The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-07-26

logersoll-And s. W. Dorsey was the
steamboat? (Lsughter.l
wines Well, yes; the steamboat.
1ugersoil pressed the witness upOn this
point. He said be understood S. W..
Dorsey vac principal being.
inEersoli-You mean the head devil,
IS it wereS
Witness-No; / won't say that. BE
Sas the head-centre.
Taxing up the conversation between
witness and Brady, InRersOll asked
james II he then told Brady to revoke
the order for an increase upon thssRaw-
lins White River route. The witness
answered be Was positive he had not so
directed Brady. H. told French 70 re-
woke the order, however. |, serscu
asked the witness If anybody told hin,
Rerdsl had plsyed upon him OSiec-
ton vaa made but Withdrawn, and
James said be heard couple of weeks
later that Rsrdell msi5 . staten mt in
which be declared be bad been imposing
upon himself (witness) aud the attorney
general
IngersoII-"Did anyone elsa tall you
such . thinR3"
James-"Y s. 1 believe you told me
something Of the kind" (LauRhter.)
Ingsrsoll-"I presume did. / rave
you greet deal Of good advice about
that dme"
.Wilso briefly cross-examined witness
without eliCitinR anything important.
IN reply 70 bliss, james said the words
"ngure-heads" were ais own. he meant
mat he really understood that all mem
oers OF the conbin atien were partners.
Dorsey being the principal, but the
others still remaining active partners.
A few unimpOrtGnt questions ended
yames examination. Ex-senator Powell
clayton was then placed on the stand,
be said be resided ia Little Rock, Ark
ansas; had known Rar0ell ten or twelve
years; met Rerdell abort June 9Th, 1881.
Before witness could proceed, several OBJ
jectlons were made by the defense 70 the
reception Of bis testimony. They were
overruled. He ss he met Rer.
dell upon the street near the
Riggs House, and at the latter's
solicitation gave him an interview at his
room. Rsfdell told him he was con-
necsed with the Dorsey combination, but
that bis interest WAS very email. Rerdell
said he was being unjnstly used by these
parties in connection with certsin steam
boat and stsr route claims. lin answer
to Wilson. believe the Jennings claim
was referred to. Rasdeil wat on to say
that be Was convinced that As saoa az the
claims were out Of the way he be
dropped by the combination rs being Of
no further use. IL he continued with
them be would pejure himself. or leave
the country and he resolved to do neither
of those things. he believed it beat,
| therefore, to side with government,
whom be declsred has been merely
scratching upon the surface in this mat
ter. The witness Aiked Rerdell why he
did not 20 to the government odieers1
Why be came to himf Rerdell said ne
wanted to be pu. in communication with
the head OF the postofhcs department
He also spoke Of his steam boat route and
about securing position f0E -his fatheT-
in-lsw, Jackson. Witness said he
could do nothing about the steamer
IL il had bean Improperly reduced
He thought Il might be restored It propar
Representations were made TO the depart
ment. He saw no reason why bis father
in law should not be provided with 3
government position. Rsrdell then re-
qussted witHess to bring about sn inter
view withisoms peopleI 10 the postofice
department. Any would answer, he
said, except Gibson or Cook. Witness
then arranged an interview with James.
The cross-exsminatiOn Of this witness
was brief ard brought out no new facts.
Adjourned.