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

!, freely with Mr. Evans. q.
Mr.. Whitney-I have no objection t
his talking with him alone
Mr.. Howell-We have no right or au-
thority TO make him talk with any one
Mr. Evans-You have no authority
except to simply admonish him that il
is proper; he thinks it is improper Il
talk with any one.
F. o. Horn. the manager of the Wa
satch drug store. was then sworn as a
witness in behalf of the complainant
He testified as follows:
Where do YOU live, Mr.. Horn? Salt
Lake.
How long have you lived in salt
Lake? About twenty years.
Speak little louder. please, so the
committee can hear you. Thirty years,
did YOU say? About twenty years-a
little over twenty.
What is your age? Fifty-five.
What is your business? / am man
aging a drug store.
What drug store? Wasetch.
=. Who is the proprietor of the Wasatch
drug store? 1t is an Incorporated COM
pany.
Have YOU talked with Mr.. Rich at
any time about your testimony in this
case? No, sir.
Never said a word to him about it?
No. si-.
Has he ever admonished you not to
say anything about il? He has ad-
vised me not to say anything about it,.
WHY HORN WOULDN'T TALK.
Why did he give you such advice?
Just because he thought it was best
for me not to speak abont it.
Why did he think it was best you
should not speak about it? 1 don't
know. si..
Va, 1on,t lypou- no Won r,ar,ar,, bar
me telephoning TO you on Saturday
night about o'clock? I do.
Don't you know that you were to
meet me at the Knutsford hotel? l
! do, sir.
/ Don't you remember promising me
/ that you would meet me there in ten
minutes? ! told you l would if | could.
Mr. DicksOn-We object to this as ir-
| relevant-entirely irrelevant; it has
nothing to do with the charge here at
issue at all.
Mr.. Evaps-I would like to find out
what this witness has in mind-to sup
port the statements made TO the COM
mittee in my opening.
Mr.. Dickson|I object to it then; l
renew the objection now.
The Chairman-Make the question di
rect.
Didn't you disappoint me after prom
Using TO meet me at the KnutsfOrd? l
don't know whether l disappointed you;
1 didn't come.
You didn't come after promising to
come? No.
Do you remember my calling on you
Sunday following? l do. sir.
Before noon? Yes. sir-no. you didn't
call last Sunday forenoon-yes. you did.
And ask you to talk with me? Yes,
sir.
You stated you were too busy? Yes.
That Mr.. Halliday would come and
relieve you and that you would meet
me there at o'clock? l said I would
try TO meet you.
Didn't you make an appointment with
me positively at o'clock? 1 said ]
would try to come down town by
o'clock
Didn't you tell me TO make it definite
and that you would not disappoint me
any more? Yes, sir; l said l would try
to be There at o'clock.
Did you come? No, sir.
What time did you get there? Z
o'clock.
You thought had gone in the mean
timer 1 didn't suppose you would wait
for me.
You saw me when you came into the
store? Yes, sir.
You passed right by me? Yes. sir; 1
didn't recognize you.
You went down in the cellar with Mr..
Rich? Yes, sin
Didn't you? Yes. sir.
In the basement? Yes. sir.
Before you took your overcoat of or
your hat or overshoes? Yes. sir.
PASSED. from the cellar and around
behind the prescription desk and into
the back office? Yes, sir.
Without taking off your coat, hat or
overshoes? Yes, sir
followed VoU in thera3 NeS sir
And asked you for conversation?
Yes. sir
Mr. Dickson-Are we investigating
Mr.. Horn?
Mr. Evans-No. 1 think not. except
that 1 want to explain
Mr.. Dickson-If you say that, we will |
take your word for it.
Mr.. Evans-Well, if you take that |
that ends it,
Now Mr. Horn. l want to ask you if |
YOU remember MIR. Albert \. Law !
coming to your drug store. the Wasatch !
drug store. on the morning of Sunday |
18th instant. between 10 and II /
o'clock? 1 don't recollect seeing him |
on Sunday morning there.
1 mean Saturday morning. the 18th? |
Yes, he was there: yes. sir
Between those hours? Yes. sir.
Or whereabouts? Yes. sir
Who else was with you in the drug |
store at that time? Nobody but my |
self.
Did you have any conversation with
Mr.. Law that morning? He came to me |
at that time and said he wanted to use 1
the telephone.
LAW ANXIOUS FOR SECRECY.
That was all he said to you. was it? 1 |
told him he could use it, and he said |
he was going to-he didn't want any |
body to hear him telephoning, so l sug-
gested to him that If he wanted it pri-
vate he had better put his hands each |
side of his mouth so they couldn't hear
in the store if anybody should happen
to drop in. and he went to the telephone |
and used il.
Where were you while he was using !
the telephone? l was across the store
about, close to It, when we
were talking together.
You were close together when you
We're talking together? Yes, sir.
When he was using the telephone,
where were you? / was in the store
there behind the counter l think.
sir.
Behind which counter-east or west
counter? The west counter.
Across the room. then? Yes. sir.
Twenty feet away, or such a matter?
Ten or fifteen feet.
Ten or fifteen feet? Yes, sir
Was anybody in the store? No, sir.
Did he say whom he wanted to call
up over the telephone? He wanted to
call up Mr.. McCune.
He did say that. did he? Yes, sir.
He did say that Yes, sir.
IS that all he said about McCune?
That is all he said to me.
That is what / mean. That is all lie
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