Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-21

the crowd. not particularly him.
You had been talking 20 him but a
moment bcforcf We had been talking
back and forth.
Immediately before you went n,o
that room? Yes. sir.
Nor ALONE 4 MINUTE.
Now. Mr.. law. isn't Il a fact that
you and McCuue went into that room.
walked into the room. the door bcine
left open Into this main room. where
an these other people were. that Mc.
Cune without sitting down at all. With
out stopping q minute or thirty Sec
onds. walked 20 the door and called
Sloan into that roOmf No. sir. II "
not a fact.
And isn't 1t true that Sloan and you
and MCCunc remained thercf No. sir
Walt a momont.uttil MI Joseph
Monfon came iu7 No. sir.
And didn't Monson then remain there
until McCunc irft and went TO his
homer No. Fir.
u II not true that you were not In
that room with Mr NcCune alone for
one minutcf SO. sir. that Is not true.
Witness could not remember how long
he was IN the room with AR Mccune.
probably twenty-five minutes
And you say that Mccunc invited you
In thcfcl Yes sir.
And closed tho door Yes slr.
DID anybody hear him Invite you In
there I don't know.
Was anybody standing near you when
h. invited you in thcrc7 Their may
have been somebody standing within a
Few feet.
Don't you know Where was Sir.
Mnnsnn. when Str. McCuno Invited you
ir there tie was w that room.
How near youf Don't remember
Just what position SIR Monsoon was In.
where was Mr. Sloan Whom Mccune
invited you ln fhero9 lie was out In
that ruosn. De- may have been IN 10 or
out of H.
Was there anybody near you whom
Mocuno Invited you In thercf What
do yuu call nearT
Within such 70 distance that they
could hear the invitation don't
think anybody overheard Mr. Mocuue.
Why DO you not think soT because
be- talked low.
Whispered to you ala hcG Didn't
whisper.
Hui In confidential toner Yes. cir.
~ though he didn't want anybody TO
henr7 Yes. sir
THAT was the way Il Impressed you
NJ the timer l don't remember any Inn
precision.
Dld Il impress you at any time that
h. was epoaklhE 10 you Ia low tone
so that the Invitation wouldn't be- heard
me that way.
You think now that be- ala speak to
| you ~ "a low tone NO that " wouldn't
attract the attention ~ anybody ciHrg
| I have never thought about that
Why ala you make that suggestion
/ Just now Wen, ! Hny man speaking
| low, u would naturally appear No "
he didn't wart others 10 hear.
That u what you think nowf Yes.
| fir.
what ana h. say lIe said he want.
"a 10 speak 10 me privately few min
uios. 90 words 10 that effect
] pld u occur 90 you then that you were
a. b. corrupted l didn't take time tn
think u over. whether he was going TO
make any proposition.
Didn't II occur 10 you that he was
| perhaps going to make AN assault upon
your honorf No. cir. u ala not
OF course n II had. you would have
rejected u with Indignation. and never
would have gone into that room a. be-
/ subjected Ia any temptation. would
youf You put that ~ n question:
Yes. Why. certainly / would.
| Would WHAT Have rejected n.
Ana wouldn't have gone into the
room NJ ulli No. sir.
You would have rrhukcd him then
ana there. wouldn't you, iik. an honest
mhnf II was owing a. how definitely
| he put "; n he asked me In such n
way, Or " his conduct had been such
that would lead me 90 believe that such
was going 90 be- done. ! ray ! would
have rejected II.
You would have flung IL back IN his
teeth Nrs, sir. I would.
- I tab. n that there was nothing
In the Invitation that you thought i'm
| proper No. Hir.
Ana you walked In there and shut
/ the door Yes, Hlr.
/ ma as.tt IuEs a4uNaa
You and hof Yes. Hir,
] Whnt was the nrHt thing Haidf
| don't remember the nrat thing said.
Why. Mr. Law, n was Ia there that
the nrrt nitnmpt was made o. corrupt
| sou. wasn't ~ Yes. sir.
! You were Justly shocked and indig-
nhnt7 Yes, SIR
Aud haven't you clear recollection
] ~ everything that was said In that
l most important Interview Ia which this
/ attempted crime took placer l very
] distinctly remember the first words he
said in that line on that subject
! What dli you nrrt begin talking
nhuutr Politics
! Politics again. Yes. rir.
IT, said he wanted 10 see you pri-
| yutelyf Yes, Hlr.
And you began taking again about
the silver question: Wen. incidentally
| referred Co that
You said IN your direct examination
that when You went In there you com.
| Wvnrod talking Tho silver question,
didn't you7 Yes, Hlf
Nothing. private about that was
| thrrr9 No
You remember what hc said about
| the silver question: No, sir,
Anything h. Hnldf Wen. he tried o.
| convince me he was a silver man.
| can you now recall anything that he
| fhidf No. sir. no didn't say anything
or that subject that was worth r-mum-
| boring.
You can recall nothing he said upon
tho subject whether II WAS worth re-
| mrmhrrinF or nntf No. nlr.
can you remember thlng he said
| there during that twenty-five minutes,
| other than what you related this morn
| lugf 30. alr. nothing positive.
WHAT No. Dir. nothing positive; that
| l would be- positive about,
You were In there with McCunc Tor
| twenty-five minutes, or about that
/ tImcf Yes. nir.
| Privately Yes. Hlr
Aud the only thing that you can re-
call that he said during tho whole boz.
| tcryirw WINS that DO wanted your vote,
that II had cost him too much money
! 90 loose now, ana that u you would
/ give him your vote yuu could name
/ your own prlcr7 tie made usr VI that
statement although not in the same
breath
can you remember anything else be
said there during that twenty min
utes7 besides thatf
Yes Yes.
Tell Il 10 us. lie wanted 10 know
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