The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-03

Yesterdays proceedings in the Morris
bribery case were dry and uninteresting.
Court convened at 10 o'clock with judge
! Rolapp on the bench and Judge Rhodes,
of counsel for the prosecution. resumed
his reading to the jury of the transcript
OF the testimony given by Martin Hayken
at the previous trial month ago. This
occupied the forenoon and told that Hay
ken mad agreed to pay Morris a bride OF
~ per cent of the gross price of the
furniture and had actually paid him 5000
also that the alleged mining deal be-
tween Hayken and Morris was a fake
gotten up by Morris TO cover up the cor
nut transaction.
Then Judge Powers, counsel for Morris
took the stand and read the cross-exami-
| nation of Hayken. The judge read with
"A great deal of emphasis and effect and
the jury appeared to be enjoying the
performance immensely, when Judge
Rhodes interposed an objection to the
manner in which Judge Powers was
readin-, declaring that it was just like
the way an actor would emphasize his
tines and which Mr.. Rhodes thought was
an improper way of presenting the case
to the jury.
Judge Powers declared very good
hUmoredly that he had right to read
as he pleased and that he would do so,
also that he was not responsible for his
intonation, articulation or accentuation
and the court ordered the reading 10 be
proceeded with.
The direct, cross. redirect and recross-
examination of Hayken occupied the en-
tire day up TO 1880 o o'clock.
judge Rolapp then announced that 1t
was impossible for him to be here on
Monday and Tuesday and it was sug-
geSted that Judge Norrell take his place
on the bench and listen to the reading
OF old testimony for couple of days.
This was finally agreed upon and Judge
Powers stated that almost the entire
testimony given at the trial of Morris in
w a aGnlllfla6 me
charge of accepting the bride, would have
to be submitted to the jury with view
of showing that the case tried then was
identical with the one on trial now and
that Norris. having then been acquitted
was entitled to an acquittal now, on the
round that no man can be twice tried
the same offenSe.
1t was agreed that this proceeding Will
take place before Judge Norrell and Court
Stenographer Pike will commence reading
from his notes at 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning and will read for two or three
days.
A NEW VERSION OF IT.
The Denver Evening Post a few days
ago had the following account of an
interview with Martin HaylHen in which
am entirely new version of the bribery
business is given:
AT the Albany are registered Martin
A. Hayken and f. w. Stratton of Chi
cage. Martin Hayken, who is we'll
known in Denver. from previous resi-
dence here, was the defendant in the re-
cent trial at Salt Lake of the case
brought against the county commission
ers and himself for accepting brides in
the purchase of furniture for the new
public buildings.
~ was at Chicago where 1 represent
a large furniture company when re-
cectl.- summoned as a witness in an
other trial against the commissioners,
said Mr.. Hayken this morning. My
trial occurred some weeks ago for brib-
ing the authorities of Salt Lake City and
was acquitted of the charge. On my
arrival last week in Utah / found the
case had been postponed so we are re-
turning to Chicago to spend the holidays
Everybody in the Mormon city seems to
feel good times are coming. The mining
outlook is good, much work in prospect
ing is being done and Tintic camp. which
is among the latest, has recently been
enriched by much foreign capital
The case of bribery against the county
commissioners in Salt Lake City at
tracted much attention over the west.
1t was charged Mr.. Hayken, representing
the Chicago furniture house, secured the
placing of their furniture in the new city
and county building by the use of indi-
vidual tribes. This was proven con-
clusivelY to be unfounded as to Hayken,
but the commissioners are yet to be adj
Judged innocent or guilty.