The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-04

delegated him to provide for them q,
their expense. 'N'' :"
What legacy to his memory wou,d
nant ootained lad the clements of de-
@ ov,,e manhood, other than those of tho
srssping burglar. guided his course ''
NO George &. Parkinson is the strong
tend, an the crooked maneuvers at
pat;nrs me failures o( the Oneida Irri.
SS, SSaHon ulstrlct. He is entitled TO. and
,y an outraged people who shouid ho
~ ms own his defenders and his cohorts
Ia ~ recsiNlng their seal of righteous con
oemnation for his deeds of pmnJar md
Oh insipid. scurrilous and icnohie ,-ract
IN all the long series OF the crime iron,
walch ,nh he and some OF his compa triots
law saved from atonement 10 offended
'N only Dy friendly Mormon banl, In
logan George c. Parkinson was tbe
ieaqer, The dominant force the originator
n aiiu PtoeenatoT Of bold theft cunning
suolciluge and brazen disregard for tbfs
,aWs OF the commonwealth or the wei
iare or his nelghbors
Hart Putty Man.
Arthur Hart was soft putty in his
hands! lie was devoted 10 Parkinson
ano quickly squared any criminal act
which which he might perform through the self
cohsciousness that he was followino
s{ep sWp by step the onward march of his
Here is his. sworn statement OF his
criminal knowledge and of his Willingness
20 stand with this hypocrite soft
raV,a cushion, footed ecclesiast for the
sam there might be in it 10 himself;
Question-What bank did he Ipor,sin-
son! say where this rule was, about ac-
eepTns ,nsGor only SGT $4,000 on deposit?
Question-Why did he wani +, tb.re >
Answer think he wanted the In =,
tcreSt VIC III"
,o QnestIon-po ,I,,s .,r, YOU know in whose name
- Answcr-,In the name OF his children;
$4,000 in the name OF each
children? " ms
Answer-Gcoree D.. Annie. Vera and
Questions deposited in each OF
AnSwer-Ges. sir
Qucstion-You were cognizant Of the
fact AT the time?
Answer-t1e mentioned il TO me.
with him" 's
Answer-Be met me on the street and
told me of II.
Question-As secretary of the company
you did not consider il your place 10
demonstrate with him?
r,csdS AnSSWermNo. :, sir. | did not. I sup
posed II was perfectly safe.
Questton-Didn't you know he was yio-
Ia ating the law?
Answer-Wcll. ] thought that was not
my lookout ] mean that he, as treast,rE
er, was responsible for it and he could
deposit the money where he thought
safe. II he had asked me my opinion
dpuut uepoSlllnG IL IN the names of his
children / would have advised him not 10
do so.
Quesriou-You were attorney for the
company at this time?
Answer-Yes. sir.
And again TO demonstrate the ideas
which Arthur Hart. the poor dribbline
polygamist. had OF George G. Parllin-
son and the scope of his methods OF
conducting business on the basis de-
sired by the craven mind Of Parkinson
the chief of robbers OF sacred trust
imposed on him by his tithcpaycrs whom
OF right he should protect and defend
note the following testimony:
Qucstion-Whcn You found that hc
(ParltinSon) was not able TO take care
OF the office OF treasurer OF the district
why did you not. as secretary OF the
district. make known this to the board
OF directors and have his appointment re-
voked?
Answer-This was the situation: He
was pretty well known ali over Idaho
and he had a very strong political pull,
and was big man in politics. We need
ed a political pull in the state OF Idaho
and we wanted certain legislation be-
cause this irrigation law was defective
We wanted someone pretty well ac-
quainted in Salt Lake with certain par
tics.
That was the milk in the cocoanut.