Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-23
Investigation Into the Accounts
NJ tbs utah.St Louis Commits
sion is Resumed.
,FvfsAL WITNESSES EXAMINED
-, Them Director. General Whita-
=, Who Was Questioned at Great
Length and 10 Much Detail
.rrHOu or KEEPING HIS BOOKS
oI,,,t Effort to Show That He Kept
r,mmisslou aud Personal Accounts
rooetbcr--About Fair Contracts,

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rooetbcr--About Fair Contracts
wnon the 81. Louis Legislative IN
,or,mlttce met IN Judge Morse
Y1. room this morning It was very
"- .',.st that the investigation into the
.~,,r. NJ the Utah Fair commission
.. n he deep. and long drawn out
, r'a cause Of the questioning Indicated
.,, ,bo utmost latitude was allowed
Wv, .golp and again apparently need
NY, ,'.. Questions were asked. Several wit
. .- were examined, the most Inn
ro,,ort one being Director General
whitaker yv,.4
The lpterrogatlons put to Mr. WHIT
49,, rroyed concluslvely what some OF
,ba members Of the inQuiring commit
i! coptended they were going to DO
AVA mat was TO show that he had kept
N, own personal accounts and those OF
,bs commission together ana had
checked out payment therefor from the
,.mo check books IN manner thaI
"a, not in accordance with good pub
ln policy II was also clear that the
system Of entering into contracts was
IA he asaned and a full and complete
accounting required at the hands Of the
director general who said he was per-
Cely willing to make the necessary
EXAMINATIONS IN minutest details.
iwopq the witnesses within the en-
doVre we're Ex-Gov. Wells, Director
Gsneral Whitaker. eX-Secy. Of state
Hammond John ". Hansen, who Is SAID
IA ha wanted TO testify regarding GER
sn Information which Is supposed To
nave reached him I'm a newspaper ca
Iatty. Lewis NJ, Cannon, assistant
aNler Of lions Savings bank, ~ W.
wilson cashier Of the Commercial Ma
tb,ll bank. and Herbert i, James, the
csert tookkeeper who was called IN 10
assist I'm untangling the accounts OF
l6n Q Cannon as secretary OF the
commission,
JAMES H. HAMMOND,
The hearing was resumed with ex-
Secretary Of State James T. Hammond
on the stand Mr. Hammond testified
10 being member of the state board of
examiners and identified exhibit %, Of
ferel In evidence, as a report OF the
jolnt committee 90 the Legislature
touching the affairs Of the ST. Louis
worlds fair commission lie said the
Indebtedness created by the commits
sion was not authorized by the state
board.
State whether application was made
by the commission for authority TO in
cur any deficit
Ny recollection is that no formal
application was made, but Gov, Wells
made an oral statement concerning con.
dItons"
What action, 81 any, was taken by
The board relative to that matter?"
None whatever. because Of its not
having been formally presented. We
reached The conclusion, however, thai
me state board had authority only e
authorize deficits Ia a general way, ant
Inls being q special appropriat II
Nas the sense Of the board thai
nothing could be done I'm the matter
no action therefore. was taken. IN,
ird simply discussing the question
Informally
HoYr sIiERMANs ATTORNEY.
George }. Gibson, attornoy-at-law
was ihe next witness.
What had You TO do, II anything
tNh the Office of treasurer of the com.
" aN'll' was asked by Atty. Smith.
were you familiar with any OF IN,
g rs.,u5sr accounts books or docu.
NO, SIR"
Nal as lrelsWor?r
,,sio D slL Out he asked me on one oc.
, ,'G'o'i ior advice That, however. wa,
"Ise ne ceased TO De treasurer"
EXHIBITS 20 10 "a inclusive ,yer,
ganued the witness. who identidel
VEN as papers turned over IA bir, ~,
M, '"e1du9ll treasurer Of the commits.
hmm, lhese exhibits consisted OF +
,Sl 'aUet OF bank books containing In,
slct 9uHl OF the treasurer with MeCor.
No ~ ~ 20" the Bank OF Commerce anf
mc,o commercial National bank as A.,
,n ,.tsssoI also q bunch of check,
ri'ugIed consocutiyely from N o9t
tnJha,1e, ana No. 222, the missinf
oWg St n9t having been drawn.
ID" teIe the checks paid through thos,
5,o 1 S SallNs handed TO YOU bv the trees.
Yes. sir" " "''''eS"'
10 y wg'9 all OF these documents bande,
.rsSsp u ny Mr. sherman while he WA,
a MO Sir not while he was treosnror
M ,i,.at ana Mr.. Sherman tell von %.
su"'e le handed YOU these noners .,
Nno ny to'o me to deliver them M nm,
iuag. 90 either Senator johnson ~
>, Dld he say anything about thai. -
r6p ,ss'oIos OF the exposition commits.
,6'I, ! DO not think so"
hey werc 30 ivy l'ylhlng about Wha
ldiN,oo he simply said to keen Thorn
lrsrr a" MS successor as treas
he cSn'olt 30 contains six conco,,o,
N.Y." on Mccormick & 60 ~ ~ S'rI.
herman Sc likewise handed yoS by ~ Mr. 4
Yes. sIr."
AN NE exhibits were ororoa T.,
,s.S ana a receipt taken Inv m ny T 1H.
sEs0. continuing, Mr. Gibson % WIN
nan S .a, II anything, did Mr.. sher
on5Ig aS TO you relative to the financla
,cconn f,' o' The commission and IL
NM me only conversation boa ,.,,
sb,," was IN my capacity ns " nttos WIZ,
elglhg," ''' privilege OF not d