| Show BLAMES PAt PAL FUR FOR MURDER 5 5 Of Sam Kirk Kirkatrick atrick Confesses to the Chief of Police Going Over All the Details of the Crime at the Ramona Hotel I IDENTIFIED AS HARLEY BROWN Mother Lives in Terre Haute Ind hid Wife in Jail in Canada F Formal Complaints Followed by Pleas of Not Guilty ERICKSON FUNERAL TODAY SAMUEL SAl KIR who I. I was arrested for complicity in inthe inthe inthe the murder of C. C L. L Erickson a miner min min- er cr at the tLe Ramona hotel Friday ri ay has confessed to Chief of Police S. S M. M Barlow Barlow Barlow Bar Bar- low and Captain of Detectives Riley Hiley M. M Beckstead the part he played in inthe inthe inthe the tragedy casting all the tIle blame for forthe forthe the tile murder upon Harley le l hinney who yesterday was identified as HarIcy Harley Harley Har Har- ley Icy Brown SOil son of Mrs J J. C. C Brown Poplar street Terre Haute Ind Browns Brown's wife is serving sering time in the jail at Prince Albert Canada Her term expires in in November The confession of oC Kirkpatrick was voluntary lie He says sars that ho o would have havo confessed tho the moment he ho was placed under arrest had hac the fact been made known to him that Brown alias Uc- Uc killed Erickson on Because he claims to despise a man who would commit murder he lie says sas he hc was was Wag waiting wait wail ing all t the te c. c time while he heVa's was Vas In tho the city prison for some Nome one to tell him hini If Ir the tile man Brown shot was waR dead and ho hodl dl did not nol lei learn thin thIu until Sunday after after- noon 5 he c called Barlow and Captain Beckstrand and antI made mad a n clean breast of or all he knew about tho the mu murder nil e r. r I 1 was working for a novelty compan company com corn pany p-an selling chameleons a at t Blackfoot Idaho about a month ago when I first met the man who called calle himself Harley sa says s Kirkpatrick In ills his confession I never found anything very attractive In him but he seemed to take a liking h vb to me e. e I believe belle he was then In some somo kind of a newspaper soliciting game g but 1 didn't J Know now there was anything wrong with him Later I 1 went to Ogden b by orders of or orthe the company compan that I worked for and antI sold Jold chameleons at the State Four-State fair tc al also o showed up UI at Ogden den and we became somewhat friend friendly He Ho told mo me of a lot of his experiences When hen the Utah state fair fall opened the company compan I 1 worked for ordered me meto meto meto to Salt Sail Lake told me that he would also go to Salt Lako Lake but I 1 went wont ahead of him and he came came- about three throe da days s 's later latel He seemed pretty well supplied with mone money and antI I 1 a asked him how he got It He told me that he lIe had hatI a a. graft on the tile side This Tills he said was tas rooming cm om and later explained that it meant following a man wearing diamonds and Jewelry to his room or home and ond holding him up lIP lie Ito said sail it was the safest method of getting away after a Used Morphine While iilO In Salt Lako Lake we got ot a room at the Model hotel had told me mo before that he had used morphine morphine morphine mor mor- phine but had hatI quit the habit When I 1 went to room with him I 1 found that he was still using dope When hen he lie got goal up Friday morning four or five before I 1 did he took two shots of mor mor- phine He lie asked aSkell me If I dl didn't nt want ant to take a shot I tol told him that I 1 had never lIo used It antl rd didn't want to But Buthe Buthe Buthe he coaxed me mc and antI finally I sal said I was game ame and I took a shut shot It made mado me feel pretty prelly good g but hut didn't seem to have all any unnatural effect upon moI mo I Leaving the rooming rooming- house we went out onto the street treet MC lc said saidI that ho he Intended to spot a live ll one I Continued on un Four I I I BLAMES PAL FOR I MURDER OF Sam Kirkpatrick Confesses to I Barlow Barlow Identified Identified I fied fled as Harley Brown Continued Krom Io c One tine and sized up a lot of oC people Toward oward the afternoon wo went to LO tho the Kenyon Kenon hotel pool room I 1 watched A the boys play and sat down In a chair ML- ML wont went out and remained out of tho the pool room possibly an hour AS ts u. u h camo came back he leaned over me mo and said ald he ho had got sot his live lIvo one I J followed him to tho the entrance of oC the Kenyon I hotel hot I where pointed d out the man we tried to rob Ho lie called my attention atton- atton tion to the bl big diamond ho had on his finger cr and said salli sale that hed he'd have It before nightfall nl The man who had the tho diamond was talking with a 1 woman lc 1 told mo that tho the game was wal to fo follow them wherever where they went The They started started started start start- ed down Main Hain street and went to th the and we followed The They came out of ot the and we kept after aCter them as IlS they went back up p Main street ant and walked along alons- other streets Finally the they went down own Second Second Sec