The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-12-12

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were concerned.
HUGHES was recalled by the defense
/ was not in anv trouble or diihculty at
Anaconda, OF anywhere in that vlcin-
ity; was not taken from Anaconda 10
Butte in a box car, in order 10 secure
my personal safety.
]. w. HoBESsACK was Iecllied-i
Owen did not sign either the 1
O'Rielly certificate or the Union |
National Bank check; he said |
he was sure Of K. but he did not know /
who did sign them; the conversation |
was had in the marshal's office, near |
the wash-staud; l do not remember
anyone else except Hughes, Colonel
KaIghn and myself being present when
the conversation occurred; do not &c
member the circumstances that Sed up
TO the conversation.
NJ. haighn said there were some
other witnesses he desired to introduce,
but would not wait any longer, and
would call the defendant
OwEss testiied-Am defendant IN
| this case; was secretary and paymaster
OF The Mclean Gold Mining Company
/ in Eagle Rock; Hughes worked there;
Mclean came down here and tele-
| graphed for me to come down to Bling
/ ham: l did so: took my position
| there aud stayed with him until ABOUT
a month ago; saw Hughes about
/ three weeks ago at the White House;
the next day ne got some money from
! the McLeans. and told him hat l bad
! uo.money .wnen he gave ne 80: Hughes
shortly afterwards left town; last Sun-
day | was in Godbe Pitts Drug
store. when Hobensack told me that
man named Hughes had been in 20 see
me. | met Hughes later IN the evening;
on Main Street. Monday morning
| went into Browns saloon, and ne told
me that Hughes had Ioade winning
the night before; on Tuesday l met
Hughes again; Hughes told me that ne
| had won SlS5. and That he wanted me
10 make out u deposit check, as he
! wanted 70 leave some money with
II O'Reilly. and asked me 10 make the
amount Si29; got some paper from the
clerk and did it. Later, he said there
was q man in Butte who was owing
him some money, and he wanted me 70
maze out a sixty cay check for him; he
pulled a large number Of bank checks
from his pocket; the next day !
met him again, and Le tod tue
same story about man owing MIN
some money, and asked me to MI IN
check for him; l did so-teat Is the
check. the one on the Union National
]
lother sixty-d4y check for him. as he
was going ND 10 Montana; l did 50;
, that night l went into Browns saloon
ne told me that Hughes had left de-
pOsit che ok with him for $40, on which
lie had drawn SIS He asked me what
! thought Cf IL and ! told him fhat / dlo
not know: Brown asked me TO go anC
see o Reilly and find out IL 10 was al
right: went 10 see O'Reilly, but ii:
store was closed: then went down tn'
street and found Hughes at the White
Elephant saloon; crowd was N there
dr-u King, and at Hughes invitation
} look a drink; then returned 70 Brown (
! saloon, and a short time sfterwarc
! Hughes ana man named . Lear
came in and offered 10 put up watct
il Brown would surrender the cheek
Z Brown refused TO do it; / then toll
z smith that l thought there was some
2 thing wrong; the next morning l wen
to Browns saloon, but Brown was no
= there: Hobensack and l then went dow
1 and got two tickets 10 60 west with; vi
Z then went out 20 make visit or two
; and when we came back q man names
4 Bush met me, aud told me that Hughe
{ had been arrested and the detective
7 were looking for me; l went mp I
. Browns and told him OF the occurrence
aud told him that ] was anxious .
/ find it cut: met Deputy Smith and d
: odd ne that he had instructions 10 al
n rest me: we then went over 10 the mar
I. shats office, and then dOwa here;
n never gave Hughes any such bundle q
!. he alleged; Il vas not an unusual cas-
j. for Hughes TO ask me TO 60 with
le ior him-I have written letters for hin
quite freqEeatly; / have realized =
: mOney frOm the transaction az an 70
n. first time 1 ever saw auy OF the paper
IN after theywere drawn up by me Wa III
: night before Hughes was arrested
10 that was in Browns saloon, that VI
q when he asked Inc If il was D Reilly
AZ signature, and told him that l did ~
III know. as Z had never seen 1t; I knO
I'd nothing about the check being left
n Tomney's: have talked with Hugh
,d about the matter since l was arreste'
n. saw him in the afternoon OF that dc
be Ia the City Marshal Office when
n came to me aud said: What ha
ve thew got YOU here for2" ! told hi
10: that he had. implicated me, when he !
i: turned: That can't be- you knC
ey nothing about il. /"
- Cross-examined II have know
ed Hughes since March last: we have :
ways been on good terms; he IS go
a INNER, and always thought he wa
Il Ii
X the 500 check I said; ''Barnt
10 YOU are not doing anything
nd get me into trouble?" and he sal
il; mo, everything j. square" hugf
nd was in Brigham in August at the sai
,te time that ! was; 1 first met him
les Bingham as 1 was going up TO the p'
ers Office; II gghes told me that when
BE had q final settlement with the \
al. Leans, he would lend me some monl
he Mr.. Moyle made = very seaIchi
not eross-examination, but 10 little etfe
so however.
AN Re-direct-When I received the 10
of s. from Barney Hughes, was out
re- fluids, and out Of employment: to
ed Is some feeling between myself and
ow former employers that has b
lv. brought about By a misunderstood
lad OF trouble among my former c
SEQ pioyers; there was no IntimatiOn
y the time prepared the papers that u
ac- were 10 be used for any fraudulent p
) in pose I had no desire . do II; l thou
nad he was straight; my object IN going
ong California was because / was out
work h-re: HObensack was going and