Show LATEST NEWS FROM RY WEST E S T Utah Nevada Utah rd Utah Wyoming Idaho Nevada Montana Nevada Montana I I HB N m n 8 ALLEN TEllS i F DEATH STORY Accused Murderer of Of- Of Officer Officer Of Officer Heard in Own Defense I 8 S LT LT LAKE E Jan IS SG G Georgo George orge then lIen atlas alias ll Henry nry C Nett Hett was warn on tho 1 ho witness stand in his Ills own de- de defenSa de defense rens Monday In his trial tor for the murder of ot Police Sergeant N P Pierce when the court receded un- un until un-lil un til III morning when whon cross ex cross cross- X- X was vas continued AIJen Alen related the tho s before e lodge M I L and a jury In Inthe Inthe the tho Third District court ills Hla companion Mho sho ho tIed fled led at nt the time the tho shot wax was wa tired fired was a 0 man n to him as Happs Allen AUen said Pierce was as shot ahot Nov Nov- November November ember 27 1922 1322 His spinal cord cordas and was as severed e He languished lang died In March 1323 1923 Allen Alien also admitted strikIng Patrolman George F Watson atson over o the head following follow tollo ins Ing the shooting RETRACTS RETRACES The witness said uld other ther state state- statements statements statements ments admittedly made by him him- himself him 81 self dt during Investigation IlI December 6 and 6 1922 nero re untrue These statements In Involved 01 cd himself In a number ot of other crimes Crimea In Colo- Colo Colorado Colo rado I ado Monday 1 he denied participation aI I pation o In any ot o thee sa Ing ho took the tho responsibility for tor or them th em he ho was told by officers that such admissions slon wouldn't themI I hurt him In view le leot ot of the shoot shoot- shoot In ot of the I police sergeant serge and was IS s told lold that confession cot would help hell the police In clearing up their I records At that time h ho said on examination I cross cros he le would 1 ha base hae e beet bem willing IllIng to admit anything anything- mm IW riG rivo ron roll co coT T 1 T TAllen Allen Alien said saki that he had not seen een Arthur Ht es cc codefendant In the murder charge between bet the time he left the hotel and tho the time ho he returned ned after tiring firing on Sergeant PIerce no ITo stated on tint he lie returned to the hotel botel and I slept rising the tho not next morning and first buying buying- a paper to rca read the account Ho He and Haves Haes left their room together he said Hayes Bayes ho hd added asked him where hae his over over- 0 overcoat overcoat 1 coat was and was WM told by Allen n that he had got cot ot In trouble and anahid hid it Bayes offered to recover It it the witness slid said It wax was while they were recovering the coat that both both I ero ere taken by the police Allen Alien said ho he fIred tired because Ser Ser- Sergeant Ser Sergeant t geant Pierce tried to draw his bis gun on him Had ho he known kno Pierce sod ind Vats Watson on were cre officers he i ine ne neer er would woul l have fired nor dran dra n his gun sun he lie asserted Anen Alen said he ho did trot not know his I j and nd Watson Vatson w were re rIcers officers until heI he I had fired tired the tho shot J I jf |