The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-21

there? Yes, sir.
And went out again? Yes. sir.
Which door did he come in at? He
came in at the south door.
And which one did he go out? The
south door.
Where were you and Mr. McCune at
that time? We were sitting on the
bench 1 have described.
Did you have any conversation there
! Yes, sir.
HIS STORY OF THE BATTER.
State what it was? He said, in sub
| stance-he asked me what l could do
| for him, and l asked him if he remem-
| bered the proposition submitted TO me
! by himself on Tuesday night, and he
said yes, and l says: Are you pre-
pared to follow cut those propositions"
And he says: Well he says, what
do you want?" And I says: We'll" |
says, you name it; you name the fig
ure," and he says: No, l wont do
thar; you name it." I says: Five
thousand dollars and he says: That
is too much; that is too much" he says.
! Why Law, l am not as rich a man
as people say 1 am; couldn't give that
much. I will give you one thousand
! dollars if you will vote for me today"
and we talked back and forth about
sums intervening between one thou
sand and five thousand. and finally
agreed en- fifteen hundred as a cOnsid-
Grafton for my vote that day, Saturday.
What else was said at that time? He
stated to me that he thought that he
would be elected anyway that day. on
account of the absence of Crosby and
Robinson, which he appeared-which
gentlemen he appeared to think would
be absent that day, from his conveTsa-
ton. but he said that he was willing TO
give me that amount to make his cleo
ton sure and certain.
Well. proceed. And when we agreed
on it then he wanted to pay me after
had voted for him and after he was
elected, but l wouldn't agree to that;
said that 1 must have some down
Oast answer read.)
Continue, Law. And we finally
agreed that he should pay me 800
down and 81. 400 between the hours of
8 and o'clock on Saturday afternoon.
Thirteen. did you say? Fourteen.
HORN MCUNE'S ENEMY.
Well, what else. if anything. was
said? And l agreed to that proposition
and he said, I'VE will have to go some
where else than here" he says. Il
wouldn't make deal of this kind here,
because that man Horn is personal
enemy of NINE" that is, he says. He
isn't an enemy but he don't like me"
and l proposed that we occupy the
room that I had occupied the night be-
fore, but he didn't seem To want to
go over there and suggested that we
go TO some saloon; but this l re-
monstrated against and said that l
wouldn't go TO any public place, be-
cause / had more at stake in this than
he did, but that I would go over to
that room if he would go over there.
I. rnII he 10
til l step to the showcase and get some
change" L understood him to say-I
don't know whether l was right
whether my memory serves me right |
or not; I don't really remember
whether 1 understood him correctly as
to that. and he says, You step out and |
l will follow you in moment which |
1 did.
You stepped out on the sidewalk?
Went out through the south door? !
Yes, sir.
Whom, if any one, did you see on the
I met Robert Fryer.
How long had you known Mr.. Fryer? |
About a year-a little over year.
Under what circumstances did you
get acquainted with him? When 1 |
first got acquainted with him he was
on the Monarch mine in
Mercur.
What was he doing there? Working
in a shaft.
On contract or
Mr. Dickson Gnterrupting)-Oh,
suppose that is immaterial; it is TAX
ing time and 1 think it is immaterial.
Mr. Evans-I know, but think it is
important.
Was he working on contract or by
the day? On contract
Well, did you make any arrange
ments with his partner TO take his
share of it and work it out? His
partner left him and l took his
partners place.
And you pursued the work and sunk
he shaft together? Yes, sir.
Working with each other? Yes, So.
want to ask this question, gentle
men: Do you remember your statement
before the legislature, where you
stated that you had not seen this man
or two years? Yes, sir.
REVISES HIS STORY.
What explanation, if any. have you
o make 10 that? Only the explanation
hat 1 made when l started 10 make