Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-24
The COPPER PLANT.
That Suit Ct Fraser & Ctalmars vs..
/. c. Trent.
C. =. rOsLY UNDER EXAMINATION.


BY appointment Of the Third dis,tlci
cOuu, C1mmtsloner ItNaly tuis
mr.. lug lat In his ,fllre 10 take the
testimony Of Nr. or. russy,to be usei
on the huarig Ui the suit VI Fraser &
Chalmers ya. l.. O.. Trent, thv trial Of
which D. nov pending.
Judge Mnuhall represented tho
llaiuuis AMI Ju. 90 H,ndcfson wal
present. iu the ipty.tst " the deion.
dant.
10 reply 70 Judge Henderson 81.
l'usry said hu haI uccn roceutiy froid.
l.T ~ Telluride, CJi0., aul vas nc.
uuaiut,d win tno pafuu, 70 tue suit.
Witness btcluc Interested with Mr.
/ Green IN tlu pf motion OF tie Salt
Like g ppcr FIaut Manufacturing
,umpauy. Asked whether uu ua4 any
b e. .uy,tsat0Ua with No CIAmurs ~
/ Iu ut,ucs 20 Nr. lrtpt, VI tuuss SAID
/ yvs Aut ihat tue iattur's iami wasHtv.
I vrai lines n|UutiUutu ia tue guuiuc u
I hvit HiN. Witness huuN Ons Fstnk.
/ IA Farrell
"Du yuu," ashud Judge Henicfsou +,
"tril Mr.. Chalmrfs u auytuiDg tnag
| Farrell saiu ~ yuu9"
/ MilbrsH-l tUll MIN that Mr. Farrell
had toll mo that rumu member c0n.
ueuttd with tnvif concern hal in-
'urmUd him that W. hHd placed sotuo
q uuiyus values on tue contract gotten
up there brtwcen a., ani that 1 was
stth n "a come one iu tuu concern had
Carried this information 10 Mr. Farrell,
aul Mo, Chalmers said he was satit u 81
IL was MI Trent"
ed ID lao give any reason for lhi nh.
lug 2"
"lis reasons for thinking NO were,
be claimed, that Mf. Trent mad been
guilty VI such acts before, aud very
recently, aud that he was tfying ~
| iuluto nim getting his position In the
concern, Uf something 0i that kind"
ala that conyvnatiou otat any other
/ you had with him, diI no manifest
any icvlibg Of an.uiUsity toward Mr.
/ ifCut2n
"Hs didn
"Durug thu years you have known
Sit. ituut OF Mt. ChAimrrs, dil yot
ever hear Mf. Chalmers say Anythin,
about Nit. Trent NJ tue agent OF Erase
4 Chalmers, aud as to whcthef ho W.
efficient ut nOi2"
"hv Was looked upon GS9ns Q. 'e "a.
. most suocgssn aRtats Ia selinrS
cnihrry. have heard Mr. Chaime
EXPIRE, himself highly satisfied vii
B Nj. Trent, ard be paid INN . high,
salary Than auy other membof OF "a
Cuncurn.h
Witness was then questioned. anon
other thiugs,as 10 where he fltst begH
y operations as a member ~ tue Cope
J Plant company, aud said he though
it was Ia the fail OF 1899 His AssUoi
ats were 3. NJ. Green, Ot,o sIallmau
J Col. Estes and J. Y. Mitchell.
"Did YOU ever know oi any cOntfac
. being made with Fraser * Chalmer
{ Tor machinery tor the Copper plan 2
. 81 knew o. ono contract TIA
. was male through the inul
, yiIual name oi =. NJ. Green, and It Wa
. uudtTttUud tue plant wouid be- tfan'
b irrrtd to the company ON lie compl'
/. uUu." That was tue only olntfaC
a witurse knew ", aud the amount OF
wa s.sl,O11, IL was between 3. NJ
Green On the one part aud Fraser ,
Chalmers on the other IL was mal
uy MI Sgsllmani authorized by Mt
a Green.
=. 'lnN " was AANNtN maui ~ NANs wv
through Mr.. SIallmau AZ his ageuI2"
N "lts."
o Witness stated what tho mi
chiucry consisted of, and SAID thf
either 81 900 ut s23, 900 was paid DIV
~ on tue contract; no was not eur
i which.
a 10 Judge MaTshall-rhis contraC
L Tor She machinery WIS Ia whiting, bu
. witness did not know where IL was n
q present. Mt. GfeVn was not pfesen
y himself during the negotiations
l edo you know whether he was cog
= uiIt4t ut the whole nrguiati0ls2"
"ho was ~ 20 the Price"
% "Aud as 10 what II was for2n
b "ics, 40 a general way" Witne'
10 said iho agreement TOT The sale OF Ia
d plant was made In Chicago, betwee
% OuO StRllmau on the Oue part And "
D J. On liners for the present Chalme
70 company,
some racy teyel pments had bee
expected ~ an aidiuUu 10 those At NJ
lrrnps recent examination, but tue