The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-22

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to call up Mr. McCune? And he didn't
want anybody to hear.
And he didn't want anybody to hear
and then he said when Mr.. McCune
came he didn't want to be interrupted
and didn't want anybody to hear what
they said? That was before Mr.. Nc
Cune came.
l say, he told you that when Mr.. Nc
Cune came he didn't want to be inter-
rupted and didn't want anybody to hear
what they said; that also would sug
gest to your mind that something mys-
FERROUS was going on? Yes, sir.
knowing that one was a member of
the legislature and the other was a
candidate for the senatorship? Yes, sir.
Did you know that up to that time
Mr.. Law had been voting for Senator
Cannon and not for Mr.. McCune?
did.
And knowing that. that also i'm
pressed you that this meeting was
somewhat mysterious? Yes, sir.
Did you observe anything peculiar in
the manner in which. Mr.. McCune and
Mr. Law shook hands when they part
ed? No, sir, nothing at all
Mr.. McCune as you remember it, was
to the west of Mr.. Law? Yes.
MIR. Law was east? Yes.
So that if Mr.. McCune shook hands
with his right hand the palm of his
hand would be towards the north? Yes,
sir.
1t would be? Yes.
There was nothing peculiar 1
couldn't see anything.
Nothing to indicate that he was try
ing TO pass something as he shook
hands? Not at all.
DIDN'T SEE FRYER.
Questions by Mr. Cummings:
Did you notice anybody following Mr..
McCune and Mr.. Law across the street?
| did not.
Or anybody that approached Mr.. Law
Immediately after Mr.. McCune left
him? OF course there were people pass
ing to and fro there, but nobody ap-
peared to be following them that I
could see.
By Mr.. Dickson:
Were people passing to and fro at the
corner as they stopped there to shake
hands? Oh, yes; 1 saw quite num-
Der of people passing.
By Mr.. Cummings:
Was there any one standing at the
corner of your drug store? No, sir.
Did you notice anybody standing at
the corner opposite your drug store on
the south? No, sir.
passing behind them, or coming behind
Mr.. Law and Mr.. McCune. and had
been within, say, twelve or fifteen feet
behind them, would you have been apt
to see them? Well. l don't think
would have particularly noticed them,
no; people coming and going that way,
many passing each other, 1 wouldn't
pay any attention to them.
There were none that attracted you?
IL
By Mr.. Dickson-Do you know Mr..
Shields, James Shields? Shea?
Jim Shields; do you know him by
sight; he is a commercial traveller? No,
1 don't think do.
You didn't see anybody shake hands
with Mr.. McCune on the corner by your
drug store after he went out? No.
But there were people passing to and
fro on the corner opposite where Nc
Cune and Law stopped to shake hands
at that very time? Yes.
And did they, as they got on the
sidewalk, shake hands-was there any
more than a pause TO shake hands and
part? Just as anybody else would or
dinarily shake hands in parting.
Didn't appear to stand there and
carry on any conversation at all? No,
sir.
AS they reached the sidewalk they
just shook hands and parted? Yes. sir.
HORN OVERHEARD NOTHING.
BY Mr.. Whitney-You did not over
hear what they said while on the set
tee? No, sir.
BY Mr. Mansfield-Did you see Mr.
Law engage in conversation with any
party after Mr.. McCune left him? No,
l did not.
Did you notice in which direction he
went? Notice what?
In which direction he went after
leaving Mr. McCune? No; l couldn't
say that, either.
Did you see him again upon that day?
Oh, yes; 1 have seen him a number
of times since that.
Well, that particular day? Yes; he
came into the store afterwards again
You don't know in what direction he
went from the place he left Mr. Nc
Cune. then? I don't know. I turned
around and stopped paying any atten-
ton TO them 1 thought that the play
was over.
How long after that did you see Mr..
Law again? Oh. within about ten or
fifteen minutes after that.
Do you know in which direction he
came to the store? He came into the
store.
From which direction did he come?
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the south door.
BY Mr.. Sorenson-Alone? Yes.
BY Mr.. Stewart-Mr. Horn. when
they crossed the street, did they stop
at all? No.
BY Mr. Cummings-Did they have
any lengthy conversation after they
left the drug store2 No, sir.
BY Mr.. Evans-You did not hear any
conversation, even on the settee? No,
sir.
You saw them standing outside a
moment after Mr.. McCune went out?
Yes, sir.
Apparently conversing, but you don't
know what was said? No; ! do not.
And you think you would have no.
ticed a man ii he had been walking
along behind them ten or fifteen feet
back of them-you would have noticed
that? Well, 1 don't know whether I
would; no.
No; because that is an ordinary
thing? Unless / was looking for spies.
don't think ! would have noticed
anything of that kind.