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Show O'BRIEN ADMITS PAT QUiGLEY I WAS MURDERED TUESDAY NIGHT I Man Arrested at Montello Confesses He Aided in Carrying the Lifeless Body of Quigley From the Rooming House at 352 y2 Twenty-fifth Street, After a Row in Which M Quigley Was Beaten to Death. ' H In the capture of Whitney O'Brien in Nevada yesterday Sheriff T. A. De-Vlne De-Vlne and Chief of Police Thomas E. Browning have well established clues to a foul murder In Ogden. The Information Infor-mation they have proves that Patrick Quigley, a miner from Saline, was beaten to death in a rooming house at 352 1-2 Twenty-fifth street, dragged drag-ged down the rear steps and left crumpled up at the rear of the Senate Cafe, on Merchant's alley, where the body was discovered a few hours later lat-er by officers. The police suspected foul play when they examined the bruises on Quigley's face. Two men were located who had seen Quigley with O'Brien Tuesday night. Then It was learned that O'Brien O'-Brien had left the city for the west. A telegram to the officers at Montello Mon-tello resulted In the man's arrest and he was returned to Ogden this morning morn-ing by Sheriff DeVine and Chief of' Police Browning. Within a few hours after the arrival of the officers in Ogden with O'Brien, Frank Phllbrook, a steam shovel engineer, en-gineer, was placed under arrest and landed in the county jail. The arrest was made on th Information given by O'Brien that Phllbrook called him from room No. 7 of the rooming house nf about midnlcht Tuesday, and asked him to aid in taking a man down stairs O'Brien said he assisted In taking the murdered man down the narrow steps at the rear of the place and left the body near the rear of the Senate cafe. O'Brien disclaims any part In the murder, but states that a fight took place in rooms No. 2 and No. 3 and that Quigley was beaten up. He states thnt tbre were more than Quigley and Philbrook In the rooms and that It sec-mpd to him that Uipv all had taken a part in the fight. However, he has r-ot yet disclosed the names of the other men and it Is possible, the officers offi-cers think, that he does not know them. It is evident, however, that a gang of bad mea has been rooming at the place for some time past and that various crimes of the past nine months can be traced to the men. A representative of ' the Standard visited the rooming house this morning morn-ing and he was rather relieved when he got out or the place without trouble.. trou-ble.. The proprietress of the place stated that O'Brien occupied room No. 7 last Tuesday night, but that room No. 2 was not occupied. She said that she was operating tho place without a license and that she kept no register She knew that O'Brien was there, however, as he had beon rooming there for some time. She had not taken out a license, nor had . she provided a register, as she did I not understand that the law required it. Tho woman denied that there had been anv trouble in the house Tuesday Tues-day night. As the newspaperman was talking with the woman, a large burly fellow swaggered down the hallway and back, brushing uncomfortably close to the reporter and casting looks that were not at all reassuring. As he passed along, the reporter observed the point of a sharp two-edged dirk protruding from the waistband of his trousers. Not much is known of either O'Brien O'-Brien or Phllbrook. except that they have boen associated for some time past with a suspicious lot of men who claim to be laborers, having occasional occasion-al employment with construction companies. com-panies. That Quigley was murdered is now evident beyond doubt and the officers expect to make further arrests. Where Crime Was Committed. The rooming house at 352 y Twenty-fifth street Is conducted by Mrs. Fannie Dawson, the woman who recently re-cently figured conspicuously in the case of the Siato against Joseph Warner, War-ner, who is now serving time in the stale penitentiary for assault with Intent In-tent to commit murder. The charge against Warner was that he assaulted Mrs. Dawson, with a revolver with intent in-tent to kill her, but she denied that Warner had done so. However, eye witnesses to the affair testified to facts connected with the case that led the jury to find a verdict of guilty, guil-ty, recommending mercy. Tho rooming house entrance Is from Twenty-fifth street, with a narrow hallway leading to a stairway at the rear of tho building. The hall is on the second floor of the building and it is very narrow, sleeping rooms be-inrr be-inrr nn fiithor side. There is hardly room enough in tho hall for two persons: per-sons: to pass without touching each other, and the stairway down to Merchant's Mer-chant's alloy at tho rear is also very narrow. The officers have learned that room No. 7, which was occupied by O'Brien is directlv across the hall from rooms No. 2 and No. 3. It is said that Quigley Quig-ley occupied room No. 3. It is not known who was In room No. 2. The rooms along the hall are separated by only thin partitions and a slight noise can be heard throughout the house. Murdered About 2 o'clock. In telling of the incident In which he was requested by phllbrook to aid in taking Quigley down stairs, O'Brien said that Phllbrook camo to the door of room No. 3 and said: "The old man has bumped off, and I wish you would give me a lift in getting him out of here." The officers say that Phllbrook had no room in the house, but that he had gone there with Quigley and was occupying oc-cupying his room. While O'Brien thought it was about midnight when Philbrook called him. It might have been nearer 2 o'clock. Quigley' body 'was found by the officers be-J tveen 2 and 3 o'clock in the morning, H and it is claimed that death had oc- H curred only a short time before. H Both the sheriff sand the police IH have not left a stone unturned Bince tho discover' of Quigley's body in an H effort to solve the mystery of his H death. They are undecided as to the H exact part played in the murder by M O'Brien, but they have no doubt as to H the guilt of Phllbrook and many of the H officers are of the opinion that O'- H Erien was a party to the crime. M A number of arrests have been jH made and the suspects are in either M the county or city jail and it is ex- H pected that other arrests will follow M after another interview with O'Brien M this afternoon. It is possible, too, M the officers think, that O'Brien will M confess to having been directly Impli- jH cated In the affair. He is at least an H accessor after the fact. H Phllbrook was very nervous when placed under arrest but he has refus- ed so far to make any statement. He jH made no resistance when officers ap- M proached him to place him under ar- H rest on lower Twenty-fifth street. He H is a man about 40 years old, his hair jH tinged with grey. He Aveighs about H JLS0 pounds and Is short of stature. iH Mrs. Fannie Dawson was arrested M late this afternoon, and is being held at the city jail. jH (Continued on Page 7.) H nn ., H O'BRIEN ADMITS . PJTflGLEYlS ' MURDERED (Continued from Page 1) Late this afternoon O'Brien further confeBBod that Qulgley was doped and died in the kitchen of the rooming house, in tho presence of Phllbrook, R. M. Powers, Alfred Dawson and Mrs. Dawson. From the kitchen the body was carried ta room No. 3 by Phllbrook and Powers. At 2 o'clock in the morning, O'Brien assisted Phllbrook Phll-brook in taking the body down the back stairs. Going down, the body slipped from their grip and tumbled down stairs. |