The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-30

On Tuesday the prosecution in the
Hayken bribery case seemed to have
the better of it and Mr.. Whittemore
and his colleagues were walking on air.
Yesterday the tables were turned. So
far the prosecution has presented no
evidence except Haykens own letters,
has not yet, as the lawyers say, es-
tablished the corpus deficit, and from
remarks made by the county attorney
he is not straining a point to conceive
the idea that he is depending largely
on the letters to secure a conviction.
Judge Hiles several times urged the
prosecution to prove the corpus deficit
and ruled, Mr.. Whittemore to the con-
trary Notwithstanding that a defend
ants admissions alone were not suffi-
Cert to convict and said he would
so instruct the jury.
The main witnesses for the prosecu-
ton. Geddes, Weary, Swiney and
Colby. produced a very bad impress
sion and their department under cross
examination was the subject of very
general remark by parties who have
no interest in the case either way.
Court opened promptly at $3.50 o'clock
and the reading to the jury of letters,
OF Hayken to Andrews & Co. was re-
sumed by the county attorney
EASING UP OPPOSITION.
Letter Of March !, 1894, was admitted.
It contained a good deal of irrelevant
matter, but said that it would be bet
ter to ease up" certain opr sition and
TO accomplish that it might pe well to
furnish little opera house with forty
chairs, to do away with the consciea-
tioCs scruples CT the party mentioned
In letter Of January "a, and the forty
chairs win do their work" The writer
requests draft large enough, say $500,
70 settle certain Obligations coming
due after the signature of the writer
is affixed to certain papers.
Letter of April 15 1894, refers to the
board Of education and says there was
"one big crank on the board, whom
Hayken was smoothing down, but the
others Would surely sit on him. as
the writer was bound to get there
The writer begs them to agree to the
70 per cent and 5 per cent to the
architects. Says he has paid Proud
foot $50, to come out of the 5 per cent
and that the amount of the bill for the
chairs is to be deducted from the 90
per cent. He says he encloses schedule
OF estimates submitted by Brunswick
Bake company, Revell; Natchell & Co.
and others and wonders how he sue
ceeded in the face of such other bids
as he had to contend with. His sllc-
cess was such that he thought he ought
to run for alderman.
Letter of April q, 1894: refers to IAN
other tussel with the board of educa-
ton and assures his firm that the
board is coming round slowly but sure
ly; parties on 20 per cent rake off
clamoring for substantial come down
of $500 as inducement to hurry nm
signing. I cannot advise compliance
and now on receipt of this please wire
declslon You are aware that first
they must sign before I fork over and
l shall take good care to have everv-
thing solid
COMPLIMENTS TO MCCORMICK.
Two letters of August 5, 1894. One
says your favor of Both ulto in which |
you say comments are not fayora HE |
TO this company, etc, ETC.. received
nave mailed you the full batch of all |
newspapers and today also The Her
ala OF the 18th ulto and perhaps vou
Will feel otherwise after reading all |
comments as made and certainly ought |
70 know that here. as always, are some |
Soreheads and mud singing cannot be
prevented. Were it not for stirring IN |
more stink would send you affidayits /
OF Recorder Liopnan, where in the on
swer Alderman Mccormick womb he
, rSlieu "a ua1an mar Every
precautlon is taken by me from gain
ing newspaper notoriety for either vo,,
OF cthers Every one here conversant
WIN uhe animus of the parties kickiner
KNOWS better than accusing you or me
WITH any foohShness and seeing. as
trey DO, the goods arriving are far
aoo ,s' pheir expectations, pity Nc and
really believe that if Christ came no
earth today Mr.. Mccormick womb
really try 10 sell his body for 'twentv-
nine pieces of silver if he had a chance !
Ferhaps you never before exneri-
s.iceQ sum a roasting and / ann sorry
shouId this one give you displeasure
yet L cannot see where are tha cow
nents not favorable to this comnarv
certainly should have informed Won,
ere this if anything injurious or de-
'ogatory, but really the whole matter
tppeareo SO 'oDenfaced silly On the
part OF McC., that my friends have
rather increased and your renuta to-,
S in no danger whatever '-O-'
II AND B FIGURE LARGELY
The other letter of August 8 1904
'eads: Enclosed please find cons
ract and specifications of Harry
taynes store fixtures pending son,e
ime. 1 also inclose estimates of Mr.
!. Q. Baumann left with me at the tin,e
4 his first visit here and amounting tn
!, 62S.25. To better explain matters
hall reiterate proposition mace nv
PARTIES here and as submitted for vo1,r
at my last visit to Chicago in
Nay. John p. Cahoon and brother
n-law and partner of Harry Haynes.
vas to be incidentally benefited by
dorris and Bamberger. the co,,nty
I dyes, and M. and B. agreed to nav
he largest share of his contemplated
work che furniture of the two stores
n Murray providing he would have
7r,,,o faz4.. a.