The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-30


At the beginning Of today's session
Mr.. Campbell, counsel for the protest
ants, made a brief statement, exOne-
I rating J. K. Toole from any unfair par
I ticipation in the election of Clark. In
making the statement Campbell said
/ the prosecution had been informed be-
| fore the witnesses were called that
| TOole had secured money as 8. cOnsid-
Grafton for his withdrawing from the
J senatorial race in Clark'5 interest, and
on this account Toole's bank account
had been gone into in making the in
vestigation.
Since beginning this proceeding the
! prosecution had become convinced that
| this accusation was without foun-
( dation, and was satisfied that Toole
| had not been in any way dishonorably
/ connected with Clark in the election.
! Hence Campbell expressed the desire
that any reference to Toole should be
! eXpunged from the record Of COM
| mittee proceedings. Mr.. Faulkner for
| the defense coneurred in this wish.
How He Got His Money.
! The first witness Of the day was E
/ d. V. More, fusion representative ir
! the Montana legislature from Meagher
/ county, and at present engaged as d
! dairyman and owner Of a cold storage
pant dL IOZeiiAltI4- MI GdflDDEIt, IN
/ his questions, sought to bring out the
! fact that Mr.. More had suddenly come
1 into possession of considerable money
about the time Of the adjournment OF
/ the Legislature.
Mr. More admitted that ne had de-
1 posted considerable money at the bank
since the adjournment, but he said he
| had received $500 from his partner,
J. P: Rhoads, and over $4,000 from his
| brother. He had sold the latter half
interest in ranch for $1,000, AID this
money had been in part payment Of this
obligation. He had also borrowed money
at the First National bank of Boze-
man.
Mr.. More stated that he had not
voted for Mr.. Clark until the eleventh
or twelfth ballot, having previously
voted for Mr. Hartman for senator. He
said, in reply TO Mr.. Faulkner that he
had received no offer of pay for his
vote from Mr.. Clark, and no consider
alton was given him for that vote As
between Clark and DAILY the people OF
Meagher county were friendly to Clark
George i. Ramsey, cashier of tha
Union Bank & Trust company of He
lena, the next witness, produced a
memorandum of $1,000 bills paid out
/ by the bank, beginning with jan 10.
1899. The record showed that the bank
had had demands for large bills from
the State Savings bank of Butte, send
ing the institution $4,000 on the 18th
and another $4,000 on the 18th Of that
month in these bills. Most of the large
bills were received from other banks
but occasionally one or two were de-
posted at a. time by individuals.
For the month Of March siXty-seven
$1,000 bills passed through the bank:
for the month Of February. seven. and
for January twelve. For other months
the average was about the same as for
January and February, but not so large
as for March, when the demands of the
Butte banks for the large bills was
met.
Among the individual Gepositors Of
large bills were Massina Billiard,
Helena lawyer; Deputy County Clerk
Berry, J. E Cullen and J. II. Geiger.
who successfully contested the seat of
Mr.. Whiteside as state senator. In the
latter case the bill was of the denom-
ination Of $500.
They Deposited Money.
/ Mr.. Billiard had not only deposited
a $1,000 bill on Feb. Z, but had received
$4,000 in $1,000 bills on the I'd of that
month
In response to questions, Mr.. Ramsey
stated that in May last Mr. Geiger had
deposited certificate Of deposit from
the bank for $500, in exchange for
| which he had given Gefger a certificate
for $500 and a draft for 81. 0O0
1t was at the same time that Mr..
Geiger had brought a $500 bill into the
! bank which he had had changed. One
Of the parties to whom the bank had
paid out large bills was a Mr.. Well
come, who, Mr.. Ramsey-expl was
not the j. 3. Welcome prominent in
this case.
D. Q. Becker. clerk of the Helena no.
tel, was Intercepted by Senator
: Chandler as TO a $500 bill in the nos
session of the company. This bore cer=
tain identification marks. including
ID o. B." the initials Of the witness.
He was asked if he had written these
marks, and said he had not. and knew
nothing about the bill. He suggested
that he might have deposited and the
bank added the ID. o. b" as a means
of telling from whom 1t was received.
The hearing then adjourned until 2:i5
O'Clock p. m.
At the afternoon session W. B. Do
lenty banker of Townsend. TESTIFIED
concerning the banking and financial
transactions of State Senator W. Z.
Tierney- The latter, the witness said.
owed the hank $4,000 prior to the meet
ing Of the legislature This had been
paid Off since then. The witness also
said Mr.. Tierney had n late months
invested in bank stocks. He considered
AR. Iielney worth about SIS. eco. or SlO.-
600 more than he was prior ID his cleo
ten.
Replying to a question. he sale he had
ian idea" where The money came from
with which the indebtedness to lis
bank was paid, but he did not state
his suspicion. The $1,000 was pad at
different times and large part Of il
was paid ia currency, TIE remainder
being paid with checks signed oy A. NJ.
Darsey Z Co, merchants Some Of tte
currency paid in by Ar Tiernav w;.s
wet and sandy, indicating. as he Che
witness) believed, that the money hqd
been buried. One Of the bills deposited
was of the denomination of S50a.
On cross-examinatiOn, NJ. Enleptv
said that the $4,000 was really owed bv
the firm of Darsey & Co. of which
Tierney was q member. and he held
Tierney responsible for the debt. He
also admitted that he had sought he
nomination for state senator which
went TO Mr.. Tierney. and also that Mr.
Tigney had recently started a rival
bank.
Mr.. Alexander 5. Johnson. cashier Of
the American National bank Of Helena
testified concerning the sale of sat. 900