The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-20
DEFENDANT
CR0SS-EZAMINED
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Witness said he went from Chicago
to Cincinnati 10 see the Stewart Iron
company's people and came back to
Chicago. After coming back be saw
Hayken and lunched with him at the
Wellington and that night he left for
home. Mr.. Morris said he understood
Strattcn could not be a witness against
him but was interested, as witness
expressed it, in letter. what STRAIT
ton was going to lie about at Hay
ken's trial
''On February ., 1896. when you re-
turned from Chicago You wrote Hay
ken that you could not send more than
$50 to help provide d job for STRAIT
ron?"
Yes, 1 was under no obligation to
give anything. Stratton could not be
used against R.e, but he might against
Hayken and Hayken said he was
hard up and 1 wanted to help MIN out"
You wrote Hayken it would be a
good thing if L. c. Davis could be
kept out of the commission that the
present selectmen were supposed to
have agreed to pay him on the elevator
business?"
Yes, 1 understood Davis was buy
ing witnesses for the prosecution and
the more obstacles put in his way the
better
AFTERNOON PROCEEDINGS.
After luncheon the defendant was
further examined by Judge Powers. He
said that in his letter of March &c, he
wrote he had done certain clerical work
for Judge Dey. That was true and he
had done so solely with the view of
helping HaykeD. He thought it would
have a good effect to let Stratton and
oil lr111x n
gotten into trouble for alleged false
swearing in the Bamberger case in
order to put them on their guard lest
the same thing happen to them. Wit
ness thought Carey and Holbrook had
acted shamefully in deserving Hayken
Was anything paid to you by Hay
ken in the summer or fall of 1894, on
the subject matter of making the ap-
preparations or the acceptance of the
furniture?"
mo, there was not"
Was there any controversary about
the appropriations"
No, none -
Was there any controversy as to
the acceptance of the furniture?"
No, it was up to the standard, and
there was no dispute about it"
Witness enumerated a number of
articles for which the school board had
paid more than the county and said
there was only one article the county
had paid higher for than the school
board, that was No. 12S chairs and the
difference was only 70 cents chair and
the countys chairs were better than
the school boards There was no
truth in Haykens statement. witness
said, that he (Morris) had demanded
money from Hayken on December %
December 81. 1894, or any other time.
What about the 1000 Hayken
said he left in an envelope with Frank
Knox for you?" asked counsel.
I know nothing about that what
ever, never heard Of the matter until
last week.
Had you any understanding with
Hayken that you were to call at his
room at the Knutsford for money on
December 29?''
No a8
Was his statement true that on De-
cember 81 he handed you some money
al the Knutsford hotel?'
III was not
Did you ask him then for the bal
ance due on the alleged 20 per cent
contract?H
No; nothing of the kind; no such
transaction ever took place"
Who first called your attention to
this transaction of his with Mr..
Knox
Il don't remember"
DID Mr.. Knox notify you that Hay
ken had left a package for you?''
No"
Did Hayken notify you that he
had left package for your
mo, he did not
Witness, in reply to counsel, said he
had been to the Francis mine fifteen
or twenty times. There was a large
amount of development work done.
which witness described. The ore vein
exposed was about ten or twelve feet
wide and there was q large quantity
of ore on the dump. Witness had as
says of the ore made from time TO
time, and these were put in evidence
One showed IS per cent lead. 8 10
ounces silver. gold none; another
showed 3l2 per cent lead, 2 ounces sill
Yer, nc gold, 10 the ton. Assays of ore
from the Black Warrior and the Hol-
land claims showed for the latter
63 $40 per cent lead. $40 ounces sill
yer, for the former 81 per cent lead
and 40 ounces silver and u 40 per
cent lead and 2 40 ounces silver
About $1,000 worth of work was done
on the Holland and the Black Warrior
claims, Mr.. Morris said. These two
claims lay side by side about two
miles from the Francis. There were
arrangements for storing water about
quarter of a mile from the claims
The water was stored in a hole in the
winter and i remained we'll into the
summer.
Witness said that Mr.. Cahoon had
carried the first contract for furniture
in his pocket for a week or two before
filing ii. The second contract was
nled by witness with County Clerk
Mccoy on the day after it was signed
SS-EXAMINATION.
This concluded the direct examina-
ton and thu witness was taken in
hand by Mr. Varian in cross-examina-
ton. In reply TO Mr. Varian he said
he was educated for the bar. is a
graduate OF the University of Michi-
gan; WIS mayor of his native town,
and pract'ced law there for a time.
During the time he was selectman
ne had no other business to speak Of;
looked after his wife's property and
had some mining business. He made
about $F00 a month as selectman dur
ing the years 1898 and 1884.
You kept your bank account at Nc
Cornick's and your wife kept hers at
the Utah Nationalg' asked counsel.
Yes
How did you come to mention this
mine Of yours 20 Hayken?"
Il was anxious to realize something
on these properties
How long were these negotiations
pending?'
About three weeks"
Where was the contract drawn?"
AT my house."
by whom?"
81 drew it,
Anybody there at the time?"
NO think not
How long was the agreement ar
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