Show f t CHAPMAN LOCK TRICK He Explains to the Jury How Weir Vas Worked VERY CANDID ABOUT IT I TWO SUPREME COURT OPINIONS HANDED DOWN YESTERDAY Judge jffiarshall in the Federal Court i Appoints Eight United States j CommissionersDistrict Court Or j ders New Suits Filed and Miscellaneous Miscel-laneous Business of the Courts The trial of the suit of Harry Edwards Ed-wards against the Deseret National Bank in which the plaintiff seeks to recover 1649 the amount of a draft cajhfd by the plaintiff payment of which as stopped was resumed yes terlay morning before Judge Cherry and a juiy a Robert Weir agent of the Tappan Pump company bought the draft from the Deseret National Bank and he alleged al-leged it was stolen from him and that was the reason payment was stopped The feature of yesterday was the examination of Charles Chapman whoSe who-Se his version of how Weir came to part with the draft LOCK TRICK EXPLAINED He said he met Mr Weir near the temple square In May 1895 Seeing he was a stranger he agreed to take him in tw I > and show him the sights The tahrTad and President Youngs grave w < ida 1 > ng the places visited By liP it they met again the next da napman took Weir down to l i PJ vrl On the way Chapman i pit a lock which he says he i i haman 11 I i While on the square a j i man tar L up who Chapman introduced I I Intro-duced iO i r as Mr Brown After formalit > ere over and each had I i express u pleasure at meeting the others lr = showed a key which he said he n < i i deed up I have n lock Weir is J 1 to have said lets see j if it fits BJHX and Weir immediately got into a < tnute over the key and lock and to settle it Brdwn offered to I bet the ntals that he couldnt open it and furthermore that he didnt know anjthiiis ai > out locks Thn m ils said Weir why Ill j bet y u J2 ° 00 saying which Chapman said he produced the draft over which the fight i Chapman was made stake holutr and as to count ten and if he W lrI fLtI fn i failoii to I open it i in that time Chapman was t hand the slakes over to Brown I Ten was counted but the lock didnt I open and Brown received the stakes from C haprran Tn < ld man continued the witness wit-ness oiored up arid wondered how he couudnt open it when we showed himDon Don you fellows use two locks inquir a juror It said Chapman but Its according i ac-cording to how much time we give the I fellow to count If its ten we give I I him a lock that can be opened but not in that time If its one hundred why I we give him one that wont open j i Cr I st e said the juryman 11 I Chapman then told how the old i totoi li gentleman began lo feel l bad over his j loss when he Chapman asked Brown to Itt him see the draft I He handed me what anyone would have hi Hl was the draft but it j i wusn toT witness said he then proceeded I I pro-ceeded to tear the draft ur > when Brown threatened to have both him I I and Veil arrested Chapman said he ran off and so died Weir each going in diffeniit directions They met sometime some-time ater when Mr Weir is said to have thanked Chapman fOr coming to his rrsi ue The draft was later presented to the bank hut l payment was refused and the next day Weir telegraphed to stop payment Chapman said Brown received S49 in cash and 6000 shares of the Salt Lake City Onyx company All he got as his share was 2950 Chapman was severely crossex amim d by Judge Henderson but in the main stuck to his original story Hrry Edwards said he bought the i j draft from Brown and presented it to II I j the Deseret National hank when payment I pay-ment was refused He did not know Brow n > proper > name was Gately and 1 i I never understood the draft had been I pres Mod hffoie Other witaeses were on the stand In the aftr noon and the case wIn very i I likely occupy the whole of today |