The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-17
WIRES CROSSED IN
BAD PORK CASE
Witnesses for Defense Badly
Tangled by Prosecuting
Attorney.
MANAGER SWEARS HE
KNEW NOTHING OF HOGS
Case VIII Probably Go to
the Jury at Noon Oh
Friday.

Crossed wires on tho part of the dc
Tense formed the feature at Thursdays
hearing of the case aSainet r. NJ, Herbert
and II. a. Barton, who are charged with
knowingly selling diseased pork To local
dealers. which Is being heard before
Judge Dehl When adjournment was
taken Friday night. II was apparent that
another half day would be required to
complete the hearing.
Some Strange Testimony.
. Tc cali some of the testimony of the
defense strange would be drawing IT mild
ly. Barton, the manager Of tho ranch, ad-
mittcd that he knew nothing about hogs.
sick or well. although he ls generally un-
man. He admitted that he had not told
the truth TO City Food Inspector Frazier,
but explained this by stating that he did
not know who he was talking to.
Wonderful Gymnastic Feat.
That the hogs at the Barton-H Herbert
ranch are entitled TO diplomas as post
graduates In the art OF gymnastics. would
be a fair inference II the testimony or
Capt Barton was taken at Its face value.
He testified that the death OF most OF
the animals who had passed away WAS
caused by their "piling up in n pyramid.
as many as le5 hogs crowding together
and forming one pyramid. which action
caused the ones underneath TO hecome
smothercd
Still another explanation to account for
tho seventy or more dead hogs which
Barton and Herbert threw into the can
yon adjacent to the pens was offered in
tho sworn statement that during u thaw
water from the hills above flowed down
and chilled the hogs until they died. 1t
was admitted that dogs had chewed some
OF the animals and that others Gad died
from unknown causes
Herbert Tells Story.
4. NJ Herbert. financial hacker OF the
hog enterprise. took the stand Thursday
morning for rcross-eXamiuation, He knew
q good deal about hog-raiSing, both from
experience and reading. but he had never
examined diseased animals closely enough
10 distinguish the difference between their
flesh and that OF well ones. He insisted
that he had been TO the ranch two or
three times a week although he had pre-
viously stated To The Tribune that he
paid very little attention TO the matter.
The entire conduct of affairs being In
Barton's hands.
Cap: a. A Barton OF the National
Guard was then placed on the stand TO
tell his story of how the ranch was con-
Quoted. He swore that he was with
out experience in this line OF business,
admitted that he had used carbollc acid
wood ashes, and patent hog food In
the efIort to keep the animals healthy
He said that the hogs that were butch
cred looked good TO him, and then ad-
mitted that be could not tell the symp-
toms that marked a diseased animal. He
admitted that he had said to the City
Food Inspector that the hogs died of
cholera and pneumonia said that he had
done so because he did not know to
whom he was talking, and then swore
that he did not know what they died or
Knew Nothing About 1t.
At the opening OF the afternoon scs-
sion the defense called Thomas Gum,
q neighbor, who at first posed AS an
expert OH hogs and declared that those
on the ranch looked all right TO him.
but on cross-cxamination admitted that
he knew practically nothing as TO the
actual condition of the animals. He had
made no study OF the diseases OF hogs
and would not pretend to describe the
symptoms of afflicted animals.
In an attempt TO lmDeach the testl-
mony OF Arthur Waller, the expert
butcher. who had slaughtered eight OF
the hogs for Barton and Herbert, tho
defense called J. P. Muir who swore
that he would not believe Waller under
oath. Cross-cxaminatlon brought out the
the two men.
Butchers Are Heard.
The defense then called several butch
erS, connected with firms that had pur-
chased meat from Barton and Herbert
These witnesses testified that the dressed
pork appeared TO be all right On cross
examination they admitted that their ex-
perience had been confined mostly to cut
ting up slaughtered animals and that
they would not undertake TO describe the
difference in looks between healthy and
unhealthy meat.
at $50 o'clock Friday morning.