The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-29

him without a warrant and wanted to
throw him into Jail and keep him there
While they rummaged his house and
made efforts to get information from
the ladies there. This proceeding, coun-
sci said, was wrong and illegal, and
showed vindictiveness on the part of
the police. Counsel argued that the
reason DR.. Pinkerton did not extract
the pistol ball from the person of Mr..
Stout was probably because it would
be found that it filed the pistol carried
by Mr.. Stout, and not any weapon
which Jones might have had, although
it had not been shown that Jones had
any weapon at all Counsel went very
fully into details, and concluded by
stating that Jones was innocent of any
crime.
County Surveyor Charles S. Wilkes
was the first witness called for the
prosecution. He had made a plat of
the place where the shooting occurred
and the vicinity, which he explained to
the jury, and testified to it's correctness,
and it was introduced in evidence.
sToUTT EXAMINED.
J. NJ Stout, examined by Mr.. Put
nam, said he was 90 years Of age, came
to Salt Lake in December, 1889, and
settled here permanently in April, 1890,
was in the banking business: came
from Andover, O., to Salt Lake; knew
Jones, the defendant, since he was
boy; employed him for twenty years,
all told. When he catered his employ
Jones was about 16; he always looked
younger than he was; witness was
banker in Ohio, and Jones was employ
ed in the bank as bookkeeper. From
Ohio Jones went to Kansas City ana
got employment there on recommends
ton of the witness. Witness thought
Of settling in Denver, and he and Jones
stayed in that city for a month or two,
but afterwards came on to Salt Lake
and concluded to locate here and open
a bank, the Utah National. Witness be-
came president and Jones cashier; that
was in 1890, and they remained as SUCH
till October, 1898. In 1898, early in July,
witness and Jones had the first open
rupture. 1t arose over the witness
wanting his son, Charles, to so on the
books, and he asked Jones to look after
the boys work little. Jones refused,
saying he didn't want to have anything
to do with the lad, because he had ra-
fused to do something for Jones six
months before Witness was disap-
pointed and hurt at Jones ingrati-
tude, and he gave Jones notice that he
would have to leave the bank, as they
could not get along anlicably. Witness
was willing to assist Jones to get an
other place, probably one where he
could get a higher salary.
WITNESS WAS TOO LENIENT.
Another unpleasant episode occurred
after Mr.. Hawley left the bank. 1t
arose out of the fact that HaWley and
some of the other clerks had overdrawn
their salaries or borrowed money with
out security. Witness was blamed by
Jones for being too lenient with them.
Then witness told Jones that he was
about the only one who was overdraw-
ing his account. He didn't think Jones
was extravagant, but he knew that
Mrs. Jones was, and witness offered to
go and talk to Mrs. Jones and explain
Jones financial position. Jones said
he would speak to Mrs. Jones himself.
Witness asked Jones about it after
wards, but he gave NO satisfactory re-
ply. Jones had been increasing his
Indebtedness to the bank right along.
The bank examiner stepped in about
this time and everything else was laid
aside for the time being.
The bank examiner brought his wife
to Salt Lake City with him, and she
and Mrs. Jones and Jones and the bank
examiner were together most of the
time. Jones went to the bank exam
iner's room at Ford's hotel nearly every
morning. Witness followed Jones
once just to see where he went. At
that TINT it was contemplated to re-
duce the capital of the bank from
5000, 600 to 100000. Jones told witness
that the examiner was favoring them
in the matter. of reduction of capital
and that he (Jones) thought 1T would
be good for the bank to pay part of
the bank examiners expenses. Wit
ness said, well, if he is doing any
thing for the bank, do so and charge
it up to expenses Witness said
ones made that the excuse for being
so much of the time with the bank ex-
aminer.
Soon after that, witness received a
letter from the comptroller Of the cur
couched in terms not compli
mentary to witness, and calling for his
resignation as president Of the bank.