Show I r. r I DID OWENS OENS SLAY II H POLICEMAN FORD I A. A A J. J Buckley Bartender at ati I i tS Albany Saloon Brings Coni Convict Convict Con Con- i vict viet Into Limelight t EAGER FOR PRISON TERM I 5 r Garca Garcia Story Manufactured I Police Blamed for not F Following Following Fol Fol- 01 Case Up lowing I r If credence is s to be been given en A. A J. J Buck Buck- Ie hey ley 1 nl night ht bartender of or the tho Albany bar har j held on tho ho morning oCl of oC which was up is I December 1 U U a few Cew minutes before the l Charles S S. lord Ford r S mur murder er of or Policeman it shows shiow the heads of oC the police department depart depart- rt- rt ment J In Salt Sal Lake I have ha been hoo hoodwink hoodwinked serving 20 years cars carst S 1 ed by y John Owens now t for Cor burglary In Iii the state penitentiary I an and that only a surface investigation S S of oC the of of- of f has been made of oC the lie killing fleet Buckley declares that only two me men were In the up hold that It is Improbable improbable able there was wal an outside c guard docs doc Garcia Hi the theS that with the theory away way L t Lp lla breed half Mexican teor ha had an anything t to ton torn S rn n 5 do o with wih It IL I. I and that the Ito police ma lila mahave ma ot of have Ilao permitted tho the actual murderer o oFord I I Ford to slip through their lingers fingers ers b by I f. f t pleading guilty guity to burglary burgal lucec Buckley sal said yesterday ay that tw two tO l' l masked men nearly the sumo same size Ic came caIne Into the Ule barroom the thc morning o othe of S. S the lie killing In the barroom were C. C G. G S J I I ng John Dempsey a n t dear deaf mute un and John Rums Burns who In n barroom parS parlance par par- Jar Jar- Tho The two robbe rober rob rob- S lance was waN a u be bors er the bartender arten cr believes cs cHo were Suli Sul Sul- i 11 Ilvan van an and Owens r Tho The man who went behind the bar lar 1 and opened the he casl rc register was Owens Owens Ow Ow- ens enl so the bartender believes eleves He lie says sas the fellow used his left lef hand In opening I v the re register lster and extruding the mone money J t He lie lal laid his revolver r down own by y the thc side le of oC the tl till He le leC C used on only I the lie one hand 1 an and when ho ha had occasion to threaten I Ilie I the lie life Hie o of Buckley nuckley he lie ha had to pick up I the revolver with the tho hand han he lie had been I S- S using In taking tho the mono mOn money from the till ti The Tue warden of oC the penitentiary stated I S yesterday afternoon that Owens has hasI I I only the left hand perfect as three r fingers arc gone from Crom tho right handl hand r l 1 C k UN There There- Therean an Outer r S S Buckley was standing standing In front of or the bar with his ila ls back to the pool 1001 table and S his hands in the Ule a air I Tho The fellow feo supposed sup sup- posed to be Sullivan Sulan was stan standing at atthe I. I I the front end en of or the tho bar ar co so he could watch the work of the robber who was S. S getting the thc mone money watch the lie front door and at at tho the same time keep tho thio thomen S. S men In in Il the room covered There certainly could nut not have ho e been heen beena a guard d oh 01 the out outside l e sal said Buckley for foe COl when there was a a noise tho the fellow fel rei ci- ci low who In 1 my lily opinion answers the de description de- de cs c- c s of Sullivan pal paid strict attention atten atten- aten- aten tion to watching the door lon The one behind the bar lar as asked cd me for m my gun I told lold tall him I did ld not have one and he threatened to toi 1 kill i me The Theone Theone Theono one ono outside the bar bal told him to hur hurry up and ant get the tie money moncy an and leave me alone ulon e. e Finally he lie demanded from Crom me inc the e t key Itcy to to a n certain drawer rawer In this drawer we c sometimes have lavo hao as ns high as af t with Which to lo cash checks chocks on 1 IX n. and 1 S. S 1 fn It- It G G. G payday The day bartender ba ha haulS haul liaH Jaca S mot boon been I V R ilay for about 1 o. o w v to t the tio i told o p. p t nuil j ci tUat r particular drawer l warn wai 1 at ways kept loce locked I 1 told him that I did dIl not nol have ha ha c the tho kc key and he lie again threatened to kill inc me Again the man the lie bar ar In iii fn- fn He lie told Owens Owens Owens-It If It was Owens Ow Ow- ens to ens-to lo leave mo n alone and get the 1 I monc money an and get set out as quick a au aH possible I S S At t one time the fellow feUn guar guarding theS tho the 1 door to told me that that I might let m my hands down own This I did l The fellow ro robbing ln the till WI whirled aroun around and leveling his hisgun hisgun gun un at me inc tol told me to stick m my hands up again He lie dl did not open the draw drawer r of or the till tl fully and got only 18 There was 45 15 5 in Iii the lie till tl 8 h Tell Tale Talc rail Before the man I think was Owens S.