Show THAT EMPLOYERS L BAD STRONG FAITH IN HIS I Romney Under ss Examination AdHe AdlIe Ad- Ad lIe sHe He Made Mistake Former Te Testimony I Is s a Damaging ess lit III III III t I JURORS JUROR PH IH SMITH age 33 merence mer- mer mert t dence ence Granger tt t I E JE BRINGHURST age s ser er residence Taylors- Taylors V. V V. V SHURTLIFF age 61 V. V Mill Creek i S M. M BARLOW age 40 l I Clark Eldredge Co Salt Lake fEN R. R LIE LE ROY ROT age 47 47 1 engineer residence S Sl l TRIBE age 65 65 manu manu- zt gent agent residence Salt AEL EL KOPP COPP age 49 49 man man- nl confectioner resi- resi I Lake lAM IAM A. A BILLS age 67 South Jordan IrL ALEXANDER age f. f residence Hunter H. H INGHAM JR residence Salt r A age 40 far- far V. V md merchant residence V ordan f I q B DAILEY aged 6 65 i Salt Lake H I D n s n s n examination ross of Er- Er manager manager of the Pacific sufficed this morn- morn Writhe r the same ground that the If rover over r yesterday in twenty ras as brought aa brought out that would le purpose of the defence in time with details I in inthe the Accused s 's counsel got the witness hat t. t the company had perIen perIen per- per Ien enc in his integrity and never believed defraud I It t of the money so soU sought U to prove roYe the sot t the Pacific Lumber fit credit to other con con- con con- testimony Was Was' not riot notI I I. I making an argument nt question estion Attorney Stewart the Intention of ofin ofu u l n in this case to try to toi he i defendant had planned n nefi for months to get Ini inI in- in trig i Pa Pacific Lumber company rant ant nt to know know- whether the ugh uh h an amount was an or- or extraordinary thing But Butof I Ion of the State was sus- sus Figures MV seemed less worried d than lay He abandoned his note- note kd and sat per- per tIt t If he found little in Mr examination cross to cheer l least st was not so distressed direct evidence of his con- con 1 ments and suspicious con- con out during yesterdays yesterday's Waney W- W i aney n y will probably be und under r all of today r of Romney of Ernest Rom- Rom at the thc opening of this session The witness had stated under the rules of the notes that were paid canceled and the defence that possibly instances occurred occurred wh when n cancellation ad ade d cance of this testimony arises act that the note for 1350 atthe at- at ret the thea receipt I taken from Peter e after arter the disappearance of Mr NOT CANCELED The cross- cross 3 long this line only brought t that Mr R Romney Y had never Yah ah n t e where a note t had without can cancellation ie the witness said in sub- sub known Peter about I Several years ago he did some as a day dy laborer pecan egan to draw plans for our and worked as aN an t of If f building Dur- Dur of time Jort was d n contracting and building f n D eln this from the fall of ot 1899 all of 1900 h he did practically no us us and did not purchase us At this time we quit luit trat work Then he began to toua f Ct ua WE Er HAD CONFIDENCE ENSEN AN AND RECOMMEND- RECOMMEND ASA MAN IAN OF INTEGRITY I SAND AND HONOR THROUGH I ORTS HE HP SECURED MUCH BUSINESS INESS Him as a Partner tJ T fat one time we tried h to get oco t an I interest te lt In the corn com ld Id most of or the soliciting for any Mr Hav Hay would submit isIto people who were getting mild of December there ral rat other oth r par parties tic residing in owed the lumber comley comley corney com com- ley ey ley k Mr Hay was a very busy besides keeping the books did ing log and collecting for fOt the corn corn- not frequently go to Peter Mor- Mor to consult with him lousiness of or the company said Stewart soy knowledge said the wit- wit it Ray Made enee ence here tried to bring out a statements as to what Hay had titter watering his hie nin tl Hays flays opinion r. r he should I g attending to o his contracts tr s Ov Over tion Lion of the State the witness testify testily that he thought it J on the part of that t tile gIve more attention to his busl- busl aney me continued Into an open onen account about live five years veal'S ago We Ve with him himat at the time of tion of or the note for tor iiO when the the- mortgage on his hili home in lle This was a second mortgage h was va given June u 17 17 1901 This w wa was of f paying X what he ie t was was' to give him a credit with It h he could carry carryon on his business Continued nu on Page 6 k I Proves Continued from Page 1 1 1 After Ater that he continued to do business with us until the account Including this wih note amounted to Asked Aske for a Settlement On the Thursday preceding the Monday Monday Mon Mon- da day of December I 1 met P Peter ter Mor Mor- and asked him to bring up his accounts accounts ac ac- ac- ac counts and we would see how we stood financially Ia He came In for a few mo moments moments mo- mo ments on sN rd m evening V I erre presented presentEd several Items which he claimed should be credited to him He left the statement with wih us He said sad he would come back on Monday He lie may have left the statement on Thursday or Friday I 1 think that all al he did Saturday was to say that he would be ready reay Monday to settle sette UP UD When hen he came care Monday we went ov over r the accounts item Iem by Item I had previously spoken to Mr about making making us a s settlement almost eV every ry time that he had come into the office of of- fice during the few weeks preceding If I I testified at the preliminary hearing that I 1 seldom asked aske him for money I made a mistake m mae Was Much Worked Up At A the time m of t the preliminary hearth hearing ar arh ie iet m my feelings e were iethel much thel worked J up an and andI I 1 may may not t have been capable of c calm thought h ht to t the extent t nl I am now