The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-26

| the other, ard | made some remaI't
that if he wanted TO say anything h'
didn't want to be heard he should no
speak over the public phone. and witt
/ that he said ne had about concluded L
vote for me. according to his talk witt
my men or my man or something o.
! that kind; 1 don't know just the exaci
| term that he used, and wanted to know
I if 1 couldn't meet him, and l says
Where do you want me to meet
you?" and he says, AT the WaSatcf
drug store. asked him where the
Wasatch drug store was. and he TOLD
me, and with that I left and went into
pointment for me to come up there II
! fifteen minutes.
Well, did you regard that message as
containing anything of a suspicious
character? None whatever.
None whatever? None whatever.
Can you, then, explain, Mr.. McCune,
why you said to him that if he didn't
want to be heard. that he hadn't better
speak over a public telephone in that
way? For the simple reason that he
said he was watched or spied on. and
I supposed he didn't want them to
know he was going over to vote for me.
1 have had half dozen or two dozen
say the same thing. Mr.. Mccormick,
in talking to me one time. wanted to
know the same thing.
You have talked with half dozen
people in the same manner that you
have talked with Mr.. Law? No, sir;
not in the same manner.
Have you had half a dozen people
state to you over the telephone that
you were being watched? That I was
being watched?
That they were being watched and
didn't want to see you at the head
QnartarS2 No sir
Isn't the first one who stated that
Mr.. Law? Possibly he is.
But he said nothing whatever of a
suspicious character? Nothing that 1
would take for granted
He said
Mr.. Dickson-Let him answer the
question.
Have you answered? Yes.
And there was nothing said, you say,
of suspicious character. and yet you
do remember saying, IF there is any
thing you don't want to be heard, you
hadn't better speak over a public tele-
phone?" I didn't say that.
That was the substance of ii, wasn't
it? I said if there was anything he
wanted TO say, that he didn't want
heard, he ought not to speak over a
public phone.
And had he said anything. had he
communicated anything he didn't want
to be heard? He made it mysterious
by saying he couldn't come Ito my
headquarters and he was watched.
There was some mystery about it?
Yes. 1 supposed. from what he said,
he was watched.
And yet there was nothing suspicious
as far as he was concerned? Why do
you say there was something mystic
rious? I didn't.
You did not? No, sir; did not.
Can you give an explanation, Mr.. Nc
Cune. why YOU made that remark?
What remark?
That you nave just given us here?
VIII you tell me the remark?
I don't care to repeat it; don't you
know what I mean? No.
You told him if there was anything
he didn't want to be heard, that he
ought not to say it over a public tele-
phone? Certainly; for the simple rea-
son that 1 told you he had said he was
watched and spied on, and couldn't
come down to the headquarters.
LAW SAID HE WAS SPIED ON.
That he was watched and spied on,
and couldn't come down to headquar-
ters? Yes.
Well, that was simply language he
was using over the telephone? Yes,
Sir.
He wasn't exhibiting himself in any
way, where ne could be seen? No, sir.
Didn't suppose anybody could see
him? If he didn't want to be seen
coming into my headquarters, he
wouldn't want to be known to meet,
or something else.
He had been in your headquarters
prior to that? Yes, sir.
He had been shortly after he came
down to the legislature intro
duced to you by MIR. MonsOn, wasn't
he? Yes, sir.
He had been there at different times,
hadn't he? Yes, sir.
You saw him on Tuesday night,
didn't you? Yes. sir.
On Friday night, didn't you? I don't
know.
And on Thursday night? I don't
think I saw him Friday night.
You don't remember that? No, sir.
But he had been there as recently as
Tuesday night? Yes. sir.
He had been with you up to the Vien-
ma cafe? Yes.
Eaten dinner with you? Yes, sir.
Walked along down the public street
with you? Yes. sir.
Went Up into your headquarters
where there were many people pres
ent, and you invited him into private
room in the presence of q number Of
people? Yes. sir.
And all that occurred. and yet you
say that Mr.. Law said that he was
being watched? He did.
And didn't want to be seen at your
headquarters? Yes, sir.
DO you know why he changed his
mind about that? No. sir.
Do you know what caused him to
make that suspicious remark? No, sir;
1 do not.
Not the remotest idea? No. sir.
You knew that he did not want to
make such a deal as that in, your head
quarters? l didn't know anything of
the Kind.
Did you have any talk or invitation
of any other member OF the legislature
under such circumstances to see him?
No. sir.
No other member? No. sir: not that
L am aware of; have had messages
sent; 1 have gone to meet other men,
bers: / went to meet viii Nebeker
on Friday night. and I went to meet
Mr.. Stewart and Mr.. RideOut; they
didn't seem to want to come to my
headquarters.
Well, you said "all right, will come
over" did you2 Yes, sir.
When he told you that people were.
watching him or reporting him, or
words to that effect, didn't you say
why, no harm done at all; come right
over here; this is public place." Yes,
something of that sort.
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