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Show THOMAS WILL BE STAB WITNESS Sail Lake Postmaster to Save Smoot, Has Record Against and for Ecclesiastics So It Is Said. Other Names Which Apostle-Senntor Hopes to Conjure With at Washington. By A. F. Philips. Srclil to The Tribune WASHINGTON. D C, Dec. 29. Post-ms Post-ms tor 'I homos of Salt Lake Is to be the Dtar witness for the defense In the Smoot case. His knowledge of the Mormon question, his familiarity with tho en-dewment-house ceremonies, his friendship friend-ship for Senator Smoot. the fact that he has been a Federal officer In Utah since his rcsidctn e in the Territory and State and his known antipathy to the methods of the hierarchy until within the past ftw years has Induced the defense to ask that he be summoned This leaked out here today. In addition it Will enable the Postmaster Postmas-ter to stop at his old home In Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania and secure signatures to petition for a federal place, nearly four years having i lapsed since tho last one was circulated In the Keystone State. This, loo. at the expense of Uncle Sam it is such a and that Postmaster Thomas Thom-as will almost be struck dumb when Marshal Heywood walks In with subpoena subpoe-na It is not believed hem that the postmaster post-master will attempt to evade service by t.. i ing to .Mexico or Alberta. If thero are other witnesses, they have not. been named Lore. |