Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-23

you have that will throw any light on
the accounts"
Here the witness turned over con-
tract With Crawford q Newly, and was
then asked. Are there any others"
None that / can call TO mind"
WHITAKER VOLUNTEERS.
I'D like to say" continued Mr. Whit.
aker that II I'm the investigation there
are any documents found to be missing.
! should like to have the privilege Of
looking them up, so as to clear up all
doubt IN the matter"
Mr.. Joseph Of the committee suggest
ed that Mr. Whitaker be given the
privilege Of going over the books with
the auditor In order to render him
such assistance as may be necessary.
This was granted,
did you q X the vouchers for all
the items OF purchase you had to do
With" was asked the witness.
Yes, sir nearly all There We're
some, however that at first did not
contain my O x, but later | went over
them and fixed them up
Mr.. Joseph asked the witness to
identify certain books known as the
ledger and Journal. The witness thought
they were the books kept by the secre-
tary
Have you turned over any bills
since the governor asked you to assist
IN this matter?' asked Mr. Stookey
Il think not answered the witness.
BOOKKEEPER H. L. JAMES,
Herbert l.. James, bookkeeper for
Secy. Cannon, and maker of the records
now In the hands of the Investigators
did not prove ready witness, and II
took endless questioning to get facts
from him, His story was that he was
employed by Gen Cannon TO work up
on set of books which are not now
available. This set he kept up to
January Of this year, and then copied
them into the books now on hand, max
ing some changes, and altering the
charges from one account TO another,
also emitting some voucher numbers.
An important statement was that
vouchers were not numbered consecu-
tivdy but blanks OF 10 or - numbers
were left IN different accounts 10 cover
any vouchers that might come I'm later
on that account. The only records he
knew OF eNcept those on hand were a
journal and day-book which he left
with Gen, Cannon and which ne de-
clared he had copied, merely because
they are not IN a neat condition and
not because he wanted 10 get rid Of
any evidence.
AS LONG AS 1T WAS CANNON.
"Who paid you for your work?" ask.
ed Representative Stookey
81 presented a bill to John NJ. Can
non.'
why did YOU not present It to John
O. Cannon? Is II not a custom TO pre-
sent bin to the man you worked for
and not TO any other fellow"
well, | knew John NJ. well. and he
was there In the Office"
WAS the bin paid?"
Joseph Cannon paid a part OF It,
only"
"Then you didn't care who paid Won
or who got your bill just so 1t was
Cannon"
mo. SIR
His concluding testimony was that he
worked only at intervals, and that 9TH
er people also worked on the books.
and that I'm making erasures on the old
set, he merely crossed a pen through
them, and did not rub out any items,
IMPRESSIVE TESTIMONY.
The dramatic feature Of the session
NNAW' WIN dbNtll - htllNt uIblHtl %
Governor Wells, and who was present
at the conversation IN the News
building, told OF the meeting and Of a
statement Of the governor to John c.
Cannon walking up from the city and
county building. the day after his
term Of office had expired, in which no
said. John the two things In my adj
mlnlstratlOn Of which am most proud
are that ! have never been approached
with a bride, and not one cent Of the
public money has gone astray"
After being sworn, Mr., Wells was
asked TO tell what occurred AT the inter-
view IN the News" building between
John Q. Cannon and Gov Wells,
ASKED TO BE PRESENT.
lie stated that tho conversation oc-
CURED on tho cath day Of January,
and that he was present at the request
OF Gov Wells, who said that he want
ed him to be present at an interview
with Mr. Cannon,
Gov Wells said 10 Mr., Cannon"
tho Witness continued, that there
were orders paid by tho Commercial
National bank bearing his signature,
and he wanted TO know II the sigma
lures were genuine. John ., Cannon
suld, "Those are your signatures ali
right but you didn't write them'"
Was no asked who did write them2"
Yves, but he made no reply"
NO VOUCHERS no PRODUCE,
WAS he accused OF forging the gov
ewor's nameW
Yes indirectly, He referred to miss
Ing vouchers, ana said he would not
produce them, because there We're no
vouchers 10 produce, The number was
rs or 20 and the aggregate amount
&l0o. Gov. Wells, | think. asked him
II he signed the name. lie confessed
a. getting the money Yes, his de-
mcanor during the examination was
that ne WIS guilty OF forging the gov
crnor's name 20 the orders
NEVER GAMBLED,
ibid Mr. Cannon say anything about
The money ana where II went2"
"tie was asked II he gambled, and
he said he had never sambled dollar
in his llfe. He said he had used It for
household and personal expenses"
Did anything else occur In that
meeting that you rememherY'
Yes this came with deep emotion
from the witness, and was spoken re-
luctantly
THE GOVERNORS PRIDE.
Governor Wells recalled cunversa-
ton with John @ Cannon on the street,
coming up from the city and county
building on the day after he went out
OF office, and he asked John Q n he
remembered hearing him tell him IN
that conversation that the two things