The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-11-15
AS TO THEIR SALARIES
The Examination Now on Be-
fore Referee Sprague.
WHAT LEGAL LIGHT IS WORTH
Ten Thousand Dollars Each For Mr.
Peters and Mr.. Williams-Con-
tinued Until To-day

Inc examination before heIerree
Sprague into the question of the COM
pensation of Receiver Dyer and his
counsel, was continued last evening.
RECEIVER DYER
was the first witness callei. and in
answer to queries propounded by Mr..
P. l.. Williams, he said in substance:
am the receiver in the case OF the
United States vs.. the late corporation
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
day Saints; was appointed to such office
on the 7th day of November, 1887, and
qualified within few days thereafter;
was required to give a bond in $3.50 900 J.;
there were eleven or twelve men on the
bond, believe; it was approved some
time in November; had INTENDED to
make out a detailed statement Of
all my work as receiver, but
having been away from home some
| time, and having reached here only
this morning, my statement will not be
as. full as it otherwise would have
been. Soon after my appointment l
went on with my duties, and found
certain persons in possession of the
Temple Block, Gardo House and Tith-
ing office; l made a demand for these
properties, and in few days they were
surrendered The Tithlng office. Gardo
House and Historians Office | after
wards leased to Mr.. Winder and others
the Temple Block was also leased to
them pending the outcome of the suit,
for the nominal sum of 81. This was
done by the advice OF my attorney, VINO
had the idea that it would eventually
go back to the Church under the saving
clause. My business was done only
with Mr. Winder, Preston and
Burton not being found. In De-
cember l went to the Presi-
dents Office and took charge OF all the
property l found there. The Selling of
cause they afforded a clue to the owner
ship of the Church farm, and were the
cpnnec ing link with the ownership OF
considerable property that we after
wards discovered belonged to the
Church; three suits were established in
Ogden and seven in Salt Lake. The
result OF these suits and ths evidence
brought out before the examiner, en-
abIed US to get at the evidence of fraud
ulent transfers OF nearly all the property
held by the Church. People who held
this property in trust, contra
dicted themselves and placed
themselves in such light
that they afterwards deemed it
better to give up The property held in
trust by them. Notably, there was the
gas stock, which, it was alleged, had
oeen transferred to James Jack, on the
81 of March, but it subsequently de-
veloped that the transfer was made
after that time. then made personal
demand on Mr.. Jack for the stock, and
soon afterwards l obtained it, Mr.. ] ack
ackno Iledging that he had merely held
it in trust for the Church. The par
value of the stock is 800 per share, but
| it is hardly worth as much as that.
believe this block of stock recovered
from the Church is worth between
$50 900 aud $4,000. Later / investi-
gated the ownership of the street car
stock, which Mr.. Armstrong claimed he
had purchased for $45 900, and the re :
suit was that the stock was turned
over to me-the amount being, l
believe about $4,000. Another suit
was brought against John q. Cutler to
recover, as the property of the church,
several shares in the Provo Woollen
Mills; suit was also brought against
q. G. NJ. 1. to recover a like amount of
shares in the same company. These
suits were both dismissed on the paw
ment of the money in settlement. He
! then went on to relate the recovery of
real estate known as tie Wells corner,
amounting to about SAC 900; the Con-
stitution Building and grounds, worth
/ L,n lyr
the Church Farm, which he now holds
without any opponent, and continued /:
| There was also piece of ground east
of the DsSeret Neags corner, worth S. 600
l also found that Angus M. Cannon
held in trust for the church certain
pieces of property near Coalville; these
were surrendered to me as receiver, anG
| now hold them. They are valued at
about $4,000. There we're also vast
numbers of sheep ferreted out
as near as l could at it about 10000
head, received orders for the delivery
of these sheep to me. and found that
thew were scattered in small Punches
throughout the entire length of the
Territory-from Kanab in the south to
a point beyond Lost Greek in the north.
eastern part of Utah, indeed some were
as far away as billiard, Wyoming.
kept from one to seven men steadily en-
gagged in the field, gathering in these
Sheep. which were found in tifty-sever
different lots. 1 gave this matter my
personal attention, and it occu pied the
greater portion of the time between
August 18th and October 9th. l leased
the sheep out to different parties at diff
ferent rates; the major part of them
however, went to W. l.. Pickard, of this
CITY, for 20 cents per head per annum, hs
agreeing to return me as good a lot O.
sheep at the end of the year as he haC
received from me. This would amount
to about 10 percent. of their value.
also found that there had been scat.
tered throughout the Territory about
S26S Coo worth OF hay. grain. cattle
horses, etc.. but as most of this haG
been CONSUMED at the time l was ap
pointed. l CONFRONT Led with the church
for S75 OOO I also found that consider,
able of the stock OF the Deseret Nea0
Company had been transferred to the
Salt Lake Literary and Scientific AS
ISOLATION, and was held by it. This
amounted to about SIS 900, and in COZ