Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-27
Mr.. M'CUNE is
CROSS-EXAMINED.
A Steady Fire Of Questioning by
Evans for Nearly Three Hours
WITNESS COOL AND PROMPT.
Evans EIisIt. FULLER Details Of Nc
cunc'. Meeting with Law aud OF
uccun.'. nusincs. tnsir..

uetunc'. fusincss An'ir..
The cfofa-oxamlnntion " Mr.. McCunc
was continued aii Saturday afternoon
tlll evening. II covered every detail.
In NAM ways. u MIR McCuncH tcstl-
mony before the committee. and also
entered upon many other subjects. The
defendant ~ very emphatic and out.
spoken witness. Ills answers were
ready and Ulrur-Cut. lie remembered
details distinctly, and u seemed impos-
Hibin "a diHCnnceft him, For nearly
thruc hours h. was cross examined by
Mr.. Evans without uliciiing anything
new " Importance ~ 10 the main fca-
turns ~ tho ease. lie resented one OF
two questions from Mf. Evans. who
lost hts temper ut the close ~ the invcH-
tiRation on Saturday. aud spoke sharp.
IS ~ The Witness, who uH promptly re-
toricd. til this proceeding was cut short
by adjournment Tho cross.cxamina-
tlon was as follows.
MccuNEs BUSINESS
What ~ your business. AIR. Mccune7
Az around. almost anything and
everything
Have you any occupation that you
have chOscu7 Mining, you may say
rallroadlng. street railroads. steam
railroads aud intefcatcd In hardware
aturu. JoWolry store. and I couldn't 10
on 10 cnumcfnte the other things large
sheep ranch down hero at Iuah.
When ala you frat conceive the mo-
tlon " becoming a candidate for the
rnltcd Stnie- senator Two years ago.
Two years ngof Yes. slr.
You remember the contest ~ two
years agof Ycs. sir. part " H.
when Mr.. Rhwlina WIS senatorial
candidate and Sir. Thatcher Do you
remember, during that time saying 10
Mr John q. Cannon ana two Or tnrr-
others In the city. while that contest
was going on. that u Mr.. ilhwllna
would turn over the votes which h. had
TO yuu. that Nnu would take your
money ana you would buy the rest ~
the - ~ b-a and be- elected In icla
than "a day. No. fir. do not.
You don't remember saying ihat7 I
Did you say ~ did not,
Did you say anything that purportod
60 be- Nothing whatever.
To be- such NJ have stated 10 your
Not a word ot that Kind that could be-
possibly construed into anything Of
80 II.EpGiNG.
How many votes lid you start with
IN this senatorial contcHt7 I think
had eleven on the nsHt ballot
You didn't lose any did you. after
that. you kept steadily incrcpHlnR. aid.
you notf That couldnt say. but my
Impression N that ! ala.
That you kept steadily inorcaslnE7
Yes, rlr,
A fast. na rnpidly ~ you secured
these votes, isn't " fact that you
pledged every one ~ them IN wrltinr
90 stay With your No. SIR never was
such u thing done from that time a.
this. Tho only writing that know Of
them ever signing was that letter that
was published IN the paper.
You say. then. that those men have
not been pledged IN writing NJ fast al
you secured ,hem7 No. Hir. not IN
writing Or verbally.
Not one Of thcmf Not one.
SURE OF ELECTION.
You supposed you were going 60 be-
elected on Saturday, the is,h Inst. did
your Yes. rir.
on what ballot aid you think you
would be- clcctedg The first ballot.
DID You have any doubt about ~
Not much.
Did you have any doubt at nig oh.
there " always u chance for doubt
that somebody might BE- sick or away
ur something ~ that Kind. To say that
had an absolute certainty when I nnly
hnd the exact number NJ votes pledged
TO me. ! couldn't say that was cor-
tninty.
You did have como doubt In your
inindf Always have doubt. .rir. " I
had thifiy-iive promised. I would have
some little lingering doubt until the
ballot WIS east.
You were naturally Interested. then.
IN securing ~ many votes ~ you
Dii you talk with Mr.. Rldeout and
Mr. Stewart about this mattorg Yes,
cir.
on Friday night Yes, sir
In the presence ~ Moses Thatcher
Ne7, Hir
Isn't II "a fact that they told you at
that time that n YOU could retain your
original twenty eight thuy could vote
for you some time during tho progress
OF the halintinrf 80, Hlr.
What ala they says They said they
would vote Tor me the next day.
80 that everything was arranged on
Friday ulrht, Hp that you believed you
would De- elected on Saturday morning q
Yes, rir.
OVER THE TELEPHONE.
What WAS II warned you that some.
body wanted YOU al tho telephone
Why do you uFu the term "WarnrdY"
Well. notified you, or anything you
please; 1 don't rarr what you cni a. \
young man by the name uf Mark
cuunr
Didn't you think warned" was the
proper word Well don't know 49, ID
WAS; u might boz ID little more siguln.
can't Ia 80 a. what you arv trying To
wish you would give me the Ian.
Eungc which be- uHUd9 I don't know as
] could remember exactly.
Lot az hear you repeat II now. when
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