The herald., 1897-05-02

He and went through the report and
compared It with the Express report and
found 1t was all right. and this was done
to satisfy me that it was returned to me
intact"
do you mean to say" inquired the
court, that this report was cut up and
pasted together In this fashion while the
document was in your possession"
mo, sir; It was taken from my desk
and returned to me in this condition on
the morning Of the 21st."
You had taken the pains to number
the pages" asked Mr.. Davis. Now,
when Mr.. Kidd returned the document
to you. didn't you see that it was in reg
ular order?"
II can't remember looking through it
ogain that day"
That ended what was practically the
second examination Of Mr.. Logan.
John knight. the Herald reporter, in
telling his version Of what occurred,
practically told again the story as told
by Kidd. With regard to the Snowden
episode he stated that the defendant
came to him and asked him to let Justice
Morrison down lightly. as he was good
fellow Witness was rushed for time
and made no answer, but kept a lookout
for the report on justices. as he had
heard before that some of them, had
been scored. In the portion of the re-
port he handled there was no mention of
the justices. however, and he assumed
it was In the part being handled by Kidd.
To make as much haste as possible, he
and Kidd were working in conjunction,
and so he had no occasion to go through
that part of the report being copied by
Kidd
Upon REORGANIZATION, witness stat
ed that Clerk Logan numbered the sheets
after the defendant had examined the
report.
WHY THE REPORT WAS CUT
F. A. Coleman Of the Times, who
swore to the complaint against Snow
den, next gave a detailed statement of
what befell the unhappy report while
it was in his possession.
ION the 20th," he said, II went into
department one about o'clock. Kidd
and knight were busy at work on the
report. knight told me he was copying
the grand jury report, and told me no
copies had been made. Later Clerk Lo-
gan gave 1t to me bound, and before
copying ran through 1t, reading In ex-
tense the shorter reports. intending to
take the more important sections first.
After copying for awhile I told Clerk
Logan had to go elsewhere, and asked
him II he would kindly put the report
somewhere where could get 1t later
He put it in a drawer, and at o'clock
went back to the department. decided
it was Just as easy to take the report
down to the office, and work on 1t down
there, and laid 1t on my desk with what
COPY had made. I was detailed on
other work, and despite the fact that
thought had explained that It was an
original copy, I found upon my return
that it was in course Of being cut up.
I demonstrated, and the entire clippings
Of the portion Of the report that had
been cut being on the desk, went to
work and pasted them together and re-
stored 1t as nearly as possible to its
original condition. I noticed some por-
tdons of the sheets were blank, without
any reading matter. and those were ig-
nored. Next morning I took 1t to q
Typewriter to have the mutilated sheets
copied. I didn't knowsthen how many
sheets had been mutilated. for in CHIP
ping the matter had been pasted close
together. After getting the typewriter
copy took It to Mr.. McAllister's once