Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-04
Evidence Against Stout is All in
and Defense Begins.
WIGnTMAN'S ADMISSIONS.
Tampcrcd wiib-O Defense Calls
witnesses.

case today was the testimony OF BANK
Examiner wirhtman.
lie testified that thc report Of tho
Utah National last July was not cor
rect; that he thought tho Hedges note
n forgery. and that he had reported to
the department at Washington the In
formation which led to tho arrest Of
Stout on the charge of making false
entries.
MIR. Nightmare admissions OF his
denunciation " Stout. coupled with
the disclosure on the question Of Juror
Ewing. that IN. note had been tam
pcred with by erasurcr. created mild
sensation In the court room during to.
days proceedings.
The prosecution rested this morning
shortly before " O'Clock. the defense
was outlined and witnesses called In
behalf of Mr., Stout
The remainder VI the proceedings late
yesterday afternoon were the crOaa.eN.
amlnatlon Of a; u. Hay. - cyperi on
handwriting. To Judge IuuNi. Wit
ness said he came 20 salt Lake Sa aun-
day especially 60 testify In this case
DO you get anything for ~"
Yes; ! am not doing this Tor fun"
That's all. said Judge Powers.
Thank you. said the witness a- he
finillngly left the stand. while a ripple
Of amusement ran through the court
room, at the hrcvity OF the crorH-cx-
animation OF the government expert.
J. II. sLEATER.
y. II. flcntcr was sworn: knew de-
PENDANT since 1890; they bought -Four
| Aces stock together and were Interested
| In n little property In Alta In the name
| Of j. u. sleatUr q Company. IN which
Mr.. Stout was the company had given
notes TO the Utah National hank. ono
for ti.21s.til and another for ti.asg.od,
renewal Of the second one with Interest
added. Witness put up M collateral
security stock II the -Four Aces.
The arm had an open account az the
Utah National bank under tho name ~
J. IL, sleater a Co. A block ~ stock
IN the -Four Acrs was held by thu bank
ar collaboration a lnatu 90 the nrm-the
note being for ti.tss.ss and II was
| afterward sued by the bank ana tsb1.70
the amount realized over tn. face Of
the note. was applied on his personal
| account.
~ went to Stout" said tho witness,
"when held n control IN the stock "
the -Four AcCu, and told him that the
| outlook was blue. but that believed
that n money could be- had. the propo-
fition could be saved. ! never gave
Stout any 81 the money made by the
Isn't Il a fact. Mr.. sieater." asked
Mr. Dickson. that you left herr heav-
| ily In debt TO the hank 20
II owed Il 1890 when left"
| What wnH your business when
| hercG'
| In the insurance ffn 81 Windsor, Slca-
ter q Hudson. and ran a saloon for u
while"
OPINIONS or EXPERTS.
l.. 4. Hills. president OF the Dcacrct
National bank. testified that he did not
believe III. signature To- the alleged
forgcd note and thai OF Hedges In the
signature book u the bank were writ.
| ten by the same man. lie would not
say. however. that h. could not be- mis-
taken. Being ghown other papers
bssiring Hedges signature. he admit
ted that they were very disslmiinr.
G. NJ. Dupont paying teller In Me-
cornick a Co.'S bank. and Harry
Sherman, paying teller IN the Com.
merciai National. agreed IN the main
with Mr, Hillr,
Robert Smith. paying teller In the
National hank of tn" Republic. said he
did not believe that the name ON tho
note was written by the same man
who had signed the signature book;
there was considerable difference be.
tween tho two,
A. a. Robertson was positive that the
name on the note was not put there by
Hedges. as II differed materially from
that on The signature book, lie nd
United that Hedges wna not very caro-
fui as % the manner Of writing his
name. and that he had several ways OF
doing II.
W. n. LYNN.
W. i. Lynn was sworn! cashier Of
Jones bank for nineteen years. did not
think the signatures on the alleged
| fDrEcd note and other notes signed by
]. ~. Hedges were the same, There was
a difference Nv the y, the and the d,
and IN tho alleged forged note the was
closed like an INDEBTED. Sir, Dick
son admitted various other signatures
OF AIR. Hedges IN which the letters =.
v. q. and Q. the witness said. rcacm-
blei those IN the alleged forged note,
wiinera said that " the exhibit 90"
~ check signed By Air. Hedges. were
presented TO him hi the bank for pay
ment. he would not pay II, the signature
thereon being unlike the usual sigma
turc Of Hedges.
wM. u. wIGIITMAN.
National bank Examiner wlghtman,
for California. Nevada, Utah and
Wyoming tAutulhfh hhllhnhl baHhH w
Utah for three years; knows defend
ant and A. u. Jones; nrst met them
about three years ago and has seen
them once each year since; his duties
we're to check NJ the books of tho
banks. To list their bills, etc.
EXAMINED TINE hooks,
ron July ssth. 1895, I began the ex-
animation Of the accounts OF the Utah
National Rank with Mr Stout
counted the cash IN the bank and went
over the notes. Stout called on notes
and I listed and olasihned them. The
note now marked exhibit ~" 1.-THE al
legged forgery was among these notes.
After listing the notes. went through
them. LOOKING for technically bad and
past due notes. The accounts did not
balance. spoke 10 Jones about H. Fob
lection made by defense 10 CONVERSE
ton with Jones; Husiained,l
TOOK POSSESSION or NOTE.
n took possession % this note and
kept Il TIL | gave II 10 the prosecuting
attorney.
,ssi,ha fatal indebtedness of Mr. stoutt