The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-28
OFF ON THE HUNT
TO ST. LOUIS
Subcommittee of Legislative Investi-
gators Seek an Old Field.
AMENDS HIS TESTIMONY
EXPERT SAYS FORGERY WAS
NOT TRACED.

The deliberations of the legislative
investigation committee. appointed for
the purpose of spreading on the rec
ords all the transactions of the Utah
commission of the Louisiana Purchase
exposition, were necessarily brief yes
terday morning for the reason, as ex-
planned by the attorney for the COM
mittee, H A. Smith, that the experts
had not completed the examination of
the books. The most interesting fea-
ture of the days work, however, was
the decision of the committee to send
a subcommittee to st. Louis to in
VeStigate the sales of the Utah exhibits
and 10 gather any additional informa-
ton that may be Of value to the legis-
Iature.
1t was some time after 10 O'clock
when the committee came to order in
the chancery court room, and almost
immediately the members adjourned to
another room. where they held star
chamber session On their return Or
son i. Rumei was called to tue stand
to relate what he had discovered, if
anything. since last Friday when he
began the examination of the orders
signed by John @. Cannon.
Mr. Rumel said, in resuming his tes-
timony: 81 made certain statements on
the stand last Friday, but since L have
had an opportunity to go over the ma
terial submitted to me by the commit
| tee 1 desire to make a few corrections
| Voucher No. 134 had all the appearance
| of having been traced. but when placed
under a powerful microscope 1 found
| that it was not a tracing, and, as a
| matter of fact, i found none of the
/ alleged forged orders to have been
| traced. In following up my eXamin-
| alton I found that there were many
| r.fa in Of 10
! letters, much so, that where the
name 'Heber' appears quite distinct in
the originals, it might be taken for
Helen in the forgeries,"
Believes Cannon Is Guilty.
Are you able to state who forged
the name of Governor Wells to the or
ders under question: he was asked
by Mr.. Smith.
Il have compared the signature with
that of John @. Cannon, and I believe
he is the man who made the forger-
les"
Have you examined Order No 125 p
Yes: it is forged"
Have you looked at Order No III -
That order is genuine. On looking
at it l find that it is charged to the
account of storage and transportation
but as a matter of fact 1t went to the
Utah Light & Railway company to pay
a light bill for Emily H. Cannon. There
is no voucher for it The check &C
companying this order is dated Feb. s
1904, was signed by Hoyt Sherman
/ treasurer Of the commission, is FOL
S46 10 and was cashed through the
Deseret National bank
Off to ST. Louis.
Mr.. Rumel was then excused. and Mr.
Smith addressed the committee II,
said that. inasmuch as the experts haC
not concluded their examination OF tn,
books. and, further. as the cOmmitte,
/ desired to send a subcommittee to St
Louis to examine the work done Their,
by the commission, he would move I,
LadjouTn the examination until mex
/ Monday, by which time he hoped tn,
sub committee would have completed
its mission A motion TO that effec
was put and carried. bur before tn
committee could leave the room Di
rector General S. T. Whitaker request
ed the privilege OF making a persona
reply to an attack made upon him il
a local paper The committee decided
. be afforded Mr.. Whitaker at next Mon
days meeting to reply as he saw fit t,
any published statements
Following the session of the commit
tee It was announced that RepreSen
/ tatives Joseph, Miller and Stoke,
} would make the trip TO st. Louis. La
2 ter in the day Mr.. Miller announces
: his withdrawal from the contemplate,
journey and Mr.. Grundy was selecte
to fill the vacancy. The committee LET
at 5:45 o'clock and the members expec
they VIII arrive here on their return a
$40 next -IOnday morning.