The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-08-03
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he SAID he had purchased his con-
GrolIlng interest In the capital from
Don Platt IN March, 1880. for So.
600, General Brady furnishing the
money. He was asked if he had not
told Walsh in July, 1851. that ne
had paid Brady IN kind for this
money. He said he had some su n
conversation with Walsh, but
thought he told Walsh he had not
paid him, for that was the fact.
Brady did hold hts notes for the
loan, but had since surrendered them
to him. He believed he resigned his
office as printing clerk in February.
1881, but was not relieved until
March, and he drew his pay up to
March I'D. He finally admitted
that he assumed charge of the Cap
ttoL upon receiving the money from
Brady and after his resignation.
He did not think it singular pro-
ceeding for him to apply to IA COM
paratlve stranger for money. He
preached the subject to Brady, and
perhaps he might have represented
to Brady that the paper might be
useful to him. He had not resigned
from his position as printing clerk
because of his scruples about the law.
He went to Colonel Burch and told
him of his transaction with Walsh
and called his attention to the law.
Col. Burch told him while there was
nothing illegal in the transaction,
he would prefer his clerks should
not be interested in legislation. He
then resigned.
Merrick-DO you mean to tell the
jury that you surrendered this S2l,-
900 (O place for 81, 900 fee offered
by Walsh?
The witness said he wished to Sc
cure money with which to purchase
the CdpitOl. He did not know
Brady when he resigned, and did
not then expect to borrow money
from him. Merrick asked the wit
ness if he had no better explanation
to offer for his singular action in
giving up his position. After &C
knOwledging that ne had no means
Of securing money for his pr0spec-
tive investment beyond the 81 900
given by Walsh, the witness rather
deGantly said he had already given
his reasons and he regarded them
as sufficient. The witness stated he
had been paid by Walsh to secure
his help in having the deficiency
bill passed, and Merrick made a
searching examination upon this
point. The witness said Salisbury
engaged him to write an argument
for HIM when the prOvisO was about
to be inserted discriminating against
SaulSbury's contracts He had
drawn upon Salisbury afterward
for those services, but the draft had
been returned protested. He had
not told newspaper men generally
that he would blow up the whole
thing and give away the concern
Brady included, if Sauls-
bury did not pay this bill. In fact,
he said he knew nothing to tell. He
made over his stock in the Capitol
to General Brady, receiving in re-
turn his own notes, and then con-
tinued in the position Of editor. The
court refused to allow Merrick to
ask witness the amount of his sal
airy, although Merrick said hs wished
to bring the witness and Brady
pretty close together. The witness
said ne had written many articles
on the star route matter for the
Critic and Capitol, always on the
side Of the defense. Merrick, de-
spite the objections Of the defense,
read from these articles. They con-
tain severe structures and reflections
upon the prosecution and the court.
The reading created much amuse-
ment in the court room, even Judge
Wylie smiling when particularly
singing passage referring to him
self was read. Counsel for the de-
Tense again interfeyed to prevent
further reading of the articles, as
serting that the witness had already
sufficiently shown his animus.
The court said in this instance the
witness had Eean brought forward
to contradict one of the most impOr-
taut witnesses on the other side. Ii
was shown that he was employed
by one Of the defendants. and had
written most Yituperative aud
libels about everybody in any way
connected with the administration
OF Justice. The court said he
wanted to see this thing, so far as
legitimate, brought before the jury.
These articles were new to him,
although he had been hOnored with
some notice.
Colonel Totten said he did not
understand that any one of the de-
PENDANTS were to be punished for
the writings Of the witness. The
court said they were not. He only
wanted the matter brought before
the jury. He had determined to
allow the other side prosecution
the fullest cross-examination on
this subject. Merrick then read
several other articles of the same
character, and the witness was
turned over to the defense.
Wilson asked the witness if the
New York papers had not been in
dulging in criticisms against the
defendants, but objections were
made. Wilson said he expected to
show that there was a newspaper
controversy growing out of this
matter, in which the defendants had
been in the minority; he would
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