Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-09-16
Ey.COUNIY SELSCEAEA
l.,ol,,d in ih, Serious Charge
Now Made
u,,vfy BEFORE rnE GRAND JURY
O.,,,,.. 10 r..ufy Other rro"i
Produced - Sensational Dis
.,o.urs. Promised.

c,nn,vAttornsy whiilsmore abdihe
..,,.,mon who are backing him III the
r,oe.eilpgs ag,lnit the old county
s'.,, in the matter Of the furniture
.os,r,o, created a decided sensation
.ad ,sme alarm In certain quarters by
,onp before dayllgh. this morning.
rs.t, sct WIS no less than securing the
,,,e,, o, Martin Hayken, who arrived
IN the Union Pacific train shorty
.os,s o'clock this morning, ard I'M
m,dlatsly had warrant served upon
him. .,
~, ram whom the furniture for VI"
sn,llins was purchased. He is the
nan o, whom It l. said that he made n
,,m,,k 10 the effect that II oooi him
tTOOO to got the 100000 furniture
rsp,f,cl from the old sclecimen, II. H.
R,mb,rgef and J. II. Morrlp. HayEeu
denied having made the remark. The
furniture eouipct has been tins coca
ian M much discussion and inveallgt-
,lsn 10 lis alleged fraudulent cnarse-
In ami lhr present. feloclnch hs.o
been dolving for tile inside iee1s Islal-
isg thereto. II 10 Ia pnts,iit OF tholf
lnys.tlf atoms that tue Audrswn x w.
spn, was placed under arrest on a
yefy serious charge.
Mr. Hayhen was taken before q u. =.
C6mmis.lonct Pratt, who is,uoa tue
vaffaut, today, and was released on
Al OlO bonds ~ await tho result OF The
bTsfipg, A motion 10 ditchefre the
delen. ant. btcaute he was under
tubtmua ~ q witness and those claims
10 b. ffOo rom arrest la comes
lion herewith, was made this alter
nom. The aecuiatlon against MI.
uAvteu IL that on or about March l,
1874, be paid to seleclmen banoergef
anu Moffls a sum Of money ~ bride
to secure the furniture contract for
Andrews a %. His plea 10 the charge
l. no, guilty. The eject OF the acou-
saton l. 10 name the ex-selsotnnn ~
,qualiy guilty, though no flrmsi
etaTge IL lodged against them. The
ea,c 10, however, tocoming decidedly
interesting.
Wien the matter was called up tho
weond time IN Commissioner PfatVs
oogfi, there was some little discussion
,ht further posiponement OF the
gsclsl question was had I'll 10
an. tomorrow, at which time u prob.
ally viii not be pressed, NJ other
developments may preclude the nseea'
iily therefor.
After Hayken's arrest. he wns
ksb, closely confined, anu up 10 10
Ln. Was not allowed 10 SEQ his attof-
new G. r.. Dey, who II also attorney
nsy for Andrews x Co. Mr.. Day ob-
Isel'd 10 such procedure. and applied
10 Judge Merritt, who directed ". ,.
Mif,hal Brigham and County Autnt.
uty WhittemJre that the prisoner
must be- permitted 20 SEQ counsel. The
tiilgsn attended 10 thls order,
but DID not understand ,hAt
the chief Justice had said Mr.. uuykon
must b. brought into court, hencs
teeoiuRs, ~ noted briefly elsewhere, IN
which Messfs. Brigham ana White.
mote were ordered TO show cause tomOT-
low At 10 O'Clock why they should
not DO punished lot contempt.
An explanation, however, probs'
bly, will end all proceedings Ia
The habtas corpus direction, since
lhtTo was merely slight misunder-
standing, and 30 there was no iuten-
lion OF contempt.
The proceedings this afternoon, how
ever, arc inll OF promise for eensationu
10 the near future. Mr.. Hayksn was
lahen before the grant Jury to testify
10 an investigation supposedly against
Two e1-soleotmen and others. When
before the grand jury he refused TO
testify on the ground that he might
ineiimlnate himself, that being &C.
eofding TO his attorney's advice, In
View VI his arrest In the morning.
lie was excused and sol at liberty on
lhe bail furnished.
Other witnesses and testimony were
beIoie the grand Jury, ami II IL under.
sloed that In n short time, possibly 10.
morrow, there will DO some sensational
enclosures that will affect other par.
nss than those yet named In oonnuc,
hon with the business Of the furniture
contract