Sec- ond onel South street until they the arrived atthe at tho the hot hotel l. l AVo Ye kept trailing them until the they finally went up Into the hotel I 1 remained at the d door or and Mc- Mc 1 Ic- Ic went up After ACter five vo or ten minute he ho came down and anel told me that he ho had located their room He lit said that he had found them standing In the corridor of oC the tho hotel had passed them anti and gone jone to tho the further farther end of the corridor and watched th them m from a stairway as they entered room No 12 Into I 1 accompanied Ic up into the hotel Ho lie handed mo me a black Jack and told me to do everything he said salt Ic rapped on the door of ot room Xo No 12 At first there was wa no answer and he rapped harder When hen hena a woman came to the iho door lc pulled It H wide open and pointed his re revolver revolver ro- ro volver In the face lace of the man who had tho the big diamond on his finger Inger rhoman rhoman rho Tho Thoman man was slow about throwing in up his hlA hands and Io h 0 struck him hint on tho the head with tho the revolver The man started to fight Wo We both tied handkerchiefs handkerchiefs hand hand- kerchiefs over our faces before wo we entered on- on en entered tho room loom lc asked asted me Ire to help him and I 1 drew tho the blackjack out of my m pocket and started to strike strip tho the man man I was not quick enough h for tor and the latter Jerked the blackjack ck from Cram my illY hand and started to pound him over the head The man yelled for or all he was worth anti and tho the woman screamed We Vo could hear someone comIng coming coming com com- ing down the hallway and l Ic ru rushed hed to the door A shot rang out and I heard someone fall lc 1 called upon mo to beat it lt I was still tangled up with the man we were trIn tryIng try try- In lug Ing to rob and from crom whom I was trying trIn tryIng try try- In Ing to wrench the tho diamond ring As Ac I started for Cor the door to run the theman theman theman man I had been wrestling with seemed to be Just as at anxious to get et out as I Iwas IwaH was waH and we almost stuck between thedoor the thedoor thedoor door frames I think there thero was new ne paint In the room where whore we wo attempted to rob the man and I got tangled tang ed up with him so badly that I was afraid I wouldn't get out When hen I came camo out Into tho the hallway I had to stop step over thoman thoman tho thoman man 1 shot I dashed down the corridor or and In running out out of the hotel knocked a heel hod off ote on on the stairs I knew that this was bad dope Mc was Just ahead of me we 0 started of off oft together ether but I changed ed m my course and started walking a as naturally naturally nat nat- as m my heelless shoo shoe would permIt per per- mit t. t I r I walked all over town and when I camo came to tho the realization that m my heelless heelless heelless heel- heel less shoo shoe and paint which I got sot on Ill my Sleeves sl In the hotel there hotel there was waR new paint In tho the hotel somewhere It was wa not blood would blood would attract attention I went to tho the room at the Model to get et the tho paint of off and knock the tho other heel off of my shoe I was Just getting ready to get et out and catch a rattler when two officers entered tho room and placed me under arrest I feel teel certain that lc had hall never seen the tho woman who was waR in the room with tho thin Oman man we attempted to rob roh before Mc hinney killed Erick Erick- son on She kne knew nothing about our plans which were framed up UI on the tho spur of or tho the moment Formal Complaints fUt Flied Complaints char charging ln Brown alias lc 1 and Samuel Kirkpatrick with murder in tho the first dc degree roc were drawn up in the office of oC the county attorney yesterday es forenoon The They were sworn to by Detective F F. M M. Schulze and Mounted 1 Patrolman Horace Horace Horace Hor Hor- ace Heath At 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon afternoon afternoon aft aft- Brown alias Ic and Kirkpatrick were arraigned In the Justice justice justice Jus jus- tice court of hurry Harry S S. Harper rhe They pleaded not guilty guilt and anti waived their preliminary examination being bound over to the tho district court without hall ball immediately they the were taken to the count county Jail Mrs Mary Iary Fuller In whose room atthe atthe at atthe the Ramona tho the attempt to rob Sol S. S Brown a u diamond salesman took place shortly before the murder was vas released from Cram custody as a material witness b by order of oC Justice of or the Peace Pence Harper yesterday afternoon She will be re reI required required re- re I to report at police headquarters twice ouch each week until tho the trial oC of Brown Drown and Kirkpatrick Funeral services for Cor C. C L L. L Erickson who was shot and killed b by Brown will take place at 10 o'clock tills this forenoon toro fore noon from the tho mortuary chat chapel el of the ODonnell O'Donnell Undertaking company In Interment Interment Intermont In- In will take place In Mount Olivet ot cemetery |
