The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-01
CHIEF PRATT RECALLED.

CHIEF PRATT RECALLED.
After luncheon Chief of Police Pratt
was recalled and an objection argued
! by Judge Dey to the witness answering
the question put by Attorney White
more. 81 will ask you what occurred
1 there in the marshals office, and what
was said by you and by Hayken.' The
portion objected to was what Hayken
said and the objection was based on the
ground that Hayken at the time was
under duress and that the chief had
made threats to him or held out induce
ments to him to turn states evidence.
Judge Hiles overruled the motion and
said that he would instruct the jury to
disregard the, confession unless it was
/ otherwise shown that he had given the
bride to Morris
Witness then said he told Hayken he
mad dead case on him and Hayken
said If you have why don't you con-
vince me of it'' and that he did not
! want to be made cats paw Of by the
others; that if Whittemore had treated
MN like gentleman instead of hav-
ing him arrested like a hold up, he
would have talked to him.
Witness and Judge Howat then show
| ed Hayken some of the photographs on
glass. Hayken. when he saw these, wit
ness said, was very much agitated and
I
looked like his. He admitted that
some of the figures were in his hand
writing. Hayken asked whose was the
handwriting the initials J. r.
M. in the financial statement,
and Wlfhdbe1nore told him they
meart j. r. Morris. whereait
Hayken seemed greatly agitated. After
little Hayken recovered his self-pos-
session, said the witness, and said
Wmttemore has been very smart in
this affair, but you haven't got me yet.
L don't write on glass"
MORE COMPARISON OF PRICES.
Postmaster Barrett recalled gave
values of certain chairs shown him at
! about Sc to 81 apiece, which were in
voiced at $3.50 by Andrews & Co. A
desk which was billed at $1125O, wit
ness valued at 1877 SO or $40 Mr.. Bar
ratt said his figures were based on
stock furniture which he understood
THIS to be, not on furniture made to
special design. Another chair which
cost SS3.75 Mr.. Barratt valued at 81.
II. j; Hayward was in the planning
mill business. Had examined the
benches in the court rooms. The one in
the probate court was worth $780, This
testimony was objected to, objection
sustained and witness excused.
THE PHOTOGRAPHS.
Z. W. Simons. photographer, was
Shown the two Photographic plates
shown Hayken at the marshaPs office.
which he identified as negatives of
certain letters (the Hayken letters.)
witness said he made THE negatives.
Cross-eXamined by Judge Dey. wit
ness said he put no marks on the
plates, but felt confident they were the
same.
The plates were offered in evidence
and objected to. The county ATTORNEY
argued that they were competent to
prove in connection with Hayken's
talk ait the marshaPs office that the
Initials ]. R. NJ meant j. R. Morris.
The county attorney thought the fact
that he had told Hayken that the in
itfals meant j. R. Morris and Hayken
didn't deny it was evidence of the
truth of the assertion that J. R. NJ.
meant ]. r. Morris.
MINOR POINTS.
w. S. Mccormick was called and ask
ed by Mr.. Whfttemore What was the
financial condition of Mr.. Morris in
1894. The question was objected to.
and the objection sustained. The pros
ecution withdrew the witness with
promise to recall him.
Ex-Cour1ey Clerk Neloy recalled, said
Mr.. Norris devoted almost his entire
time to his duties as selectman in 1894.
e. d. Weary, recalled, testified thet
he saw Mr.. Morris at the depot two or
three times when he CWeary) was leav-
ing the city. He also testified that An
drews & Co. had sued him for s2O5 600.
but he won the case
Ex-Seleoltman Caihoon identified the
contracts made for furniture between
Salt Lake county and the Andrews
firm, and said they were signed in Hay
ken's room in the Knutsford hotel: also
that Mr. Norris was engaged with his
duties as selectman almost constantly
during the year 1894
Deputy County Clerk Reese testified
that the minutes of the county count
for the year 1894 showed that Morris
had ATTENDED all the meetings of the
court in the year 1894.
NJ. D. Brown, manager of the local
branch of the Western Union Tele-
graph company, identified certain dis
patches sent by j. r. Morris to Martin
Hayken. The dispatches were opened
in evidence, but objected to and the
objection sustained.
MORRIS BANK ACCOUNT.
Charles NJ Dupont, clerk in McCor-
nick & Co.'S bank, testified that J. r.
Morris had an account with the bank
in 1894, and identified certain deposit
Slips for amounts deposited in the
bank. Their admission was objected
to, on the ground that they were not
connected with the defendant, and the
objection was sustained. The county
attorney, arguing for their admission,
said he did not suppose the court
would require him to show by direct
testimony that Hayken had handed
Morris $5,000 to which the court re-
pied: You can show it by any com
petent testimony. The objection is sus-
tanned The slips showed deposits
amounting to $1,000 made by Morris
PROSECUTION RESTS.
The states attorney here announced
that he rested his case, but Judge Hen
denson asked to recall Harry Haynes
for further REORGANIZATION Mr..
Haynes said there was no relation
whatever between the purchase of fur
plture by him for the opera house and
stores at Murray and the county court.
His purchase was a straight transac-
ton in the ordinary course of business,
paid for in the ordinary way, and that
was all there was to it. No side issues
were connected with it of any kind.
The county attorney offered in evil
dence a copy CT The Herald of May
20, 1885, from which Hayken had sent
a clipping to his firm. It was objected
to- but his honor allowed it to go in.
SOME TESTIMONY STRICKEN OUT. 4
Judge Dey then moved that the tes-
tinlony of Joseph Lippman be stricken
H.