The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-15
BY UNSAV0RY
record OF RYAN
8in Witness Against Miller and
Johns Once Killed a Man.
ARRESTED NUMEROUS TINES.
FACTS BROUGHT OUT AT THE
TRIAL.

Cincinnati Ohio. oct. 1A-When the
Miller and Johns trial was resumed to
day. the direct examination Of ]. j.
Ryan was stin in progress. At, the
adjournment Of court last night. Judge
Thompson took under advisement the
objection Of counsel to Ryan testifying
to what Johns had said to him about
what Miller may have said to Johns
concerning future difficulties.
When court convened TODAY Judge
Thompson decided that a prima facie
case had been sufficiently made out to
permit the testimony of Ryan to be
admitted. Counsel for the defense eX-
cepted to the ruling and the eXamin-
alton Of Ryan by the government
counsel was resumed.
Repeated in Detail.
Ryan proceeded TO repeat in detail
a conversation between Johns and him
self i'm room at Terre Haute. during
which the witness claimed to have
made contract with Johns for $4,000
Tor favorable ruling from Miller.
| counsel for the defendants interposed
/ frequent objections. which were over
ruled by Judge Thompson. Ryan also
1 testified that all his future transactions
I %
I to last December when Johns came to
Cincinnati and they met in a room at
me Gibson house, where Ryan gave
Johns SLIGO i'm cash and $4,000 IN two
checks. Ryan continued his story
about subsequent transactions in which
I he said Johns wanted more funds right
along until the witness finally made
statement of the whole matter to the
postofiice inspectors. and made no fur
ther efforts TO get bets on the races
| through the malls.
Ryan's Record
The cross examination Of Ryan by
Charles W. Baker was terrific. the most
prominent question being "Of how
many murders are you guilty." when
I Ryan replied that he had been ac-
quilted OF only one murder for which
he was tried. Then followed questions
as to shooting scrapes and arrests,
mostly connected with a saloon former
~ conducted by Ryan in st. Louis. He
was also examined at length about his
(. trial for the alleged passing Of bad
checks and questioned a bout different
arrests. one of them being for Securing
the corpse Of a Chinaman. Baker had
Ryan admit that he gave Johns in
has own handwriting q complete state
ment Of his bool1making SO the latter
as his attorney could present the case
TO the pOstOhiCe department. This doc
ument. on letterheads Of the Filbeck
hotel at Terre HaUte. was submitted
i'm evidence. as were also the contracts
for $500 and for $1,000 on the same
letterheads and in the same handwrit-
ing of Ryan.
Did Enormous Business.
Il was brought out that there was
10 be no division of the $1,000 for the
revision OF I(yan's advertising litera
. ire. alyeEv ~ 4 Il nd - t2Qk in
&a1lion dollars through the mails
~ had two hundred thousand on hand
hen the postofilce. Inspectors took
fharEe of bis concern.
= Hiram RuiisOn next crOss-eXamined
Ryan as to why he had not been in
dicted as well as Miller and Johns. The
witness denied that any bargain had
been made or immunity promised him.
on redirect examination Ryan testified
that Johns dictated the statements ard
contracts that were in his handwriting
on the F'ilbpclx hotel IpttprheadS