Show I TRIAL OFTHAM MBiIDE Prosecutions Star Witness Gels Badly Mixed Up by Attorney Brown I TiE TESTIMONY IS NEARLY ALL IN I T oUlg Rho n S I 1101 Badly 1d 111 Iilts08 it 0 Water Co Argued Tho trial pf I Frank McBride on the Charge of cmbezikment Is 1 dragging il I < ng novl Iy I In the Federal court The i rosi ulWis mar witness I L utons IJ roe MchQllJ fonnerly posiomce Inlpector her been nil the stand the trcatfr part of tIe day Jlla main IWtlmony was considerably shaken up liv Arthur IroNn old the witness more than once got badly mixed 11 There are several more witnesses Yqt tn be zmlld In behalf ot the government I govern-ment and It Is J poble that the prosecution prose-cution viltl rest before court adjourns this evening I I I Mcholla noajillll under cross cxann I I lon when the News report closed viler the Niws report closed Yes linUy Ornon Itumil ncilvlng teller at the Uesertt National i Peak was tailed Ills testimony showed 1 OR melhodH l im hd In iUpslllnir and wlthlravvlng fun Is of the i ostnlilco from the bank Il showed that McJIrlde did moat of the depositing if funds uol likewise drew rnXt of tho ol leu mOle out of the banker t bank-er lth litbentlnh money Order clerk In tithe postaluce r IJr the pMtn ictnlttaiKii book and bthers ot the books urithe office I J W Cunningham WM called and was Iutlvned by Attorney Brown n follows v I lav yOu lied any cpnYonton wih the preqlon u to WhAt You could or would testify to 11 tills cr Yes nt onlrne or another wn C unnIngtorla Your Case In to e disailaped Is I Ii not I you testify In tills one I have had no assurance thni It 1m would heJ IJVt t you think It wont bo tHOI dont you Nothing has been said to me to that effect effectWhen When have You talked to Juilge JuJd or Judge Vlaginnls abutl this ca o caq I went to Judge Jlltlii son month ago al the ndvlcc oftnj attorney and talked with him about I You stated then what you would smar lo I answered some questions I l Now dldn you expect that If vote lenity In this case jour case will bv ulsmltsed i il have an lea I that I C will be but nothing has been said about It tom to-m Well your honor Bold Mr JJrown addressing the court objecl JJlwn IfItlmuny f this wltnesa onth 6 due ground that I l given under durTh I Tho objection was overruled anti Can nlnilon was allowed to entity His testimony was an identification cf TO oral books of the office including tne boxrent book from November 4 < 1896 tou > fomiry 20 1897 The first witness called todajn wasWm H Walker the present nssJstsnt114St aostanpt marter He teatlfleatos 19 th i method of keeping entries ot the postofllie t 1 V Meloy was Ihen recalled and lesllfted to one or two unimportant Items 1 H 4 Nichols fonmerl postofflce In selector tfslllUtl that In JanuaryrlSSZ IH examined tha general accounts of the Salt Lake poitofllce and found short ne of about J2000 In stamps and 3400 live cash I le swore to it camplalfattbeforu United 9tatep Conimlsslnner Twomi and Arrested McBride himself I I Before arresting Jtlcllrl le witness nle I he Informed himcif the shortage In I the presence oA Iostraast IJarratt i thl McBride wltnesa said told him hi knew of Ibe shortage I What pthat rxclalmnd Atlornej 11170wn15113 AIR fact that he told you lie dtdnt knowlnnythln about 11 No thwln rplI I Who begantheconversatioli nexi enquired Mr Blown I 6pYuu dId nol remember telling I M rmmer I ride that It wnQ use of hIm telling I jou that he dltlnt know what had bee be-e of the money Yesl believe I did oym Jont you know jou did I A tII then w i lot caused you to make the remark I I I llocause ho old he dldn know vhern the moneyhad gene tutf i And yet You Isald a fewtmlnute ae > that Mcllrlde told you he knew 1 of thi shortage th illes but that was at a subsequent time I I 1 f I The witness was here subjected to a rigid cram eiamlnntlon and got mixed up a to listed and when hlK concrsa tlons wereihad with MoBrlde i Ho furthen i stated that he had first flxpd the shortage close to J4000 but ex Plalnnl that tire Cunnlnglon shortage Jvid It been Included Tvhtch accounts for I I I |