The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-03

Testifies In Case of ]. C. PeltieT. In
dicted for Federal Offense.
OTHER VICTIMS STORIES
JOHN FORSYTH is RELEASED BY
ORDER OF COURT.


Senator Reed Smoot testified yester-
day afternoon in the federal court
against J. c Peltier. indicted by the
grand jury for impersonatfng a post
office inspector, but his relations with
Peltier were not considered 10 be con-
nected with the allegations made in the
indictment and his testimony was
stricken out by Judge John \. Mar
shall.
Senator Smoot testified. however. that
he met PeItier on the Temple square
He also said that he understood from
Fire Chief ByWater. who introduced
Peltier. that he was an official sent
here by Senator J. G. Burrows to in
vestigate his case.
Il invited him and his wife and child
to my home at Provo Senator SmoOt
continued. and he spent three days
there. He told me that he was an Of
fetal in the postoffice department and
I introduced him TO Postmaster James
Glove
At this point Prosecuting Attorney
General CheTTingtOn turned the wit
ness over to Judge o. w. Powers for
crOss-e examination. but on Judge Pow
ers' motion his testimony was stricken
out.
According to the testimony given by
Senator Smoot before the grand jury
at Ogden he introduced Peltier to all
the leading business men i'm Provo. He
took him to the Deseret WooIIen mills
and ordered him a suit of clothes. II
was also brought out in the testimony
before the grand jury that Senator
SmO0t had private converse ton with
Peltier at the information bureau on
the temple grounds when they were in
PRODUCED.
Postmaster James Glove Of Provo said
he had bought Peltier a drink. and that
the drink Wa lemonade. Judge Powers
asked him if ne expected that state
ment to he given credenCe. The result
ant ievity was promptly suppressed by
Judge Marshall.
Borrows From Bywater
Chisf Byvatcr was called and he
said OF the stand that PeItier had Dor
rOwed $40 from him on the assurance
that he was pOstOffice inspector. He
further told of their friendly relations
and said he invited Peltier to go to the
tabernacle with him and that day or
two later he received an invitation to
go to the circus with Peltier.
Chief ByWater said that ne loaned
Peltier $35 because he represented him
self as a postofficer inspector and fur
Their that he said his vouchers would
arrive in Salt Lake at most any dav
Peltier also stated the witness said
that he was a great friend of Senator
Burrows and that he was brought up
by the senator
On cross-examinatiou Judge Powers
asked the witness If PCItier had ever
represented himself as d postoffice in
spectOT. and he brought out testimony
to show that the defendant had not
used the title Of postOffice inspector to
extOrt money or acted in the capacity
of an inspector.
Others Are Touched"
L A. Doles and L. s. Dickinson also
testified i'm the case and the former
witness said that PeItier had borrowed
500 from him. He stated that he was
introduced 10 Peltier by Mr.. Dickinson.
who said that PeItier was a good fell
low and was in the secret service
Fred Wey. proprietor of the Wilson
hotel, said that Peltier stopped at his
house with his wife and child and rep
resented himself to be a postoffice in
sDectOT- After he had been there for
some time, Mr.. Wey said. he asked
for a loan. saying that he expected his
vouchers from Washington any day
Here the prosecution rested its case
and Judge Powers took up his argu-
ment for the defense He spent the
time until court adjourned i'm present
ing decisions which showed that there
was no offense committed under the
United States statute unless the defend
ant acted in the capacity of post
office inspector. The case was con-
tinued until today. when it is expected
to reach the hands of the jury.