Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-16
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1e. 1905. SALT
How Bounty Fraud Scheme Was Flatched
and

June -, 1904, as shown I'm certificate
No. 1871. He gave the money received
to Gorhman, except SIS which had been
promised him.
MEETING WITH DAVIES.
did you ever meet Mr. Davies out
side the clerks Officer" was asked by
Mr.. Hanson.
Il met him on either the 29th or 3Oth
Of June, 1904 on Main above Third
South. | had a little conversation with
him. lie asked me when / was coming
Ia again, | told him perhaps the next
day, We went into a saloon ana had
a couple Of beers and then Davies asked
for a loan TO get pair of shoes with.
] loaned him the money ana We talked
along until II was too late to get them.
Then he asked me 70 do him q favor,
lie wanted us to 60 farther down the
street so that no one would see us,
Then he said that he had just buried
his sister in-law, and that he had to
raise $500 He asked me II ] would
swear that ! had taken hides into his
office for bounty, II | had not. | at
first did not want to. Then, ! did,
promised ! would come into the clerk
office when Davies was 10 give me u
bounty certificate. | got that certificate
on the south steps Of the kuutsford
hotel on the LIST or md Of July IL
was at this time that Davies wanted
me to do business through his cous-
IN. He said that he looked just Ike
him and wore the same Kind OF a hat.
The money ! got from this certificate
! divided with Davies and Gorhman. %
PHILLIPS THE kid"
A. ,i,f. ,,.t,,. t1t,utt... ,..... Ill, -.
for the purpose of identification. After
"a heated argument between counsel and
the stse's attorney as TO whether he
could be made TO stand w for identh-
cation, witness Identified him without
having him stand up. Phillips was u
person Jones always knew as the
KID
The witness was referred 20 certin-
cate No 1872 lie was asked why he
signed that certificate as John Wade"
81 signed II that way because | was
to come IN the next day with some
more pelts and We thought that II
would look bad to have John Ward APP
pear ON two consecutive certificates
1t us IN relation to these two certh-
Gates that there is a strange discrep-
ancy, The certificate issued TO Wade Is
signed by Ward and the certificate that
is issued TO Ward is signed by Wade,
the stubs having been accidentally re-
versed
For certificate l9l there were no
hides presented, but for 1872 there were.
The money from these certificates
gave the Kid for Davies"
when signed certificate 1872 had 80
coyotes. | wolf lions; the bounty
should have been $50. The certificate
calls for Sl7j. This Is what we called
the raise
DIVISION OF THE MONEY.
How did you divide the money!"
asked Mr.. Hanson.
After discounting the certificates al
the bank. one-half the raise went ia
Davies through the Kid the rest went
half to me and halt 10 Gorhman."
ION the Sth or 10th Of July | received
certificate No. 1877 from the Kid at the
Knutsford hotel No animals were pre-
sented, One-half went 70 me the other
TO Davies"
Certificate No 200 was shown to him
He was asked II he signed that,
II think | did
II was signed 'Thos, Ray
did you sign No. 1882
Yes, sir"
did you bring up any animals
| them"
' II think not