The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-10
LAWYER BENNETT
OFF FOR LONDON
The English Barrister Proves an
Oily Rogue.
He SAILED YESTERDAY
TOOK PASSAGE FROM BOSTON
WITH WIFE AND CHILD.
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Married Waitress at the Gull
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ed-Court Proceedings.

The developments yesterday result
ing from the inquiries made into the
affairs of j. Chapel Bennett were not
favorable to Mr.. Bennett. The asser-
tons made that he had left, owing
money in various sums and to numer-
Gus parties, were pretty well borne
out by the developments of yesterday
However, the assertion that the Eng
lish barrister left by stealth seems TO
have been unwarranted. He gave out
to Mr.. Clark. whom he left in charge OF
his Office, that he was going to London,
that he owed $40 for rent and would
send this sum back from Omaha, Where
he would get his draft cashed- he
would not patroniZe the banks mere De
cause they charged too much com
mission He mentioned several other
small bills which Clark, as his agent,
should settle A little before train time
Tuesday, Bennett came into The Her
aid office and teleDhoned for cab TO
take him and his wife and child tc the
depot On leaving he said goodbye.
Clark kept the Office open till saturday,
but as the rent money and the money
owed him did not come, he closed up
and delivered the keys to the janitor OF
the building His suspicious had mean
while been confirmed by telephone
inquiry from the Walker House, in Salt
Lake. concerning a certain check given
by Bennett that had beer dlshonored-
On Tuesday, Clark went to the train
with Bennett and remained until nearly
time for the departure of the train he
took his wife and boy with him.
Bennett, it will be remembered, was
married about six weeks ago, in SAT-
Lake. His wife was a dining-room girl
at the Cullen, and they married after a
courtship of a few hours. The boy
was about 6 years old and was the son
of BENEFITS former wife.
The report that Bennett did not go
east is unfounded. as Conductor Nc
Intosh remembers the trio distinctly
They had Union Pacific passes to
Omaha. Bennett is also known to have
had transportation over the Neither
lands Steamship companys line.
ALETTER FROM HOME.
Furthermore. late yesterday after
noon Mr. Clark received a letter from
Bennett. sealed with J. Chapel Ben
nett's crest, which resembles deer
couchant. It was written from Omaha
and said
NV Dear Clark-We were delayed,
and therefore could not write ere this.
viii send direct I get to Boston. Terri
BILE cold weather. Mrs. B. and Francis
we'll. Send everything straight
through to London. Tell -- l VIII
write him as soon as l get information
on that matter. We sail Tuesday morn
ing. I am much afraid of rough pas
sage. not caring for myself. only for
wife and child. Remember me to all.
With very good wishes. yours faith
fully, j. {. BEN y Ell
The omitted portions of the letter refer
70 matters. connected with private cases
undertaken by Bennett.
So far as known only one Ogden man
was a heavy loser by Bennett. This
man is a Southern Pacific employee,
and because of restriction by that COM
panv against its employees loaning
money, does not wish his name men
toned. OF him Bennett borrowed $50.
The time for payment came and Ben
nett went to Day After some Suave
talk he came away with S65 more than
ne had borrowed. Tindall & Son he
owed about S25: Myers saloon, $13; Mr..
Branting, S12 The other bills were
small. So far as known his Ogden in
debtedness mounted up to about S225.
The English barriSter had been in
Minnesota and had a certificate of ad-
mission to the bar in Clay county. He
had done pamphlet writing for Mime
sofa railroads.
The failure of Ogden's people to ap-
preciate him was the subject of much
bitter language while here. He con-
sidered Salt Lake people the only peo-
pie with any generosity about them.
He probably had good reason for this,
as from appearances Salt Lake people
supplied him with much of the money
he has been spending of late.
His main attempt to secure practice
while here was in the line of collecting
old Iegacies left to American heirs by
English, Irish or Scotch relatives. He
boosted of great things in this line and
had one or two matters in charge for
Weber county parties.
James Mcfarland of West Weber
had a case of this kind in his hands
and it is said Bennett has carried off
all the papers left with him by Nc
Farland. He has no contract With
Mcfarland Mayor Littlefeld of Ogden
and N. NJ. Kaighn of Salt Lake are
both victims Of the oily barrister, as
they indorsed drafts in Salt Lake for
him, which aggregate about $500
Mayor Littlefield said Bennett asked
him to simply identify him. He in
dorsed two drafts, which were paid
and also Endorsed others third time
which evidently have not been paid
as McCornick's bank received it back
and will look to Kaighn and Littlefeld