Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-06
TESTIMONY IN
TRIBUNE CASE.
Farmer MaOfarIanc Says Bad
Meat Was Served at the
County lnfirmary.
INMATES GOT SKINNED MILK.
r. u. WINNER Tells OF Having Pur-
chased Cow--Oihcr Wit
ncsscs Examined.

AZ the hearing OF the libel suit Of
William r. Jones. Jr. against the Salt
Lake Tribune et al In Judge Ritchie's
court today further testimony was Civ
en IN regard to the quality of the food
furnished the inmates OF The inhrm-
airy. The principal witness OF the
morning session was Alexander Mac
farlaud who Was employed as farmer
at the Indrmary at the time Supt Jones
was appointed
RE testified that he met plaintiff
soon after he was appointed superln-
tendent ana thqt in the summer Of 1903
he saw discarded meat which had been
placed near the mix cans AS a rule,
he stated, SKINNED milk was served OF
the institution and that he mad seen the
milk diluted with water so as to make
enough 10 go around. lie said that
poor meat was served nj the table q
number Of times and that the meat ~
question was cooked for dinner ana
served to the inmates.
While the inmates were receiving
SKINNED milk and bad meat, he SAID
that plaintiffs table was served win
fine roasts ana cream. lie asserted
that he delivered with the nllrmary
team upon Instructions from Supt.
Jones. several loods of carrots TO
brother Of former County Commission
er James H. Anderson. He also deliy-
cred load Of beets to the same per-
son.
lie had also delivered products Of the
infirmary farm TO various commission
houses md had also known OF calves
and pigs being sold. lie also saw
Pauper CLERK James Sabine pay Mr..
Jones 90 cents for carrots ana saw him
take the same away In his buggy
BOUGHT A COW
r. y. WINNER. stock man. was
also on the stand this morning and
testified that he paid plaintin S65 for a
COW which was taken from the intrm-
AIRY farm and he supposed that the ami
NAL belonged to Jones. The check Civ
on I'm payment for the COW was intro
duced In evidence.
Mrs. Miller was also on the stand for
q few minutes this morning Maciar-
land Will be oss-examined this after
noon.
OTHER WITNESSES.
six witnesses were examined yester-
day afternoon In behalf OF the deieuse.
They were either employees or inmates
OF the infrmary and testified as to III"
rotten mutton which had been served 10
the inmates ana also as to milk ana
vegetables which had been furnished
the family OF Mr. Jones from the In
Urinary products.
Robert Lavisch, 70 years OF age and
an inmate Of the iniirmary, testified
that the inmates were given SKINNED
milk OF poor quality and mat on
some occasions the mutton served them
was rotten. He said he did not eat "
hut could smell It throughout the en-
tire meal. He stated that Steward
Hayford told the inmates that the meat
was bad and not to eat II. the mix,
he declared. was skinned milk dilutel
with water
Walter Wineland another crippled N
mate IS years of age, corroborated MI.
Lavisch In regard TO the poor quality oi
the mutton. He also testified that ne
Knew OF hogs being sold from the In
Urinary and had seen butchers wagons
there after hogs.
TOLD TRIBUNE REPORTER
Charles Caswell. aged 81 years. also
testified as To the rotten mutton. lie
confessed to having told the Tribune
reporter OF the matter and giving him
the material for one Of his stories He
stated that he had seen hogs killed at
the lnnrmary but that they were not
used there. He also stated that a pair
OF new socks had been removed from
the feet OF a dead inmate and replaced
by old ones.
William Tohurst Corroborated the
other witnesses in regard to the bal
meat and he further stated that he
seen plaintiff take milk away from the
innrmary 20 his family and had also
seen the milk diluted when given to the
inmates.
COOK TESTlFIEs.
Mrs. Mary Z. Perry OF Perry, Box
elder county testified that she was
cook at the nnrmary for some time ami
that abe objected TO cooking the NUT
ton because IL was bad but was told
by Supt. Jones that II would have To
be cooked, AS that was all the meat
they had She sent some of the bad
mutton TO the Jones family table on one
occasion, but Il was returned uneuten.
She stated that she was friendly 20
Mr Jones aud his family and only came
there 10 testify because she was sub
pu5nued.
FORMER NATIONS STORY.
Mrs. Sarah J. Il. Miller who was FOR.
merly matron OF the mnrmary for a
number OF years. was the last witness
called To- the stand yesterday She
told OF plaintiff taking vegetables and
milk from the intirmary 70 his family
and said that Mrs Jones had often
telephuned to the inhrmary for yege-
tables when she wanted them. She said
that she had often seen plaintiff take
STUFF ont of the cellar ana load u int
his buggy and drive away with II. Al
the time the bad mutton was cooked
shr said she could smell 1t all over the
house and insisted that the door be-
tween tho kitchen and the rest Of the
house he kept closed in order 10 shut
ont some OF tho offensive odor Sh.
told OF O. banquet given 10y Jones iu
honor of his relatives at which q sump-
tuuus spread was given,
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