Show DEFENDAMPS SIDE TOLD I Testimony in BullionBeck Stock Case I STATEMENTS MADE BY BECK George Q Cannon Bishop Clawson Joseph F Smith and 1 s Mc Cornick Testify that i Beck Told Them He Had Sold the Stock to Cunningham Absolutely torn y Bradley Says itWnsl Absolute Sale CunningEam Denies Ander sons Testimony The trial of the suit of E W Wilson trustee in bankruptcy of the estate of John Bee against J A Cunningham et nl was resumed yesterday morning before Judge lIlies The action is to recover re-cover 51000 shares of stock of the Bul lionBeck Mining company and f0000 shares of stock of the Indian Creek Gold Mining company which Cunningham Cunning-ham stated he had bought outright from Beck while the latter claims that he t stock was transferred to Cunningham Cunning-ham as trustee and lo secure money advanced by Cunningham to Beck GEORGE Q CANNON TESTIFIES George Q Cannon was the first witness I wit-ness called for the defense yesterday morning He testified that he was a I director of the BullionBeck and Champion Cham-pion company and that John Beck was president of the company In 1S9S At a meeting of the directors Beck tendered his resignation stating that he had sold I 1 his stock In the company to J A Cunningham Cun-ningham and Beck asked that Cunningham 11 Cunning-ham be elected president In hlH place Some slight presture was put on Beck not to resign but Beck emphatically I stated thut he was disqualified from I holding oflice In the company because he had sold 1 his stock to Cunningham and had no further interest In the company com-pany Bishop Clawson and Joseph F Smith also directors In the company com-pany gave testimony similar to that of President Cannon DEFENDANTS TESTIMONY The defendant Cunningham next took tho stand and testified In substance sub-stance that he bought the stock outright out-right from Beck and paid debts of Beck to the amount of about 226000 Beck signed the agreement of sale and the stock was afterward transferred to the witness At the time of thc purchase pur-chase the stock In question was held by Josiah Barnett as trustee for moneys mon-eys owing by Beclc to Ions Savings Bank and Trust company the Security 1 i Loan and Abstract company and others i oth-ers which Indebtedness was afterward i I paid most by dividends from the I 51000 shares of the BullionBeck stock Fourteen dividends he thought of I S1CO each were paid to Barnett on the Indebtedness after the witness acquired the stock Before witness bought tho stock Beck was very anxious that witness wit-ness should take It and hold It for him to prevent Its being sold by Becks creditors and Beck offered him 16 COO as a bonus if he would do EO but witness said he declined to Into winess declned go an j agreement of that kind and ultimately bought the stock without reservation I DENIES ANDERSONS STATES STATE-S MENTS I Questioned as to the conversations which R R Anderson testified t that he had with Cunningham about the Beck stock Mr Cunningham very positively denied that he had ever told Anderson that the money he paid to Becks creditors cred-itors was a loan He had talked the matter over with Anderson and told him that he had bought Becks stock and that It was subject to liens of various parties foi Indebtedness by Beck Witness also told Anderson and other people also that he felt friendly to Beck and was sorry that he had got Into the hole he had and that he would have been glad If Beck could have paid his creditors and retained the Bullion Beck stock for himself but he never told anyone that he was holding the slock for Beck as trustee or as security secur-ity for money advanced by witness for Beck Under crossexamination Cunning hams testimony remained unshaken He was closely questioned by Judge Henderson In regard to the amounts of the dividends from the stock and the amounts paid to the parties holding II liens on It when he acquired it and to other matters of accounting W S McCornlck who was director of the company at the time of the transaction trans-action In May 1808 testified that when Beck had resigned as president and director and was asked to reconsider he said he had disposed of his stockthat the sale was absolute to Mr Cunning ham whom he wished appointed In his place which was done Attorney W M Bradley said the transaction between Beck and Cunning ham occurred in his office and that the sale was absolute and unequivocal Curt adjourned until 030 oclock this morning when the hearing wlllb0 resumed The defense Is about closed but thC may be some rebutting test imony tobe offered by the plaintiff I |