Show REFUSES TO DISCLOSE DIS LOSE NAMES OF CORRUPT COUNCILMEN OUN Instructed to Keep Silence by Former City Attorney He J 0 Fails to Tell Details of Notorious t Asphalt Deal ATTORNEYS TRY TO SHOW WHERE MONEY WENT WEN I City Paid for Thistle M Mine inel But Milo Clark Who Owned Property Properly Did Not Receive Anywhere f i J- J Near That Amount it tj f v. v r i v That Thistle asphalt asphalt deal d al which wi wm 1 pulled pullet off of h by Ly the tho city cIt council In th the spring of or 1905 15 does loes not lose 1080 a Ij I c tilla of oC its crookedness s the tho fact that thit It Is r over a yea ear ea Inco since the tho th city bought the lie property w w. G. G a mining engineer who engineered tho the deal dea ea fo to for Milo Clark owner of or the War Val Eagle 4 and anti St. St Louis mining claims nea near I i Thistle was on the stand yesterday Ir ii In the United States Stales Land Lan office ant an and echo ChO after echo of oC the notorious transaction trans I action was waa h heard The land lanti office 1 i Is merely engaged In hearing the case se ol or against Clark the contestant contestant contest contest- ant claiming that Clark had no title to 10 the property The land office will willbe be ho asked to decide e whether the asphalt as as- mine Is a n placer or lo lode e claim If Ir f It Is found that It Is a placer claim then the city's 8 rl rights will simmer away into nothing and the taken laken out of oC the treasury treasur will have gone for worse orso than nothing Wouldn't Give Gl Them Awu R The hearing of oC the case cac before Receiver Receiver Re ne- nei Re- Re i Thompson came nearly breaking breaking break break- ing Ins up In a row yesterday morning fl when wilen Mr fr reu refused e to testify as to the tho amount of money mone required to get the city council In the humor f fI I of closing the deal He lie also refused 4 4 t to testify on advice ad of ot counsel as to toL what members of oC the city council had been heen sugared but before belore the case L- L fell back Into technicalities the thc testimony mony mon brought out was sensational f. f l' l E Edwards J of ot ck FrIck Edwards Sf tN appearing appear app t l c con con- t 1 J r il the tt examination h. h rot t-rot J 1 rl I ss J not t to 0 testify on Ott any matters that Involved the council Mr Hr De Dey was yu 1 c t city attorney at the the tho deal f- f r was pulled oft off and nid hl his readiness to halt hall Investigation atlon may have been born orn of or a 0 knowledge of oC Inside facts In the course of or two hours' hours examination exam exam- the following te testimony lImony was waa wasai ai 1 l brought rought out with Mr r on the thell ll l stand tand In ui Outcome Q Now ow you OU hn have an Interest In the outcome of oC this litigation have havo yoi yott ou not A. A A No Xo more A A. You have a moral Interest In U H. H haven't you ivI A A. Well 1 I have hare been told lold that That ThatIs I Is the reason renson I 1 am here Q Dont Don't you feel feol you ou have ha Is In getting getting get get- A. A l I My particular Interest streets paved the way I 1 want ting my m them Q You haven't formed Corme an opinion yet ct p upon the question of oC whether you OU bave baven n a moral Interest In tho the doti t of o this question or not have I you ou A A. No Xo strictly speaking I 1 have fulfilled ful filled my m promise entirely m tI rei that You haven't ont asked you Q Q I haven't formed ormel an art opinion as to whether vIeth- vIeth I obligation or moral t er you Ou havo hav ha hann nn any t in this matter have you ou interest A. A Well I 11 I i feel 4 It b I to f.- f. be I. I carried r- r r k tI through ou I L 1 Q Q Then Ihen to that extent you ou have an J Interest In the outcome of or this t. t v lion tIon haven't you ou I i 1 y l A j J Yes es sir and looked d there nn Q You wn went t over o v the th ground over o and you OU thought It was a lode lodO didn't you s A. A Yes sir air Q And you OU recommended the property property prop prop- erty to 10 the city council as a lode didn't you A Yes sir fill of 01 Corruption Q And there has been a tl good deal corruption In the sale ot oC of oC i of or charge this property to the city antI and you ou would lose luse this property property prop prop- i. i hate to see the city now wouldn't you erty of ot not posted on some A. A Well Yell I 1 nm am those statements Q Q- Q Arent Aren't you ANo No A. A have been charges know lenow there Q Q You In ut public lIc press of or corruption tho thu In of or these two tWI claims the tho acquisition the Louis Louts dont don't War Var Joa lu and ami