Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-07

You ala it with the beekeeper, dl
Yes; under instructions"
done so2"
once, to Prof Cummings. 7 believe
did you explain this 10 Governor
Wells-this transaction by which r.. @
Shisler's check and voucher Is fal
above what he actually receyedW
These annotations ON the voucher
explain the additional work covered
But did you EXPLAIN Is II not n
taet that you did not explain because
you could not eNplaln?'
NO. We were working IN n very
different atmosphere there from what
we are here"
II show you cheol, No. 9 for 1859 20.
Did Mr.. Shiser get this money!"
II cannot say now, The check Is en-
dorsed by him and me-
DIDN'T KNOW.
Are you aware that he denies ever
having received that check2"
No, ! am not. ] kept my bank
checks simply as security, and they
were In the nature Of memorandum. I
often drew out large amounts and
paid them out on the grounds. Some
times | placed as much as $500 at the
inside Inn, and expended II to pay la
borers on the grounds.
do you know how you paid this
mann"
mo not how paid this item"
DO you know how you ever paid any
items?"
~ do not remember the details now"
II show you voucher, IA purpOrtlug
20 L. L.. - Is.N
or amount, but WAS approved March
s. Is II the voucher"
1.-THE bills were all attached 10 this
voucher-for labor and material"
"How did you pay IN cash or by
check7"
~ can't say that this check wac in
fact to pay this amount The bills were
once attached The money may have
been paid over previously 10 the date
this check was wrawn."
~ have hero contracts for some
Items. How and when we're they
paid2
81 have no means Of knowing at this
time"
"You knew that YOU we're spend
Ing state money. and would some day
have to account2'
yes / turned IN my vouchers and
bills every month and supposed they
were audited"
IT find check No. II for II. g. shls-
lor for S31 what was that for?
For tables
CUMMINGS CLEARS Up,
Mr. Whitaker was here excused while
Prof Cummings resumed the witness
stand 10 explain n discrepancy OF $50
H., l. Ia,
of furniture. lie satisfactorily ex-
planned the discrepancy, stating that
certain OF the desks bought had been
turned back and credit allowed,
ASKED TO EXPLAIN,
Upon resuming the chair Mr. Whit
aker was asked To explain check 81,
for S23si0 IN favor OF an optical COM
pany.
THE $40 item was for printing and
stationery" he explained, mot In
cluded In the original bill"
ibid you pay them the SOP"
81 presume that | did"
You got the $40 from the state did
you not2"
yes. ! don't remember whether
paid It by check or by cash, but it was
paid at some time"
Did you pay It at their place OF
business2"
yes either went down or sent
down the money"
Have you ever seen the bll?"
Yes. There must have been bill,
There might have been, but II 10
evident we have not received H.
"Refarfing 10 the testimony OF the
president OF the Bee Keepers assoc
citation, you gave him "a check for
S2i9.lS did you not and he testified that
he only received sos OF It,"
'That was Mr. Sherman's check, Mr.
Lovesy received more than sl05.
don't remember how much. The check
was 10 represent a total OF bills on
hand concerning the bee exhibit and
what Mr. Lovesy didn't get, went to
Jay other bills
But have you other recepts|'
"Only one now-for an item OF lum-
Der amounting TO SO or S."
Then all you account for TO the conf
mittee OF this money Us SO or 81
IL have not attempted TO account to
the committee for the money"
"The check was drawn by Mr. Sher-
man to cover bills on hand Mr. Sher-
man Il not the kind OF man who
would draw his chez. without good evil
1ence OF what II Is for. The evidence
must have been presented"
"Who furnished the evidence? You
have no recollection of taking receipts
or OF paying the money out at all, have
you? This is all the receipt you have
this one for 50 or S2"
This is an the receipt | have In my
possession
ITS all you ever had isn't Il? You
stated that upon your return the booSs
didn't balance. How much were you
put2'
"There were no books To balance
There was no balance ever struck, but
upon the final balancing OF the books
my accounts balanced
Isn't II true there was a difference
IF about s6O02'
mo, SIR
did you not have an argument with
Mr.. sherman about this S600?'
Not 10 my recollection"
"A week ago Saturday dld you not
make a statement that you at that time
could not tell whether the state owed
you a thousand dollars or whether you
,wed the state?"
mo, sir; | did not
DO YOU know Mr. Harry Joseph, AMI
Mr. Miller Of this committee, and MI
Edward"
"Yes; what probably told these gem
ilemcn was that when I came home I
tould not tell that from the books
he books were then not completed.
1ad no reference 10 the day on which
Ne We're talking"
~ have, however, about $500 left over.
which / am holding, My accounts show
4 to be mine"
ut Is the difference between $1,000
Rhlch the books showed ] was owing
HE state on my return and 81 500 In my
possession, II the state finds II Is due
10 them / win pay II over"
'Iiut didn't you say your accounts
balanced?n
Yes, by my account 1t is mne-but
am not satisfied with the balance.
40 not think u was correctly drawn"
You would have no objection to
turning this money over, would your"
mo, not II it can be proven that Il
belongs TO anyone"