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Show .. SIIOCKU'VS CONIM-SSION To llio jitr(lor of GlcnHon and Urigliton. IlKHON I'Oll BT.MKMIINT. ' Olhcu-of Utah Suite Prison, Jau 10, 1WI. It is possible thai an innocent man might sillier for the gu)ty and that the man I itnpllc.ited probably mlgh. not prove his fuiHH'ciivu-' My true nuniu-ls us I stated. 1 havu father and utother iilidi5iVwirW3'.Sifcii'n5fl.''iy Mlftouil, I am not a criminal ntjifiirt and never hurt n man previously. My rcroid can be tracui up, 1 am the muu that caused the death of these two street ear men on the night of Jati. (i, On lio i-Uht of this tragedy ( tni k th fcii(d Soiitl, street car and went to Tenth Kist mid walked to the fceno of tho holdup. Wlien I went in the ear I had my gun in my hand and told the men to hold up their hands. Neither ono ol the two socmed to be .-xcitul nud the smaller ono of tho tvo said: "i'oil hail better put up your haudB " I rcall.i'd then lhat they were noing to make a fight nud started to back out cf the car, hut before I reached the door the two men mado a tush nt me nhtl were on no Lcfoie 1 could get nut. I could have killed both men be-foie be-foie they got me had I been so m'nded. When they took hold of me, tho largest larg-est man llifit, the smaller man drew a i;un and pointed it In my eye. It could net have been more than a foot and a half away. The other man hold mo, und l was positive that lie would shoot, and I, waited to hear tho report of the jiiu. For some i euson ho did tut lire and I wrenched myself free f'om the oilier man. At tho same time this muii stepped back und took hia gun in both hands, and even at this time the thought pftHsed through my julnd, ''I wonder if it's possible to hit that man's arm in i-asc he goes to Ire?" and I drcv down rtilh my gun with tho intent to hit his inn, but nt tnc sumo time that I drew my gun down lite other man grabbed at m' aim iilid 'threw the other arm around mo, My linger was on tho trigger trig-ger and my gun went oil" at lhat time, and I did rot know whether I had lilt li I in or not. At the same instant that my gun tired I w touched loose, from the other man again nud dtaited for the door. At his time I tried to foice tho larger mini out of the door, but could not, At the same time the larger mini if ached Into liis pocket, whether to get n weapon or do away with-hls money I do dot know, hut Biiiio3ci at 4ho time that it must be to get a weapon. I tenu'inber .well the thought passed through my mind, ".My God, I can't take chained with aiiMhor gun," and I II ml to hit him After 1 had fired, the man seemed to siaud perfectly rtill and I forced ni tell ly him unit left the pi me If,l h.nl thought lliMu man winted o make tno a priinerwor lmi cvqu told iiie b give them the gnu, 1 would have dtie it rather than shot the moil. The w first man was lilt by an accidental shot which resulted in bin dra'th, and as the last reaort I eh"i tbo other mail when I thought he would kill me. Had I known nt Hip time that It wasonly a term In the penitentiary, even though It had been a lifetime, I would never have fired, bill at that time It looked nothing but death. The couei qtieuco of inv action Is as I have here Ktafed and li as ulioxo. J. M. SHOCPLKY. Witnesses W. J. Lynch, J. R lUlolgh.ThoniHB C. Wright and John Stowo. , ' Olltce Utah State Prison, Jan. 10, 1904. In regard to the iinldup on the Douglas Doug-las lino laxt July, when the conductor ran from me, 1 did not fire at him with tho intention of hitting Iilm, only to stop' him.- furthermore, I novcr wanted to hurt these men; also assured as-sured them that 1 did not want their own watches or money, which thfiy will bear mo nut in. (BlgnwlJ J. M. SI10CKLEY. - Witnesses: William J. Lynch, Q. Ar llulelgh, Thomas Wright and John Rtowe. |