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Show ON THE RACK. P. D. Sprajnj Tells His Side ol the ComttrMllog Story. vaiiian ash roniiii iMimni: i)irii)ii.Ts. Inn nvt l(l,iilliiiicii" Trail lhi rcnllfiillnr Trllfj. Jnilie I'nif r' Monji Urnlorx. (Unnl nt TolITrulhrul. The trial cf l 1). Hprgu, on, of the nllrgrii iminlerlrltrr,, ,.IU lo l"i Uin oclltl with Uighon A Co. In th, illiioul ot tho tpurloui coin mftnu ficlurtd lij(!ir;iion hlmrrlt In hlillttlo rouin In th Hlncr bulldlDit, m re lumed till morning, Uloio Judgn Andinon, In UiuTlilrJ DUtrlct Court. United Htntca Illttilct Attornff Varlan neln appfBrod to prMccutr, and JuJicq loirtri defended. When the okq waa railed on, OUf Uignon waa j.hcod on th, wllneiaataiidltjlhedefeni,. He ad. milled, In nnawir to Judge I'owera, that he raned a IS gold lrce at the j:ikaaloon, huttald lie did not utter any Lad money at Mullctl'a atore. Judge Powera Vou atated raler day that Bf rague furnlahod you with a 1 3otd piece from which you made aaolutlon with which you did till plating. Didn't you get that aolutlon lloni th, Knudaon Ilroa? Wllneu Vea and I got the money from Hpraguo. Hprague, the defenJant, then gate hla evidence, llerali ho hail rcaldod In thla city, tir and en, for Ibe laat twelve yiara, and had hid tarloua occuallon during that time. He wan flrat employe! aa a gtrdener, than he had an ez reaa wagon, had been In the Merry alable worn, had worked for the Union l'oclflo railway company, and had alio Ifen emiloyed at the lerapleton. Tho latter part of laat )tar lie waa Ititereited lu the Hlnger building. Uignon rested a room there from wltneM, and paid him til lr week lor It. (lagmm gare hlni a tlugold I Irce two or three daya Ufore Chrlatmaa. They tint met about a year ago, at Tort lowmend. The wltneaa then entered Into a long, rambling rtatement, In thocouraeof which lie raid that Clagnoli toll lilm aometen daa Ufore Ctirlitmaa Hint he had "got aomellilng loiter" than work to do, and then revealed to hlru hla plana for manufacturing coin. He allowed oonieunplatedrolnatowltnt''. who warned lilm that he tnh;ht get Into trouble, lleneicr gave (lagnon any counterfeit money, and aa to hla going Into TeajMlel'a atore aud telidtr-tug telidtr-tug a tiAirloua $10 gold niece, l.e denied all knowledge of Ha LetngLad. He gave tho aanio denUt na to tho tendering of the flu got I Ciece at n aaloou, aud declared ttiat e never aaw tlagnou plating the colu In hla room. To .Mr. arlan the defendant raid ho came from Ireland admit twelve jeara ago, Hla flrat wife ottaine I a divorce from him about five yea ra alucc. CJ Did you ever attetn t to make counterfeit money before, when you weru I1t ng wlih your flrat wift, Carr)? Didn't ahe Leg of you not to doll? A. No, air. U. Did jou receive thla telegram from Ueorgo Tate whllo In Denver? (allowing telegram addreaaed to '!', II. Thoiupaou ") Defendant aald ho 'dl I not think he knew anything about It." Attorney Yarlan ut aeveral nuea-tlona nuea-tlona to tlio wltniaa to which Judge 1'owera took ezcej tlon on the ground of Iniiualerlallt). Home of them Imv, leg Leon overruled by the Judge, Mr. Vailau ireauntly turned angrily to Judge 1'owera, remarking Try to keep you r mouth cloai d, aud don't lutvrferu till I git through! WHueaa, continuing, admitted that hoiervcd n ahort term of Itoprtaoii-ineut Itoprtaoii-ineut In Jail at 1'ortTownaeud for atiallDg&iariet J. And didn't dagnou pay our fine aud tnku you out In a rowlioal Willi lilm that nljht ou the Hound, to catch the ateamer? Judge 1'owera again objected lo tho queatlon,and again Air. Varlan became Indignant, tolling lilm to "hold hla voice." Judge l'owera It letma to bother you a good deal thla morning. Sir. Varlan It doea. Vou go aloug like a windmill, (Laughter.) Judge 1'oHtra Tbankil Wllneia anawered Mr, Varlan'! In, (vrrogatlou In the afllrmatlvo ao far aa the boat tldo wua concerned. He, however, denied having taken any jMirl, hereorelauwhere, In the making or plating of counterfeit money. He did not know where lie got thetlu gol 1 piece from that hu tendered at Pi.!-dol'a Pi.!