The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-01


Iand. as it was known that the Utah Fuel
company was against me. As / had in
CURED a debt of 100 or 5000 during the
fight l was now in bad shape finan-
cially.
Judson Makes Profit.
81 was informed that the Utah Fuel
company would not buy the ground, but
that John ]. JudsOn, of Salt Lake, would
buy from me. l sold to him, getting $4,000.
l met hi;a later and he told me he had re-
ceived more than | did. He did not say
how much more"
Probably $50 more" added Attorney
Thomas.
The witness explained that Cotton is at
the junction of the roads to the mines.
and all freight for the mines of the Pleas
ant Valley company passed through that
station. | received word that the Nation
al Surety company of New York would
no longer go on my bonds. Superlntend-
ent George GeigeT of the Rio Grande
Western told me this | went to Manager
II. @. Williams of the Utah Fuel COM
pany and explained that letter from
him would do me a great favor Mr..
Williams gave me a very satisfactory let
ter and with others from senators, state
senators. congressman and a letter from
Frank d. Rockefeller, cousin of John
ID. Rockefeller, l went to New York.
met Manager Young of the bond depart
ment of the National Surety company and
also went to Mark p. Braffet's office and
tried to get information about the whole
affair.
Fails to Get a Bond.
Il was told that because had used
knowledge acquired while in the employ
of the Utah Fuel company in acquiring
land at Sunnyside. | had put myself IN
bad position. Mr.. Braffet read Mr..
Williams letter and said I. This mans
word carries no weight l was told that
all would be fixed so came back to Salt
Lake. l met Mr.. Williams and he asked
me how | had come out. | told him
o. K, and said, L am going back to
I work But / never did
I accepted a position on the Salt Lake
Route to show these men who tried to
take bread and butter away from my
two babies and wife that L still could get
bonds and still held the character they
tried to blacken.'
Why the Message Never Came.
The witness. continuing, asserted that
no one could telegraph from the coal dis
! tricts TO the outside or from the out
| side to the coal districts. as the Western
! Union wires passed through the coal
| companies offices and anything detri-
mental to the companies would be hald-
These reports would be sent to head
quarters, explained the witness. 81 had
/ sent messages which were not delivered
| until weeks after they had been filed.
carried the matter to the president of the
Western Union. and later the wires Were
taken out of the coal companies Offices
Attorney Allison, during cross eXamina-
| ton of the witness asked him il he had
| ever been sued in court for fraud and de-
| ceit and had admitted the charges. At
| tOrney Thomas objected to the witness
| answering this question, asserting that
| the only question which could be asked
! a witness is one which would show that
/ he had been convicted of felony. Despite
the request of the attorney for the gov
! eminent that the witness refuse 10 answer
| the question MIR. Sweet denied having
| confessed to fraud.
Sewers Gives the List.
| Colonel Percy s. Sewers was called to
| the stand submitting a list of the lands
| in Carbon county which went TO patent
! several thousand acres i'm Carbon county,
I now held by the Utah Fuel company 1t
| was submitted as evidence and made a
part of the records.
| At this juncture Attorney Marchand
| asked that all witnesses for the govern
| ment be excused. and it was so ordered.
/ These for the greater part would have
testified to acting dummies for the
coal companies involved in the affairs
| aired by the commission during its three
day investigation.
Allison as a Witness.
| Attorney E. NJ. Allison then appeared
In new role, as a witness Questioned
by Attorney p. L. Williams he testified
upon the famous litigation between the
! American Consolidated oil company of
California and the Union Pacific Railroad
company. which was aired at length dur
ing the examination of Judge Robert 5.
Attorney Allison said he had been an
attorney for the American Consolidated
Oil company when the contest came to q
suit in 1902. The land in dispute lay in
section -. Spring Valley. near Evanston,
WyO. Mr.. Allison said he had met Judge
Spence and talked to him while in Ev-
anStOn and was confident that Judge
Spence knew all about the hearing then
on. The witness testified that Judge g.
5. Narian of Salt Lake and Judge John
W. Lacey OF Cheyenne, Wyo, had APP
peared for the Union Pacific. The wit
ness described the test made at the wells
/ which went on record as proving there
was 40 oil in that particular district. The
contest was decided I'm favor of the Union
/ Pacific. Attorney Williams then sub
hearing as evidence, and it was accepted.
The Herald on the Stand
Attorney Allison then surrendered the
witness chair. Attorney Williams then
said he would like to offer as evidence
also, the denial of George F. Pollock
/ commissioner of the general land office
Michael Meyendorf. special agent. in
copy of The Herald because IF it hap
pens it's in The Herald Attorney
Marchand had no objection, and asked
that he submit the interview with Mr.
Pollock. printed in The Salt Lake Herald
( tigatiOn of the interstate commerce COM
I mission IAN iInpertinence' in this inter
view. This was accepted.
How the End Came.
I IT'S a happy thing we close all agree
ing upon one thing" said Commissioner
! / Clark laughingly. as he called for an ad
journment When the commission adj
journed, attorneys for the government
and the railroad and fuel companies