Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-05-17
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MllNtft-N Do uuNl E1l uut OF
csml-ab5ut ono yards from 10.
Attorney Van Cott-Did you tell
bin what General Carter had said
about not taking a tfaiu2
Mituess-Nu, cir.
Attorney Van Cot,-Bui you pre-
furrod TO obey llOgers's oriers.
Niinets-Just then, zee. lie want.
ed 10 holp move the army on.
Attorney Van COtt-Nould you
have gone right on 10 you CUull2
WiiutH-Oh, / dare cay w would
have gone on ~ Grand Junction II We
could.
Attorney Van Cot-And 1 suppose
N you could nave gone night VA o.
Washington you would have done 90
Witness ed | dare say We SHOULD.
L1ughter.)
la futlhcr or0af.uKgmlnhti5u witness
said thOfo were only twcnty-'ouf or
twunty.a.E men iu camp on that Ffi.
Jay night VINO knew anything about
the scheme Or taking the train.
Attorney Van C0tt-WhJ were the
lcaiofs IN thAW
Witness-R gers aud Novel;.
Attorney huuE-Did you know NJ
The time tuht tue railroad ,fAoK was in
Witness answered that he did not,
nor that II was the U. =. track. HU
ilmt learned this nt Provo. Ito cuT.
tainly would not have helped 90 take
the train had hc been aware OF those
facts.
Sheriff Mcqueen said hc Visited the
camp NJ Murray Aud Went Jordan
several times AMI heart Gator ca.
press him.rlf ~ confident that train
would forthcoming 20 take the army
on, ns the result u negotiations then
going forward. Tue generals advice
10 tue mon was not 10 resort TO any
force,
"Captain aud Tumpclet" Charles
r.. Mitchell, Of tho army, said
ho was with the industflalists
Ia camp between American FORK
and Pleasant Grove on the Fri
day night Witness know nothing Of
the coming Vt the train until call
was made 20 tho mon 10 get ready 10
20. THIS was between one and two
o'clock next morning. The other men
In camp know nothing Of the taking "
tue train; but thofe mai been some
talk Tor twelve or fourteen days before
OF a train being secured by the cltiEons'
committee % take the army on. wit
ness had no Intention Whatever b VIC.
late an order VI tnis court, aud did not
know at the time that the railroad was
IA tie hands u the receivers.
Attorney Van C0tt--NUlhing was
said A. 10 where the train came from,
and no one asked who got ~
Witueu-NCi when u came up there
was n general rush 10 get on, Mitchell
further said that u he had known that
it had been Union Pacific tfaiu, aud
was In the hands VI receivers, he
would not have got upon II. lie did
not remember a single man who rode
with him 10 Provo.
II. II. Launnn, manager OF the
Tribune, was called aud asked by the
defense whether he knew Of any ncgn.
uatious having been made for tue
army's transportation out Of the Terri.
tory.
Witness was proceeding h answer,
but the prosecution objected, on the
ground that the question called for
hoartay testimony.
Asked ~ state hia own knowledge Of
the matter, MIR. LannAu related that
when Carter called upon him, prior 10
the march 20 Lehi, RHd consulted him
on the subject Of the army's tTansporta.
tlon,t he informed tho General that
White & Sons, OF this city, were In the
habit OF sending a cattle train out Of
the city, perhaps once week, and that
arrangements might probably bee made
with them which would relieve the
railroad company 10 the matter
Charles Wilson, oue OF the twenty.
seven defendants, said he was In Provo
on Saturday last, but walked there.
Ho did not Tiie on the train, and
knew nothing OF any arrangement to
take II.
Gross oxaminod-He reached Provo
about 0 O'Clock Saturday morning,
having leit camp ABOUT 0 O'Clock On
Friday. The distance was between
thirteen and fifteen miles, but he rested
several times on the way. lie did
not hear anything Of tho trouble on
the railroad during the night, anu
took no part Ia the effort 10 raise the
derailed engine. He had stick In
his hand when At Provo, but did not
brandish Il. lie did not recognize any
OF hih co-duisudants AS having buen
around the engine. Witness Joined
the army about May 9Th VI 9th.
Attorney H0uz-Whoru were you
making f0R
Witnua-l WA trying 10 reach
Pueblo. 1 understood that tia man
could lgel job Of work he could take
II.
Judge Morhtt-You were eighteen
hours getting to PfUyOi
Witness We'll, yus, about that.
Attorney Warner said there were In
tho neighbOrhoOd OF eighteen other
defendants who had not teItlileJ.
They would, n called, state In sub.
stance what Mitchell had testified 10
-amOng other things that they knew
nothing u tue train coming until the
arrival Of a messenger In the camp on
the Saturday morning; Hand n counsel
for the prosecution would admit this
much, there would DO no necessity fOr
calling them. This wouid greatly OK.
peiito matters.
The proposition having been &C.
ceptoi, General Carter WAS recalled
and questioned ia regard ~ the trans.
poriatlOn negotiations with White &
Sons
Attorney Houlz-From what was
said, were you led 10 expect, or did
you expect, that train would be
arranged Tor you and your army2
WitneS-l certainly lid,
Attorney H0ul1 - Did you com.
muuic4to any information 10 your men
with respect O. THIS matter telling
them 90 look OUT Tor "a train, 30 YOU
thought Il would DO along tur thom2
witnesa-I did talk upon the sub
Ject 20 some OF my officers, but / DO