The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-24

state substantially that in your last
! conversation with Mr.. Harris. before
going To see Mr.. Jackson, that you were
/ in hurry to get away, and that you
were afraid Jackson would be gone
! home. and spoke Of not a carriage, but
you might have TO take the street car.
and Mr. Harris said, Never mind the
J expense; go and see Jackson. Did
you say that? That is all true That
/ is what Mr.. Harris said on that last
| conversation that l had with him, ex-
cept that there wasn't anything. said
and in the former conversation
/ Well, want to ask you this: Did
you say that, however-what 1 asked
I you-in the presence of Judge Warrum
and Mr.. Reese. and perhaps some 9TH
ers of The Herald? No.
Didn't say that? 1 didn't say that.
] said that he referred to a carriage on
thar first conversation that we had.
! That is all? No question about that:
1 am positive of that, that he spoke Of
/ carriages. He did say something about
the expense Of carriages.
LAW AGAIN ON THE STAND.
! Albert a. Law, being recalled for
further cross-examination, testified as
/ follows:
/ Examination by Mr.. Thurman-Mr-
/ Law, you weren't clear as to whether
you said you had an appointment with
Mr.. McCune. that you made personally
with him, or whether you had an ap-
pointment made through some of his
! agents for the meeting on Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock; which is it?
You wish to know whether it was made
by himself or by his agents?
Yes, sir. Made by Mr.. r. w. Sloan,
who purported to be acting in the in
terest of Mr. McCune.
= !,
Mr. McCune personally? No, sir.
l understood your teStimony--in your
testimony severai times 10 say you had
an appointment with Mr.. McCune, and
were not clear as to whether it was
made personally with him; that is all.
l understand you did not see Mr.. Nc
Cune to converse with him after Tues
day, not until Saturday morning? Not
on that proposition.
BY Mr.. Sorenson-You say on that
proposition. Did you see him 10 con-
verse with him on any other PROPOSE
ton? l could have conversed with him.
saw him once afterwards.
But no. TO talk with him? No, sir.
BY Mr.. Evans-Where? In his head
quarters.
By Mr. Dickscn-When after Tues
day? 1t was on Wednesday night,
when I went there to see Mr.. Sloan in
regard to the result of kilograms that
had been agreed upon.
That was the very next night after
he had made this proposition 10 you?
Yes.
You saw him; could have talked to
him if you had desired to? l say l saw
him momentarily.
He could have talked to you at that
time il he had desired to? Yes, sir.
Questions by Mr.. Evans:
Mr. Law. in order to clear up one
Il hon
you had this conversation with Ne
Cune, it was in room-that is, Tues
DAY night-it WAS in Il room that was
filed with people, that finally the De0-
pie all gradually left until there was
nobody there but you and he? No,
SIX
Were there people in the room when
you first went in where Mcclure was
Tuesday night? Mr. McCune and I
went in this room together.
But when you first went into the
room, not in the room where you had
the talk, but il the room adjoining it?
There was some people in that room,
yes.
. NcCune was there. too, was he? Yes;
ne went in there at the same time, or
about the same time that l did.
And then you withdrew into the
other room alone? Yes, sir.
AS TO LAWS SICKNESS.
Mr. Law, have you been sick the last /
day or two? Yes, sir.
What is the matter with you? I |
have rheumatism, bilious attack.
Did you try to avoid coming down |
here in any way yesterday? No, sir; !
L tried to come down.
Did you start down from the Wa /
satch drug store yesterday morning? i /
tried TO catch a car twice; l wasn't /
swift enough CT foot.
Who is Dr.. Nitcher? Was he wait
ing on you there? DR.. Witchers Of
fee
Mr.. Van Cott-Wel. we will waive all
that, just to save time-that everything
is al right.
ton that he " as pretending 20 be sick
ana staying away purposely; that IS
ali
l intended 10 cali John Evans to tes-
tify to d statement that was publish
ed in the Dsseret News. Mr.. Evans has
gone to LEM.
There IS one point that 1 would Ike
the committee to settle, so that l may
not make any improper reference to it
Jn the final closing argument. The
testimony of Mr.. hughes as to his
statements made by Mr. Wins to Mr..
Hughes. I understood was stricken out,
IS 10 what Fisher Harris said: that
part Of il, l understand. is stricken out.
Now. l want TO know whether the
statement made by Mr. WINS to Mr..
Harris with refer cree to the fact that
he could have received. or he could
nave gotten a thousand dollars from
McCune = stricken QUIZ
Mr.. DiCkson-That is the very thing
hat was stricken out; that was the
natter that was objected to, and the
committee sustained il.
Mr.. EVans-As l understand the mo-
ion, II went TO any statement that Mr. :
Fisher Harris made, or which Mr. "
rs said was made by Fisher Harris 10
lin. This thousand dollars is not con-
lected with the statement made by /
fisher Harris.
Mr.. Van Cott-I moved to strike out
III the ties timony of J. ". Hughes.
Mr. EVans-You don't want TO have !
my misunderstanding about that
Mr. Van Cott-No; certainly.
Mr.. Evans-I wanted TO understand.
% that I would make no improper ref
renee To it in the argument
Mr.. Evans should like the commit !
ee TO rule on that question some time
COOK CASE DROPPED.
D. 5. Cook, being sworn as a witness
u behalf OF the complainant testified as
OllOws:
Direct examination by Mr. Evans:
Mr.. Cook, ycu are a member of the
,Juse Of representatives. Yes. sir.
Do you know Aaron T. Farr2 Yes. sir
Did You have any conversation with I
i'm on the Oregon Short Line railroad /
rain between Logan and salt Lake on q
he way TO Salt Lake? Yes. sir.
When was it? 1t was one Sunday, :
ither two or three weeks ago. accord
NJ to my recollection; ] have been to