Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-04-27
BOW NAN ON A Rack.
The Civ aud County Building Con-.
tractor Cams Up To-Day
"nLAL" Win ARCHITECT BIRD.
How a Present VI $3.50 was Given
aud Demanded B.ck-A Prop.
ping 10 Process
"DEALo WIN ARCHITECT BIRD.


ing board, began i,siaIufy ,hs morn.
90. more than An uuI- 'cylui the
appointed tame. County Attorney
WhiuUm0fa again dugIprfcI tho du.
tirs q iuierr5Ell0r aud bo ha brought
iuquile rn array % witnesses, who og-
Cup,I seats v.tsln tho enclosure cIi-
.ug tnv pfl.st4.ugs.
Attorney Nniuemorc stalled that
whom ho s.sr,yi BOO o. obtain evidence
90 10 tuC erection % the Joint building
hc was greatly mrptl-,i 60 lousu lh,t
'hefe 'o5g nu plans of specifications DO
tie Office tho county, clerk. a glugcut
search hsl brau instituted, but they
could not be found.
CLERK stanton stated tina. these papcfs
were filed With hls predecessor, AMI
remained in tho ,Nicr i1r some time.
Wuvu mo LETT lno Office Bs deputy In
February, lsU-, hu made au uEumiuu.
ton Hi tuu contents OF the yau.tz anu
The plans and slvuihCatIous were there
At ihNs iWr. These parUrs bad never
tuur tuguuJ over 90 MIN by County
tlct. Allen, whJ preceded him.
The nfst witness who testified wAH
T. ST. Cornell, un architect iu the um.
Il1v 1i Biu N ptluIIu.I lie ptuie8
that iu accordance VIII ur luminous
Uu uuf brought with NIm Iuu FpUvifCa.
UauH buu urAWiug. 10 most uf the plans
Tor the joint Iu'.iu.. Npars Bim &
prOuIlDUt, DC tHiu, were 10Th Doe phllR.
iulpBlu, uui uu UEpruirg tuu latter
back iu few uays. A.turn bFI,i ca.
nmlrnuuu ui toe papers the witness
WIS UEuuFts, HU informed the court,
however luat b. there was uuytulu.
thut hc uiI DO tpasilst them lu would
gInlly lUsy.
CHuHan Brown, an oE-Ippu,y c3uu-
" cHfH slI vnHu ur went lutD
County 'lur. NIun'a 1g.ou the plans
suH ~. rlrrHIuUg m tine InW Joint city
and county N4iIfins were Ir thn 0i'irp
vault, ana Nu believed tH.r were tlll
there when nr quilted hia position.
They were EtHl Iu o. tIl Uufu with %
] coy uIDu A. C.uuty DiUrE "A lien and
two CLERKS, bvsiHu- himself were Gu.
/ .sgrt 900 the office ai..hu TINE.
Architect Kern stated that he knew
! Contractor bowman aud hsI dealings
with him ln connection with the cree.
lion OF the new county bull liug. These
| began iu October ur November, 1899.
witness was engaged % supgfintunu
/ tho wgTE uulu the huilIilg iu Bow,
! mgus luiruft anu remained IN BIZ
| employ until Hlwmgu'H discharge lu
| August .sHt. Witness lII'.F4 alter the
! ordering OF tue material, l.t suu.cUn.
! traClT, etc. he nnt raw tho sflgi al
plane ami sHuriilCgtluHa In July Dr
August 1858. they were shown % him
Ey uE.Cuuuty CLERK Mulgy. lie
saw them several times alter that aud
could Identity them nov, boo maTEvu
each sheet with % pencil "a compared
tine plans winch Bswman uul
h.w'pll Lud wyIh.ug from win
flasyi but found lhry 90. net cur-
respond. WIluvsa wa 1frrl tl ca.
plain WNuu they differed ami uId
/ au,HUuuIiu. HUWr 'mu 200 600 tAEWIul.
/ ton 10 tHr Iluu5 from Architects 5lHu-
uulm, BIrJ anu PfUuIiu a. office,
witness was next shown "a m"muI.
auuum book OF items noted by himself
lurpE the construction OF the huili-
INK aud bis uituu'lYU wa particularly
objected O. ga item ~ 500 saiI 90 have
| been paid Il Architect BuI iMlu-
helm, Blade vfuuJi1oU NY bowman,
| Witness H1il th1t, re-; bUwunu's Glftc.
ton, no wrote requesting a return VI
| the money, ana 20 wac sent back o.
| HIM. lie hat plgy.uuuly sugu Bowman
| ialE.ng 90 MI BifI. bowman gave
witness So 90 g.
! "D.I bowman over tell you how he
usI.r 90 give Mr. Biid that money!"
! A-aru tlc C0JHly attorney,
Wi,ucU-Hell, yts, lut dOn'l
hnOW exactly how 10 happened, Some
! time alter we had lyit the Joint city
Aad CUuUty building bowman sail 20
! nae, "rhysu fellows ,muagiug Mon
/ holm, Blrd g. pgUuuiUu'l have not
treated me rigut after my giving them
/ 500 ur 4sUU-l nave iHTEuttrn which
aud then / pskud him what hn ave II
| them for Well lr told me thRl %
/ friend ~ ME, d Mr, Aukrsu, one day
! came 90 him AMI saiI "IuU BrBt thing
| yHu eau u1 10 10 give them some
thing" ga thry had mnuu o remark
! inst they had done good deal '.T Mt.
! Bowman, ami IL was time boo gave
! taum something, MI Bowman told
mo some tlWu Afterwards mat he hal
| got 10 have hig money back, ~ ho HRI
loot enough already. Hui / suggested
! writing them letter. lie usked me g.
write anu / dlu s1, requesting them to
return the money!
! Witness further said DO dii not
| know what had bHnDmu 0f the nlAus
| thyt were iu tho county clerks OLiCu,
! John ~. Bowman, the CONTRACTOR,
! was next caltBt. He testified az IN
! having entered into tho contract "a
COPY Of which was prOducrdJ tp er1rt
tue now Joint city aul county build
ing, and said at We time u was siguuI
the plans and Specifications we're
ylnCeI iu Tho vault 90 the then county
! cuurt office rnu architects futuirhoI
witness with a copy OF the spcglilrH.
lions. County Attorney Wilgrmup
requested MI bowman 10 produce
thesr uu Monday muruinR, with the
pinnf, tlu,
Now Il was that the county attorney
TUNED hIs lue-tloning 10 another al.
suCuJu,
"You beard Nlr, Kern testify" he
said, "EiIu reference ~ the little deal
you as. with MI Bird HB TO some
none. go
NJ Hlwmgu answered that he did.
Uiau lr. MG Bird have come money
Al uus time, did you uI,2n
The witurss looked serllus, pautel
ASH presently answered yes" but Iu
A very reserve fashion,
GLOW much?" queglrI MI White.
more.
81 believe It wss $780," replied the
witness alter another spell OF hesitation,