Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-03

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JUDGE TuuRuANs ARGUMENT.
~. Hr,ious Other Feature. of the Main
Ease.
Mr. Thurmnn'a argument on the main
case ;as charge made b. Mr.. Law, was
rs follows
DfD NOT TELL HORN.
MIR Horn. when on the witness stand.
Informed you, gentlemen ~ the COM
miticc. that h. watched Mt Mccune
and Mr. Law when they went out Of
the drug store. saw them ngaln ns they
were crossing the street In a sOuthsriy
direction and again saw them whom
they were shaking hands That thcre
was nothing unusual or extraordinary
In the attitude nf the parties white
shaking hands. or anything that Epcc-
tally attracted his attention. lie IN
formed you. also. that within nftccn
minutes hftpr DO saw these partlra
Sinking hands. NJ. Law returned TO
the drug store ana engaged with him
IN conversation. That Mt. Law az tina;
time told him that be- Offered 90 scii
his vote TO Mr. McCunc. FIRST Tor uVe
thousand dollars. then FOR four thpr-
sand and H0 on. until at last he reached
his lowest limit. which was fifteen hun-
drud dollars. That Mr. Mccuuc do.
clined these omcfa, ana that they finally
separated without an agreement. that
there was no agreement arrived at be.
tween them. lie also stated that Mr.
Law never told him that he received
from Mr.. Mfcuno. while shaking hands.
the sum u $50. or any other amount.
Mt. Law made the drug store his
headquarters lie was evidently we'll
acquainted with MIR, Horn. Ito had
spoken to him before In suspicious
manner. when he told him he desired
To- communicate with Mr.. " Tunc over
the telephone. II would seem reason
able 90 expect. under those conditions
aud circumntanccs. that II Mr. Mccune
hnd given Mr, Law any sum ~ money
while shaking hands with him. or hni
entered Into any arrangement what
ever looking 60 the payment o. money
that MI. Law. while rotating 10 Mf
Horn what M. Horn tcstlnca he aid.
would have then and there told him the
story which ho told here IN this lnycfii-
cation.
LAW FOLLOWED MccUNE.
Mt. Mccunc and Sergeant Hilton
both testify that when Mi. McCune
came out % the drug store Law was
then standing from fifteen feet 60 a rod
west Of the door ON the sidewalk. That
Mr.. Mccune, Instead of going In the
NlIffNlNN VI LAW NuiNfh W AflN hflfhHltt
direction, walked east TO the crossing,
then south. where he was Joined by Mr.
Law. The Significance of this tcatl-
fuuny ana of these facts must be clear
and pulpabie 60 your under.
standing and comprehension Re-
member, there had been no mr.
rnngcmcnt, even according Ia the
testimony Of Mr. Law before leaving
the drug store, az to when or where
Mr. Mocuno and Mr.. Law were 10 again
meet. 20 far Ms the testimony Of either
Mr. Mcclure or Mr.. Law IN concerned.
M to what took place between them In
the drug store before they emerged
thcrcfrum upon the sidewalk. there was
no understanding arrived at ~ TO
where they should again come together.
Under these circumstances, II would
Seem. when Mr. Mccunc came out of
the drug store and saw MIR. Law stand
Ing Ia the west. n h. intended 20 talk
with him further or have amy further
arrangement concerning this matter. he
would have gone In that direction, but.
instead NJ that, We Ind him turning In
the opposite direction away from where
SIR Law stood. ana he could not have
known or oven supposed from anything
that had been said In the drug store
that Sit. Law would follow him or Join
him IN crossing the street.
no ARREST MADE.
There In something strange In the
fact that when Mr. Law went upstairs
into the room where these officers woro
aud told them what had happened. and
showed them the money. that chef
Pratt whose only duty II would have
been a. administer the law. did not
then ana there inform Air. Law that
Str. McCune should be Immediately nr-
rested. Indeed. II seems strange that
without further consideration, ;heTc
mcn-thrHc officers of the law, did nnf
~ once, even without u formal COM
plant, proceed To arrest afr. McCunc
with "a Wow to bringing him 10 Justice
hut that was not, II seems, u phrt OF
their game. From that day to this
they have never attempted to MAX"
any arrest. What was chief Prntt'a
Position In the caso7 Was he play lnS
political part. or was he performing
ing political part, In whose interest
was he engaged; AZ whose instance
wnh h, theref In whose employment.
and fpi what considerations These are
matters that I cannot determine. but
they are matters which you have
rirht to consider, they are u pat and u
parcel uf THIS dlnbollcni plot Neither
do We ind Mr. Law making amy cTort
ar any HugGoHtinn to have Mr..
Mctuno arrested. but, on the
other hand, these men who weru
there for the purpose OF arsiatinR In
the commission ~ a crime In order TO
expose II, separated from one anoi her.
SIR. Law repairing 10 the Joint building
where he n 10 make "a speech IN the
joint assembly. and chief Pratt and
those associated with him, dropping
out ~ the ulae from thence en-, as has
been demonstrated up to the present
slime,
MR. LAWS SPEECH.
This speech ~ Mr.. Laws IN he Joint
assembly 10 ityplf significant gn1 po-
ouliar lie does not claim to be any
thing bat common simple m n OF the
pr0i lc-u man who ~ easily ngltntr y
a man who, On that occasinn, feared
that he might become ugitntel whoa
he caIAc 10 relate his story Ia the mum-
uyfH OF tho Legislature It's speech be-
fore thut body was dramatic. Hs COM
inrrrrd by Illustrating his position, his
feelings. his patriotism and his love ~
country, ana incidentally compared
himself 10 the immortal peninmin
Franklin, one NJ the founders of this
F0ycrnmcnt,nnd relates the tory about
the sun. moon ana Joshua \ careful
readinv OF that speech by this COM
mitteo ought 10 convince tnrm that T.
was not delivered by a man who, az the
time. was acting as might De- expected
iu Wow NJ hiH pretended KNOWLEDGE Of
the fu,tf rotating Ca this transaction,
as Nlr LFw assumed.
THE OTHER TESTIMONY.