Show r OWENS OVENS TELLS OF MURDER OF OFfORD FORD FORDI S 'S I Convict Recites in Detail Events Leading to De Death th of Salt i Lake Officer SULLIVAN TO STAND TRIAL 1 Desperado Smiles Sarcastically Ii As Former Accomplice T Testifies est fies in Court I. I Joe Sullivan convict ex-convict must face faco facea a jur jury in tho the Third District court and t answer to a n. charge of or murder In tho the 4 first degree for the killing of Officer t Charles S S. S Ford on the morning of ot December 14 14 Tho The preliminary hear hear- ing lag was held yester yesterday ay before Judge of the division of oC tho the city court The prosecution was conducted con con- ducted by b- Willaid Willard Hanson county attorney attorney at- at torney torner and the defense b by Ballej Daile and VIckery VIcker After Arter all the tho testimony was in the defense moved to dismiss the 1 case on time the ground that Sullivan had bad hadnot hadnot C not been connected with ith the crime The Time motion was vas overruled and Sullivan Sulli van an was r remanded mand cl to tho the state prison without ball bail to await trial D By far the most Interesting witness was tho the convict John Owens who on his lihi confession was as sentenced to to O 0 O years in the penitentiary for or his part partIn In the holdup of or the Albany bar bir Owens testified Sullivan an never too took his eyes off ft of or him The accuse accused man I. I S has a sharp penetrating glance and more than once It was plainly discernIble discern discern- Ible that Owens was LS vor er very uncomfortable hi able Owens's story was vas substantially V Vas r ns as follows follows' Owens said he lie met Joe Sullivan on the da day h he was released frOm tho the penitentiary and that thal they were verc together to to- gether until arrested by the thc police pollee December De Do- comber cember 9 They were In Jail until De- De comber cembor 13 when they wert ordered to leave cave Suit Salt Lake 1 I Chink I for Them A About out 8 o'clock that night they went to o the tho Continental bur bar The bartender told old them that Chink Chin Which la ta Gar Gar- cla's clas nickname hud had been there and had asked for Cor Sullivan or i seeking sacking Garcia Owens and ana Sullivan met Doc Doe Gibson GibBon at tho Jubilee bar Doc Dee took ula J tt room where they had i a lL of beer Later k was found louna t at the thc tal tt r The bar rih re v n t to rip rp l O North Mum Thc ra r pria r nt trIp Tip Hud o DelC Hu Huv oIL v iv ln O tu ts n 11 1 JO u. o lU lUI S I Ills lie put pul qu a pair vaIr of t Ju rubber Cl heeled slippers such as liS aro arc usually Iy worn Vorn on tho tito floor of ot a n. gymnasium Owens Identified l J Garcia by a photograph photo photo- graph Sullivan took up a arun gun run that was wasi n i el room n Time Tho weapon Owens t r. r n 33 1 J J vaa very r similar to ono one h handed to him In court Sullivan had a a. blue blua polkadot chief i Owens r Sullivan It and aud Garcia t left Cr TI Tip l r n Bobbers Belcher's quarters arid went n north on Main street They stopped In front fron t ot or ota a n residence Owens says he Jle stood un under un- un tier der the trees while Sullivan and Gar Car Garcia cia clu went Into the yard Then Owens t testified they wont went back to the Con Continental tinen tal bar and Sullivan asked where tho the Albany bar was In Ingoing Ingoing going going- there says Owens Sullivan told him hip Owens- Owens to lo drop behind a little Owens asserts assorts he lie lost track of at Sullivan f fand and Garcia for Cor or a few Cew minutes and thor then found round them hiding under some trees rees S The They had seen some men that Garcia thought I Robbery I When hen the they neared the tho Albany bar Sullivan told Owens to go into the sa saloon saloon saloon sa- sa loon and see how many people were e e J there Owens reported l there thero Were three or 01 four and anti then Sullivan an tol told l him the plan was to hold up th the bar Sullivan told 1 Owens asserts the latter lat lat- S tel tar to drop behind and antl act as a lookout look look- out and antl then go 0 to room In North r Main street Owens claims he did not even act as a lookout but went about a block north from Irom tho the saloon 1 antI and stopped lie He heard a n. shot saw sawa a v. v flash of ot fire heard heart two more shots and then ran north Within an hour he wi was J J arrested l S While cross examining Attorney lIe Ho walked ed Bailey Daile pressed Owens Oens hard over to the witness stand an and l lo looking c 5 Owens straight In the eye said when were wert Look hero here Owens you robbing the tho till In the Albany bar V wh h f did you lay down lown your gun an and l won Wor worl I. I with your our left hand I 1 didn't go so into the tho bar sal Owens When he said this he ha raise his voice so that he could have havo bee heard hear l In a a. court room five times th the size of or the one In which he lie was speaking revolver r In his Owens Oens picked up a 0 mutilated right hand hantl an and demonstrated l that he ho could hold It Jt In that that- hand Owens sal said l he was not afraid of oC a re revolver revolver re- re volver but that ho he was not accustomed to handling them and was sure he would l not shoot anybody ly J The most Interested spectator was wag Sullivan himself A peculiar sarcastic sarc smile pla played ed about his features while J Owens denied having anything at all r. r to do with T the actual holdup of the Albany Albany Albany Al- Al bany bar i f. 4 A. A J J. J Buckley the bartender who t. t rv faced tho