Show OWEN OYEN TOOK STAND Sf AND AGAINST OLD PAl Convict Tells of Details of Al Albany Albany Al- Al bany Bar u Hold Hold up Last December MURDER TRIAL STARTS OFF OFFMan OFFMan Man Man ManNow f Now Serving Time Tim Ifo for r. r up Stick-up Work Proves Star Witness What hat will come to bo be regarded as ns asno aile no of or the most spectacular and sens sensational sensa- sensa onal murder trials In the annala annals of ot Utah courts began when Joo Joe Sullivan started his fight ht for life lIc before a Jury In n Judge George Georgo G. G Armstrong courtroom court cour room oom at the city and county building yesterday esterday Charged with th the murder o of Patrol Patrol- Patrolman man Charles S. S Ford o ord December r 14 1907 Sullivan directed tho the defense defenso of ot ofIs othis his Is attorneys and during the trial there wasn't an expression on his face that denoted or anguish at nt the tell- tell tellIng telling Ing ng testimony Introduced by the state The Tho feature of or the day was tho the story told old by John Owen now serving a. a long sentence at nt the tho penitentiary for com com- In tho the Albany bar hold up fol- fol lowing which Ford For was shot Owens Owen's face as he sat in the witness chair hair reflected a resolute determination tion lon to carry out his part as ns a a. witness eu for or the tho state despite the tho threats to kill him that have been made by convicts con- con lets at the penitentiary He lie He testified d that hat Warden Varden Pratt Prall or of the penitentiary warned him to be ever on liis his his' guard because other convicts had sworn sworn to murder him for on n a pal WI n Ih on ou Str Streets Street t His Ills face was calm and emotionless as s ho he told once more the story of or tl e planned hold up and the unexpected killing tilling Owens Owen's Etor story is a a. remarkable chapter hapler In the annals of or Western crime lie Ho lo told how he ho had rome come ome to gait alt Lake last ast December and had be begged on the tho streets treats lIe He wn was starving when he hb met Joe oc Sullivan by chance and asked him himor for or help Sullivan gave gae hiE him fifteen cents Two ro policemen saw taw Owen and anu ordered him out o of town He went around a corner and sull Sullivan van followed d him t telling him not to pay any attention attention atten atten- tion to the officers Sullivan an took look him into a saloon gave him food and drink and started an acquaintanceship that th t resulted In a a. partnership co-partnership in crime lIe Ho tol told of ot the night at nt Tip Belcher's Belchers when the tho hold up was wa planned He handed handell his hla knife to Garcia for the whittling o ot of the b bullet t that at l. l later heter ter ended Fords Ford's F r 8 life lIe He lIt loP tola 0 ot dj the trl l n d. T H t nt o jt 1 n w Pi J wr Q W fe j n lae 4 r 1 u to th 1 1 c i la- la f It his report report- v vj j J o. o 1 Owen said al emphatically that he lie stood d gUI guald out outside ld while arid Gar Gat- Garcia Garcia Gar Gar- cia en entered terell the place and committed J robbery He saw tho the two to wo men running from leom the saloon and then took to night flight when ho he heard S 4 that killed Policeman Ford Say Sa Her The rho defense made no 0 ot theline the tho tholine line it will pursue during the trial From the opening statement all down through the examination cross it was shown by Mr Vickery that he and hia hin associate Mr Mr- Bailey Dalley would try to La prove that that- Sullivan left leet Salt Lake on ona a atrain train before the tho up hold occurred arid and that he was not In the city when It happened S I Dont you remember that when you OU and ind Sullivan and Garcia went to tho the Short Line yards Sullivan walk walked d northward and then caught a train ind antl that you did ld not nol see sec him again u until until un un- til il the preliminary examination f asked Mr fr Vickery I do not was the reply The same answer came at the close o jf f similar shullar Questions that were intended to break the ho t testimony of ot t tho to e witness Owen told a straightforward story without a hitch and he received re elved is za calmly the attorneys attorney's charge that had fired the tho fa fatal ta- ta he le e and not Sullivan tal al shot as he received other thrusts Owen showed the toe Jury that he could not lot shoot a a. revolver with his right which Is horribly maimed Tho The ThoIn all that is In ox finger and amI thumb are oft left of or the hand He can cnn not clasp a x t