The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-28

I a MEMBER OF the DOdTu OI CdHfdSSeT6
/ appointed for the Third precinct by
| the Utah Commission He. in con-
! junction with other members of the
| board. canVassed the ballots in the
! boxes. In the constitutional box at
/ poll 2 we're found 263 straight Demo-
cratic. 151 straight Republican. 20
! scratched Democratic, 81 scratched Re
publican. "a Populist, 3 second precinct,
! 1 first precinct and four general cleo
/ ton ballots, making q total Of 502.
/ The witness said there was differ
! ence in the color and texture in sorae
| OF the Democratic ballots. there was
! also a difference in the print in the
! letter in the word "McCune" on
| some Of the Democratic ballots. The
! Republican ballots We're all alike in
! color. texture and print
The Defense Opens.
The petitioners rested and the de-
/ PENDANT called R W Sloan, who said
he worked in the campaign as q, mem
/ Der of the campaign committee.
/ Grennan2"
He came to the headquarters fire.
I quently."
What for2v
"He was very anxious to get paid
for certain alleged political work"
What kind of Work?'
! az could only tell by inference. but
! that Inference was that before the reg
! iStration was closed he could add Dem
ocratic names to the list and vote
/ them
What did you do in reference to his
/ offer2'
Told him we had no use for such
work and no money for any such pur-
| pose
4tpid he come with Joe O'Brien'
! No; he came alone, but OBrien
! came Also
',Did you have any conversation
/ with Grennan after the election|
Yes; one Sunday up Canyon road
! he made a proposition intimatinS that
! something could be done to elect Mr..
! Lewis. He said the ballot boxes could
( be fixed [ asked him how and he
said it could be arranged with the aid
! Of George Blair. He asked me to men
! ton it to Blair. l said l would do
! nothing Of the sort. Blair and 1 were
/ on good terms and IL [ made such a
proposition 1 would never expect to
! speak to him again"
Did George Blair or O'Brien hear
any Of that conversation"
mo. they did not"
Did you mention the talk to
! BIair?"
Il told him what Grennan had said
and Blair said. The S. of a b. had
better not make that proposition to
me-"
Did you know Grennan before?"
II saw him about town"
Describe him; what was he like?"
"He was tall, probably six feet, dark
I with dark moustache, sallow, seedy-
looking all round, probably of Irish
| nationality"
How do you know he is Irish?"
"By his manner Of speech. and. if ]
may use the expression, by his genera.
4 0dor ana bearing
"You left Salt Lake soon after thu
election on buSiness2"
Yes; l went to San Francisco or
insurance business and was away
about six weeks
''Do you know Joe O'Brien?"
II have known him for perhaps sis
months
Are you acquainted with his genera
I reputation for truth and veracity?"
eyes"
"What is it2'
Bad
cross-examined by Judge Hfes
t'Were you the only member of The
committee Grennan approached?"
! ~ don't know; he may have gone t.
Others, Anyway, the committee didn
want any work Of that kind. and told
him go"
He led you to understand from his
manner and by inuendo that hi
wanted money for doing corrupt cleo
ton work."
I Yes"
Did it occur to you that Grennar
wanted you to get Blair to obtain &C
cess for Brennan to the boxes while
they were at the Utah Commission? '
ut did not occur to me until nov
you suggest it. but your surmtse seem!
a natural one"
you thought it right To tell Mr.
Letcher and Mr.. Blair about VIVA
Grennan had said to you?"
Yes; 1 thought it well to put then
OF their guard"
Z You are a business man, a man O
affairs. and yet this talk with Gren
nan did not suggest to you tina
Grennan wanted to use Blair to ge
at the ballot bo1es?"
1.-THE election ives over. [ was at
tending to my business affairs and haC
lost interest in the election. ! didn
trouble to figure out Grennan!
schemes
'You told Blair and Letcher to b
: on their guard7''
eyes, I told them to be guarded
I
some propositions to them"
Propositions are not catching"
Sometimes they are I have beer
caught by propositions"
"You were, afraid Blair might b
tempted to DO something Wrong?"
"No, I wasn't, but just mentioned
the matter to him [ considered i
dangerous to talk or ,hola any com
naunication with such a man as Gren
nan.
"Were you ever on any committee 0
which Grennan was a MEMBER"
No. not that / am aware Of
BY p. L. Williams. "When did yo1
see Mr., Blair last?'
Yesterday
"Where is he now|'
!, AT home. sick in bed with inflam
alton of the bowels"
rs he able to come out2',
No"
J Judge Hiles asked about the broke,
key Which Mr.. Reed said he gave t
Sloan. Witness said he remembers
J Reed giving him the key TO look al
: but didn't know what became Of
afterwards. Some six weeks after tn
occurrence Reed asked witness to re
turn the broken hey. but he didn'
have it and didn't know what had be
come Of it.
AS to 0'Rrfen's Reputation.
I Chief of Police Pratt, examined b,
Judge Powers, testified that he knew
3 Joe O'Brien and his reputation TO
q truth and veracity was bad Captain
d Donovan, Deputy. MarshalS Cumm1ch
. Timmony and Cannon gave sinaila
: testimony.
Martin Lannan.
= Martin Lannan. examined by Judg
Powers.
DO you know Joe o'Brlen?''
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