The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-19
mo. not to nv knowledge"


you and Hayken then that you would
fix the city committee"
mo, there was not"
WAS there any agreemenet between
you and Hayken that if you got 20 per
/ cent you would secure for him the con-
tracts from the beard of education and
the city,"
mo, sir
THE OPERA HOUSE BUSINESS.
WAS there any arrangement in jan
uary, 1894, that by seating the opera
house at Murray cheaply, the assist
ance of Cahoon would be secured in
giving the contract to Andrews & Co. %
mo, nor at any other time
did you tell Hayken at any time
NO
Did you tell him it was necessary
to make some fine deals to secure the
assistance of Watson and Cahoon?"
Il did not
Did you tell him Watson and Ca
boon owned a marble quarry and could
be made solid by subletting the con-
tract for marble?"
mo"
Did Hayken invite you to visit his
firm in Chicago, when you were there
in September, 1892"
mo, sir
Through Proudfoot or any other per-
SOM"
No"
Did you ever suggest to Hayken di-
rectly or indirectly that he had better
do something to ease up Cahoon and
in order to do that to make a deal
mo-
did you suggest that such a course
was necessary because Cahoon had
conscientious scruples?"
No"
Did you ever suggest to him that
the No. 40 chairs had done the bust
ness?"
mo. 1 did not"
Did you suggest to Hayken in Feb
ruary that $500 should be sent by An
drews & Co. to settle obligations of
Hayken which would become due af-
ter the affixing of certain signatures? ?"
mo, I knew nothing of Hayken's OBJ
legations
] WAS it ever arranged that you
would receive 20 per cent of 5000,
$4,000 or any other sum?''
No, it was not"
did you ever have personal con-
tract signed by Hayken as special
agent for Andrews & Coz"
No"
Did you ever make a suggestion that
it would be necessary to make arrange
ments with Lynn to secure his influ-
ence?"
Never"
Did you lead Hayken on or induce
him into such a scheme or agreement
as he says was made?"
mo, SIR
Did you ever write or make him
| believe that you would divide up with
! E9Oo bPrCar and tha OthorS2''
Never in the world"
Did you ever pay them anything
as commission on the deal?"
NO. never"
Did you ever suggest to Hayken
| that it would be we'll to have his firm
treat Mr.. Lynn pretty nicely?"
! No"
Did you suggest to Hayken that he
had missed his vocation and that he
should be an alderman"
No"
did you ever put political ideas into
| his head?''
mo"
did you tell him that he was intend
cd by nature for higher position than
he occupied"
mo"
Did you ever coachl him to be
candidate at some other place than
! where he HVeQ
mo"
Did you at any time suggest that he
should call on Cheeseman?"
Il did not" ,t.3
Did you ever tell Hayken that you
didn't want to go in too heavy owing
to the election being near and that
friends had told you you had better
! make a clean job of it as you would
never have better chance to better
| your condition."
II may have had some converse ton
about the second contract as was not
at that time in favor of letting it."
did you ever say that it was bet
ter to make a clean job of it and that
you would never have a better chance
| to better your condition."
mo, [ did not
Did you ask Hayken for a commits
sion of 20 per cent to induce the sign
ing Of the contracts?"
mo"
do you know of any one who was
clanoring for substantial come
down of s2,5OO?"
No
WAS any agreement made that 81, 900
of the price of furnishing Harry
Haynes stores should be taken out of
the 20 per cent rake OFF,"
mo, I didn't know Haynes was
building store or buying furniture. -
did you say that you and Bamber-
ger would pay out of the 20 per cent
the larger part of the bill for the ope-
ra chairs?"
NO"
WAS there ever any arrangement
! between you, Bamberger and Hayken
to have deducted out of the 20 per
cent commission Hayken alleges, the
cost of furnishing Haynes store?"
mo"
Did you give Hayken receipt for
$1,S6O money for furnishing Haynes
store?"
mo"
Were you ever asked for receipt
of the kind?"
NO
"Was ever anything of the kind done
by you or you and Bamberger to Sc
cure Cahoon's good will?'
NO"
Court adjourned until 10 o'clock this
morning.
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