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

Ayes.
Q-And tho doors open7
A-At times. but they were separate
offices
Q-You could shut the door between
| them2
Ayes. sir.
Dwell, in one or the other OF the
offices
Al met them often In the King
| office and In our office and in Mr.
| Halls office, and / think. In his own
| office on several occasions. but at tho
date you mention / don't mind myself
having any map there to show him
| He has been shown several maps OF
! the company. but regarding the cir
cumstances you speak OF have no rec
objection. 1t might have been the case
| There were several occasions in which
they discussed the situation
| Q-Was IL on one or more occasions
when you covered up part OF your
map, or was that only one one oc-
| casion?
LEFT 1T TO BROOKS.
Al don't think Mr.. Brooks ever
| covered up any OF the maps l left
| that to him.
| Didn't you'll am asking you and
not about Mr.. Brooks-didn't you
| show him certain workings on a map
| paper over, which concealed a part
| OF the workings?
J Al have no knowledge OF that cir
cumstance
Q-Wln you state 1t did not occur2
A-No.
Q-Wnl you say that you did not
| say TO Mr.. McGregor. Now. don't
mention anything about this to Solon
| Spiro?"
Ayes sir | will
Q-You never said that?
A-No, sir.
Odd YOU say that in substance
or effect that he should not disclose
that fact to Solon Spiro or inform
Spiro about it2
Al have no knowledge of any dis
cussion whatever about Spiro since
my acquaintance with Mr.. McGregor.
that we ever were discussing Solon
Spiro or his business, In any way.
Q-I didn't ask you about discus
| sing it-that is not what 1 asked you
asked you If you did not tell him
that?
A-Or mention his name. 1 have no
recollection of ever mentioning his
name I'm regard to any transaction.
Q-Will YOU say it did not occur?
A-Not to my knowledge.
Q-You don't remember it7
A-No. / don't remember of ever
mentioning his name and yet 1 might
have. / might have mentioned his
name in some way but / never dis
cussed, In any manner. regarding Mr.
Spiro with Mr. McGregor. to my
knowledge.
Q-That is the only answer you can
make to my enquiry about that?
Ayes, sir.
Q-What?
A-The only answer I know.
you did not do III
A-Not about this ground
Own YOU answer the question?
A-What is the question?
(Question read) Not TO my knowl-
edge.
Q-What do you mean by your
knowledge
HAD NO RECOLLECTION.
Al have no recollection since
made McGregors acquaintance when
he came to Utah in 1888. of ever dis
cussing or mentioning the name of
Solon Spiro in connection with the
map. or anything else.
Q-When you were showing this
map to Mr.. McGregor. you knew then
that your company was working in
this Vesuvius ground. in what is
known as the Parson stope. and TAX
ing out JIG anu Sou hiieN tUdt All
undivided half, of the land or the ore
belonged to Solon Spiro's company.
the Silver King Consolidated Mining
company, didn't you?
A-You had better cut that question
IN two l told you never had any rec
objection Of saying anything to him
about Solon Spiro. but do say knew
I had been in that ground for some
time and I know that
Q-In what ground2
A-The Vesuv1us ground
Q-Prior to the year 1905 you knew
that?
Ayes, sir.
Q-Prior to having this trouble with
James McGregor about invading his
ground and taking ore out of It, you
know that you were in the ground OF
the Vesuvius mining claim. which was
owned In common by the Silver King
Consolidated Mining company and the
Silver King Mining company?
Al don't know whether 1t WAS prior
to the time or not-I know prior to
1S95-well. 1 don't know prior to-I
know they was in the Vesuvius prior
to 1895.
Q-You mean 1905?
A-1905, yes.
Q-You knew that prior to 1904?
Ayes. sir
Q-When did Mr. McGregor accuse
you and your company of having run
into his ground and taking out ore?
Al have not got that date because /
know
O-Don't you remember about the
year?
A-No; il was along about that time.
DATE OF BARRICADE.
Q-When was 1t that you had the
bnrricade put up in the workings that
went into his ground? To refresh your
memory. when did You have that put
up so that he could not get in to see
it?
A-AIong about 1904 OF 1905: I could
not say the date. but 1t was about that
time
Q-Wasnt that an epoch in your min
ing up there; something that was un-
usual?
Al have not the records with me,
but 1 can get the date. the exact date,
If 1 looked it up.
Q-This man Ben Hoyt or White
which is It?
Al am not certain. but he is our
mining reporter,
Odd you see him after you left
here at IL o'clock
A--No
Q-Is he in town?
Al have sent for him but have not
located him yet.
Q-What did you send for him fore
A-To introduce him to you and have
him tell you what he told me-you
asked me to bring somebody
Ono, / did not tell you to bring him