the guns In the holdup repeated t his version erslon of ot tho shooting and holdup There Thore were only two men he said In the robbery The mm man behind the bar carried tho the gun un In hi his right light hand but used his left hand band to take the money monc i from tho the cash register Tho The bartender 1 p did not see the shooting of or Officer Ford but hoard heard tho the shots Sullivan ho said r looked like lIko the tho man who stood In front of or the bar bal lIe He sold saM the man behind the tho bar had bud black eyes eos and black hair hall j He lie said the man In III front of or tho the bar i. i had black e eyes es As a 1 matter of or fact Sullivan an has J blue eyes Buckley Buckle however stated on the witness g stand that even on In the thea court courtroom room ho hG thought Sullivan Had a black eyes 1 f Walter niter Costello a a. Colorado O miner who has been living In Salt I iko since the bar at the time t a October 1 I was WS In jt It was held up He said that two men mens s went Into the Albany Alban bar about 24 a o'clock In UI th the tho and pointed y gutie His ris testimony corroborated that of or Buckley and brought out nothing 4 new Ho lie could not Identify either cither Owens or Sullivan t. t Would Voice The man that went ent behind the bar I 1 he said was very dark He lie had a n. shrill voice olee and I I betJe I could tell tho the voice anywhere In tho the world The witness did not seo the shootIng shooting shoot shoot- ing of or Officer Ford but heard Shoot Shoot-I three i. i v shots arid arill saw the tho flash of or fire James iames night bat bartender tender at the thc C Continental bar bir s ld that a a. dan darl i man called at tho bal bai tho the night before Ford was und and asked for lor Sullivan He was wa a picture of ot Garcia and stated tin the picture looked like tho the man who wain was wa in the bar He Ire said that Sullivan an anO and O Owens came camo to the bar about 10 30 i o'clock bought two drinks and thai tha one ono of ot them said sald something about aboul leaving town toun Later L' he said Sullivan Garcia and Owens were In the bar barf f At the session tho the fact that Ford was shot and killed was brought out as ns a l matter of or form torm Officers 1 Clough dough and Johnson who were the k first to reach the side of Officer Ford were ero witnesses witnesses- Dr Dna Paul nn and Dr Cal- Cal i. dorwood dawood described the nature ture of or the 17 wound On Stand Tip Belcher who It is 18 said was a 1 fence of or Garcias Garcia's said that Garcia Ii had been living at nt his home North Maui street He lie said ho lie saw Garcia Garda m and 1 Sullivan on tho night ht preceding the tile murder Belcher Beicher did not tell anything an- an thing that throws any light on the murder Mrs Airs Sadie Belcher testified that Garcia Garcia Garcia Gar Gar- cia had lived Jl at the Belcher home She sold said that Owens and Sullivan came caine to Tips Tip's room the night before the mur murder er and Garcia changed his leather leather- shoos shoes for a pair pall of ot rubber soled oled slippers She was as asked to Identify a apall pair pall of ot slippers She could not sa say any the thib slippers In court looked like the ones Garcia put on S r Roberts of ot the police force torce testified he had helped in the raid at Tip rip BeIcher's Belcher's home the afternoon that Ford died Tho The slippers sUppers In court he said were taken from the room and the soles were wera damp With the testimony In Judge Whit Whit- nIcer aker said there thero wa waa aa ground to b believe lle e thaT Sullivan was connected with the crime alleged and that he would wO hold bold him without ball to the tho District court The handcuffs were put on Sullivan by by- Deputy Deput Sheriff Joo Sharp Guar Guards s strom from the prison were In chargo charge of ot Owens Until tho the final trial of or Sullivan the matter Is at an nn end unless Sullivan should make mule some daring daring- dash for tor lib lib lib- erty Willard Hanson county attorney Is much pleased with the thc ease case the state has has against against Sullivan It the tho Is hI appears case caso complete he T Xu No o CI Chances oJ testimony BO 80 f that John to of i IVy fil to b lM y i-y chances of or being tangled up with a jur Jury that would try him for murder The statement that he went with Garcia and Sullivan SulIvan to the very ery r point of ot holdIng holdIng holding hold- hold Ing up the Albany bar and then re jre is if Jt It be a fact ono one that Is hard to reconcile with the tho circumstances circumstances circum circum- stances of the case Only the fact that this stor story Is corroborated In part by other witnesses give gh It any my standIng stand- stand lag ins at all it also seems probable that Sullivan and Garcia did not leave Salt Lake Lale ImmedIately immediately immediately im Im- im- im mediately after the tue murder but that they went to Tip Belchers Belcher's room North o t Main street and stayed there at least long enough for Garcia to change his shoes again The fact that Sergeant Sergeant Ser Ser- geant Roberts found a pair of or slippers and tile soles of them damp Is taken to show that the men returned It Is also a fact tact that It makes little difference e hether or not Garcia Sullivan Sul Sul- lIv livan n or Owens fired the shot that killed hilled Officer Ford If It It can bo shown either by circumstance or direct proof k that Sullivan was In the bar and that t tho the 1 S or of Officer Ford was a a. direct J JT outcome of or the crime then Sullivan must answer anser CL |