Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-08-23

cluded Mtesir. Gibbs aud Riley,
MI. Plttuan said BIO is n Jeweier and
resides IN this city. lie Knew Flroy
~ "Al Woods VI Denver" and was
introduced to him Ivy Eddy. sir.
Gibls introduced Lafayette 10 him
some time last July. lie also know
the other defendants. Witness was
qusaliOned o. 90 the tisnAtufes on
the contract, which lie first saw, he
said, after the $500 forfeit had been put
up. He was told he had been made
referee, but II seemed bo did not oovot
that honor, "not knowing anything Of
the game"
Mfr. Murphy-Were any representa-.
tons ever inauU 10 you Jy Llfayulte a.
10 onc.Al Woods VI Denver
Witucss-Nts, cir, hu told mo Of such
msu sud VI the arrangement made to
shoot with him.
"Wcrc any representation made to
you ~ to bis being a mark-man2"
"Yes, that he was iinc marksman.
Ho represented that Woods waa q cfacs
shot, aui he thought there wgs mons
who could beat him"
"Wofe suy Representations ever
made 70 you by Eddy AZ q WoDlt2n
"Hos, he UfUush tao guntoma Into
the store nuJ introduced him i0GIbu.,
myself AMI Uthcu. That was between
tao blh aud l2'h VI August lie said
hu was WOJuA'a agent Ia the shooting
match and | believed all uo said. I
was Induced by thoss representation
TO sigu my name 10 tue contract tor the
inatch.h
"Did you ray any money over on
The CUutfact2D
Wltne's answered YES iiist n check
for $500, which was Afterwards rashed.
lie paid II 10 NJ. 4. Wells, who gave
him a receipt for Il.
Ga one occasion, the witness further
stated, ho was In Weiss place of busi.
ness when Eddy represented that hc
had ssOO In his pocket which he
was "ufed OF packing afUund,n
pulled out roll OF notes
and handed them 10 Stakeholder
Wells. Witness did not trouble to zee
whether there was actually $500 in the
roll; but he believed Eddy's stat,.
mrut. Pittman testified q subsrquent
tets made by him on tho match anu
SAID hc heard Lafayette state that his
side was ovof.bot 10 tho extent pf
u, 800. Had witness known that the
defendant Furcy wac the reffon ropr,-
scented % be AZ Woods Of Denver. ho
would not have bet "a cent upon the
match. This was his iirst venture In
betting.
CfOsf.examlneI by Mr.. Sutherland,
witness said no did not know lust how
much money he hAd Ia thsl bank when
leo drew lhc checks. He borrowed
$500 NJ interest from Mr. Mrtiurfin to
nelp him out and gave a mortgage 10 |
secure II.
"Dld you expect the bank tths Utah |
Nationa) would honor an oy,rdrAft OF |
you're 10 tnc extent Of 81 ,OOO,as appears
la this cAs,7"
~ did,"
"Did you SAX thom whether they
would do ,sU2"
emo, 1 did not.n
"NhAt Ia tho largest amount the
bank people ever told you you could
make overJrafts foi?"
81 do not remember that, but 1 have
made overdfafts on them as high ne
$1,000 aud they have always honored
Ihsm."
'tDid you expect these two checks
(of $500 each, dated August 18th aud
18th respectively to DO presented at
once"
swell, didn't calculate"
"Wsru you not trying TO borrow
$50 or $50 on some watches within a
day or two u thh2"
"No, sir, you bet wasn't"
"Were you trying to raise that
amount on anything elss?"
"No, ar, ! was not"
"iou thought you had deed sure
thlng2"
"Weli, no, l DIDN'T think. had a
dead sure tning exactly" Witness
said he saw exhibitions Of LafAyetle's
skill with the BOW aud arrow. On Que
occasion he shot at IA hair, missed II
once and hit II threr or four times.
"WhHt were your duties as TuieTet?p
queried Mr.. Sutherland.
~ inquired that at the time,D nm.
swefed the wltncsp, "whon 1 objected
10 act, as said might want 10 put
up some money myself; but Lafayette
said, That don't bar you Mt all; You
can put up all you want (Laughter.D
All you have 10 DO II 10 stand there aud
say, II hr hits II, biz, aud n he misses
II, missed lmoro laughtef); the Judge
will Of course declus,'" (Renswed
lAug hteT)
on NtIt III ulnAsutot tlout 70 |
decide the question:"
"No, the Judge was to decide, but |
he Lair " tte) told me that EDDY, the |
other Telvtee, and myself were 10 de.
eide. Whenever there was hit We |
were 10 say 'hir aud whenever there
was miss We were 90 bay 'mlsseu,' |
Hud this Judge was ~ DO tue balance"
tLAughter.)
"wss tho Judge to take your word,
then?D
"l supposed the Judge would have
eyes TO decide for himself" Laugh.
tor.l
"Dli you understand, then, that
your duties would amount to nothing
NJ All2"
81 understood was to watch that
hath" answered PltlmAn slowly aud |
impTossiysly, "And say hit " missl"
[ LaughtcT)
"what were tho duties Of the other
referet?"
"Why, l suppose the same n, mine.
didn't Inquire about him, but just
about myself"
"At any rate, you thought Il was
square thing TO put ~ money on
match Ia which you were TO act rs a
refefee2"
"Nen, didn't know any different.
never made a bot OF u dollar IN my
lie, anu | objected 10 be referee be-
cause / dldu't understand anything
about tbs duties required" Witness
denied that lac hadh morse which no
WAS training for the race track