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

! followed over there at your request I?
Yes sir.
You were pursuing him in seek Sc a
bride instead of his pursuing you with
an attempt to bride you. isn't that true?
We met at the corner@
Question read.) l think the ques-
ton has some hidden meaning; if you
VIII explain TO me.
| VIII repeat the question; isn't il 4
fact that on Saturday morning last in
| stead of McCune pursuing you with an
attempt TO bride you, you were pursu-
ing him in seek OF 4 bride? The way
understand the situation
Can't you answer that? The way
understood THAT situation he was pur-
suing me; THAI 1 didn't pursue him.
You were the solicitor instead of he
Saturday morning? I solicited the
place only where we should meef.
And you solicited bribe, too, didn't
you, in the very opening Of the con-
versation with him, didn't you? l told
him that 1 had thought over his prop
ositiOn.
You solicited a bride, didn't you? I
told him that 1 had thought over his
proposition.
Mr. Evans-Let him answer the ques-
ton.
Mr.. Dickson-I will take ruling on
the question.
the committee as to this?
Mr.. Evans--I am not particular about
consuming time.
The Chairman-The witness may an
sWer the question.
It is a fact, is it not, Mr.. Law, that
on Sunday morning you solicited an in
tcrview with Mr.. McCune? 1 solicited
Mr.. McCune 10 meet me at a certain
place; the appointment for the inter-
view had already hepT made.
You solicited him to meet you Satur-
day morning? At a certain place.
And when you got there you solicited
a bride, didn't you? | simply accepted
his proposition that had been made TO
me previously.
SOLICITED A BRIDE.
Mr. Law, in view of the testimony
that you have given here, do you mean
10 deny that you did solicit a bride
from Mr.. McCune Saturday morning? j
testified yesterday that / simply ac-
cepted the proposition offered by Mr..
McCune and his representative.
Do you mean to say now. in the pres
ence OF this committee, that You did
not solicit a bride from Mr. McCune
Saturday morning? Well, what would
constitute solicitation?
You can answer it yes or no; do you
mean to state in the presence of this |
committee that on Saturday morning
last you did not solicit a bride from |
Mr.. McCune? If the fact of accepting !
his propositions was the solicitation of |
a bride, l say yes
You won't answer the question di- !
rectly. Don't you know whether you |
solicited a bride from him or not? 1 |
say that l simply accepted his propo !
sitiOns.
Do you know whether you solicited a |
bride from him or not? If you will de-
fine what solicitation means l will tell |
YOU.
Asking-seeking. seeking for-do you
mean TO say that you did not solicit a
bride from Mr.. McCune Saturday MORN
ing? Repeat the question again.
Do you mean to say that you did not
solicit a bride from Mr.. McCune Sat
urday morning? No, sir.
You do not mean to say that? No,
sir.
You admit that Saturday morning
you did solicit a bride from him? II
the fact of having accepted his propo-
sition is a solicitation, L say yes.
| want a. direct answer: you admit,
do you not That is all the answer
l can give.
You admit. do you no.. that on Sat
urday morning last you did solicit a
bride from Mr. McCune? If the fact of
having accepted and told him that I
NOulu accept MS PROPOSITIONS Iildue 10
me constituted a solicitation of a bride,
1 say yes.
That is the only answer you will
make to that question? Yes, sir.
When YOU first called Mr. McCune
up over the telephone according TO
your testimony, he did not want to
come there and asked you to come up
to headduarters2 Yes. sir.
Why didn't you let ii drop there. if
you were not anxious to solicit a bride?
We We're simply arranging about the
place OF meeting, the appointment had
already been made to meet somewhere
at his headquarters.
Didn't Mr.. McCune suggest that he
would send Mr.. Harris or somebody
else 70 meet YOU and see what You
wanted. and didn't You say no, you
didn't want TO see anybody but him?
Yes. s:r