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

tween and 4, any means of commune
cation? There was a door.
Was this on the second or third floor?
On the second from the ground.
Up at the head of the first flight Of
stairs? Yes. sir.
Was there anything done with room
4 or room 5, so that spies could ascer-
tain what took place in that room? Yes,
So.
What? 1t wasn't done that night; it
was done the next morning.
What was done? Cut the top of the
door
So they could look through and hear
as we'll? Yes, sir.
Did you see that done? No, sir.
What time did you go TO bed that
night? Didn't go to bed until about
probably o'clock.
Where did you leave Sheets, or cid
he leave you? He left me
Where did he leave you? In that
room.
Can you tell us anything thai Chief
Pratt said that evening? Yes, sir.
PRATT AFTER M'CUNE.
What? 7 can tell about The first
thing that ne said to me: he said that
he had been endeavoring to set a case
of this kind; in fact, he had got wind
of one, but that he had failed TO work
~ Out, VI lidl ll4S ASllOW DGCk1Q UtMu.
McCune didn't bite? No, he didn't
say McCune didn't bite.
Wen, the fellow failed TO work it.?
Somebody didn't have nerve enough to
work it,
What else did he say that you can
tell us? Well, he urged me to take the
part in the matter that l did
You had already made UP your mind
to do that, hadn't you? Provided 1
could get his assistance
You were urging him; you wanted
his assistance? didn't urge him in any
way whatever.
You said you had made up your mind
to do this if you could get mis- f.ssist-
a-ee? Yes. sir.
Before you saw him at all? Yes, sir.
Go ahead; anything else ne said that
you can recall? Never mind, your raem-
ory seems.to be rather slow. Did you
meet and talk with anybody else that
night besides Smith and Johnson, and
the chief Of police and Mr.. Sheets?
That night?
Yes? Why, met several people.
To talk with about this thing? No,
sir.
Didn't mention it to anybody else?
No, sir.
Questions by Mr.. Whitney-Mr. Law.
at what stage OF the proceedings did
Messrs. Smith and Johnson start to
take part in this matter? When Sheets
and L left his headquarters, they Ie-
manned there.
CANNONITES IN PLOT.
Did they assist in the formation of
the plan against Mr.. McCune? Yes,
sir
Messrs. Smith and johnson did, Yes.
sir; that is, they assisted in this part
of ii, how to detect it
Questions by Mr.. Dickson:
Talked over the plan and agreed
about how it should be done? Yes. sir.
What time did you get back to that
room the next morning after you had
been up to breakfast. L don't remem-
Der distinctly.
oh, about? 1t was after o'clock.
How long were you there with the
chief of police and Mr.. Sheets and Ser
geant Hilton? Just a few minutes.
only a few minutes, then you went
across TO the Wasatch drug store? Yes,
sir.
Well, you got over there about 10
o'clock, didn't you, or half past? About
10 o'clock.
store before you went over to telephone
to Mr.. McCune? Yes, sir.
Before you went to breakfast? Yes,
sir.
Because you We're i'll? No. sir; not
particularly because I was ill.,
Because you had been i'll the night
before? No. sir; I will explain that I
take the car there and go nome.
Did you have any conversation with
anybody there the first time you were
over? l passed Mr.. Horn.
Did you have any conversation with
anybody in the drug store? 1 said good
to him and that was all.
Is Mr.. Horn related to you? No, sir
Is Mr.. Halliday related to you? Yes,
sir
What relation is he to you? He is my
cousin.
He is an employee of that drug store? /
Yes. sir.
Anybody else connected with the drug |
store that is related to you? No, sir; !
not that I know Of
MORE ABOUT DRUG STORE.
The balance of the testimony was
ross examination on the conversation
1T the Wasatch drug store, where Law
estifies that McCune gave him the $50 |
md promised him 81, 400 more
Then Mr.. Dickson made an effort to
AVE Law fell what tha OthaY- cbopCas l