-dol'a atore. He did aay that .Mn Whlttcmoro paid lilm aome money that aame day, but did not ninenibvr having atated that ahe gave htm tbo badlnouty. (laguon told him thit It hewoiill accompany hlai to Denver he would tl ml the railroad ticket; and he did. Wltneaa had iliarge ul both tlckele, aa (laguon waa ratiier "full,' and hu (wltueu) went to Denver alone. J. Didn't you paaa a $10 golj piece toiiadoreMorrla, and didn't he com pel ou to Kfuiid the money v, hen ho dlicoverrd It. Jiilgel'oBoraproleilod ngnlmt the nurallou and alio agaluat Detective liugll 1,. Ulenn "iromptlng" the I roaecutlng attorney luud tuough fur the Jury to hear. Mr. varlan acorufull) denied that the ilrticttve had apoken loud enough for the Jury to hear, and waimly ro. torted, to; lug that he objected to "thla eon of i-Mllfogglng.'' Wltnita aaid ho dli not caro to nna era ijuettlon that might Incrimln. nte hlmaeir, and waa told he uoed not do aouulera he ehoac. Defendant Tluu 1 prefer not to nnawir It. Mr. Varlan Very will; llien that', all, A young man named Kane, a pen! lenllary rlotitr, anld lie had n con ereatlou with (lagnou thereabout a week ago. Ho atated lo wltneaa thai ho would like to am Hpraguo "git Mr, Varlan Did lio till you anything further eticut riiragut? A. Well, no. !. Didn't he aay he waa going to awiar n lot of Ilea? A, No. About n month before that I waa talking with Uagnoii ubiuthle cato, and he told me thattlpragueliaj nothing to do with tlila counterfoil money. Mr. Varlan (prl'klngup hi (ara) Oil, he told ymi that, did he? (Laugh. ttr ) Why uldn't you tell thut Lefori? A, 1 din'tkiiuw. (t Didn't Jin tell that lo Judgo 1'owora before tou c-imotn here? J II Ige 1'uwi raluterpoaed With n char, acterletlo air of lnjurnl Innoieuce, whereupon the ruecutlng attornty Blialed U the Court to " relict" lit in. Judge l'owera Oh, you don't need prolirilonl Mr, Vatlm I want to lie proleclcd; I can't deal wlih tlili tump orator" and conduct thlietamlnatlon aa will (l.iuslitir.) To Ihr wltni-aa Didn't )ou tell JuJre l'owera Al-out that con veraallou Ufore you came Into courl? Wlltitae No, To nnother queatton heialdliowaa letting three yeara for burglary, (). Who waa wllh yon nt the tlru? A. "Anollur gentkman" by Ihe name of lllrJ. Juilno l'owera Mr. Klnmaytako the aland. Mr. Varlan Anollur "gentleman," 1 autpoail (lattghler.) Klnr, wini la ono of tho alleged counterfeiter, aald he waa at the rru-enl rru-enl time confined In the penltentliry, awaiting trial. He reminitieri-il liav IngaFonveraatlon early In January wllh (lagnou, who toll lilm thtt If he gi.t "a big dofo" lie nil ant tl bring aa many olhere a lie could Into It, but that tie did not believe Tolliver and Tatowcragullty at all. He toll wit-neeathathelUagnor.) wit-neeathathelUagnor.) waa guilty and inoant to tell the truth. Mr. Varlan Didn't he aay Fpriguo waa guilty, too? A. llu didn't mention Srague'a name at nil. Mr. Vatlan hl lieen trying to ex. tract aundryither a liulaatoua from the wllntie when Judge l'owera oljected to the prosecuting attorney "lecturing" that wlluiM further. (.What did you underaland Oat non to mean .rlieu lie referred to Hie "big doae?" WlliieM-I Interfiled It to mean that ho waa going to get aa many na he could Into It, aoaa toaiiueiioout of It hlmieir. William CronV, another of thequln. tette, aud now awaiting einlencu lor uttering louutirftlt coin, aald lie waa preaent when Uaguon, In Ihe cell at the lenlteullory, atated that "if ho waaiotivlcted he would try to convict overy one of tho othere." (lasnon, recalled by the pneecutlon, aall he and othera wero playing rarda an I talking together In Ihe cell on tho oceaalon referred to. He told "the boya"that he would like to ere Hprague well 1 unladed ou account of brtaking up hla (tlanon'a) home, but that ho did not wnnt to teatlfy agalmt anybody If lie could get out ef It. He waa In formed, however, that he had to teatlfy, and aald that If he bad to take the aund he would tell tho truth. "I advl'iil tin mall to field guilty," raid Uignon, "the lame aa 1 did." JuJge l'owera To tell Ihe trulh. And that la what you are Hying to do, la It? (lagnou Veil, and I think I came pretty iioirlydolcg It, too. Ju Ige l'owera l'nll hard work for you, eh? (Jngnon Not a bit, air. All tho teatimony bolng now In, DUtrlct Attorney Varlan addroiaed the Jury for the preaecutlon, reviewing the facta of the rac, and jiointlligoul what hu deemed to la the meat prominent polnte telling agalmt the defiudant. Judge 1'owira, India ipeech for the defence, made aome bard Idle at (Jag non, to v horn he applied audi ti rma aa "arch conaplralor," "human laat," "Hint iinbluahlng liar," nnd "Mr. Votlau'a angel." Uignon waa the only man, hraald, on whio tiatlmony the Jury could convict Hf rague, and could they truat the atatementa of auch a man? The Jury found the defendant gullly. HomIiI prubably tw aeutincvd tomrir row. The caae of Tolliver (who la defended by Attorney II, Uraut Huilth) win takeu up thla afternoon. |