The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-25
PIL|NG UP EVIDENCE.
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Mr.. Sloan was there also, was he I?
That is my recollection also.
You, Sloan, Dunbar and McCune
Yes, sir.
AT that time did you know what Mr..
Law had charged ? knew some of the
details; yes, generally.
How much of that did you know?
knew that he had accused Mr.. McCune
of Offering him bride of fifteen hun
bred dollars had the amount, and
that he alleged that Mr.. McCune had
placed in his hands $50 in the shaking
hands with him and left him.
Now, did you communicate that to
these three DersonS2 [ did.
Did Mr.. McCune make a statement
at that time? Mr.. McCune-
You can answer that by yes or no?
He said something: yes, sir
1 wish you would give this committee
all that was stated in the presence of
those gentlemen at that time; that vas
the very first conversation, wasn't it2
As l remember it, that was the first
conversation l had with him, yes, sir.
or with anyone about that; it was an
exciting time, and my recollection may
be a trifie misty, but l viii give that
10 you to the best of my ability Mr.
McCune sDrang up in his chair, with
some evidence of excitement, and de-
clared it was a lie, and said something
about the man having offered him his
vote for five thousand dollars, and his
having rejected it, and then said, in a
moment, that is what the internal
scoundrel meant when he shook hands
with me the way he notwithstanding
i.
Yes, it was there he made that re-
mark that is what the internal scoun-
drel meant when he shook hands with
me, and illustrated with his fingers?
civ nv 1qfi nj
sir.
You were. all together2 Yes, all to-
gether at that tire.
What else was said? [ left iname-
diateiy, and ran back to the telephone,
and demanded that, We set some OF the
gentlemen who were supporting Mr..
McCune, some member of the IegisIa-
ture. and 1 telephoned in order that L
might communicate to them Mr. Nc
Cune'S denial. which 1 did in the Ian
guage used by Senator Evans on the
floor of the joint assembly.
Yes, but was anything else said be-
fore you did that? I am asking fer
that which you said? 1 cannot recall
anything else at this time, no, sir.
In your presence all Mr.. McCune said
in substance or effect, was that he met
him in the drug store, had a talk with
him there, that Mr.. Law offered to vote
for him for five thousand dollars?
There was something said about that,
yes. sir.
Wait moment; that he rejected it
and got up and went to the counter for
the purpose of making a small pur-
chase OF some medicine, bromo quinine,
I think, that he stepped out of the drug
store onto the sidewalk and there he
saw q man whom he saw standing
there when he went in there, did he
say that ] heard all of that.
Did he say that at that time? I do
not recall that he SAID all of that at
that time; he said enough for me to
form and base that statement I made
over the telephone to Senator Evans.
A LONG QUESTION.
And did he then say that he passed
out of the drug store and was crossing
the street south, that Mr.. Law fol-
lowed him or trailed him and on the
way across the street he said to Mr..
McCune, you must not be offended
about this offer, because the newspa-
pers are full of il, the air is full of it,
that brides are being freely offered, or
words 10 that effect, and l thought l
would simply speak to you about it,
and did Mr.. AcCune say TO him, We'll,
/ know the air Is full of it, the news
papers are full of it, and 1 don't blame
yoC much for having spoken to me
about it?' Is that the end?
Yes. that was while he was crossing
the street, 1t is impossible for me to
say whether all of those details were
given to me then or not.
Were any of those details given to
you at that time? Perhaps, but am
inclined to think not, some Of them
were, perhaps, but not all; I do not
recall all of those details, except the
finger proposition, which 1 recall quite
distinctly.
Redirect examination by Mr.. Dick
son:
Mr. Harris, as soon as you had COM
n1unicated this to Mr. McCUne the news
that you had received from the Joint
assembly, that he had made a state
ment such as you have identified, you
left and went back to the telephone
again, Immediately? Yes, sir.
To call UP a member of the legisla-
tpre2 Yes, sir.
And to communicate TO him Mr.. Nc
CUne's denial? Yes, sir.
You left SIr. McCune and Mr.. Sloan
talking, did you, about this same mat
ter? I left the three gentlemen who
We're there together Mr.. McCune, Mr..
Sloan and MI. Dunbar.
You did not wait until the whole con-
versation was over2 No, sir.
Hurriedly went back to the tele-
phone? 1 was very anxious to get Sen
ator Evans or some friend OF Mr.. Me-
Cune's there, in order that he might
make a denial on the floor of the joint
assembly.
You. of course were. when the news
came there, greatly excited? We were.
Do you remember, can you say
whether or not Mr.. Thurman here, was
also in the room? Mr.. Thurman was
in the large room.
Do you know whether he went into
the back room where YOU were while
you We're talking there? I am fairly
sure he did not at that first converse
zion.
Questions by Mr.. Stewart:
How many messages did you receive
over the telephone regarding this state
Inent that was made by Mr.. Law? I
received two; one was simply a con-
1i1Znation CT the other.
VIII you state just what was said 10
you over the telephone. the first mes
sage? As well as 1 can, yes. The first
statement was, Representative Law is
on the floor of the house making a sen
sationai charge against McCune. He
claims that McCune tried to bride him
IN the Wasatch drug store, and that ne
afterwards, when the bargain had been
concluded, shook hands with him. and
left in his hands four twenty-dollar
notes, and Chief Pratt is there to GER
tify to the correctness Of his state
mert'; something ike that, as well as
I can recall now, sir.
Mr.. Cummings-That was all given in
the first statement? Yes
And who sent il?
Mr.. Dickson-We are going to put Mr.
Van Colt on. He was the one that COM
municated il.
The Witness-It was his voice.
Mr.. Evans-Who sent it to you? IN
derstoOd the voice to be the voice OF
Mr.. Van Colt.