revolver and antI pull pun the trigger with hat that hand War or of oC Witness tnt und and Attorney T. T Owen and Sullivans Sullivan's attorney fought rought n i I. duel that kept the tho large audience in breathless excitement When the attorney at- at torney orney was trying to fasten upon Owen wen by his own testimony the holdip hold- hold UJ ip 11 of or the saloon and the subsequent murder there thero were 1 murmurs hat that culminated at tho the climax of or each in commotion tile thio court fre- fre warning the spectators that he ic te would clear tho the room The court room was crowded d from he the first minute of 0 We in tile the morning and friends of or the tho murdered policeman mingled with I hose those who had been attracted by morild mor- mor ild id curiosity Women sat liat here and antl here there in the crowd Aside from tho the Owen Ow n story that old by Walter Valler CosteLlo an nn old od man who ho was In the tho saloon at the Hie time mc of or I Ithe Interest of ot he the robbery was of or Interest and vital hal Importance to tho the statewide of ot the he case lIe He said that the ruan nn who held eld tho the place up held a 0 gun In his Ight hand and searched tho the men with his Is left leU His testimony went to prove hat It could not have been Owen I tier After searching tho the men in tho the place he the man went behind tho the bar and tho the cash register e Bartender r Tells Ten Andrew V J. J Buckley the bartender told old his version of ot the tho hold up bol up and It fairly well with that of Costellos Costello's Cos- Cos tellos tello's and antl later Inter Owens Tho rho defense rought brought out tho the point that Buckley Buckles ad be been n charged with holding up Like ike Glenn and then asked him if the state state- late had had not promised him immunity from om prosecution on that charge It if ho would tell a strong story to help convict con- con vict let Sullivan He Ho denied that any promise had been made him After Arter District Attorney Loofbourow and nd rid Attorney Bailey Dalley had mAe m e tho the opening pen ening In K statements for Cor the state stat and defense respectively J J. J r D. D H. H MoM MoM- ster deputy county surveyor surveyor- U- U oa on 1 c Two Tea i I I OWEN TOOK STAND STAND I AGAI AGAINST OLD PAL C Continued tl from IDse Out One fled fied maps of at the Albany hotel and the 3 adjacent jacent Adjacent territory Miss lIss Lulabell Ford Fora daughter of the murdered policeman policeman police police- man testified as ns to the tho phy physical condition condition condition condi condi- tion of or her father on tho night of tho the murder and ot of hon her visit to th the hospital after aCter he hc was wounded Sergeant Roberts Roberts Rob Rob- erts told of or detailing Ford to tho the beat along by tho the Albany b bar r Patrolman Clough Clouth said that ho he and Patrolman Emil Johnson were In the vicinity c of et the tho crime an and heard three shots They were at Fords Ford's side elde and heard him say sty Ho shot me mc at twenty feet Much Preliminary Work ork orl Patrolman Nick Gulbransen testified to h having helped take Ford to tho hos hos- pital pita The defense objected to tho time display dis play of or Fords Ford's clothing in tho the court courtroom room but the court overruled and ond ono one by y one the pieces were were brought out When hen all of or tho time clothing had bad been placed laced on oms a In full tull view of or tho jurors Samuel Oldham one of or tho the members members mem- mem bers ers of or the Jury asked the court to have them removed but tho the court dc do- the request Chief Tom Pitt testified concerning the he bullet that thal was laid on his desk doek purporting purporting- to be bo the bullet that killed Ford Fora W. W L. L Butterfield Jr a a. son ln law V aw of oC Ford said sold that he had hati been given on the bullet b by a a. nurse at the hospital hos hoe pital Dr Dl Paul police surgeon described es ho tho wounds and said sail that death re rc- rc salted from them All 11 of this timid was preliminary work In making the case for tor or the prosecution and with the out of or the wa way tho the state plunged Into the thc heavier part Of C Its work and brought out Ow Owen n Costello and others Tho Thu trial will be continued this morning when hen Owen will again take tae ho tho stand At the close of ot the session yesterday daY Owen wen and Sullivan wore were taken back to o thu tho J Ulc tho former as s a I convIct and nd the tha latt latter r for tor safe keeping |