It I was wasso wasso so s close cloe to the time of the tragedy that I had not recovered from te the shock shock I may have made mae a number numbe of mistakes s in details eais I am perfectly calm now and I never at any time had a thought U t that t Peter t 01 was trying to beat t us o out of the money Although we had confidence in him We often ofen asked him for money but were as a lenient with wih him as a possible We knew that he had a a a- number of contracts contracts contracts con con- tracts upon which he had hd not received his Is money The Pacific Lumber company do doa does doe a a a business of about yearly May Nay Have Been Ben Mistaken Attorney Stew Stewart rt here read a number number of questions and answers from the transcript transcript tran tran- script o of Mr Romneys Romney's testimony during the preliminary hearing The purport of this was wa that had not been pressed s for payment The e witness admitted admitted admit admit- r ted that thai h to he l might r a have made Incorrect c i t st statements owing to his excited condi condi- tion I ton Continuing h he said ro e came in about 6 o 0 oc clock ock Monday evening and said Well Vel Ernest Ernet Im I'm Im ready to settle sette I was busy for a a. few minutes and asked aked him to be seated Describes the Building Our office is next to a private alleyway through which people e are constantly p pass pass- Ing Ur Directly rc l o s south there nl Is a ap door ing Directly on the south there is a door in all al lead led to the office On the west there is a window about abut eighteen inches Inc e from fro the ground gound Two To double windows are on the north norh and two on the west I pay no attention to people passing After I finished talking with another man with I whom h I was engaged I took up t account cu with mm him and ck we came to an amicable settlement He gave us an order on Mrs Brixen for 11 and agreed to pay 30 Had Money Concealed I asked him where he bad had the money I knew that he did not keep his money In the banks on account of the Judgments against him lm advised with rte pIe e as to to what to todo do and I told him to keep his hs money Well wel covered He said that he had had a prosperous season and that he hoped soon son to meet all al his obligations After and I had ha arrived at atthe atthe atthe the amount due I 1 told Hay what It wee was wiS When told me that lie had 0 in the the house I tho thought he was foolhardy to take such a risk The noon recess was taken at this point in the testimony The witness Romney resumed the stand for further examination cross cross at the opening of the afternoon session Attorney Attorney ney nev Eichnor stated to the court cour that the coat vest and end overcoat Identified yesterday yesterday yesterday yester yester- day as being upon the body of James R. R Hay at the time of the discovery of the body had had been admitted by counsel for tor forthe forthe the defence to be the clothing so found i and that they would later be introduced in evidence The matter mater of statement that he had ha 30 in his house hOse and the re reproof reproof re- re proof proof- of Mr Romney for his carelessness was first taken up by Attorney Stewart Stewat in an effort to show that under unde Morten Morten- Morten- Morten sens sen's financial condition it was a natural course of action Over the of offa l the State the witness said that a he had related fa faa a to iP r s1 instances t c of l where e I people who had concealed money about their premises had been tortured to comP compel compel com com- P pel them to reveal i its hiding tortured place ilace xe i I j considered it an n Unsafe business proposition said Mr Romney for any ny any I II man to keep that amount of mone money mone it abo about I his pa plage e. e I commanded Hay Eay ay not to re receive I re-i the money that night a and d told Mor Mor- that he must not pay it to Hay until morning I suggested to that he should o have brought the money down to us that t day and let u us put uT it in 1 the safe I know W nothing about o how o long i enl r may have had the J about the house He may have secured it that day He said that he had been get get- tn ting tinz it from time to time He said that It was his custom to Is issue ue checks to pay his men on Saturday night and th then n go to the bank Monday morning with Just enough money to cover the checks spent about two hours with Wih us going over the question queston of his accounts accounts accounts ac ac- ac- ac counts and talking about the money He said that If we would come and set ret the money he would pay us that night i He said I r HAVE THE MONEY AND YOU CAN GET IT TONIGHT IF YOU WILL COME AFTER IT IT I told him that under no circumstances would we receive the money that night I said to Hay Jam James s. s under unde no circumstances circum stances stance will wi the Pacific Lumber company authorize rl you to receipt for O the e money n to tonight to- to night If r s cl has kept e t the money nt in his house for several weeks he can cab take the risk another night Attorney Stewart worded worde his qu question ton Tell Tel us the exact words you ou used w when er you thundered out ot your objection receiving the money that night I object said Mr Eichnor This is isa isa isa a new element In the case We Ve have had hac nothing about thunder thus far we may may have lightning next The witness was permitted to state the language used Attorney Stewart th then n read from the f ing testimony I which given was na in at substance the preliminary lr that Romney hearing hear hear- f stated that had ha said that he y didn't have the money ready that night The witness winess now said that if t he made such a statement ment he did not understand f nt the question c |