Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-11
IN A DlLEH MA.
IN A DILEMMA.
N. County Court Finds Itself In a
Mist Of Doubt
ovrn THE BOwnaN.OLs0N AFFAIR.
.,. tn,ss,lra,lon Of the Charges Re-
,ults In Noihlng.-Ihe Matter
Left to the Attorneys.
or,p THE BOwn,S.OLsON AFFAIR.

o.e0 Yesterday Mtetnooh ~ NV N"""''
c.r,, House. Judge Bartch presiding.
The fret witness was &. Il. stanton,
-so stated that he thought Bowman's
s.,d was accepted at meeting Of the
eoupiy court ON Saturday night
s,p,ember 20, 1891.
~ q. Hall, city attorney, testified
,hs, the bond In the court had been
made out by himself and had been
~,,teu In his own Office on the even
Inc of September 20. Early on Nom
a.y morning he had delivered the
hond TO Bowman and not before.
"My recollection H." said Mr.. Hal,
abat Mr.. Murphy and looked over
The original bond and did not approve
dn..o | drew up this bond which Is
nav In evidence. There were n mum.
her Of signatures to the FIRST. bond, but
I'D not pay much attention to them,
.my examination was us TO the proper
form Of the body Of tho bond. These
signatures, think, purported to DO
genuine" On REORGANIZATION by
M. Coad no aaid that he had read the
lond over In regard to its form aud
that II was not satisfactory.
"wha, you read was in the form OF
bond9"
WYes. az far CO Il went"
"You have examined the suretlos on
this present bond"
"Not until after the examination be.
0Was Bowman- name on the bond
when you witnessed ~"
YES"
Hiles--"what did you do with the
ORIGINAL boud?"
~ left Ii with the parties that pro-
fented II, nave never seen II Since.
ouly had II In my possession about
fifteen or twenty minutes"
Mr.. Hall then said that he had
reached his conclusion concerning The
lnnd's unfltuess before consulting with
Mr.. Murphy ON the subject, ami then
they both agreed. AZ 20 the original
bond he had no idea what it, fate was,
bot wished that he did, As II might
throw some light on this mysterious
case.
"Can you recall any Of the names
Of the sursties that were on the hrst
bond2"
al think that tho names OF Mr.. Dyer
and Mr. PARKS were among them, hut |
am not positive"
"Did you recognize thoio as genuine
ignatuTes?"
az could not say"
"Wns the prefer OF this bond made TO
you ~ one tina, had been mhuo by the
lgietie,2"
"ltwas, think. Submitted as the
bond ht proposed to give"
"Auy bond given by Bowman was
iois submitted " you for approval,
ypit nOt2v
That was no, the taclt understand.
irg.r
The Couft-"DO you recoiiect II
iaerr was a witness to that bond, and
iiio, who It was?"
~ DO not recOllect.D
IF. Jack, city recorder, was called
10 testify e. tue proceedings Of the
council on September % ana 70, ut
which times the Bowman bond was
AcCepted aud approved.
e.. L. stanton was again recalled for
the purpose OF Identification and
testified that be was clerk Of the Joint
city aud county committee when the
bond was presented anu accepted on
September 25th
County Attorney Murphy took the
stand He said that In order to get the
chronological order of the mystery
straight he would say that some days
before the meeting Of the county court
on September 20 he shw Ia HALLS office
what purported 10 be the bond OF j. II.
bowman.
"My impression i.," fald Murphy,
"that this was at the meeting OF the
Joint committee ut Hall's office. The
bond was type.Wtilt.n and several
signatures Of suieties were Oh II.
Tue grounds now recollect
upon which | objected 10 the bond,
atl,ast one, was that some Of the surot.
ie' had signed a. corporations or firms,
The signatures having been made by
one person Ms the firm. There may also
have been some defect In the condi-
uons. ltecollect very clearly that Sep
lember % was Saturday aud that
bowman, Hall aud myself walked from
mere 10 Halls office for the purpose OF
uTawlng up BOwman's bond In pursu.
ance with the contract. Tho bond was
approved by the county court on the
night Of September 20. Hall, Bowman
and | talked nj HRlps office Of the
form OF the bond and agreed upon II,
and left Bowman and Hall to-
gethef."
"What firms signed the bond, Mr..
Mnrphy3" asked Attorney Hiles.
zone, | think, was the Sierra Ne
yada Lumber Company aud another
The Utah Stove and Hardware Com.
pany."
"Do you know by whom these firms
names were signed?"
Independent OF those names what
"None.r
DO you remember seeing either
Dysts or Parks names?"
mo, sir"
bond?n y" Wv
"My recollection is that 1t was all
gpe.wrl,ten.n
How were the signatures you saw
with pen and ink"
uow many signatures did you OBJ.
serve on tho bond?n
~ could only give a rough guess and
~ ABOUT Az many as are on this bond"
More than ilye?''
"Yes,"
More than temp
"Yes.n
pa Bowman express any regret
n ~ ~ nond falling to meet your up.
Not that | know Of. | don't think
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