The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-03

General Nolan had promised immunity
IRON prosecution for participation in
TIE bribery proceedings TO those who
mlght testify in the case?
Mr.. Lyon also related that he had
seen Mr. Campbell and also Attorney
General Nolan since his arrival in
washington. He had first seen Camp
oeii at the Raleigh hotel, when the lat
Ter mad asked him TO come before the
committee and testify. repeating that
ne would give him his personal guaran-
tee that ne should have the $1,000 prom
ised
You know he represented Campbell
as saying, If I should give you the
money now and you should go before
the committee and spring it on me, I
should be ruined.
Lyon stated that if he Uyon) did not
get his money he would be ruined and
had asked what the difference would
be.
Simply this Campbell was repre-
sented to have replied, TO you it is
only matter of dollars and cents-tO
me 1t is reputation
Assured of His Pay.
Later he said he had met Mr. Camp
Dell and also Attorney General Nolan
IN the corridor of the capitol, outside
the room of the committee on privileges
and elections, and that Campbell and
Nolan had both assured him that he
should have his pay. he had not seen
them since
Asked by Senator Chandler If Charles
Clark had promised him any compensa-
ton for his services in the matter, Mr..
Lyon replied that Mr. Clark had agreed
to pay the expenses of hiring a deputy
Tor him as county attorney Of jefferson
county during his absence, but there
had been no further agreement.
Mr. Campbell conducted the cross-ex-
animation, and in reply to his question,
Mr.. Lyon said that during the sitting
of the legislature he had been in Hell
ena, keeping the Boulder county dele
cation in line for Mr.. Clark, and that
he had received $3.50 for his expenses
He denied making various statements
regarding the purchase Of votes of the
members of the legislature attributed
to him by Mr.. Campbell, and some of
which were also said TO have been made
by Attorney General Nolan.
Did not you tell Colonel Nolan shat the
Clark people had agreed to pay you
10000, and that it would mean no more
to them than 10 cents to yoU?" Mr.
Campbell asked.
mo. sir; I did not tell Elm that was
to have $4,000 or 10000 cents.
Mr.. Campbell asked the witness if il
was his desire that the committee
should understand that ne offered him
an inducement 70 commit perjury.
Had Not Thought of Perjury.
Mr.. Lyon replied that he would
leave the committee to draw it's own
differences" He had not told Mr.. Camp
bell that what he had led Mr.. Campbell
TO believe he had testified to was not
true, but possibly Campbell had a right
to infer that it was true. Really, he
had not at the time given the matter
of perjury any thought. He had simply
sought to impress upon Campbell s
mind that he would testify az he had
outlined, but not whether the facts were
true or false.
The witness also denied emphatiCdlly
that Campbell had told him in the pres
ence of Ben Hill and Mark Hewitt that
it was impossible for him to make any
promises Of remuneration for testi-
mony, repeating that the matter Of re-
Enumeration had not been discussed in
the presence OF Others.
MIR. Lyon having made a statement
in an affidavit that Mr. CamDbeIl's
proposition was repugnant, Mr.. Camp
bell asked him what feature Of it was
jected to being asked to cOncOct story
that was untrue
Did 1 know that you proposed to
tell a story that was not true?" Mr..
Campbell asked.
Was Repugnant to Him.
You never asked me whether it was
true or not, was the reply Il thought
you u1deTstO0d there was not much
truth in it, Nothing was said on that
proposition. The whole thing was re-
pusnsnt to me; the whole situation was
reDugnant."
Lyon admitted that he had not gone
to see Campbell until after he had seen
Clark, and the latter had asked him to
follow the matter up.
Later Mr.. Lyon said Mr.. Campbell
had promised him TO double the $1,000
offered him.
He said he had not told Mr.. Camp
bell that he had not made an affidavit
that Charley Clark had asked him to
give Campbell chance to put ~ the
$1,000 promised.
Mr.. CampbeH-Is It not true that I
told you over and over again that 1
wanted you to testify to the absolute
truth, and to nothing else?
Mr.. LyOn-YOu told TAe that in the
Raleigh hotel, and you may have run
that kind of bluff on US & Butte.
He said he had gone 10 the Raleigh to
see if Mr.. Campbell would put up the
s. 600; that he did not really expect him
to put it up, but that if it had been
paid it was his intention to turn the
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