The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-28

Continued from Page l.
gust, 1898, to September. 1899. He alsc
brought the accounts Of Senator CLARK
and Mr.. Welcome. All of them were
referred to a subcommittee for exam
inatiOn.
Mr.. Whiteside. the first witness Of the
case, and who, in some respects, may
be considered the prosecuting witness
was recalled for TebuttaI purposes. He
first related his meeting with Ben Hill
in Butte, when the latter made his
affidavit as 10 the transactions in Hell
ena. while he was there supporting Mr.
Clark for the senate.
Mr. Nhiteside said he had not sug-
Sested to Mr.. Hin any statement to be
made i'm the affidavit. Hill had init
mated at that time that he wanted
financial assistance. but none had been
then given him. He denied that ne had
given Mr. Hill any money for testify
ing in the Welcome disbarment case,
or that he had given any money for
DR.. Minehal.
Makes Sweeping Denials.
Mr.. Whiteside also referred at some
length to the testimony of Mr.. JAS
quith and the witness Ringwalt He
| was especially emphatic and sweeping
in fhis contradictions OF KingwaIt. Us
sorting. practically, that there was no
truth in any Of that witness testimony
Referring to the testimony OF John
| Burns, Mr.. Whiteside said he had new
er told Mr.. Burns that he meant to
. job Mr.. Clark, for he had no such in
teutiOn, his intention however, vast
show up bribery wherever it appeared.
He had never told Burns that ne had
h. NJ rf. 10 h.. -f.fr
as h had received no such offer Mr..
Whiteside said that he had not re-
Ceived any money for his part IN the
senatorial investigation. but that he
was i'm debt to the extent of several
thousand dollars. Mr. Conrad had Of
fered him money in his legislative cam
paigH, but he had not accepted it.
In reply to questions from Mr.. Fos-
ter. Mt Whitdside said he had paid
his own expenses in this investigation.
amounting TO about $1,000. and thar he
had received but $50 from any other
source. Mr.. Campbell had loaned him
that amount.
Their Bank Accounts.
The subcommittee on the paners in
Mr. KurtZ'S and Mr.. Beller's hands.
having completed its work and report
ed that certain of the documents should
be examined, these gentlemen were
then recalled and the accounts put in.
All of them related 40 members Of the
legislature. and were as follows.
BY Mr. Kurtz.-SteDhen Bywater,
1000; deposited March 8, 1899. +. G.
Day. 1000. deposited March 9 1899,
Michael Shovliu. $500 deposited
March 20. 1893. L. c. Parker. two GER
ufcates OF deposit. $1,000 each. Febru-
airy 1899 W. +. TieTuey, certificate of
deposit. S1425S, May, 1893.
BY Mr. Peler.-J. L. Jacqueth two
deposits aggreEating $4,000, in drafts
from the United States treasury. J. H.
Gieger. various memoranda after April
H. 1899, including a certificate Of de
post Nav Is. 1899.
Mr.. Kurtz explained that the kierney
deposit was connected with the open
ing of the State Bank of Townsend,
and that the money had been collected
from various quarters.
Where He Got Money.
Representative Stephen Bywater Of
FIathead county. being called, said
that he had deposited the $4,000 shown
by the accounts Of the Bank of Mon
tana. as exhibited by Cashier Kurtz.
He said that he had brought $4,000 in
currency with him when he came TO
Helena, and had kent it in his trunk
during the sixty DAYS preceding. The
other 5000 did not belong to him but
had been handed 10 him by his brother.
Quite a large part of these two sums
was i'm $500 bills
Mr.. Bywater said that he was a rail-
road conductor with a salary Of S125
per month. that ne had saved some Of
the IS geo from his salary. and had sold
cattle and mining stock for the re-
mainder. He had also bought a ranch
for 5000 I'M April. 1899
Mr.. Bywater said that his brother
lived in the state of Washington. and
had brought him $4,000 with which to
pay for stock i'm the Croton Mining
company Of British Columbia. The
brother had remained in Helena for
twenty-four hours, but the witness said
he did not know where he had stopped.
Asked what he had paid for the prop
orty AR. Bywater said that he was one
uf the original locators of the mines
owned by the company. and that the
cost 10 him had been 5000 or $500. He
had used the money for the develop
ment of the property.
on cToss-e examination, Mr.. Bvwater
said that he was a Republican. that he
had voted with the Republican caucus,
and that he had not received any
money for his vote for Clark.
Speaking Independently Mr.. Bywater
said that Whiteside told him he could
get 5000 for his vote for Mr.. Clark.
but he had told him he would not
take IT, and after that had warned peo-
pie S-ainst Whiteside.