Show FRAUD CAM DAVID MATTSON TELLS HOW hs WAS AROUSED judge howell orders that swan bo tried on the charge of felony from mondays standard LIST OF JURY MEN the completed jury as it was sworn this morning is composed of the following men F L wood aaron maw C H greenwell Grcen well geo hunter V P caine D J doyle H lund and W P james after exhausting the new venire of tea men in order to secure juryman jurymen for the W 11 swan felony case the jury was completed FL wood and aaron maw were the two not prejudiced and they were accepted by both sides without an objection the first move in the trial proper a as made by counsel tor the defendant who objected to the word felony which defined the nature of the offense stated in the warrant it was attempted to prove that the illegal action should be designated by the word misdemeanor this move was vital to the defendant as the former is punishable by confinement in the state penitentiary while the latter is merely a county jail of tense after hearing both aldos of the ar aument judge howell ordered that swan be tried on the charge of elony david mattson county clerk at the time the alleged swindle was exposed took the witness stand and testified to the actions of conlisk and swan on the day of january when a county warrant was made out in favor for the sum of the entire transaction was watched by mattson from a window in the county commissioners room lie stated that as soon as conlisk had elved the warrant mattson to satisfy his curiosity befanto be ganto search for the record that would show the business transacted by the two men when the record wa found certifying to the number of animals reported to have been killed by conlisk mattson asked in a burst of astonishment well where in hell did conlisk kill EO many animals swan answered by a shrug ot the shoulders and an upward movement of his arms that suggested india ference and u complete mystery as to the manner in the animals wore obtained kot being sail sUed with tion battron aegan an resulted in the arrest ot R swan and arthur a ts w days later thal vouchers were aa produced as evidence evia ence defend ant they specify the ednd and num her ot killed together blui the of cordiak Cori iak which Is th angat jart of the ag evidence thle afternoon th state auditor will tako tha witness stand and hl evidence will be introduced in detor mining the 0 the vouch ara and the warrant issued for tha bounty abo of witness Mi was taken BP again at 3 p m bail ey was the first to tab tha stand hl testimony was as to the conversation that passed between himself and swan on alm alight of th day of ja hary sheriff bailer on that day had attested swan and while they in the sheriffs private office iff not a full aton an intelligible con fea arton was mado by swan giving th suba tanco 0 ut sheriffs words swan confessed that after the warrant had boan issued for the scalps and present fd to tho first national bank tor pay ment the boney received by was taken to the bank ana exchanged for its equivalent in pape currency tamn in toe the two men met abc cafe had a glas of beer and went out of the eute tl the faleta ff here in one of tho bootha the money was divided between them in accordance with an mutually consented to swan also during the conversation with the shei ia abated that no were when the voucher wad made out and that the animals that were enumerated in the vouchers fictitiously recorded dave macleon was recalled after bailey and gave the that he had with swan in it coincided with the sheriffs ona new point was brought out swan stated to him that conlisk succeeded in getting the greater part of tha money obtained the defendant according to mattson stated that con elsh had on several occasions previous to the telephoned from mhd depot him to als up a voucher in order that he might get some money of he was badly ia coed during the examination the wora fraudulent was used by mattson ii describing the transaction ahta wai seriously objected to by defendants defendant 3 counsel and the objection was sustained by the judg it was ordered stricken from that records tha third witness to take the stand was AH conlisk in a low voice ha answered the questions put to him by the attorney for the state and toli ot icae entire transaction as it place on tha shortly before 1 p m swan tele phoned to the depot and informed con ilsk that a couched vouched would be ready for him if ne would call and get it conlisk left the depot immediately fo the clerks office the first person he met was the county clerk wha joked him about a marriage and in numerous ways tried to en gage his attention during this time swan had concluded some which h was doing when conlisk advanced and producing the bounty book badt out the voucher without toi any ot the skins or asking any que tiona conlisk attached his signature t the stub on the voucher ni the warrant calling for abo bounty put it in his pocket and left tho bour house for the first national bank by special request of tho court C W jones the sail lake bounty man was in attendance this afternoon air was the real head of the system ina waa operated in several counties 0 utah and Is at present serving a tern in jail for his illegal method 0 ob bounty money he is to tea alty |