The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-02

In the Morris bribery case the de-
PENDANT was put on the stand again
yesterday morning and Intercepted
further about the value of the Francis
mine which he claims he sold 10 Hay
ken. Witness considered it a valuable
property and worth all the money
which Hayken agreed to pay for IL and
good deal more when railroad
/ is built TO Deep Creek.
Ex-Sheriff Mcqueen testified that
Morris had talked with him about
/ selling the mine TO Hayken. Witness
/ knew the mine and thought it was
good property; there was quite a lot
of ore in sight which gave Iar values
in gold, silver and lead.
j. F. Delaney swore positively that
he had met Hayken on two occasions
at the Knutsford hotel about the time
the alleged contract for the sale of the
property to Hayken was made. Hayken
had interrogated him about the mine,
the quantity and quality of the ore
and soforth.
Witness knew the mine well and
thought it was a good property. He
described the work which had been
done on it and said there were large
quantities of valuable ore on the dump
and the tunnels and shafts were in ore.
Angus NJ. Cannon had visited the
Francis mine when the surveyors for
the Utah and California railway were
out in that region. There was con-
siderable low grade ore on the dump
and a good deal of development work
had been done on the property.
Robert Mulhan and Charles Reich
gave testimony of a similar nature.
The testimony given by H NJ. Nc
CARNEY at the previous trial was read.
In substance ii was that he was chief
engineer for the Pacific & Utah and
the Utah e California railroads.
Visited the Francis mine in company
with Angus NJ. Cannon and others and
made d superficial examination of IL.
There were three shafts and one tun-
mel on the claim, all of which were in
ore. There was about 100 tons of ore
on the various dumps. The vein
varied from foot and a half TO ten
feet in width and there were ont
groupings from the vein at various
to ship unless there was a railroad
there. The mine was 1O5 miles from
Salt Lake City.
Charles Austin visited the Francis
mine and thought there was about 80
tons of ore on the dump. Took a
sample which assayed ounces silver
SS.26 in gold and 40 per cent to IS per
cent iedu 10 the TON.
Dispositions of +. A Holbrook of
Andrews & Co. were read denying that
he had paid or caused to be paid any
money TO j. r. Morris or any of the
other selectmen and denying that any
arrangement for any rake-off whatever
was made.
Similar dispositions made by George
P. Carey and Mr.. Andrews, also IF the
firm of Andrews & Co, were read.
DEFENSE RESTS.
I'VE rest" said Judge Powers and
the prosecution called Martin Hayken
in rebuttal The witness said he had
never seen Delaney in his life until he
saw him in the court room at Morris
previous trial.
He said he received $1,000 from
Andrews & Co on May l. 1894 and
$1,000 on May 9, of the same year.
What amount of money did you
pay Morris?" asked Judge Rhodes.
Five thousand dollars in cash.
Whose money was that?"
A. II. Andrews & Cos"
You said you paid Morris a total of
SI.S6S, What did the difference between
that sum and the $1,000 consist of"
Seven hundred and eighty-two dol
lars was assumed by Morris to pay
Harry Haynes on account of opera
chairs for the Murray Opera House"
Judge Powers objected to this testi-
mony on the ground that ii ought to
have beer introduced on direct ex-
animation SO that the defense would
have an opportunity to call Harry
Haynes and other witnesses to rebut
it. If it was admitted now, counsel
would ask for a continuance in order
to get those witnesses. The objection
was overruled and witness said 81, $50
was also assumed by Morris 10 pay to
Harry Haynes.
In answer to Judge Powers the wit
ness said he made no arrangement for
a bribe with Haynes, Cahoon or BAN
berger
Court adjourned until $50 o'clock this
morning. There are only one or two
more witnesses to be examined and it
is expected the testimony Will close
about noon.
The arguments will probably occupy
a day so that the case viii probably
reach the jury sometime tomorrow.