Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-05
WILSON CAUSES
BIG SENSATION
declares EmphaticaIIy Iron Work
ers Union Representative Made
Dynamite Proposition.
CASE is RE-oPENEO TODAY
Assistant County Attorney Visits Ac-
cuscd In His Cell and Is Conf
dent Has Good Defense.

Ihere was suGdcn and totally un-
expected turn to The case OF the state
vs. Fred Wilson and John Delaney.
charged jointly With dynamlting the
Ctah Hotel structural works on the
morning OF Dec. 30 In Judge Bowman's
court this morning. anc q profound
sensation was created when Fred VIII
soE. one OF the defendants. moved for
rcopenlng OF the case had the motion
granted. and took the stand In his own
behalf
Looking directly at John Munsev.
business agent for the Iron Workers.
union. Wilson declared empaatIcally.
tnut John Munsey made the PROPOSE
tlon To him. Wilson, and Delaney. to
Dlow up the stiffleg of the construc-
ton work OF the Utah Hotel building.
ana promised them $50 each and a
ticket to what ever point they cared
TO so,
The fact that Wilson asked TO have
the case reopened and then took the
stand TO tell his story was somewhat
surprising, and likewise shocking to
certain spectators in the courtroom
There was also lifting OF eyebrows
when Assistant County Attorney Alex
dnder stated in court that on Friday
nlght he visited Wilson at the county
JAN ana had talk with him about tho
case Alexander stated he would make
IL as his own motion that the case be
reopened as he believed Wilson had IL
good defense
The statements made by Wilson on
the stand. for the most part. cor
roborate absolutely the testimony given
by X. ID. Jones, OF the Jones Construc-
tion company. Only in the matter of
the Gate OF issuing the check by Jones
TO wilson did the testimony conflict.
That Wilson know his story we'll and
told many. If not all the facts. was
made quite apparent. especially when
II came TO cross examination by AS
Sistant County Attorney Alexander and
associate counsel Attorney w. w Lit
tie. Wilson WAS not In the leDst shak-
en- during the cross examination
TELLS STARTLING STORY.
Beginning mis- story with the meet
ing oi Demney, Wnson related how
Delaney came To MN at the -. S l..
yards ana stated that he had u
scheme whereoy they could make $50
each, He declared that. no aud De-
Janey met John Munsey In Esastman's
hall and that Delaney asked Munsey
TO tell Wilson what proposition he had
TO offer. Wilson said:
John Munsey made the PROPOSE
ton that he would pay two men 500
each and ticket to get out OF town,
to blow-up the stiffleGe' on the Utah
hotel job: saying that his purpose was
to scare the non-union men and get u
chance to put union men to work.
did not accept the offer then or at
any other time. but told him 1 would
think. the matter over"
When Munsey was on the stand early
this week he testified that he had met
Delaney but had never seen Wilson
hpfor1 Continuing Wilson said
II went to the Utah hotel job and
saw Jones and told him of the plot.
On Dec. 72S.' Delaney did not come to
the room at all and | did not see him
until about $50 of the 18th. after the
explosion. / did not know the explo-
sion had occurred until about noon OF
the 29th when L heard Mr.. Dana IN
the Vienna buffet speak about 1t
When l saw Delaney at the room
about $50 that evening he told me
he had a pal who had yellow
streak and that he had to shove a
gun into his ribs to get him to go
through with the job
Wilson declared repeatedly that he
agreed with Mr.. Jones to do detec-
tive work for him and find out who
were responsible for the crime. In
consideration of payment of 500; that
he never did agree to be a party to the
ofTense. that he had no part In the
explosion, and that he was placed on
the payroll by Jones for the purpose
of finding out who the plotters were
and later furnished information as to
the Identity Of the men who "threw"
the dynamite, Wilson was unshaken
in the searching cross examination to
which he was subjected. Judge Bow
man stated he desired to read over
the testimony again and continued the
casa until Monday morning at 10