Show CHIEF SHEETS KNEW receipted for registered letters sent by bell as frank martin salt lake may 17 republican honest monest george sheets chief of police of salt lake city knew where W W st clair was located all the time the county authorities were spending money to search for the accomplice in the mcwhirter swindle chief sheets rec received elved two registered letters from frank martin a name assumed by st clair alias bell one was sent from riverton verton Rl wyo to salt lake and chief sheets signature Is in the postoffice post office showing that he received the letter the other letter waa was sent by st clair from kansas city and chief sheets signed for it the police chief know that frank I 1 martin anva was s none other than the notorious W W bell the bogus policeman who masqueraded masquerades masquera ded in chief sheets presence in the settlement with the mcwhirter brothers tho the night of the robbery last fall chief lc sheets beets work overtime giving tho information to the county authorities nor did he exert himself to effect the capture of the crook although he knew know that bell was wanted in salt lake honest george sheets very adroitly kept the information under his hat and for more than half a year the sheriffs office scoured the country tor for bell spending money to get him of all men in salt lake george A sheets was the last man who wanted bell to return bell operated in salt lake under full protection of the police ho he left salt lake after the big robbery without interference on the part of the police and he operated in MiO missouri url his home state knowing oving that no effort would bo be made by the police department of salt lake to bring him back ho he was wag in touch with chief sheets all the time as will be shown when he is up for trial the rho county authorities have proof that at least two letters were sent to chief sheets and they expect to furnish proof as to the contents of those these letters how many letters chief calef sheets wrote to bell without copying them in the official book at police station or how many more letters boll bell wrote to the chief may furnish additional spicy evidence at the trial the postmaster at riverton verton Ill wyo can testify that W W st claar sent a re registered letter from that office under the tho name of frank martin the postmaster at riverton verton Ill knows frank martin was a fictitious name the connecting link will bo be welded into the chain whon when the salt lake post office will furnish the signatures of chief sheets to the registry receipts that bell bad had assurances of droter prote tion in kansas city Is as certain as his assurance of police protection in salt lake he operated boldly there as ho he did here news comes comes from Alls missouri that governor folk Is now at kansas city investigating the charges of corruption in the police department and the indications point pol it to an all implication of many of the prominent officials of that end of the city government ern orn ment when bell waa was arrested by deputy sheriff dick eddington in kansas city he wanted to be taken to salt lake immediately the deputy sheriff was in no particular hurry because ho taking any chances ho he wanted to bo be sure of his ground after bell had been safely lodged in the county jail in salt lake he be told dick eddington why he wanted to leave kansas city in a a hurry he ile said that he would have been rescued by accomplices before the train was reached if the deputy sheriff had bad attempted to take him out of town this voluntary statement on the part of bell clearly illustrates illustrate a the organization of the crooks at kansas city ales alec and william Alc mcwhirter whose first meeting with bell reversed their fortunes drifted into the county lall thursday and quickly identified st clair as bell the bogus policeman the two Scotch men went into the jail where there were a number of prisoners and both picked st 81 clair with out hesitation |