The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-07
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CHICAGO, Dec. 6.-Stolen correspon-
dence, bribery and indictments were
the subjects discussed with more or
less directness in quiet legal inquiry
that was carried on all day today in
a room in the Ashland block. Three
members of the a. II. Andrews COM
pany, wholesale manufacturers of
school and office furniture, which as
signed Thursday, were interrogated
These were A. H. Andrews, f. A. Hol-
brook and T. A. Cary. Their deposit
lions were taken to assist in the de-
tense of Martin Hayllen, who is under
indictment at Salt Lake city, Utah.
together with three county commits
sioners of that city, on the charge Of
"boodling'' in connection with a con-
tract given the A. II. Andrews COM
pasy to supply the furniture for the
city and county building. Hayken was
the salesman for the a. H. Andrews
company, who negotiated the furniture
deal, and who, it is alleged in the Salt
Lake indictment, divided something
like S27 600 with the three commlsJiCl-
ers to secure the sale of $4,000 worth
OF furniture to The county.
The Startling Part.
The most startling feature Of This
sensational inves legation is the lntIo-
duction in evidence by the prosecution
of.=2ne correspondence carried on be-
- Hayken and the A. II. Andrews
cokpany in relation to the dldi. 1t
consists OF letters written to his firm
by Payken, and in which he goes lrto
a more or less elaborate explanation of
how he managed 10 set the con ract,
to The wonder of the other biGGerS.
These letters, Attorney cary, who
represents the firm, intimates were
stolen from the office of the company
by a clerk.
On top of all this comes the infor-
nation that other managing members
of the firm have also been indicted by
the Salt Lake grand jury in connec-
ton with the furniture deal Attorney
Cary, who is a brother of F. a. Cary,
said today he did not know how true
The statement was.
L.annan's Statement.
E. D. Weary, who was manager for
the \. Il. Andrews company, and who
had been instrumental in promoting
the investigation at Salt Lake, showed
a letter today from that city written
en- - office paper of the Salt Lake
Tribune and signed by the manager,
p Il Lannan, which contained the
statement that there naQ Deen TeluTn-
ed against two officers of the company
seven indictments each, and nine in
dictments against Hayken, the sales
man. MIR. Lannan also stated in the
letter that as soon as the. trial o. Hay
ken was concluded, the others you'd be
eXtradited and prosecuted for partici-
patton in the alleged Swindle.
Hayken was arrested in salt Lake
Last Monday as he stepped from the
train on his arrival from Denver to
appear as a witness before the county
court in relation to the investigations
The arrest was made on the strength
of the evidence furnished by the let
ters which Attorney Cary says were
stolen from the office Of the A II. An
drews company
In his defense forty-five interroga-
tories were prepared and forwarded to
1hisBcity 10 he replied to by the mem
bersi of the Andrews company.
The interrogatOries were almost en-
+irelv in regard to the letters and the
business relations of Hayken and the
Andrews company. The hearing Of the
fepcssitions in reply to these questions
w1Sssegun before Special Commissioners
EitN in the Ashland building Thursday
and was finished this evening. e. d.
Weary was present ct the inquiry, and
was accompanied by an attorney. The
dispositions were forwarded to salt
Lake to be used in the trial Of Hay