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

years? 1 didn't say that is all could
find
You didn't bring any more? brought
other witnesses down.
Don't you know that Mr.. Law was
asked about taking the nomination as
school trustee up there, and he refused
it, the last election? l do not.
Didn't you hear that? Didn't hear il
until after this
You have heard it. then? I have
! heard 1t, yes; after this contest COM
menced.
tention TO the fact that he is drawing
these matters out on cross-examina-
ton; he win be bound by the answers
of the witness.
/ Didn't you bring witnesses down
here to attack his character? No, sir;
to tell the truth.
To, tell the truth? Yes, sir; to tell
the truth.
/ Well, but for that purpose, 1 mean?
Not to attack his character.
BROKE UP EVANS MEETING.
To testify to his bad reputation? To
testify to the truth as to his character.
And l want to call your attention TO
J this fact, that two years ago, you your
self and Judge Hardness were there in
| Paradise, and you were disturbed in a
political meeting, and this man Law
| at the head of the outfit that disturbed
you in your talk. yourself.
Never heard of it before | remem-
Der your telling me about the time you
had in Paradise in Logan.
How did you know this man was in
there; l didn't know that? Because
you told me.
That this man was there? Yes, this
man.
Why, Fred, did you ever tell me that
ever met this man in the world? You
told me that this man Law was at the
head-so you told mel you told me in
Logan and asked me what kind of peo-
pie there were over there.
You have considerable venom in this
matter? l have not, but when a man
undertakes TO browbeat me 1 will tell
the truth.
Who is trying to browbeat you? You
are.
In what way? In trying to make it
appear that l have brought men down
here TO tear this mans character down.
Haven't you done so? No, sir.
You have brought them here? To tell
the truth.
You are a witness yourself in the
case? l am and I know this man.
You say L am trying to browbeat
you because l am asking you questions?
The way you put your questions is not
the proper way; if you want to get the
truth
If you will be kind enough to instruct
me how to ask these questions l will
probably comply with the request. You
ask me the right way and 1 will answer
them correctly; l brought witnesses
down here to tell the truth.
You brought witnesses down here for
the purpose of having them testify TO
his bad reputation. didn't you? 1 did.
That is all 1 asked you? You said
to tear down his character.
/ viii modify it in the way I put it
last then; that is the proper question
now, and you did bring them down for
that purpose? Yes, sir.
You had that much interest in the
matter. didn't you? Yes. sir.
ThereupOn a recess was taken until
$3.50 o'clock p. m.
TURNER AGAIN CALLED.
At the beginning of the afternoon
session Mr. Turner was recalled and
cross examined again by Mr.. Evans
When you were at Paradise day be-
fore yesterday, did you see Mr.. Brad
ley? Yes, sir.
Didn't you ask him if he would not
testify that the reputation If Mr. Law
for truth and veracity, honesty and in
teg-ity, was bad? No. sir.
Didn't tell him that? No, sir.
Did you speak to him at all? No, !
sir.
Didn't you tell him you wanted him
as a witness? No, sir
Didn't you speak to him on this sub !
ject? Yes. sir.
Didn't he tell you that the reputation /
Of Mr.. Law in that community was j
bad? :
MI. Dickson-We object to this. It
&c a m tfar that xya have NOT pooe iD+p I
Argued by counsel.
Mr.. Evans then move that the tes-
tiInony be stricken out.
Mr. DiclIson-What you have ELECTED
on cross-eXamination?
Mr.. Evans-Yes.
Mr.. Dickson-I have no objection to
It going cut.
(Said testimony was stricken out)
You say, MIR. Turner, that your inter-
Est in this matter is purely unselfish
and that without the hope of any re-
ward for your services? If you will
allow me l will answer that in my own
way.
Well, will ask you the question: of
curse l have not objected to your an
swering. When 1 first came to Salt
Lake City
Now, please answer that. 1 say is
7our interest in this case purely I'M
selfish and patriotic, without the hope
If receiving any reward for your serv-
ces? What l am doing is from friend
hip for Mr.. McCune; he and l have
lever said one word about remunera-
ion.
Do you expect to receive any? If he
vas to give it to me. 1 wouldn't refuse
t, but / don't care whether he does or
lot; / feel perfectly at ease on that.
Do you expect that you will receive
Lnything for your services? No, sir.
You don't expect you will? No, sir.
But if he would give it to you, you
wouldn't he above taking it? l GER
ainly would not: il would be all right
ne way or the other.
You came down here to Salt Lake
arly in the campaign? Three weeks
go last Sunday.
Did you have any preference when
ou first came down? Yes, sir.
Who was it? Mr.. McCune,
Was it? Yes. sir.
Did you have a talk with Judge
King? Yes, sir.
KING EMBRACED HIM.
Didn't you tell Judge King that ne
fas not your chOice-that Mr.. McCune
vas not your choice? l did not. 1
vent to Mr.. Kings office, and he put
is arm around me
You stated you did not tell him that?
told him the opposite.
What? l told him the opposite.
You were pretty busy when you
anne down here, were you not? When
first came down?
Yes. Yes; attending to my personal
fairs.
What were they? / came down to
lake a purchase of some goods and
ttend TO some stock that l was in
crested in in a mining company
You were selling goods up in Cache ,,
ounty? Yes, sir.