The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-04
PROMISE A SENSATION
contests In Kentucky Are to Begin
Today.
BOTH SIDES CLAIM FRAUD
BUSINESS MEN AND POLITICI-
ANS ARE IMPLICATED.
Bribery Charges Brought Up In Court
Yesterday-Trying to Get Hold Of
Money Paid to a Goebel Man to
Keep Out of Democratic Caucus
Attempt to Indict Harren.

Frankfort, KY, Jan 3.-The joint
committee which viii hear evidence in
the Goebel-Taylor and Beckham-Mar-
shall contests for governor and lieu
tenant governor will be formed tomor7
row. The law provides that the mem
hers Of the committee shall be drawn
by lot, thase in the senate and eight IN
the house. The policy of the GOebel
leaders viii be to push the contests to
a final issue as speedily as possible
Governor Taylors attorneys are pre-
pairing not only rebuttal evidence to
offset the charges Of fraud set forth in
GOebeps notice of contest, but accord
ing to Senator Deboe are going much
further and attempting to show up
counter frauds of a glaring nature on
the Democratic side. The senator says
that among other things it viii be
brought ouJ that Taylor was robbed of
over 1000 votes in KentOn county, Goe-
bells home.
The Goebel side, under the Kentucky
code of practice in its taking of proof,
is restricted to the grounds laid down
in the notices Of contest, but under
these they promise very sensational
testimony regarding the election in
many counties, alleged to be damage
ing to many people prominent in the
Kentucky political and business world,
compared with which the Whallen al
legged attempted bribery Of Senator
Harrell is only a sample.
Colonel Whallen was arraigned for
examination trial on the bribery charge
before Magistrate Thompson this af-
ternoOn, and held over TO the Franklin
county grand jury. He was represent
ed by General P. Watt Hardin and
/ Theodore Hallem. His bond was fixed
at $4,000, and the same bondsmen who
stood surety for him yesterday at thd
| time of his arrest were accepted.
Court Wants the Money.
] In the circuit court this morning
: President Hector V Loving of tho
/ Louisville Trust company was before
/ Judge Cantriil, charged with contempt
/ for disObey;ng the order of the couri
TO turn over the vault box alleged To
I hold the 81, 5O0 which, it is claimed,
was to be paid to Harrell in the event
/ he voted against GOebel in the contest
/ Loving stated that he merely desired
/ to protect the customers of his COM
pany. and his attorney moved to quasi.
/ the summons against him. This the
/ court OVsTrHled.
ThereupOn a response was filed to
/ the rule for contempt and in this it is
stated lnaL W ndtlen, darrel and
I Charles Ryan rented the box in ques-
/ ton and deposited something in it, tho
! box being sealed up and covered with
white paper. The trust company Off
Gals were notified not to allow the box
/ opened except in the presence of and
/ by consent of oil three parties.
Judge Cantril adjudged the response
! insufficient, and ordered the box to be
{ produced in court at II o'clock tomOr-
row. II is understood the order Of the
court VIII be compiled with, a motion
/ for an appeal to the court of appeals
having been overruled. It i stated that
an attempt was made to have Senator
/ Farrell indicted If Louisville, where
I Whall2n's attorneys claim the prose
/ cution should have been instituted if
4 any Ofense had been committed. The
charge against HaTrell viii probably be
I conspiracy or accepting a bride.