Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-17

iocHltu inc surface apex and cOutSe
and dip OF the vein.
Q-Who could have removed It? No
body had access to 1t but yourselves.
A-They did.
Q-Who did?
A-The other parties. McGregor's
men.
o-Were you afraid McGrcgor would
carry out some OF the ore?
A-What?
Q-McGregor had no other way of
getting in to 1t or taking out ore from
IL except through your mine?
A-No
Q-Up through your shaft?
A-No. sir
Q-You were afraid he would do that? q?
Al wanted to prove title to the
vein. owned the vein and | own 1t
now. ! own the apex OF 1t and l want
ed to establish that fact and have time.
enough to do the work.
Q-You wanted TO conceal it from
McGregor?
Al wanted to conceal 1t from every
body until we found out who owned
the vein
Q-You wanted to conceal it from Mr.
McGregor?
Ayes. sir, from everybody.
Q-And you started in negotiating
for the purpose of purchasing that
ground from Nc. McGrcgor after seal
Ing IL up without telling him anything
about it?
A-No. stree. Mr. Howat He tried
to sell ii to me before that but that
was not the ground I wanted-it was
other ground; he had 600 acres OF
ground on the north but he wanted to
keep that ground OFF In that country
west OF that to see If 1t was valuable
but he did offer to sell me this south
portion. 1 refused to do II until
could buy it all. He set a price on
that but 1 did not want that ground.
1t never produced enough. up to the
present time to pay for even the
amount he asked for that piece
Q-During all these negotiations, or
at any time did you ever tell him that
you had gone into his ground and that
1t was poor and did not pay for the
powder to mine il?
A-Oh. no. 1 asked him to set n price
on the ground and he
Q-Why didn't you tell him about it9
A-Tell him what?
Q-That you had gone into his
groupd and discovered a veip2
Al told him that this was IN,
ground. I did tell him that.
Q-When did you tell him that
A-During the controversy and ths
negotiations l told him / owned thai
south dipping vein. that the apex was
In the-ground belonging to the Silver
King company.
Q-Did you say to Mr. McGregor, 80
will take you down and show it to you
so that you can see for yourself thai
is our Yeln2"
A-No. l did not.
Q-Instead of that YOU went and put
up a bulkhead so that he could moi
discover it at all2
HIM AND AND THE ATTORNEY
torney. Mr.. Hall. and measured the
uniform dip of that vein and
Q-After. was ii not?
A-After. certainly.
Q-You never told him until after
he took his men into the mine thai
you knew the location of this. the
mouth of this drift, until his men Went
there with n crowbar and discovered it
A-No. sir. I did not.
Q-Why didn't you tell him full,
about it?
A-Because l was there drifting or
the east side and raising up to see
where the apex OF that vein was.
Q-You thought it proper TO go III
his ground and
AGO through his ground but l had
ground too on the other side and
And l wanted to know why you gentle
men
QUESTION OF HONESTY.
Q-I wish you would not be quite
so Voluble but answer my questions
and answer them as l ask them. Dc
you think it Is entirely honest in min
Ing to go into mans ground In which
you have no Interest, and discover ore
q mr.
conceal that you have been there. ano
then try to negotiate with him to buy
1t. without telling him of the fact that
you had been In there?
A-No, sir. not when L
Q-Why did you do this?
Al did not do the ground any harm
at all.
Q-But you concealed the fact from
the owner and you never disclosed II
or permitted him to go in there until
it was discovered by man whom he
had employed to go in there2
Ayes, sir, that Is true; he betrayed
me all right.
Q-I suppose that is what you cal
n scotland Yard mlner-the man thai
told the truth about It's that what
YOU call a Scotland Yard miner?
Ayes, n man that takes your money
and goes to the other fellow and takes
his money: YES. to a certain degree
call that man a Scotland Yard miner
GA man who sees you putting ur
a bulkhead to deceive the owner, II he
tells the owner that fact, YOU say he
Is a Scotland Yard miner?
A-No not in that language, Mr.
Howat, o man who takes my money &c
do my work and then takes yours fol
doing crooked work, he is serving two
masters. and / call that Scotland
Yard miner.
CROOKED TO TELL TRUTH,
Q-You think 1t is crooked on the
mart of the man to tell the truth tc
the owner about what he saw?
Al do when he is serving two
masters and takes money from botn ol
them, and so do you too,
Q-Do you think 1t is a proper tnlne
on the part of miner who is employ
ed by you TO build up pulKneau InI
keen that fact from being discovered
the fact that you have been In another
mans ground, that he tells the truth tc
the other man who owns the 9rounu
A-That bulkhead was built on my
own ground. az.
O-Did YOU think it honest or dis
honest in that man to tell that?
Al am going TO tell you the cir
cumstances of that
O-I am not asking you for the cir
cumstances-I am asking you for your
opinion, which is all 1 want.
A-If build bulkhead on my ground
with my money and call upon my
employe. who is my servant. to build
it. he must obey orders and l am re-
sponsible for the bulkhead and not ne.
IT is his business to build H.
o-But IL he tells the truth to the
man"
A -as If you enter into-you don't