The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-19
FAT FEES PAID TO
A kEARNS WITNESS
Former Silver King Miner Ad-
mits Receiving Snug Sum
for TeStifying.
HELPED TO REMOVE ORE
JOHN F. STATES TELLS OF UN.
DERGoUND CONDITIONS.

That Thomas Kearns and his associates
in the Silver King Coalition Mines COM
pany are paying fat fees to witnesses, as
well as their expenses, was shown on
| cross-examination of John F. States. one
| OF the miners who handled some of the
ore taken from eiandestine tunnels in prop
erty adjoining the Silver King workings at
Park City. States was on the witness
stand in the federal court room before
Examiner J. w. Christy yesterday when
the nearing OF the suit, brought by the
silver King Consolidated, was resumed
On crOss-examinatiOn States testified
that from September 1905. Up to Novem-
Der, 1906, his time was devoted almost ex-
clusiVely to the umbering of the Parsons
stOpe. From his testimony il developed
raise east for distance Of 80 feet. and
also extended to the westward. but how
far he could not say, but he knew II was
carried up to the 1,200foot level when he
quit work
Under cross-examination the witness
gave the impression that he had at various
times been of service to the defendant
company, and on one occasion had acted
in a similar capacity as a witness. He
testified that while living at Delamar.
New, he had received a telegram from NJ.
]. Daley, telling him to come to Park
City to testify for the defendant COM
pany in a personal injury suit that was
being brought against it. After his ar
place In the mine and also money enough
to bring Instantly from Nevada to Park
City.
States also testified in the cross-exam-
ination that he was being paid by the Sill
yer King Coalition company IS per day
and expenses for appearing as a witness
in the present suit.
Forgot Many Incidents.
States occupied the witness chair during
the greater part Of the day. He showed
a woefully bad memory, and at times dur
ing the afternoon hearing failed TO re-
call the answers he had given to ques-
tons put to him at the forenoon session.
The evident purpose of the direct exam
ination was to cOrrOborate previous testi-
mOny that but little work had been done
and that no ore of any value had been re-
moved from the jointly owned property,
this being the contention of the defense in
the suit.
From a model the witness detailed the
work he had performed beginning in No
vember of 1905. He testified that during
that time he had been put TO work tim
bering In the Parsons stope and continued
to do so until the fall of 1906 He tim
bered first above the ], 200-fOOt level, and
later on went to the I ,250-foot level
When States was taken in hand by the
plaintiffs attorneys the purpose was to
show the extent OF the timbering and
stopping done in the locality of the Parsons
stope, from where most of the valuable
ore Is alleged to nave been removed Dy
the defendant company.
Another Witness Called.
After States had been excused, John
Tregea was called as a witness by the
plaintiff company. On direct examination
he testified that he had worked in the
1 3O0-foot level at the time the Parsons
raise was started by a miner named Paddy
Persons, and that he mucked behind him
while the raise was going up until it
reached the ore landing. After that he
ran cars on the 1,300-foot level on this
raise and ran a car for about ten months
when the ore was pegged with one, two
and three pegs. He also got one and
two peg ore from the engine raise in the
], 300-foot level. His testimony had not
concluded when the hearing was adj
iourned.