the St St. you J A JNo Nt No Q You don on t I. know that A. A No considerable o know kno there thero was It Q Q You Interested Inter litter n feeling expressed sed b by thu tho people and ai around there this ground ested In tho the city this sale being made to about made malIc that there time and claim at it the tho commonly known as a what Is was connected with It U graft craft connect heard the general gossip A. A Oh I yc know there therL has been con con- Q And you you that kind dont don't you alder I gossip ROS-IP Ol lp of or A. A Y 1 e et S that causes clement element o that la iti an Q And nd would not want that you OU feel reel to vou ou from you taken away aVay Ve property to see ce this the C elt citY nov no t know I think they the I 1 dont don't Well A. A and use UM the material get it get gel ought to J it II Now froni Crom I 1 asked you not what Q Q That hear Is pretty well you OU are not notI noth t can t you hard of hearing h that expresses donT knOw that lint A. A I dont don't t ny my Question opinion read lie 1 Think that this talk I A A. A Vell I dont don't knoW In Iii at any way about graft It does ROt not f. f Q Q Do you Ou knoW think It ft does oes A A. A No I 1 ont dont that you were the Q Q Now ow you Clark said In the sale of at this r or of Milo Atilo agent to the city A. A YES YE'S sir worked quite a long time timeto And oU Q sule didn't you to make tills hlll A A. A Yes n. n great deal ot of And Q Q there friction wasn't r A. A 1 Yeti Yes quite that a bit It ha has been J i Q You knoW lenoW with the council men YOU ou of oC S' S salt used Lake mOrleY money ke CitY In I Inducing Indu them to 10 pass pas a n resolution buying till this property don't dont you Oll A A. A No Q You dont don't know that A. A I never nevel knew know It It Q Who ho lao were the councilmen that yot you transacted acted your business with objects as iS Immaterial Irre- Irre If and nothing cr el to do with the question qu submitted by the thc government government govern govern- ment ll By the Receiver I dont don't think Mr Ir Ell Edwards that line of or questioning Is material hero to this Issue and yet et at atthe atthe atthe the samp time I dont don't feel eel like limiting limitIng limit limit- ing lug you OU but I dont don't see ee how Its affects t Ii is D Dey IUN I ll By Ju Judge ge Dc Dey I Instruct the witness under advice of oC counsel not to answer because I do not see the necessity of oC dragging in the individual ual persons who vho constituted the council and und he lie can doas doas do as he pleases Q What hat hat is your our answer A A. There is none Q State whether or not during the period of oC time that you ou were negotiating ing with wRit Salt Lake City you ou paid pall an any money to any nn of or the city elt councilmen A 4 I J dill did not no Q Did you have ha paid pid to them an any consideration In money of oC an any kind kindA A A. A No sir Ir Q Did Old you Oll offer otTer money mone to 10 them A A. A No sirS sir I r. r Q Did Old you OU not tell toJ Milo Clark that tha you OU wanted 1000 to 10 pay to certain o othe or the tilt ell city A A. No sir Ir Q Do you rou sa say that Is iq absolutely not true rue A A Yd Ys sir Q What consideration did Wd MiJo Clark ClarkeL ret get eL far Or this ground Protest cf object n 1111 wholly Immaterial lift no S.-I- S. J v t i z v 1 Dy By Mr Ir E Edwards l For or the purpose ot of showing tho Interest Int ol of o this witness s inan In Inan an au Indirect way we expect to show i that Milo Ulo Clark only received ell a small portion of or this consideration and ahll the rest of ot It was pa passed sell around among imong people p ople interested anu anti this witness Is the only one that did dill it It and that h hica i ihas has those r relations to maintain here H B fly Judge Dey Dc I shall shaH advise the witness not noL to answer Question road read A A. A There Is no answer Q You refuse e to answer do you ou A. A Yes sir Q What hut consideration did you get for forthe forthe the th ser services you OU performed mal makes es the same sallie objection A A. I decline d to answer Q You refuse to answer do you A A. Yes sir Q To whom other oilier titan than yourself and Milo Clark did you make an any payments of money from tho the proceeds derived from rom the sale 8 of or this property to the city cI t I 3 makes the same objection A A. A There Is no answer Q You refuse to answer do you ou A A. Yes sir f fI I The hearing of oC the case will be bC continued con con- tomorrow morning before Receiver ReI Receiver Re Re- cr cel Thompson with Mr Ir I still on the stand land |