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

heard there Wa. NdIlths
on for him, and he wanted to see what 1
It was about. Owens had told him ne /
had flled IN the body of the o Reilly |
certificate. he bad bought Owens
ticket for San Francisco. expecting 10
be reimbursed when Ovens got on his
feet again. de was with Owens when
he was arrested, aDd had said 70 him.
"You re- probably arrested for writing
that o Reilly paper"
or cross examination he said some
time b-fore this, as ne and Ovens were
coming round the Gift House corner,
some one fJoe Bushl had called Ovens
aside and spoke 10 hin. Owens mac
then said that there was a warrant OUT
for bis arrest on something about me
O'Rei.iy paper left by Hughes with
Brown. and be said ne Ban'eu ~ 80
AID see about il.
Witness said there was nothing secret
about the manner Of his departure; he
had lid parties in Spencer & kimoill's
and Godbe Pitts that be was going 20
leave that afternoon and that owens
vas going with him.
Fhus far nothing material against
Owens had been ELECTED. whether
there would be or not was now 20 De
settled in the calling Of Barney hughes,
the other defendant, who marched 10
the Wit ess stand.
TIE COURT instructed Hughes that
being q defendant in the case ne was
not compelled 70 answer any qussuons
that would criminaie himself ne
manifested his readiness 10 tell all ne
Knew. however, and said IN broad
iri-h brcgue:
first knew Mr.. Owens at Eagle
Rock. idaho. be was CLERK there where
us working. I mex: saw MIN
nm in Bingham. He came there IN
| August or September. He was keeping
tirns for James Mclean and i was
| working Tor the same company (1ose-
mite 40. p. He left there about
month ago. and came IN later, meet
ing MIN the night ] came IN at the
White House. He took me IN ana
registered for me. went back 10
BINGHAM and returned here about I'VE
days ago. I did not md him at the
| White House, and on inqulring ior MIN
found him at Brownie, s saloon he IN
! trOiuced me TO Brownie.
HUGHES was handed some oil the
o-Did You ever see these befOrs2
] A.-Yes. sir.
Q.-Wheu2
S.-WeI I saw them in a bundle
there were seven or eight OF them.
Q-Who gave them 70 your
! AR. Owens. -,
The witness was handed the O'Rsilly
! certificate.
! A.-WeM, l suppose l did got II
hack from him next morning. any way
Wnen some one told me 1 had given q
! couple Of checks to Brown and Tomney
,uaj we're OF no use. ! weat night out
Intending 70 find Owens, bat seeing
Tomney aud Brown coming after me,
Went to one side aud lookea az 'hein.
then said, BY G., these checS'
are fraud.F and tore them
M. or supposed l did. Al
the papers HAD on me were given K
me by Mr. owens, who owed me
littIe money. and who told me th'
checks would get me what l wanted
that night. l didn't sign any OF them
not As / know OF. I had been drinkinl
q good deal, and a. far a | know Their
was nothing done on them, no writing
added. after they come into my posses
sion. / didn't know / was offering any
thing wrong. l told Brownie he coult
nave my watch, too, but he wouldn
take IL / don't think l could write
much-not like that. Mr.. Owens toll
: me 10 leave what money ! might e
!
Hogse I got S. from Mr.. Lang, but b
wouldn't take the check.
!; Movie aud Ferguson here leaned
! back 10 their chairs with satisfied ex
! preston. Hughes testimony had bee
given with a clear but stupid honesty
I | that evidently made its impressio
: upon the Judge. o en- face, 8
/ Hughes story came out, had a
= | sumed q somewhat deeper flush. but
kept his impassive silence
Z Colonel Kaighn conducted 8 thol
y ough and rigorous crOss-examinauOl
: bur his confidence was eyident
{ dashed. In answer 20 his querls
Hughes said Ovens had given him Il
Q papers between the Gilt House an
: the Walker House on the night oil u
p Sth. between and 9 o'clock. be sa
4 he was not a good penman; II he hs
d any writing TO do, he usually got
:. friend TO do il for him. He said he h
told no one what he would testify {
y had not "a ked with the polio when
/, had siyen the Mclean Cneck TO Ton
NJ nev. ne had asked him to let him ha
Il what be could on il, SO. SIS or s.
an knew nothing OF the check, or what
= wo1ld bring. He had wanted mon
N TO send two or three of the boys hon
81 who were busted. Owens had recely
none Of the money he had obtained
HUGHES here wrote his name on
slip Of paper at Col. Kaighu's reque
A black scrawl, traced with a slo
OF shaking hand; he was then told
Is, write the name of J. J. O'Reilly, a.
ne did so after being told how TO spell
he then wrote that of Marcus DAILY, a
his spelling not being guided he wrC
/ Marks DAILY then the name OF j. u
OF Mclean. crowd of lawyers, report
y and policemen surrounding the Ia
ne as he did so. Ii is very evident III
unless he were q cunning actor,
man who traced those lines Gould
ms have executed three signatures
ms different as those Of O'Reilly, McLe
10 and Daily.
or The cross-examination being
rs. sumed. Hughes said he had wori
ow in Butte six weeks, but did not kn
on Marcus DAILY. He knew Mr.. O'Reil
~ was on friendly terms with him. h
NJ been arrested before IN San kranci
Tvs on a charge Of assault and batter
itu rescuing a prisoner-but had been
Quilted. Had never been in. troubl!
'ut Butte. When he quit Bingham he
a little money. but il didn't last i