Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-01-23
IT NEEDS SITTING.
That Petition For The Removal Ol
Administrator ]. B. BlazaE
a VERY REMARKABLE ArrmA7IL
Probate Court "sonsatiou:p LAWYER L.
l.. Rltchle Desires a Fight to
a Finish.

J. y. Blazer J T., administrator Of
tho estate OF George Nilpacs, deceased,
and Attorneys Rltcnc aud Rltchiu met
face 10 face in tho Probate cour, this
morning and Tor about three hours
quite lively time Was had.
Tho matter has been hanging dte
Tor some little time. 10 originally BE-.
yam With thu filing Of a petition ana
aiidavits by the heirs o.. the ducei.
uut, who dem ndcI the removal OF tho
administrator Blazer ou the ground Of
bis mIBmauag,ment Of the affairs Of
the ettate.
Blazer was legally represented ioIny
by Judge Bowman, Attorney ID. n.
duuup appeared on behalf Of the hcIm
ys we'll us tuudry creditors OF the %.
tate, among the lnttUr bolag Mcsrrs.
ltIicnio aud Richie, who were i0g.Aur-
ly attorneys Tor said estate.
Tho wiurHa4 iuUluiul Blazer, tho
almIn'stfa.ur, Attorney a. Y. Taylor,
j.. J.. Mii.cE George klpacl IT,, ami
Attorney Il. D.. Richie.
There was much tuut would DO
termed Interesting In ihu testimony,
but "HpuFAti0upl" climax was NOT
reached until nearly QUO O'Clock.
George kilrarE IT., one OF the heirs,
"a youth o seventeen, was under "a.
animation, when Attorney Btraus
suddenly called upon BiIzsr 60 hand
! over cCrinln affidavit which he then
/ held On his hand. Judge Bowman aud
| his client objected 10 doing this and tho
cum was appealed 10.
Judge Bowman said he had not yet
quite made up his mind whether
/ uU would offer tho document ia
evidence, and protested, therefore, that
| DC need not be- given az; but after some
discussion Judge Blair ruled that IL
! should be handed over.
Then % was that the hitherto pont up
| "spneati1u" came. The affidavit,
which WAS signed by young Kilunck,
! sut forth that nillant mad read the petit
ton which was fled by Rltcnio a
Richie on Nov. 10, 1898, purlorting to
be signod by him, anu asking for
| BllzU'H removal. La II no do.
| claTei that hD never did Sign
| lhc petition, nor Jid he Au-
| thOfiz8 any one Clae 10 do 40 Tor him.
| The tignnturo was n forgery, aud
tiNaut never saw the petition til
November %, 1894, when Il was
on flo In the county cletkjs office.
Inc allegations M the petition were all
untrue in every particular. This adj
ministrAtor haI not mismsnagCd nor
neglected the affairs of the estate,
neither had no threatened, TO atlantis
knowledge, 10 use tue funds TO pay
debts barred by any order OF this court.
Afinnt ala not ask for Blnzef's 70.
m0vnl, but he Jid desire the removal
Of J.. T.. Rilohir, as an attorney for
the estate, for the reason that he had
been guilty OF unpfOiesHlOnal conduct
aud Of making "gr0nsly Immoral aud
Insulting proposals 10 my mother"
lu answer 10 Attorney slgnup,
tho witless now admitted that
ho signed this affidavit, though know
iDg at the time that the statements
therein wore altogether untrue.
MEsuaup-D Blazer tell you what
his object was In getting THIS aiildavitG
Did no say what lao was going 10 do
with i2
wiluuss-N0. / afterwards wanted
him not ~ Me 10, because 1t was not
! true; but he Hlid something about
"nxing ~ with Mr. ltltchie.
Asked Il the signature on the petition
| rtquostiug Blazers temgya, was his,
hu answered that II was.
Judge Blgif-how came you 10 bign
that hilliRvit-yOu knew Il was not
true?
Witness Because Mr.. Blazer asked
me 10.
"AnI you swore TO that which was
false just because he asked you TO-
| Cannot you give any rensou2"
The witness paused for % couple OF
/ minutes and then said "NO." Ha
| .urthrr stated that Blazer said SOME
thing about its saving tho estate OK.
| pense ~ he signUd the AFFIDAVIT, as
hlr. Richie had tled the petition
| against him; "ahd / took it all ia aud
signed H." added Master George.
Ia reply 10 Blazers questions, wit.
ness admitted that Blazer called At tho
| family residence on StringiellOw
avenue on November 2lst, 1894.
"Ddn't you, In tho presence OF your
mother euu Dir. Hick-, state 10 mo that
| you dil me- slgu any petition what
ever" asked Blazer.
al told you that did, and that Il
was my name upon IT," Further
pressed, witness admitted that he might
have said Il was q forgery,
Attorney Ritchie-Did Blazer Ultr
you any money or induCvment ~ Bigu
| that Gilll4vi'2
Wiiutss--N0, dr.
It being now 1880, the further hear
| ing OF the case was continued I'll
tomorrow morning.
AZ tuing4 stand ut present there ia
thought 10 be- Just n chance OF some
body or other getting iE,O an uu'om.
Portable corner before thu lnyeslgA-
ton has been concluded.
Constitutional prOlibition.