The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-05-02

fendant on fathers hay meadow about
ten o'clock Tuesday morning. April p;
the willows into which defendant went
are right on fathers land; he was
standing on the bank of the river; he
asked us where the best fishing was:
told him there was better fishing
further down the river; he did not
have any rod or line with him; l re-
turned to the same place about three
quarters of an hOgr afterwards, but he
was not there. the horse was standing
tied.
Geo. G. Whitmore was then sworn
He testified: On the Goth of April
about clock in the morning, q man
came into Hyde & Whitmore's store al
Nephi and asked for me, | went up to
LIN and he handed me letter whic!
purported to be a letter from man
by the name of Taylor, man whom
know; the letter was here introduced
in evidencel; | opened it; it introduced
the bearer; he asked me if | had any
relatives by the name of Andrew
WhitBore; told him | did not thin.
| had; he showed me some gold rock
they Were fine specimens; he said they
came from gold mine discovered il
Mexico and in which this man, An
drew WhitmOre, was interested: and
it was for the purpose of giving this
man WhitmOTe his share in the mine
that he had come to him; he then
showed me newspaper clipping which
gave glowing account of the discOv
cry Of gold mine in Mexico by I
Mexican; finally he said, Il believe
you belong to this man Whitmore. anC
you had better come up anG see thi:
MeXican;" | agreed to do so; he made
me agree TO ship down teams and wag
OnS to send TO Mexico and develop til,
mine and patent it; we came to Provo
we went to the East Coop. and got {
brace and bit, and he got horse anc
buggy from the livery stable; we gDt
into the buggy and went west down
Centre street, turning north by knud
sens farm: we went into the willows
nd | heard the Mexican, tits defend
ant here, yell out something that
thought TO be Spanish; this man John
son replied to him in the same Ian
guage; johnson then came out will
one of these bricks the bricks were
here produced. l laid down the pa
per in which the bit and brace were
wrapped, placed the brick on it, anC
started boring; pressed too hard ant
broke the bit; johnson then took hole
of it and bored; | wrapped the shay
ings up in the paper | was kneellng OF
and placed it in my pocket book;
never took my eyes off the bricks o.
shayings; the Mexican stood little
distance off, talking in Spanish; We
got into the buggy and | proposet
driving to the bank TO have the shay
ipgS tested; Johnson objected to this
saying any jeweler would do; we then
went into Beck's jewelry store; Becl
said he would have to get some ALEC
mol and would not lie long: while Becl
was gone Johnson said. Lets go anC
gel some cigars" we did So; Beck re
turned, and pronounced the Shayjngs
gold, worth from Slg to So per ounce
on the way to The telegraph Office 4
tel my folks at Rephi | would not bt
| home that night, | net TX Sheriff Tur
ner, TO whom / related my experience
| saw Johnson next morning at
0 clock; he was going TO see the Mex
can: he came back shortly after ant
said the Mexican WAS mad, and tia
he wanted some money: [ told him
did not say WAS going 10 put AMY
money up on tie racket. but merely t,
Try and sell his gold and help HIM &c
patent; [ finally told him that
would give bin 81 600 check; subse
uuently he wanted SIS eco and said
could get it az the Bans; finally Wen
to Cashier Dusenberry and got tlt
money, taking it in John w. Turner,
cart: we drove out to the same place
at the river and turned over tht
money, receiving the two bricks; John
son did the business, the Mexican
merely bidding us goodbye: we re
turned to the Bank, and there DIS
COY cred that the bricks were not gold
IneXt saw the defendant on that after
noon r. Or. w. train, recognized hin
directly saw hun, and ordered Off
Ger Hills to arrest him, which he did
10 Dir. Hdmilt0n-I was to get one
fourth interest in the repuGed g0l
mine; when the bricks were sold Wa
to be refunded the $4,000 and th'
balance was TO be expended in fittin.
up teams to go to Mexico; were tn,
bricks gold they would be worth prob
a bly, $40 600; | didn't nave any dea a
to the bricks being stolen property.
Attorney Hamilton at TINS junctIu,
got into a passion and tried some bull
doing methods on the witness.
Court Be kind enough to tax,
your seat and ask the defendant TIL
questions.
Mr. Hamilton did so, and then askel
the witness for description of tht
/ Mexican as he first saw him; | nevt
stated that | never described him to
living soul; looked at him vcl,
closely the few moments saw him u
the river. and directly | caught sill
OF him on the r. O.. w. train rec0
niZed him as the Mexican; he was -:
rested by Officer Hill and taken &
Salt Lake county jail; next saw tin
Wednesday morning at 2 O'clock; H.
was in the jail; we tried to get him e.
say something; never SAID, Y on az
the MeXican;confess you are the Mex
/ can. You s. Of d D. We put
piece of bnckskin around his thumbs
and twisted it little with Z SINAI
iron bolt; l did not hurt him !. par
ticle
Court-"Did you not know that tha
was most brutal way of punishIns
/ him?''
Witness-..I did not intend to ha.
I him.
Continuing the ross-examinatiof
witness said that he did not recoIlec