Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-18
DIGGING DEEP TODAY
Comfy Paid S5i,s7S for FurniIur.
said 10 be Worth Only $2S, 2Ol65.
THE urY WAS "sRINNEp ALIVE"
Paid sss, 600 for Furnishings Approx
mated to be Worth Not More
Than $4,000.

IL vasa startling story that Il. ID.
Weary, Chicago furniture expert, and
s..s.neral manager Of the Andrews
company Of the same city told under
oath before the county court today. II
his statements, schedules and conolu.
,ops can he sub,tautiatsd then indeed
will County Attorney Whit,emote be
ylpdicaied and urgent work ut tho
sane time be presented 10 the grand
Jury, The Investigation was con.
Quoted by Mr.. whittomore who had
MI, stsnographer take n full report OF
Inc proceeding,. EK-County Attorney
Murphy was an interested spectator,
and Joe Motrls, ones, but no longer,
fsleCtman, kept an eagle Hye on every
movement made. Judge Deg, counsel
10 Audfows a company, was present
10 look after the interests VI that nam
moth concern. Martin Hsyklp, The
oompany's representative, was not
10 attendance aud II IL now
claimed that he will not
appeAr on tho scene at all.
lie has been tOlOuTning In Denver for
some time past, ana according to
Promise, a. tho county court declares,
vas to have born here when wanted.
But according to Mr.. Whiticmute hs
will not DO here at al. Thst llcial
received telegram last night 10 the
effect that Mir. Haykin will decline 20
come ~ Salt Lake and that he had
gone back to Chicago Instead 10 re.
main presumably until after the Ia.
vt,tgallon IN over.
II was long after tho Apo iDted time
when Nj. WhittemoTe emerged from
tue privacy Of his own cfflcs, crossed
the tllt.iloored corridor with smiling
face aud measured stride aud All.
nuunced that he was reaOy TO begin.
Then there was n laIss painfully
and Otherwise mOnoi0nUus during
which the arrival Of the county court
vas anIiously awaited. Why tue Nom.
befs oi that altogether too often slow
moving bodydid nOtaIptat Oh schedule
time-that N the aeltctmen, Tor judge
MoNally was In his seal-Was a ques. |
tlUA that NO one seems ventufesOms |
enough to attempt 10 HusweT. After |
time Roberts and ChTistOphefson
entered from tue main hall |
way but Immediately retired |
TO one Of the ante chambers and there
remained Tor an indefinite period.
Finally Just before IL O'CLOCK, T., ID.
Weary, furniture expert anu cOmpEn.
lon Of Attorney WhillemOfo IN his
eastern p.rigrinAtious, was sworn and
The Investigation OF what promises TO
be a big public scandal was declared
formally commenced.
Al Reese, deputy county clerk, was
the hfst witness, however, to tettiiy.
he was asked by County Attorney
whittemOto ~ 10 whether hs had
searched the records for a contract with
the Andrews company Tor furnishing
the oounty's half u tho Jolnt building
aud he replied 10 the Affirmative.
MI Whiltcmorc-hnd you found no
record Of ~
wilntn--I did not.
Mr. Whiltemote--Of no kind?
WilptU-None whatever.
The purpose Of this course Of ques.
iloniug, said MIR. whittemore, was TO
show that there was not even
a scratch OF pen" 20 IN.
dictate that contract had been
snlsfsd into between the county
court ana the furniture company.
I
done between the company ana tho
members VI the oouf, NJ Individuals.
Mr.. Weary here took the stand and
iHtltNd that he had "been with
Andrews d company tor ten year,"
bret going into the concafn's employ
Is special designer IN 1889. Two years
alter he became general manager OF
he c0mpany's business and remained
WITH II eight years In that oApHcity.
he knew IN detail the price OF every
plecs of furniture II manufactured.
AZ 10 the furniture In the Joint build.
ng very large proportion OF II had
zen designed by himself He testified
hat he had carefully ,XRmined the
'ouniy's part NJ the furniture and had
nado u scheduled estimate based .
heIeOn.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT.
The oanlTsot ngures anu actual
lAluss, tho witness ,aii :, were disclosed
o Tue following schedule: