The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-14
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Kept Tor expenses, anu oul oL lHdl l
paid $3.50 and the balance kept myself.
Then / went to San Francisco and was
gone four weeks and returned again
here on July 90 1 met him there and
told him that the next payment we
should receive that l should insist
upon the house giving him some more
sf he needed it then. 1 left here on the
Dist of July ana returned again on the
9th of July. That bond for $4,000
specified that the furniture should be
here inside of thirty days if they were
ready for the building and I was noti-
fed that the furniture was under way
and / came here to arrange about pay
1nent of freight Then / came here
and made another application for
moneys, 900 to pay freight with. and
I received on July 30-the Doth 1 came
heron the Both I made the applica-
fion and received a warrant for $1,000.
Out of that warrant I paid some
freight, ETC., and paid on August 1000
in cash to Joseph r. Morris.
NO MORE FOR CORRUPTION.
BY Mr.. Powers:
What did you do with the balance of
the warrants?''
ct was for freight and expenses"
'sNas it all for expenses except the
81, 600 paid to Morris?''
perhaps there was some in the bank.
Pretty near $1,000 in there
"You did not pay anybody else out
of that?'
mo, sir. That is. except freight and
little expenses.
That is. You mean you did not pay
anybody else for corruption?"
mo, sir. ] left here again on August
Is and returned on August "a, returned
again to Denver on August Is. On
August % some more freight had
come. I made another application
on August q or 25 and re-
-ceived another warrant, or series OF
warrants, amounting to $1,000. That
was for freight. expenses, etc. l return
ed TO Denver on August %, and return
ed again TO Salt Lake on Oct. s; was
there during the time this furniture
WIS put up, etc ] left again for Den
Yer on Nov. Il and returned again on
Oct % During that time 1 was at
tending to work here and to the put
ting up Of the furniture. l left again for
Denver on Nov. 25-22-and arrived in
Sali Lake again Nov. &c. During that
time / had letters from the house to
send some more money. l made an
other application for money and re-
ceived on Nov 80, $4,000 1 then was
requested to pay some more.
What date was that?"
THAT was December
'December 3D.
about the Bird, yes. ! came back
her on Nov. &c During that time,
from Nov. 26 to Dec. l, received the
warrants OF S1,130. ! wrote again to
the house and they told me they need
ed the money and to keep it until it
was completed, and 1 paid him on Dec.
80 $1,000 cash. In the meantime, on
Dec. 3, I had on that receipt a contract
with Morris. assumed for Harry
Haynes, amounting 10 S1,S16. and 1
wrote on that receipt the amount of
$1,S16 for labor and material and $1,000
in cash to apply on the 20 per cent as
agreed upon, making the receipt for
S1,S16, making in all s7,59S.15. 1 again
LEI n Dec Z and arrived in Salt Lake
on the 10th and left again-left Den
ver-the 18th and came back again on
Dec. II.
ANXIOUS FOR FINAL PAYMENT.
"The house then wanted me to insist
upon the final payment of the county
warrants, but did not get any from
them as they were not ready for it,
and left again for Denver on the 18th
and returned to Salt Lake subject 10
a telegram sent to me to come, that
they would be ready to settle UP, and
I came, returning to Salt Lake on the
9th, and during that time. between
the 9th ard 31st, I received the bal
ance OF the warrants due to the COM
pany, amounting to S20,973S3, and I left
Dec 81 after having left the package
AS / told you. l was to meet Mr.. Nor
ris that night, or, if possible. the next
morning. l decided to leave that night
and did not see him. but 1 had in that
package $1,000 and three school war
rants which l had sold him sometime
during September or October and en-
closed those in that package, these
three school warrants and the small
envelope containing a receipt-sealed-
and of the same substance as the other
receipts, co apply upon the 20 per cent,
and left those two, the package and en-
velope, with Frank Knox, whom 1 met
when coming down from UP stairs in
the KnufSford, ready to go to the de-
pot and asked him if he would be kind
enough to hand that to Mr.. Morris any
time or as soon as he could possibly
see him: he said he would, and 1 went
away. / did not return again to Salt
Lake until March 6. When / returned,
1 had in the meantime written and
autographed Mr.. Knox if the package
had been handed to Mr.. Morris and he
wrote and telegraD hed me that it had
not and he would attend to it for me
when 1 returned and explained why,
and I returned on March 6.
OPENED THE PACKAGE.
I asked him for the package, if it
had been handed to the gentleman,
and he says No. 1 says 'Why?' He
says He has not been around 1 says
viii you let me have it?' He says
Yes and went and brought the pack
age. But before he handed it to me
he said What is in it?' 1 said There
is some papers in there and school Or
ders.' He says, Shall 1 open it?' I
says, Yes, If you want TO- thinking
perhaps he would not open it, but he
did open it, and upon looking
III he says, Why there is money
in it l says, Yes WELL he says,
is that yours? Well l says, I
claim it, Well, he says, I will keep
that, the company owes me for ex-
penses end warrants and 1 will not
give if 10 you and l was after taking
that away. 1 says Give me a receipt
Laat you have the money so it was
settled with the house, because l told
them L had a thousand dollars left, you
know. He says 1 will give you a re-
ceipt and you give me a receipt 1
then met Mr.. Morris and told him
about where it was. That 1 could not
do any more: that / had made a set
Element with the house and the house
were to settle the contract for the bal
ance, nothing having been done after
that that / know Of
Have you told me the whole story of
The transs c.son?"
Yes, sir
HAD AN EYE ON THE BUILDING.
Now you came here prior to Dec. Is,
1892"
Il had been here three or four years
before that"