The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-23

ask him why he didn't take it? No; I
said, Didn't YOU take it?" was what
I said.
You believe you did say, "Why didn't
you take it?" 1 said, Didn't you take
Didn't you say moment ago you
said, why didn't you take it?'' L don't
know whether I did or not
You did say that Why did you say.
if you did not know the fact, why did
you say here a moment ago that YOU
believed you did ask him? You pile
your questions on me so fast and the
phrases are SO similar
If you did not say that?- have no
desire to state anything but What is alb
solutely true.
Nobody is saying anything to the
contrary. Wait a moment--if you did
not ask Mr.. WINS why he didn't take
the thousand dollars, explain how it
was that you said a moment ago that
you believed you did ask him that?
Well, 1 have explained il.
Can you give any other explanation
than you have? I cannot.
When you answered my question,
yes, 1 believe l did," did you under
stand the question: I understood you
to say had I asked him, Didn't you
take it?' or, why didn't you take it, p"
{ 1 1
stood it was. Didn't you take it,? be-
cause said to Wins. in cavalier man.
ner. when he said he could have thou
sand dollars OF McCune's money,
said, Well. didn't you take it'?"
Didn't you say just now you said,
why didn't you take it?" I did not
Changed your mind after that? No,
I have not changed my mind.
It was a mere matter of imagination
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that he said would disclose that he
could have got thousand dollars or
anything else? The whole thing may
have been imagination.
So far as anything he told you, it was
bare imagination on his part? He told
me the conversation.
WAS ALL IMAGINATION.
Wait a moment-so far as anything
he said to you is concerned, it was pure
imagination on his part that he could
have got 81, goo? 1 don't know.
So far as anything he said TO you? 1
don't know.
Did he say anything to you there
other than you have stated about that
thousand dollars? 1 don't remember
anything else at this time
Have you been opposed to Mr.. Nc
Cune's candidacy? / have not.
Have you been favoring-- 1 was
favoring it up to that time and since
then I have been about neutral
Did Mr.. WINS say TO you that he did
not think, that ii never occurred to him
that there was any suggestion of
bribery in this at all uss+il Mr.. Jackson
made the suggestion? No.
Didn't he tell you that he had said
TO Harris when Harris wanted him to
see Jackson that night, that it would
probably be necessary to get hack?
No, sir.
He didn't tell you that? No, sir; he
did not
And that Harris said, Damn the
hack, or never mind the expense; see
him and get his vote?" No.
He didn't tell you anything of that
kind? Nothing of that kind.
Have you been a frequent visitor at
the headquarters of any of the candi-
dates during this contest? Oh, have
been to all of them.
Any one in particular? No.
One that you are more friendly at
than any of the others? No.
BY Mr. Stewart-Are you working
for The Herald at the present time
Yes, sir.
Do you know of your own knowledge
whether WINS had any authority from
McCune to represent him? Whether
WINS had any authority?
Yes; whether WINS had any author
ity? Only what WINS told me.
That is all? That is all.
LIEN WAS EXCUSED.
Newman Lien, called and sworn:
BY Mr.. Evans-Where do you live?
Salt Lake City.
How old are you? Twenty-nine.
Married man. No, sir.
What is your business? l am re-
porter on The Herald.
What position on The Herald do you
call 1t? At present ] am doing the
joint building, during the day. / have
the state, city and county offices.
Report for the courts? No, sir.
How long have you lived in Utah
Since December. 1895.