Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-03-27
KILGORE IS HELD.
Tho EI.Road Supervisor Called Upon
To Answer a Charge Of Perjury,
MS BOND RAISED 10 $4,000.
Preliminary Examination Before Com.
missioner Pratt To-day: Testimony
For the Prosecution.

The searching Inquiry which IL now
being made BY the county court IN
reference 10 certain frauds alleged %
have been perpetatei duung last
year. in connection with the "nacad.
nmIzlng" OF State road, IT,, brnnched
Oh in another direction ihis morning.
when GuIigo Kilg0r,, thu ur.road
supervisor appeared before Commits
rioncr Harmed prat 10 answer a
charge Of perjury.
The complaint charges that The de-
PENDANT falsely sworo before Il. ".
Meloy, lato clerk o. the county court,
that the amount OF certain claim
presented By him against tho county on
December 2i,b, 1894, and amounting
90 s2,O2s.55 was correct, where's tho
same was false aud fraudulent. in that
" Included the sum OF $3.50 i1r ten
dnyh' warl; alleged 10 have been per.
formed by olo ID. Letter when, iu
fact, only seven JayT wOfE had been
done by him.
The persecution wns conducted by
County Attorney WhitienoTe, who DO
playing the role Of pleading man" iH
the general investigation; Attorney
II. A. smith, 90 ON Monday (whtu tho
case was iltst called upli was asui
present IN the interests OF the dc.
fondant.
Several Of tho witnesses who were
examined before the county court yes.
lcrday In regard 10 work they hhI
done under ltilgorn duuus tue latter
part OF 1894, were called upon 10 tui-
iify ut t1dny's procrelinrs.
County Clerk stanton was the lft |
witness Tor the prosecutions. lie was ]
shown the pay roll which ne said was /
submitted ~ tho county court uy kI- /
gore on December gan, 1894, anu paid I.
by that body on December sIih. This /
document formed part Of tue court I
records anu had boon placed on flr /
there.
Ia REORGANIZATION, MI stanton T.
faid no did not himself sso the pay roll I.
presented.
Ex.County CLERK II. v. Mel0y was
shown tnu same document Ito said ]
THIS was a claim against Salt Lake /
county for work done on tins rpnd1. I
Witness believed thatit was presented /
by she defendant kiigOgc, anu he be- /
liaved that kilgUfo was the person /
who aworu 10 the correctness OF the |
payroll In hls presence. Pressed By tho /
county attorney on this point, witness .
faid he did not think there was any /
question NJ 10 kilgotu being the persDn /
who subscribed 10 the oath thereon,
lie had seen KllgorU'a aignatIre tie. |
qucnuy before.
"rhan VIII ask you 90 state |
whether that II hlu signature un this
document" said the county AttJTaoy.
Witness replied that no could not
swear "A 10 that, but having known /
Mr.. kilgUfe previously, no din not /
think he could be mistaken.
To Attorney Smith-Ho had no In ]
dependent recollection Of kilgOfo hay. |
Ing taken the oath before him, or OF |
anything that occurred on that date /
WITH reference to tho payroll pro.
duCud.
David Lester youth Of Murray, !
said ho knew hilgoro and worked uu,
der him ON the state road Ia DoCum.
hrr 1874, tor seven days, hauling alag. /
Witurss kept Memorandum OF hIs .
time. tie War Co receive / 4 90 UuF day, |
With five per cent discount, and wus /
paid Tor the seven days. ihligUfp .
charged ON tue payroll iur tru dayH.l |
No other putsun uumrd ID, Lester wac .
go employed 90 far as uu know.
In tsply 90 Attorney SMITH ]
witness said he had worked iur Ntlgufu .
previously August Hul November /
and kept a correct memorandum OF /
that time alfo.
John Bergstfom, OF Murray, terturd ]
thlt he worked under ~ gore on the l
State road last December, iJr TWO and !
u half dAys.
Counsel Tor the deiOusu objected 10 |
the answer as TO the time wIiucsr |
worked, ~ being wholly immairriaI
here. No other claim vNcep. the ono |
presented In thu complaint, ho saIu, |
could be gone into now. Only one |
small Item therein was now Ia quus- !
tim, SlIGO.
County Attorney Whi,,lmoru said |
the object was merely 10 show intent. |
Tue court OyUrrulUd the objection I
and an exception was taken.
Witness, continuing, said hN worked /
for hilg0te two AMI u hnlf days iu |
December, at $500 Per day, aud Huuy |
Haynes uniu him Tor that tlmo, lens . |
per cent discount lie gave receipt /
for this.
Josiah Wheeler, Of Murray, said no .
was employed by kllg0fc last Dtccm
her slnglt-handoa, Tor four days, ut ]