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

that charge before the joint assembly
that l was considerably excited at thai
time.
At that time did you say, or do you
remember saying that you met this
man who had worked for you before
Yes, sir; that was an error on my
part. te
What was it you said? l meant to
have said we had worked together.
A man that you had worked with
Yes, sir.
Now, when after that work with him
did you next see him? About the first
week in January.
/ OF this year? Yes. sir.
/ Where? I net him one day up on
State street, don't remember the cor
! ner, somewhere between here and Sec
ond South.
/ Did you have any conversation with
! him at that time? Only shook hands
( and asked him what he was doing, and
/ he did the same with me and l was in
hurry didn't talk with him at all,
| only commonplace
/ When you stepped out of the drug
store on the sidewalk, what, if any
thing, did you say to this man Fryer
/ asked him what he was doing-first
L said. Good morning, Bob" and he
answered me. and 1 asked him what he
was doing and he said nothing, and l
asked him If he would be busy for a
few minutes, and he said no, and
asked him if he would follow me and
watch what a certain gentleman who
would join me and myself would do.
and ne said yes, that he would: that is
all the conversation l had with him at
that time.
Had you made any previous arrange
ment by which Mr.. Fryer was to be
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Had you seen him at any time since
the first week irs January last, until
you saw him there as you speak of as
you stepped out? No. sir.
Had you sent anybody to see him?
No. sir
Did you have any arrangement di-
rectly or indirectly with him by which
he was to be there? No. sir.
Why did you speak to him at that
time? Because L thought Mr. McCune
wouldn't consent to go into my room.
What did you want him to follow you
for? Because l thought that Mr.. Nc
Cune would want me to occupy some
wine room in some saloon and that if
Fryer was sharp and did what l asked
him to do he could see the transfer
made of money from MIR. McCune to
myself.
Did you have time to explain to him
sir.
Made no explanation whatever? Made
no explanation whatever.
That matter, then, came up on the
spur of the moment? Yes, sir.
Had McCune at that time refused
to go into the room with you? Not
absolutely.
But he suggested other places? Yes,
sir.
Well. after this conversation with
Mr.. Fryer state what occurred.
M'CUNE SHOOK HANDS WITH
STRANGER.
Mr.. McCune came out of the drug
store and Joined me on the corner;
there he shook hands with gentle
man I am not acquainted with and we
walked across the street south to with
i'll a few feet, probably two feet of the
sidewalk and he explained to me going
across the street that he was $40 short
on the 800 that was to be paid me at
that time and explained that he would
shake hands with me when he got on
the corner and that l was to so south
and him west. and he would leave the
money in my hands, which he did.
Well you walked then across the
street. while you had this CONVERSE
ton? Yes, sir
And after arriving on the sidewalk,
just tell what he did, what you and he
did there. We shook hands and parted.
When you shook hands, what Oc-
He left $50 in my hand.
Did you know that it was that
amount at that time? Only had his
word for it.
Hadn't counted it? No, sir.
Just explain here to the committee
use me as an illustration-how you
shook hands with him. First, l will |
ask you which way was Mr.. McCune |
facing. McCune was facing
Just put me in the position-say the |
sidewalk runs along this way He |
was facing about in that position. On
iicating).
You were standing that way? Ondi-
,ating). Yes, sir.
Now, perform the act. Witness il
ustrates).
Go on. Just turned our hands over,
went up and down once.
Did you feel anything in your hand |
when you shook hands with him? Yes,
;ir.
And his hand was withdrawn? Yes,
iir.
Which way did he turn then?- He