The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-02-09
IT WAS NO FORGERY,
ana Patrick Henry Lannan I'm
violates himself to Prove It..
THOSE DISPATCHES IN COURT
"''srs. "nltney and Groo, of The Herald
caiied to Tell Where They Received
Their Information.

q o'Sue5. LdQQan
ID. arrested on the complaint of ono Ooh.
m, brother Liberal, the COMPLAINT ro.d;ns
er follows: "o'ns
ty IERRRIToRY OF UTAH,
Id COUNTY OF SALTLAKE. IS.
We SoEer: S'"toS COMM
VIM; ochs, on the part of the people
ed " IAN territory, on information and belle
lie. "a oaGn complains that P. H Lannan n
the 9th day of February, 1890. in sa
county ana territory, unlawfully and felol
lousy, old knowingly, and wilfully deliv,
unIo Inc Salt Lake Tribune Publishing cor
pany then and there a certain tele
n. eran then and there false an
'orseo In the words as follow:
CHICAGO, Ills, Feb. s. 1890.
70 tee: on"i'Aian Liberal Commi
rs answering your telegram: Jesse F
&c barton IS supposed to be a LAWYER of littI
n practlce and no standing. Is Interested i
9 some mining property in the west with
. nan named Goldberg. Barton is Der
e miaanently located somewhere in Utah
e Mlgnt De recommended by parties Won name
r Charles Arnold or Charles Van a rae
/ was arrested in Chicago for swindline ar
s rested IN Kentucky for kidnapping: in
3 oicged Tor perjury in Pennsylvania: aisl
y inolcted IN Chicago in 1888 for blackmail.
lng. an Arnold is looked upon as q
:, nM1iiiioler, olackmailer and perjurer and the
pollce nave been looking after him as a
raS anC. Willlam Ella is an associate of
gamblers and drunken soft and nInooo or
around gambling houses Never TO INV
hnoWledge served time. Will endeavor tn
send newspaper files about Arnold.
w. A. PINKERToN.
: linen and there knowing the said tn he
5alse, forged and counterfeit with intent IN
tbo ,.e ana de1raud the said company and
generally against the peace and dipnitv Of
tne people OF Utah territory, and contrarv
Go Ihe form OF the statutes in such casa
MADE and provided. Therefore affiant nrays
Gnat a warrant may issue for the arrest
vi sald T. II. Lannan and that he be dealt
with according to law. ''iO
subscribed and sworn to before mo +b;s
sth day OF February, 1890 '
co j. w. GREENMAN,
| Utah territory. oooi VI
Byron Groo and H. G. Whitney. of THE
IaA5 We're among the witnesses sum
lioneu, ". w. Penrose, of the Ne,rs. was
wanted, but was not found. 1t was evident |
Cnae the whole thing had been hastily de-
clded on and set for SATURDAY. night IN
was the hour-in order tie catch the SIM
uay papers, the last chance the Liberals
would nave to deny that there bad been
Any forged dispatches. THE HERALD and
NeUS were TO be called on to show yvherein
tne forgery consisted, and Mr.. Lannan had
acconnoaatlngly allowed himself to be
arrested Tor the purpose of setting tbe in,
vestlgation on foot NV III
William Ochs appeared and was sworn
farla1~You have made complaint
against T. ID. Lannan for forging and de-
p5v rhIing certain kilograms to the Tribune
~ u1uoiisnlng company, alleged to be from
w. a. Plnkerton. Where did Won receive
your information? y" ioooiVe j
WlGness-l received my information from
d d certain portion of, the Salt Lake press
II Evening NeWs and Morning HERaID {
Z, rom Ihose articles had reason to believe
t,,,, , sne ulspatcnes published in the Tri-
oan were raise. have no further knowl-
cage concerning these dispatches. /
u. u. whitney sworn. am business l
manager OF THE SALT LAKE HERALD NV L
aCuentloh mas been drawn to the dispatches 7
pio anu con. know something about the S
aispaIcnes. The information I received
" so as 1roln oIhers whom | have no reason to I
louDG. referring to the dispatch concern T
ng Jesse b. Barton, | saw the telaoraro 7
lrst as published in the Times. Next dav p
u appeared differently in the Tribune v
ueG barton, asked him about the disnatch c.
y 1oGh as 1t appeared in the Times and y
.I tD, anu he said he would have some
,,o. i lI Tor me concerning them soon.
nn1
dispatches and had given them to the W., ~a
ln "a, could clip them from that paper
Cfoss-examined by Governor West who "
appeared Tor Lannan-I first met Rarton OF
bout week ago, but don't know of NV 81
Wn knowledge that he came here nm am =,
pecial purpose oi' any F
Varlan wanted to know the object Of til
his line of questioning and said if had No No hi
caring on the case 40" no g
vest wish to show that this man was m,
iought mere for the purpose of
Jung IN the election. This is to take
way more than the purse lis to influence
l !, .electlon, and we have right to know
u u Cne particulars in connection with it,
variant shall contine the examinot;or
the question of the forged telegram s sioei
examination on other TOPICS is not
'oper '0pio' - not
west think it is proper so long az T
INES my questions to the point. If
oinS ~ lie 10 De very pertinent to ascer
III VINO Jesse P. Barton is, where he O.
'.. from ana what he is doing. tits
ireiy possible that the evidence NAV
ow that there is Conspiracy nm +bss
her side. oh 'ue ,l
Inc court ruled that the examination wo
a d. proper and the witness proceeded =
40 vest nave known Barton a weelr 'io
teh days first became ACQUAINTED wa
VI ulnl oy oelng introduced either by r. an(
,o,Io,S iahh w. Jennings In the wa
'ople s headquarters. | was NOT fold vyhu ~.
was here or what he was doing T read owe
Cne !faouae That he came from Chicago pa
let MIN three or four times after1v.rdS He
talked with him concerning general tlol
WIS Tor the paper. 1 saw the same die dru
1cn In the Times and in the Tribune Int not
Times had arranged the disnatcb so hon
AZ Inc serious charge was made against
rton, while the Tribune's was against Rav
allied at Barton's room and he Sold ~ ICY; and
,eived dispatch from PinlTerto,li NC nao the
aiming That no such dispatch lad been ny
1t. l went to his room ar nirb+ ~" 90 gu f1ic
q ne had given the dispatch to the ~ nos
EST then asked for the authorshin Of yes
e HERALD article. Mr.. Movie who Iyo -. wei
,senG IN the interests of the witness low
d: In the name of tba iOIioes, min
would ask the court what rio,bt @ aS, was
7ernor has to ask such a nnas+ioIa .he afte
Needing against p II ioar u He
gerry. ioi whe
Ut. whitney said he declined to gratifv
governors curiosity, unless the court
s bound to answer Ee t 1Hone salo ne bod,
lcle was his own 'no Whe
'est-Ihls is an inve tigation in which C sor
wans 10 know the truth, the whole Lac, lac.
I'LL ana nothlng but the truth [ thinI, pay
ore we get through this inuuirv twill dn II
found that the Tron, ~. y, 40 VIII was
stand. The questions are NOT Ont o ~ III
curiosity, but for the purpose of seq oan
justice done. glan
-oyle-It appears to me that thera 10 Deeh
e otner OBJECT at the bottom of this ex- S Snu
nation We are investigating the case oou'
lnst Mr. Lannan,,, but now the evidence o oHaS
eine TAKEN On another matter that does eu u.
apply 70 the caseand object to it. LOW LOW
arlan-The difference between Mr. West mem
W.