got avoy during dUrin the Ihl trial I felt Coil an nil If tt I wanted to get Ket away IIII I linew nothing about uny In for Cor from Crom the penitentiary Tho The first 1 I Knew was when hen my III cell coll door opened and I Iwas Isau was wall told to go I 1 thon Ih 11 ran and alii did my best beet to get Ret away 1 I hll never neVel b hen been n convicted of ot 1111 crime In my lilY life I imp HUP ported my lilY family paid my III amid Bore drinking which I 1 would never nver do again I have never 11 e done Ilon any ny wrong I know nothing about tim the mur murder der wan wait not hot connected with It II ei ci either I thor ther directly or Indirectly rth As its to mv my m confession I ran Inn an RV g fi ye no further explanation than thon that reedy already It a given glen NATHAN P Ir I 11 |