Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-15
RYAN'S ANGUISH.
RYAN WAS mr. PRETTY HARD
Commissioner trc umau Ca, Taken
the Matter Under Ad,isom.ul Tll
tomorrow Aftcrnool.

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don't Of Wntcrworg, Ryan against W.
ID. BRUCE was resumed before u. S.
Commissioner BRENNAN.
Asut the previous hearinyp, County
Attorney Murphy appeared O. prose.
cute twitn Attorney Dsnny beside
him); tho dc.rndau; was ngaiu repre-.
scn,rd hy Attorneys Williams aud Van
Colt. There was a large cJnoouIse OF
spectator la attendance.
r.. II. Blown, called y the defense,
wa shown what Mt. Van Cot termed
a sample OF rock ffom the M1guI mine.
After iu.poctingit witness Pronounced
It to tc porous limestone, and saii 1t
would weigh about 40 pounds to the
cutie foot
The lUicuse then rested, aud
County At,oiGcy Murphy proceeded
with bis alignment on the part Of the
pro.,Cu ION Ito said thls x'mnaii1n
had been 70 protnc;o3, su grsa: O mas,
OF oyiduuCc--sJmu rel want aud more
irlelevan,-hau been Introduced, aud
no many mis'B had arisen ag.uHl itiu
considering the case, that ho prJpIsui
fret 10 lo.kRt iho law Ou which tho
prosecution was founded. Counsel
then feu rIll the statute on tn cub.
Zee, VI criminal libul, ulsp ,hc com.
plant anu tUs DuC1 -uiiavlt by
way, presumably, OF ru.rcsuius ever. q.
budy's ~ Wuty. The question Boz tuis
c to wai tWUio.J-tiTst, whether Ut NOS
this hbrIous matter, construed ms o.
was construed here, was tue; unI,
secondly, whether Mr.. bruce,
la procuring that liHul to be
published, was or was NOT aul.
mated b. lool and JusJhabl, motives.
Salt Lake CITY had distinctly said,
can We vii. require o., She men upon
our payroll H. that they shall WORK
eight nouns "a day" Therefore II wae
nhsolutely certain that 81 HhItrr sud
bruce diu work that time they had com.
miped no crime. II Mt. Ryan knew
/ that they we're working alter hours on
the Mogul minU anu I've said TO them,
NJ ho testified he I'D, "YOu must " rK
| y.ut iull eight huuts day iur thv Cliy
| while la the canyon" then neither
| Ryan nor those two mon were guilty
I
not wis@ or pgntiO--lt ss,s,p. is.sl nrsotico
indeed-for Ryan, oven reluctantly, td
have consented 10 his sub
urdinates working on the mlnv
after nOufs, ami tho very result here
showed how very uuwise aud inn
| polite II was. Good official practice
should have dictated 60 Ryan; he
should have firmly ret his foot uOwn
aud said, 81 do not want you TO work
ut all on that mine while ON the city
pay roll" But they bad an absolute
! legal right on the completion NJ their
uay'a work TO put In any number OF
hours outside Of II upon any OCCupn.
ton In which they might choose 10 uu'
gnge. 1t was one thing, however, Tor
Il man % be careless aud u short OF
the highest standard Of s,riUtuess IA 10.
ward northumberland another or him
% set 10 work and sWiHllo %
municipality 10y whom he was em-
ployed; anu this Is what Druce Intend.
ed TO charge In his Hnldsvit. Was
there, counsel asked, one i3ta Of evil
doncu that Sbaicr and bruce took from
Salt Lake Cily the time which be-
l0nged 10 ~ He answered, nothing
whatever beyond the solitary statement
OF Druao himselt Ia regard to a CONVEX.
sati0n had with Ryan on tho occasion
Of the laitef's visit 10 tue camp. A. TO
the lum ler, II was taken up, az any
rate, ON the city teams when they
were conveying material Tor ths oity's
use, anu Ryan hal nothing 20 do with
the loadiug Of 1t; he had ausolutely no
kuOwlt dgu OF what they took up tho
canyon. Shafer was the one who
engineered the whole thiny. As to
haF m all ~ al - Il
the segregation Of the accounts suhse-
quently, counsel insisted that that hnd
nothing Whatever 10 do with this CASE.
There WIS not particle Of testimony
to show that Ryan intended to act cor
mpily-that those goods were for HE
own use. Counsel then went on to
criticize what he was pleased 10 term
the manner In which Druce'a affidavit
wac obtained, and gave brief lecture
onl the subject OF inunuudOes, quOdng
UOplOusly from books OF law. "Huve
We the right inuuendOe In this cnBe2"
he asked, aud proceeded 10 answer the
question himself In The affirmative
Could any person read that libel with.
ut arriving al the conclusion that
bruce INTENDED 10 ACCUSE Ryan Of
uulawiully using Shairr anu DTuCe's
time and labor for himself anu his
irlsndb2 That was a0t only the natur-
nj tut tho absolutely necessary re-
suit" OF the words employed. Coming
10 the question 0i malice, MI. Murphy
insisted thnt this was plainly evident
Ou the part Of DruCc, who
was undoubtedly after the scalp Of
Ryan and others In the olty's service,
In no manner had the other side
proved sufficiently to satisfy IA reason.
gble nina mat Ryan had any guilty
connection with this Transaction, In
any Of liz details. No matter what
Druce nu1 ShAfur might Themselves
have done, Ryan, Inc claimed, was no
PARTY to any corrupt delinquency. The
county attorney turned his attention
10 the subject Of "privileged communi-
cations" which element, he contend.
ed, wns absolutely lacking here. Why
did not Dtuue, II nc mai any com.
plant % make against ltJ ian, 20 anu
lay II before sons proper legal tribunal
Instead Of adopting tho mode Of publ
cation which ho dld2 The reason was
manifest: that all the world should
know, or think, Ryan was u thief.
Hut Ryan was no gully cOuHuiraiOr,Hs
bruce sought to make him, and counsel
submitted that there was, nj any rate,
suiliclent evidence against the de,
PENDANT TO hold him TO the grand
jury.
Attorney Van Colt then addressed
fbp Yptrt for tlaGafonlaut and A Faotad