The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-19
ERWIN WANTED
HALF A MILLION
srssne Says the Government At.
t0rney Made Proposition.
MRS. eAYhOR'S AFFIDAVIT
nAtfLE FOR ExTRADIT1oN OF
FoelIIVEs STILL CONTINUES.

10 DEBEc. July 1s-Todav.s procee5-
~ ihss IN the Gaynor case
consisted principally in the fling
- 81 aIildavits and contra afHdavits and
r seos only 4 short time before the ad-
80 iiiheHt OF the court that Mr. NJ
ft.- te.. lor Inc prosecution. commenced
ltb-. seInent on his motions to duash
o ~. Hs'oeas corpus writs issued bv
81 rrbe .. IRON on June 20 and p last.
c - proceedings We're opened by Mr..
~ escneEeau, counsel Tor the Drisope,s
t. ~ pIodaeed affidavi1s of benjamin.
ID Sieene 10 the effect that on Nav n
q NJ IRWIN called on him al the Wind.
- noteA Montreal, when Erwin said
vii ~ you viii pay 100000 to settle the
& 49, matter ! will 20 at once TO
n ance.'' us accepo-
q Greene replied that he could not
i esalld that because he had not money
q h.,t ~ 70 pay his half Of the amount,
I OUT that Erwin said:
q Gaynor has enough. I don't knovr
q Nnere i Is. but he has it,
q tnis Alr. Greene said: "If you will
t Say SzVO,oo0. ] ~ill talk with Colonel
q Saynor about it."
8 Erwin replied. the AFFIDAVIT contin-
uee. mat that would not be enough.
& Greene then added: What do Won
X think Of s300, 000T'
3 ne said: Il don't think that is
s enough. but you don't want To 90
Iousn the rest OF your life hunted
n wherever you go, and you must re-
Z MEMBER that IL you are extradited and
s are IA Georgia. it win be too late to
1reene finally replied:
x "eu' anyway. / don't see how we
mean pay any money, because that
sWould be an admission on our part that
I'VE nave received money wrongfuIly;
: mat we have not done
= Greene swore that this talk of q sat-
Element for $500 600 referred to the
terminal proceedings against them and
fnot 10 any civir claim. This affidavit
& vas supported by another from Mrs. /
70. f. Gaynor.
Greene Note as Evidence.
Mr.. McMaster read an affidavit
signed by Marion Erwin completely de-
nyilss the allegations contained i'm the |
aafhoavifs Of Nj. Greene and Mrs. cav |
LOT. Regarding the Interview between /
trfeeic and himself Mr. Erwin stated +
tnst on his return to his room on the |
taIternoon of May III he found a note |
Ttnere in which he recognized the hand /
writing of B. D. Greene, which note
was as follows:
II you can call to see me at any
vor."
The original of this note is in the
possession of Mr.. Erwin, and was
shown to Judge Caron.
In response to that request he had !
gone to Greene's room, and the latter
opened the conversation by saying that
tWniie he knew that Erwin had been
prosecuting him vigorously for over
Two years. he wanted to thank him !
FOR having always treated him with
personal consideration. He then said if
the eStradition proceedings at Montreal
proceeded for any length of time. II
Vas possible he might desire TO give
Erwin's affidavit contained in sub
Stance.
Il called his attention 20 the fact
ltnat he and Gaynor had already for
1eited bonds in the sum of $500. 600
|esch' he replied that he had left the
Cnited states because he had resolved
never TO be put in Jail as q convict.
'anG that he had come TO Canada with
ltlfe expectation that after a year or
Two his friends in the United States
could effect a settlement of the civil |
|cia.ihs OF the government against him,
|and he could then probably secure a
dismissal of the criminal prosecution.
He said he had never given his ner-
sonal word that he would not run OFF
From the prosecution in Georgia. but |
PIE would pledge me his word of honor
that II would agree TO his giving bond |
before Judge La Fontaine he would NOT
run of.
eHe then referred to the fact that
the government had already tied I'M bV
civil proceedings $500 GOO of assets. Of
what the government claimed was OF
Carriers share in the fraud, and asked
me what was the exact government
claims that he and Gaynor has received I
rs their share. l replied that we
.iaimed that he and Gaynor had re- I
ceived $1,4oo. goo as their share in the
fraud He replied that he was in mol
position and had not sufficient means
o meet such claim. but that he and y
Saynor would be willing TO pay the t
soNerhneht $oVv,VVO IN settlement of the |;
entire litigation. TO include the $50 000 h
claimed or forfeit recognizanoes. n