The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-21

| that any man who did not go there with
the purpose that you went with would
have got offended with what he said
Because l went there for the purpose
| of finding out whether these insinua-
| lions and innuendoeS that had been
thrown against Mr.. McCune on the floor
of the house were true or not and
went there to get a chance if possible TO
prove that they were true, because
believed them
You went there with the purpose c.
drawing Mr.. Sloan into making a prop
osition TO you, that was improper, did
you? Ididn't do any drawing UP there;
Bob don't need any drawing.
That was the purpose for which you
went, was it? 1 went there to accept
such proposition if it was made to
! me.
You went there with the expectation
or intention of drawing him out on that
subject, did you? / didn't particularly
expect anything of the kind and 1 didn't
attempt TO draw him out on that sub
( ject.
! But your purpose was to go there and
place yourself where he might make
improper advances to you? If he was
so inclined, that was the purpose 1 went
| for.
What time did you leave him. about
half-past Z? Yes. sir.
HE TOLD JOHNSON.
And Mr.. or Representative Smith
was the first one you told about this?
Representative Johnson.
Where was that, at the Knutsford?
Yes. sir.
Who was present? No one.
About what time did you make this
revelation there? 1t was between 10
and IL o'clock.
At niCht2 Yes sir
Did you tell your wife? No, sir.
Did you tell her of the scheme you
were in? No, sir.
The job you were putting up? No. sir.
The detective work you were going to
do? No, sir.
Tell her that you wouldn't be home
that night? No, sir
When did you tell Mr. Johnson? Be
tween 10 and IL O'Clock Friday night.
Friday night? Yes.
l mean Mr.. Smith? Mr.. Smith came
up to Mr.. Johnson, and while 1 was
telling him.
And you went on and told both of
them? Yes sir.
Between 10 and IL? Yes sir.
Whereabouts in the Knutsford? In
the balcony on the first floor.
Were you in the headquarters of any
of the candidates that evening? Of
any other candidates?
That evening, yes? 1 was not in the
headquarters Of any of the candidates
that evening except Senator Cannon's
Were you in Senator Cannon's?
was in there that evening.
With Smith and Johnson? Yes, sir.
Before or after you had told them
this? After.
And you told theu-you went into
Senator Cannon's headquarters? told
them what?
When you told them of what had
taken place between you and McCune
and you and Sloan, you were taken into
Senator Cannon's headquarters? 1
wasn't taken-I went in
You went in? Yes, sir.
Did you go in with Smith and john
son? Yes, sir.
Talk it over there again? No. sir; it
wasn't necessary
Did you? No, sir.
With anybody? Yes, sir.
With whom? With Chief of Police
Pratt
MEETING AT CANNON'S.
Was he there then? We telephoned
for him and seen that he did come there.
You met Smith and johnson on the
balcony of the second floor? Yes, sir.
That is near where Senator Cannon
has his headquarters, is it? Yes, sir.
When you got through with your con-
versation there with Smith and John
son, you all three went Immediately
into Senator Cannon's headquarters?
Not Immediately.
Where did you go then? Johnson and
[ went in there and Mr.. Smith went
down to the telephone and he tele-
phoned the police headquarters for Mr..
Pratt.
That was arranged there between
you three while you were still in the
corridors Yes, sir.
Yes. Smith was to go down and
telephone for the chief of police? Yes,
sir
And you and Mr.. Johnson were to go
into Cannon's headquarters and wait
for the chief of polices Yes, sir.
How long before the chief came and
where did he come to, Cannon's head
quarters? Yes, sir
Who was there when the chief ar
rived there? There wasn't any one
in that room but Johnson and 1 and |
Smith
Tell Us what took place now when |
the chief came there-the cOnversa- /
ton. Johnson related what l had told |
him to the chief of police; the chief |
asked me several questions about it |
and he suggested that we send for |
Detective Sheets, which we did.
Go on, go on. And then we went /
over to the police headquarters
What for? Because we had tele- /
phoned to Sheets-the chief went down [
and telephoned to Sheets and told him (
to go to the police headquarters.
Sheets sent for them to come there? /
Yes, sir.
Sheets told the chief of police to come
to the headquarters? The chief told
Sheets to come to the police head
quarters.
And you went up there to meet him?
Yes. sir.
While you We're in Senator Can
mons headquarters and while the chief
of police was in there. did you meet
anybody else besides Smith and John
son? Never talked with any one else
about it.
Was it talked about in your presence
to anybody else besides Smith and
Johnson and the chief of police? No.
sir, not at Senator Cannon's head
quarters.
TRIP TO POLICE STATION.
You went up to the police head
quarters about what hour? 1t must
have been near u o'clock or a little
after.
Then what did you do? We arranged
a plan whereby we hoped
Tell US what you did. What we did?
Yes. We went in and sat down.
Go on. And smoked.
Go ahead. And took off our over
coats and our hats.
Yes. And that was all we did.
What did you say? oh, well, what
we said
Don't get cunning. We arranged a
plan whereby we hoped to catch Mr.
McCune.
Well. tell us what you did in that re-
"a I'd We Detective Sheets and L