Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-10

BRUCE AND RYAN.
Q,-w Were ilosc city tsum,a

Williams sskod--is there store house
~ CITY Creek canyon
Witness answered yes, for the keep.
ing Of tools, etc. belonging 10 the
city.
Q-who was In charge Of that
store house Ia june iasl2
"A boy namel Wadioil.
Q-Mhat are his dutct?
A.-TO note materials that 20 out
anu charge It to the different depart
ments.
Q,-Do you know anything about a
windlnss having been taken from that
storehoust2
Al DO not.
Mr.. Shufar was recalled by the de.
Tense.
Mr.. Williams-W Whose wiud.ass was
that you took up the canyou2
Alt was mine.
q Who made IL?
A.-tdiI
Q.-Wheu2
A.-fhis spring, up Emigration
canyon.
Q-whete did you get tho ma.
torals ir1n2
Al picked them up around the
place.
Q.-Where did you get the iron Tor
muyIng the rings2
AT was some old bucket moons.
Q.-What Old bucAot hoons What
kind Of bucket nd how thick was
it2
Al should say about three.
f0ufius.
@ Hand front
A-Yps.
Q.-Now, was It not new iron?
A.-NO, sir.
Q-Wnorc did you get 1t from, did
you say2
A.-AroUnd the watorworks.
Q-rhat was all material belonging
10 tne city, was II nol2
A.-Weil, yes; II was waste
material.
Q.-who hauled 1t from Emigration
canyon.
Al don'l remember now who did.
"a city team2
Wines, after "a long pause answered
II think so.
Q.-You know II, don't you?
County Attorney Murphy objected
to Mr.. Williams leading his own wit.
ness In this way.
Hut Mr.. Williams tctorted-This IL
an unifluudly witness aud the clfcum.
stances show 1t. Therefore | am en-.
Titled 10 lead him. lie has already
shown himself to be "a hostile witness.
The COmmifslonet--Ltt the witness
answer
Mr.. Williams then repeated his
quesiion-Iou know II was city team
that hauled II, ion'l you?
Al DO not.
Q.-what team hauled 1t up City
orerk2
A.-Mr. Stevens did.
Q-And he worked for the cily2
Al presume no.
GLOW long before that was II
brought down from Emigration can.
yon2
A.-Several days, but didn't send
for IL.
Q-Then how did II come to be
brought DOWN.
Alt was sought down with other
tools.
q Why
A.-ro 90 to CITY Greek.
Q-Who gave directions to have II
brought down.
A.-No one-only myself.
Mr. Williams rnat II exactly what
| was trying to get at. VINO did you
give directions L.?
A.-rne teAmsler whoever he was +,
| suppose.
Q-whoever It was was engaged at
the time for the city?
Al presume NJ.
Phillip Pug6lcy testified that he
had known the defendant for twenty
years and that his reputation for truth
and versciiy was good.
Mr.. Murphy oil scied TO this class OF
testimony anu moved that II be stricken
out.
Tue objection was sustained.
Witness further testified that de-
PENDANT hal worked for him "oon.
sidernbly at different times" and that
he WIS known as an honest man.
John l.. Nebeker OF the Twenty.
second ward testified that be had
known the defendant for twenty-five
years aud had never heard his honesty
questioned and would take his word Us
quick as that OF any other man.
Harry Hayward, r. J. Everill.
Frank Mafgeils, John Axiom, Joseph
u. Matthews, john Wardrobe and John
Lees were also called ~ TO character
and spoke very layoRbly Of bruce.
George Il. Bennett, foreman for
Morrison, Merrill & Co., WINS then
called.
Mr.. Willinms-In making charges TO
the city, In II Ia accordance with orders
coming from the watorworks depart
meul?
Witneis-Ycs, but not in all cases.
Sometimes they come and give an
order before we got the written order,
or the order may be toleph0ned.
q .-HRvo you ever at any time
reported any lumber ne charge
against the waierworks department OF
the city that was bought on the Der.
aonal account Of Mr.. Ryan?
Witness answered no, not that he
knew ANYTHING about He was simply
told 10 charge II 10 "a "ceTtain 0utfit.O
County Attorney Murphy recalled
the Defendant Drucu.
Q-Do you remember a conversation
that you had on the ard OF this month,
on Main street, between First ana
Second South, with One Saunders aud
Shatcr on the subject Of this AFFIDAVIT?
Al had a conversation with Sha-
fer.
Q-was not man named sanders
present?
Ale might have been.
Odd you state 10 them or either
Of tntm bt the conversation that you
had no ground whatever for your nc.
cusati0us against Mr., Ryan, that you
were sorry you had flpd tho affidavit,
aud that you would get out Of ths
country II you had the money To do B.?
Witness COMPATIBILITY sir.