Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-03
SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS.
The Charges Against a Local Doctor
aud Druggist.
EVIDENCE FOR ruB PROSECUTION.
The Proceedings IN Commissioner
Prat,'s Court.--A Long
Hearing.

cfhy anu thfl u, hfhN, INC N AhtHi"i" !
druggist. Of using the u. 3. mails with |
intent TO deirud, was in progress |
when the NEWs went IN press yester-
day afternoon. Subsequent to the
evidence % Mr.. Thomas, a br.cf notice
Of which appeared In our columns,
Mr.. T.. l.. Carpenter was called. He
said hc had known defendants since
last November. have seen an agree'
mtnt hy which wcathurby transferred
20 me a certain portion Of "a contract,
and there was also an nseisnnicnt OF
!, cet,ain interest from Gray 20 Weather
by. Al the time / returned the docu
ment from WcAlerby received back
notet had alvtx him Tor 500 Tor the
interest In the order.
ID. Van BuskiFl, stated that he fret
met Woatherby about tbs beginning
OF 1891; became mSmbcr OF the *.
| A. u. o. soon aitcrthnt. Met Weather
by IN Waterman's office, In the Dat
building, where he presented to me
scheme for the organization OF II secret
order, and lie said the proposition was
q good one. Waterman aud woithorby
had apparently talked Il over before.
wcalherby said It could be made great
beneHcent order. / told him he would
have hard wOrl, TO make II 20, because
this was bad place 10 start secrct
orders. The Supreme Grand Senate was
instituted I'M February, 1871, at Earl
ID. 6!ny's drug store. There Were pres
ont, Gray, Wealhefby, a. j. NaFney
nud myself. We constituted the grand
council. Weatherby inHt,uivi the cOun'
eli. I remained In the order about four
months. The insurance part OF ths
scheme was drawn to my attention early
i'm the year by Wentherby. tquustionod
The njvlsabllity OF the scheme at the
lime aud objected N II on the ground
that we were nos In n position 10 go be-
fore the public and fuliil the promises
we were about 10 make, because
we hnd no capital, The doctor sait
that could all he arranged and that the
lnsnrnnce scheme could be opened all
over the country. | said II could not,
because there was no way To make
good our promises. Weathtrhy, VAR
npy and Gray all opposed me, how
ever, but finally said that u weather
nv could place the insurance scheme
ia the East nmong his friends should
not object. From that time on ! was
i'm oppositiYn to the board, and II the
, minutes we're kept they Will show my
T objections made from time TO time.
. Mratherby said he was going East,
= but vt the time appointed he could not
70. Ho then proposed that we should
commence tho Insurance scheme in
Utah. again opposed u, saying that
. Tie schcma was not feasible, ana that
il would bring reproach upon every
y | member cDnuectei with tine order.
/ | Wpnthesby engineered the whole
. scheme OF printing the policies and
F. getting up other stationery. re-
/. member transfer OF certain
. portion OF the revenue received 10
Gray, | think this was IN Aptll.
l drew up the agreement from Wenth-
r erby's drawings, that 10, hs made the
. original. The transfer WAS inside by
the four previously named. We were
| an organization at that time, with not
: very much backing. Had purchase
= several hundred dollars worth OF
I goods on time, with the Idea Of organ
i. izlng renntea. II they had bcen
e orgRniEeu the senates would have had
! NAn AhA'AfH' Ah NAN lAgfNhhls
: by soon after proposed that the whole
4 question OF iunds DO turned over u
= Gray, la order that when other snnate'
7 were organized they could not come la
aud make demand iot the property.
i In order to keep this property, II wa
!. deemed best 10 place II In Gray'i
hands, as he was our treasurer. ! Oh
iected TO IL at the time, sud vety
foTcibly. didn't at that time oxpec
u the policy holders would get anything,
X and told them that " would not altar
II the Light OF day. A resolution was iu
y troduced making Weatherby grand or
ganiLer, with the iios chat he should
40 no work In Utah. know that " the
l. scnutes were orsnuiasi they would
/ come to US aud demand their share Of
A. the propcuA when we could not give
A. them. | Withdrew from the order aoou
My 10. | had several talks with Gray
about the matter also. Weatherby de
crivud me In several itcms. | aske.
him II the idea OF the order had eve
y ueon pprunS elsewhere, AMI he nid i
o. had not
ie 10 Attorney Marse--I objected t.
ID tho insurance scheme because the or
" saulzltion was not In condition &
carry out the promises that were 10 b,
,- made. IL was a cos, OF deception OF
O. the face Of It unless explained 10 th'
20 people. | proposed 10 explain ", bu
n others thought " not wise to DO 80
10 Policies were Issued making PROMISE
IN that We could not iuiiiL My reslol
Or Tor oblecting was thst We had no mo
a. ucy h. pay tho amount promised 81
n tho policy. | also onjeried 10 tn
;" insulanca plan because the pcopi
would know that Van BuskiTS
Weatnethy AMI NArney Were men o
limited means. AMI uaen who could no
lr make good the promises 80 finely AZ,
It's illly mgds. AT that time we ha,
not more than ten memhers aud tn
meeting Oi our promises WINS not feast
bic. / was finally induced 70 TAX
y hold OF the scheme because Weather
70 by had said lac could got great baokiu
o. among his ffieuJs. MeathuTby wa
90 the general director and We ~ Obeye
so his oydera told tne senate that IN
time was not Gar dlslsnt when tn
90 whole duinga Of the order would ge
90 int court, Ovoause the melhous pursue
81 were not strictly in accordance wit
% lodge ushges. Tho agreement WA /
0j te Kept by Cray and not made secret
% transferred my right, title and intere,
" when ! went OUT. | supposed owue
10 u fourth Interest. | tAinE ! contribute
40 about ~ cents or ~ cou,s; there Ia
- bottle OF ink or something like that /
M my credit. | signed thr constitute