The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-03
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tied at the small sum which they say
they received. resolved to tell
Stacy in particular, was angry, He
had he said expected to receive q
large sum of money for his work, as
well as a political Job. He was work
ing on small salary, he said, and the
rumor that plenty of money was be
ing spent in Brownies behalf was n
temptation that he could not resist
when he found opportunity in the form
of his friend McCutcheon on the Jury,
knocking at his door.
Ready to Sell Out.
According to his confession, he
sought out State Representative Erick-
sen and asked how he could market
McCutcheon vote. Erickson, Stacy
said. replied that be was not inter
ested In the case, but would put him
in touch with someone who was.
Soon afterwards, Stacy narrated, he
was introduced to Erbstein. Mean.
while he had communicated with Nc
Cutcheon. The jury was closely guard
ed, but Stacy managed to arrange a
code by which the juror would know
whether the financial arrangements
with Erbstein had been consummated.
The "high sign was one of these
eiEudie auu anoIuei WAS bhe Wolu
McCutcheon received the signals, and
according to his own story, became n
partisan of Browne s at once He voted
for acqulttal on the first ballot. and ar
gued with others to bring tbyT to his
side. In fact, he is a:'Sged to have
been quite enthusiastic as a proselyter.
Pay Was Too Small,
When the time came to realize on
McCutcheon S alleged pertdy, the lat
ter and Stacy went to Erbstein s Of
fee, they declare. They thought there
would be at least $4,000 in cash and
easy jobs in it. according to Stacy,
and they could scarcely believe their
800. Later they state, he gave them
$3.50 more. Stacy testified before the
grand jury that he made nearly ninety
visits to the lawyer IS Office looking for
money and the Jobs. Sometimes. he
said, Erbstein was "out,'' sometimes
he was told that "things haven t been
fixed up. or some other excuse was
given. Once he was g iven $40 to take
trip to Springfield to see a certain
person about a position. No success.
There was talk about place in the
county building, but this also came to
naught.
Finally Stacy was told that the $3.50
was all there was in IL for them He
was wroth. McCutcheon demurred to
taking the story to the state IS attor-
uey. but Stacy said he would 90 alone
McCutcheon then agreed TO act with
him,
Jurors Dined Well.
The grand jury began hearing wit
nesses nearly week ago. One piece
of testimony was that ten of the jur-
ors, shortly after the verdict was de-
livered, were wined and dined sumptu-
ously. They "chipped in to pay the
bills, which were heavy.
Two witnesses today are said to have
corroborated Stacy in part. The lat
ter stated that after receiving the first
installment of the alleged bribe. he
bought himself suit of clothes at a
west side store. Two clerks from this
store were heard today and are said
TO have identified Stacy and the gar
ments he WINS wearing,
The Indictment was not unexpected
by Erbstein. He declared that Way.
man had been trying to "get'' him for
years and that tho Indictment was
merely an incident of persecution by
the state s attorney.