The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-14

you got into, how high the limit wasp
Yes"
HIS FIRST CROOKED TRANsAC-
TON.
That was the first crooked transact
ton you were ever in?''
Il guess so
''Is that the only answer you can
give?''
II don't know what you call a crook
ed transaction. You seem to know
something about me-"
Eyes, I will convince you of that be-
fore I get through. but if you are
willing to let the question stand where
it is now, 1 am
when you want expense money do
you usually write your firm to send
you money for working the city or
county boards?''
Yes"
Did you get in some fine work in
Omaha?"
mo, I think not"
Another letter of June 20, 1898, was
produced, in which Hayken wrote An
drews & Co., urging them to send him
some money for working" and stat
ing that it was by those methods at
Omaha. that he had succeeded so we'll
there.
You were writing your firm in
June. 1898, for money to work these
committees and yet you say you did
not make the arrangement with Morris
till long afterwards?'
THAT money was for necessary ex-
penses; no back handed work about it
at all"
rs that the best explanation you can
give?"
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DO you think the jury will believe
ne Z do"
Martin. on your conscience. is that
the true explanation
"It is
land you wanted this money for ex-
penses in going around with the boys
and being a good fellow?"
Judge, you have been in politics;
you know what expense money
means" Great laughter)
And working the city and county
committee means taking a drink with
them or playing little game at
nights?"
yes, that is the true explanation"
Witness here was about to refer to
a note book and counsel asked him to
lay it aside. by the way" said Judge
Powers, when did you fix up the
dates in that book?"
do you wish me to tell the truth
about that?" asked the witness, smil-
ing good naturally.
Judge Powers-It is immaterial to me
whether you tell the truth or not.
The question went unanswered.
NEVER DID DIRTY WORK.
Were you not engaged in doing
dirty work with this money you wrote
for?''
mo, never did any dirty work.
do you mean that after your testi-
money on the stand here?"
81 do
NEVER PAID THE HERALD ANY
THING.
"How much did you ever pay the
Salt Lake Herald for it's fnfuence?"
Il never paid them anything"
WHAT
Never anything
why did you say yesterday you
came to Salt Lake first on December
%, 1892"
81 answered the question asked me
which understood referred to the time
1 came first on the furniture business.
I had been in Salt Lake four years be-
fore that
Now did you write the truth to
your firm at all times?''
Sometimes may have elaborated a
Httle.''
Drew on your imagination"
Either my own or that of some
body else"
who was the other persona"
Morris was there a good deal"
did he help you write the letters 2"
mo"
Were you drawing on your imagin-
alton when you wrote your firm that
Bamberger wanted 50 per cent?"
Perhaps"
Cant you say for certain?'
Partly SO. and partly not"
what part was true?"
1.-The 30 per cent
rs it not true when you say you
wrote H. B., meaning ]. r. NJ, that
you meant NJ. H. ?'
mo, there was no NJ H. Martin
Hayken) about it," said the witness,
who seemed greatly amused at the
idea.
WAS it not all imagination when you
said H. B. wanted 50 per CENT?
mo, 1T was not; it did not turn out
to be imagination"
CAHOON AND BAMBERGER HON
EST.
Judge Powers then asked Hayken if
he had any further explanation to
make regarding his letter of January
Il, 1894. Witness said he had not, and
again said that the letters H. B. did
not refer to Herman Bamberger ait all,
and that Mr.. Bamberger had nothing to
do with the rake off. Cahoon, witness
also thought, was an honest man.
When witness wrote about seating the
opera house at Murray, he did so on
information, but did not think the let
ter reflected on Cahoon's character at
ALL He thought it was all right to
obtain d mans good will by selling ma
terial to him at a reasonable price.
Judge Powers asked witness how it
was his letters appeared to admit of
two constructions. Hayken replied
tnat it was because Judge Powers
wanted to put a bad construction on
them, while witness wanted to take an
honest meaning from them.
'fWhy did you mark them confden-
tial?" asked counsel.
II did not want them to get into
other hands, who might, like you, put
a wrong construction on them.
Letter of March l, 1894, was read and
put in evidence. 1t contained good
deal of irrelevant matter, but said
that it would be better to lease up
certain opposition and to accomplish
that 1t might be we'll TO furnish l56tle
opera house with forty chairs, TO do
away with the conscientious ScrupleS Of
the party mentioned in letter of jan
uary a. and the number forty chairs
had done their work" The writer re-
quests a draft large enough, say $500,
to settle certain obligations coming due