Gunnison news-champion., 1923-05-25

New -aE, pat ~ so, Commission
er les 80, ana thai later i
Wa ,..aEased an PnElu and de-
hvtaa 20 Aimout- This later was
Paia l.- ~ The county money and he
Iel-. sla so % AlOWies
In .-alr Sir. New iiiizms testimony
was uasiB Of the ea-e thru
OlL .. cross examination he va
vigg. .-y attacked. and admitted he
had .-. IqgOr 10 his Office occasion
ally, a-. -eaied that be had maze an
ayr. -.r- 70 Elth ths district attorney
70 o.. tEsE evidence IN retGTB for
ImU-...g from tE.4l himself.
In defense opened Wednesday
whlr. sgmcd TO siON the prosecution
b. aehinE is principal witness, &.
T.. D.. r r..aal.E, on the rapid FIRE test
mon VI five prominent busincss neh
Of o.. city. Attorney Moyuihan re-
eal.e4 Lc"ILiizms TO the stand and
assl alm the following series Of WrIt-
teH f.... .80us:
QuastlOn-"Herc you present on
thc aEHt Of December 5, 1922, after
supp; . at the Nelson home in the
T0ul ~ GuHnI=ou, GUnulson County
ColDraao, at a conference attended By
Ben Jargensen, Clifford Stone, r ii.
A0g re, Matt kochegaT, Guy Palmer,
Or. sullivan, Ted Knowles, ". II.
Whalel ard McWiiliams -
atT-"1ss.
Q-Were not the Kuykendall anc
KeIss vouchers discussed there >"
A.-"NOt that / remember"
Q-"Did the county commissioners,
and particularly VIM. Whalcn, foI
them state IN substance at that time
tha' they bad no knowledge that the
kuykoudall and ReiSs vouchers were
Tor liquor until after the auditors
parlgl report was received, and did
the not further accuse you of buying
whlsscy through said vouchers and
oil m--rpre-euting 10 the county COM
mI-.IuHcrs the purpose for which said
vouchers were issued ~
A-Denied by McWilliams.
q Did not Mr.. Whaien say -
you 10 substance that you had slip
pc the kuykendall voucher over on
him
Denied by Ncwilliams.
q Did you not say in substance
to tine county commissioners and the
otn.r parties present, referring to
II. vouchers under discussion, OF
w' ID the kuykendall and Rciss
vplrhcrs We're a part, that you would
lan 60 have the amount you owed to
Guruison county figured up and be
g. .u chance to repay 1t; that you
d.mt want any publicity over the
mattDr7"
Denied by McWilliams.
Increupou the defense called in
su.-rssion Ben Jorgensen, Matt Koch
E".rFT.r.A L 4
Guy Palmer. who declared on oath that
they were present with McWilliams
that the Kuykendail and Ricss war.
rants were discussed, that Mr. Whal-
ca did state in substance that they.
tih0 commissioners had no know
lodge that the vouchers were FOR
liquor until after the auditors
partial report, that he did say in
Substance to McWilliams: "Tou have
slipped this over on u.s." that Me
Williams did declare he wanted to
have what he owed Gunnison county
figured up and be given chance to
pay 1t without publicity. They swore
TO this absolutely and definitely, ex-
cept that Noursc and Palmer came
late and were not sure that the two
vouchers mentioned were discussed III
their presence,
As the sworn testimony Of five of
the most reputable business men of
Gunrison, this was a hard blow to
the states case.
The defense then called the COM
missioners to the stand, beginning
with DR.. George Sullivan. 1t was
brought out that he had, while lad,
worked as a miner for years. then
was seized with ambition to learn
dentistry, graduated at Denver Uni
versity, came to Gunnison, made a
business success and had held many
positions of trust and responsibility
IN connection with the schools, and
state medical boards, but that the
the position of county commissioner
to which he was elected in 1920, was
the first position with any remunera-
ton attached that DIR. Sullivan has
held. He explained the necessity of
securing affirmative road action be-
cause of the lineup 10 make the high
+ way thru the Grand River valley north
of US the main transcontineutal route,
and the desire to give the visiting
road men good time. He detailed
/ how plans were made for this road
convention at the commissioners
meeting on June 5th, but, with the
other commissioners backing him, and
with the corroborating testimony of
Archer Miller, road supervisor, who
was present thruout the meeting of
June 5th, and the testimony of Matt
/ Kochevar, then county attorney, DIR.
! Sullivan positively denied that any
resolution was passed or thought of,
authorizing Mr.. McWilliams to make
any arrangements for the Almont
entertainment These five men swore
to this decisively and intimated that
McWilliams, as county clerk, must
have added this resolution to the
minutes at later date. All claimed
that they never heard of it until Nc
Williams article in the Gunnison
papers in January last Further, the
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