Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-08-23
REFEREE NUMBER |.
Piltman Tells How The Judging was
10 Be Accomplished.
IT WAS EITHER CUR or MIss.n
lie aud Attorney J. A. IliloJ we're the
Only Two Witnesses Examined
Today.

I
when the hearing Of tho now colo
braled bow and arrow case was 70.
sumsd before Commissioner McNally
At 10 O'Clock this morning, In the
Third district courtroom, tho attend.
auoe OF the general public was mol
90 large as yesterday; but hal
an hour later nearly all the seats wen
occupied. The same counsel appeared
ne on the previous occasions, With tho
exception Of Mfr. T.. l.. Williams (ior
tho deiense), who was detained else
where.
In the outset there was some little
talk A. 10 whether or moi ihe-'lr a
ume-confiscatod checks, money, etc,
seized by the police, aud now
In the hands OF Chiei Pratt,
should DO here produced,
Attorney Sutherland contcudlng In
the affirmative; but the county attof-
nsy insisted that tho ohie' should To-
tain the property, a number Of suits
being brought for its recovery by the
parties claiming II. Besides, Mr.. Pratt
mad been enioined by the Tnitd district
court from parting with the same;
hence he was tie proper custodian.
The court made no order.
When the NEWS report closed yes.
torday w. II. Gibbs, the fret witness
called at the Inquiry, was still smart.
Ing under tho lash OF orog.examina.
ton administered 10y Attorney suthef.
land. Counsel asked! "Nou used a
good deal Of Influence 10 go, people to
bet ON tho gamer"
III did after tho $1,000 stakes wero
agreed upon AMI tbs contract signed"
replied MIR. Gibbs.
"what arrangement did you have
with Laiayetto?"
Gle was % get IS per cent. OF the
winnlngs from all bets which were put
up through me, but there was no pcf
oentags to be paid cut OF the money |
put up myself"
"a receipt given by the witness 10
NJ. NJ. Freed for $3.50 TO be bot on La.
fayette was put In evidence Tue Te.
ceipt stipulated that n Lafayette won
Freed was TO get back s5UO)
Witness 10 further quest ons said he
agreed with Wells when be gave MIN
not present them till after the match,
"Had you any arrangement with
tho bank not 10 pay the checks n they
woro presented before tbs match came.
ong0 -. ~
"No, had not"
"what did you do with Ffeed' $50
check"
"Cashtd II At the Bank Of salt Lake
on August ID, aud bot the mJuoy ON
Laiayettch
Show do you account for the noia.
ton on 4 that payment was made on
August l7?"
al think Freed afterwards orde red
II PAID"
County Attorney Murphy then took
the witness In hand Ia redirect ex-
animation for the prosecution but ell
cited nothing new after which A..
torney Sutherland again went on.
your"
ono. bet on him because l knew
he could do what he claimed, az saw
many exhibitions OF hia skill"
"Why did you write down those
notes you attempted ~ use on the
stand this morning?"
go could protect myself from the
roguea and scoundrels VINO are trying
to ruin my character" Loud laugh.
teri.
"Dld you toll Wells that you would
give him 500 II Lafayette won?"
~ did.O
"Did you throatsn to kill Lafayette
II ho threw the match2"
ono, not ~ that time"
"Did you at any timr?'
"Nrs, In jDcular way.n
"fou iid tell him you would kill
him, them"
language"
odd you tell him anything about
your Kentucky blood and that you
would do sway with him II he threw
the matoh?"
81 thiuk told him frequently that
II he betrayed confidence would re-
sent It,"
"YOu talked good deal about your
Kentucky blOod2"
eyes l did"
"You told him It was dangerous TO
try 20 get around your"
Eyes. You are very smart"
"Dld you ask him winch Of the two
cemeteries, the city or Mount Oliyst,
he preferred 70 be buried iup" (Laugh.
teri
"Yes." More laughler.)
"And 80 far you allowed him to
have his choiot2"
"Yes." (LAughtet.)
"Did you give him any choice M 10
the manner OF doath2"
~ think not" (Renewed laugh.
teri
Mr. Murphy-All this was In a
ocular vein, was II nolp
ayes, II / mad meant II otherwise Il
would have been otherwise"
Mt. Suthetland-NOu DOM pretend
TO say you were lOkiug about your
kentucky bloOd2"
Mr.. Gibbs refused TO answer the last
question. Ths court excused him aud
took an adjournment I'll 10 O'Clock this
morning,
J. A, Riley, a Salt Lake attorney,
was the iirtt witness called this morn.
ing. He trat met Lafayette, he saiu,
some three or four weeks ago, at MIR.
Gibbs's store anu hal conversations
with him then and subsequently about
match In matchmaking in ,whicn
Lafayette was TO play chief part.
County Attorney MuTphy showed wit.
ness the contract relating 10 the match,
which he said no saw all the
defendants whose names an
pear thereon sign. The signature
"AL Woods" was written by the d.,
PENDANT Furry on August 18th at NJ. |
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