- S. I left heft Jef the bar lar ho lie went to the cigar counter counter counter coun coun- ter and took a u package of Turkish Trophies Tio- Tio 10 phles Then he backed out while the supposed Sullivan Sul an held the door open The latter later kept me covered with the gun hun an anti and told me inc If IC I attempted attempt attempt- 5 ed cd to follow I would be shot shot After f his partner had the hat gained street he St too backed backe out out Both oth men spoke English Both were a ma masked They came Into the bar har In iii a S. S stooped position I d dd not see a third r. r man and saw no one that looked like a foreigner Aa As soon as they left lef th bar I went S S Into the oce of oC o the hotel to lo to the tele phone Proba Probably tw two minutes elapsed i between the lie time the tho men left the bar t and I 1 got ot Xo No o. o S 8 police headquarters over the telephone Just as 1 gut got police pollee cr headquarters lers 1 heard a shot r That Buckleys Buckley's stor story alory Is the real truth t- t 0 about the hue matter can be bo corro corroborated led ol-led In inS S two t In Instances The he Owens In the penitentiary penh peni 5 has only one une good hand hl his hand left ler t 1 In addition when orce Officers oo Phillips and andI I 1 Stains ma made e the arrest of Owens On a I 1 F S possession ag agi- agi of oC Turkish Trophies s was ws found In Il hub his f Owens was captured within an hour r. r after aCter the murder on West est 1 1 North orth street making toward the Oregon Short I Line Lne yards ards Then came the confessionS confession of or Owens He lie le claimed that Sullivan Sulvan Garcia Gurela and himself had himsel hal planned the holdup hold hold- up and that he was mere merely to bo tc the lookout an and that hunt Sullivan Sulvan an and Garcia Garca were er to do o the lie real ical eal work ork Sentence lu in 11 i a I nur Hurry Burry 5 With Wih that the wor word was released from headquarters that the thc mystery had been solved and Sullivan Sulvan and Garcia were the theS themen S men wanted for Cor the mur murder cr hll there is little credence to be given gl en on any I 1 statement made by Sullivan It is never never- thel a bit of corroborative 1 st e evidence I that I Sullivan I positively denies that he enle ever taw saw Irr Garca rr 5 It I Is also true that tha Owens an and Sullivan Sulvan who were v released e on floaters noaten the afternoon aft aft- h i. before the murder were trailed af- af b by detectives during the afternoon and I night until their track was finally lost Garcia was not seen by police officers a and In fact Garcia was not known until the confession Ion of Owens It I Is a significant fact that O Owens ens al almost almost al al- most demanded that he hue be lc allowed to lo plead guilty guilt to burglary and get et Into Tie Into A e The he police a as far fal as ns Is known ma made e no effort efort to verify the tue con coo of or Owens but were satisfied to him him to plead guiLty uly to lo what he hue hueIt would H It I Is truc that lint Detective Dick Dlee Shannon went vent to Denver and returned with a about out wih 1000 00 worth of Jewelry Jewer stolen In Salt Lake LakeY by Y Garcia as a n But nut that did ll nothing to clear the hue I Ford or killing If I tho hue facts acts alleged ed b by Buckley are arc true Garcia Garca Is eliminated from the mur- mur der del cr of or For Ford Kord The star story does docs not r relieve Je c Sullivan of the re responsibility of oC answer answer- In ing If I he and Owens luck up the bar baranI anI and anul either cither one o of them shot and killed Ford both bolh are amenable un under el tho the law S Sullivan lu In County Count 1 As fa far l' l os as Sullivan Sulvan is concerned ho Is Isnow Isnow now fOW in tho the custody o of Sheriff Sherif Emer He lie HI was vas I taken Into police court yesterday a morning where the form formal II charge charle of or murder mur el In the first degree was read to him Sullivan Sulvan arose aroe and said that tha he hewl wl wished until Monday to plead to the complaint His request was ws Ir granted and he was delivered without ball bali al Into the custody custod of of the herlit herIT There was a n large crow crowd In the courtroom court court- room all al curious to get a se of or the noted note prisoner As s he was taken n from the room roem a rush was ma made e for or the door but hut Iho tito officers kept the crow crowd back ack until Sul an Sullivan in lii a closed closet carriage was half bait halfway hal WR way II to the lie count county jail jai Sullivan wax placed In a cell eJ with Pete Pele who Is serving a n. six months months' sentence f for Or r petit pett larcen larceny He lie is four cells cels removed from Richard Demin Deming It I was stated at Rt the thie Jail that Jai that every precaution precaution pre pre- caution cauton would be lc used to Sullivan's Sullivans Sulli Sul vans van's eSC escape pc Man Many cale called at the sail jail al yesterday to get Iet a glimpse of Sullivan Under orders from froni rom Sheriff Sherif herr no one was allowed or er I to see Ee Sullivan without without 45 6 an on order |