Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-15
ZONES DEVELOPS
A POOR MEMORY
contradicts Himself on Matters
Pertaining to Preliminary
Hearing.
WITNESS LOSES HIS TEMPER.
sue He Never PerJured Himself and
Declares Holly that Ills Case
Is Over.

Tho cross examination OF Charles w.
Jones In the bounty fraud case, which
,s an trial before Judge Howell In the
or,n,lnal division Of the district court,
was concluded at t1:45 O'Clock this
morning by Attorney +. ]. Gustin, one
az the attorneys for the defendant
n. Beynon Davies. Jones was taken
"a, charge by Deputy Sheriff Sharp and
was taken from the court room, but
=, IL likely that he will be recalled by
the defense in connection with another
rbose Of the evidence. The examina-
ton was quite heated at times this
morning. as Jones lost his temper sew
eral times and made some rather angry
answers to the attorney for the de-
Tense.
He was further examined today as
10 the discrepancy between his testi-
nouy at the preliminary heoring and
his testimony on this hearing. Some
times the witness would state that he
did not testify as the transcript showed
he did IN regard TO some of the matters
at the preliminary bearing. Other
times he said that the stenographer had
misunderstood him, and then again he
said that he did not know what he
.nstif ed to at the preliminary hearing.
He STATED that he had been IN jail ten
months, and that he had troubles of ms
avn without bothering himself about
the certificates and his testimony.
AS TO a number of the certificates
about which he was asked, he stated
that he had presented no hides at all
AT the time the certificate was given
him, and as to others he did not re-
member how many hides he had pre-
scented.
OATH WAS NEVER READ.
Under redirect examination by Dist
Atty. Loofbourow, he said that the
whole form Of the oath on the certifi-
Gates was never read to him by Davies
or any of the other deputies in the
clerks office, that part Of 1t was read
some times and he would then sign the
stub. While Attorney Gustin was
making an objection to one of the
questions asked by the district attor-
ney, Jones interrupted him. wheceupon
Judge Howell reprimanded the witness
and Instructed him not to interrupt the
counsel.
on re-cross-examinatlon he denied
that he had sworn to certificate is
sued on Oct. q, l90i. and calling for
bounty In the sum OF 1906. His testi-
mony mt the preliminary hearing was
then read TO him wherein he stated
that he had sworn to that certificate.
In explaining that he said that the
deputy who made out the certificate
did not read It all and that he only
swore TO part OF II.
FALSE. SAYS WITNESS.
us It not fact" asked Mr. Gustin.
that you have been down there In the
county Jail since February, 190i and
the county authorities knew that you
had perjured yourself half a dozen
times for which you could have been
sent to the state prison for a term OF
from / to 10 years, and yet they have
never issued a complaint against you
for that crlmeP'
mo. ii Is false" holly replied Jones.
What part of It Is false?" inquired
The attorney,
81 did not perjure myself half a
dozen times" he answered.
ANOTHER HOT REToRT.
"You have admitted here that you
perjured yourself four times, and the
authorities knew that and yet they
have never prosecuted you for it. have
they2"
81 am now serving my time for my
ofense, but you would like 10 have had
me IN the state prison so ] could not
testify In this case was the parting
shot Of the witness. He was then ex-
cuscd from the stand and was taken
from the court room.
CLERK ELDREDGE CALLED.
County Clerk Eldredge was then call
ed by the state and identified the writ
ing on a large number of the bounty
certificates as that Of the defendant,
d, r. Davies He was stlll under di-
rect examination when the court took
It's noon recess.