The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-01-27
BROADS|DES OF EPITHETS,
ANOTHER HOT TIME IN THE DIS.
TRICT COURT.
Renewal of Hostilities Between At
torneys Williams and Evans
Bishop Glorieux's Interest In a
Damage Case.


yesterday, and of all the hot times
ever furnished by Attorneys P. L. WI
Iiams and David Evans, yesterda; $
time was about the hottest known. he
case was that OF Margaret Kennedy
and children, suing the Oregon Short
Line for damages for the death of her
husband in the Malad bridge wreck
last April
AS in the Croco case, the defendants
sought to show that the way Evans d
Rogers took the case savored of cham
perty;" that they took the case, agree
ing to advance the costs and wit
nesses' expenses, and that their Zee
would come out of the proceeds OF
whatever judgment should be collected
from the company
Mrs. Kennedy was on the stand and
testified as to the terms of the old con-
tract and also to the making of new
one the previous day, in which some
of the terms were changed somewhat.
Mr.. Williams arose in his dignity and
characterized the proceeding of max
ing and unmaking contracts as the
work of a coward, a demagogue,
viper. legal outlaw and a few other
choice epithets.
Mr.. Evans also talked, and while he
may have used less violent adjectiVes
rll
making plain his intention to reply TO
Mr. Williams as often as Mr.. Williams
saw fit to attack him for doing what
he considered his duty. He playfully
alluded to that style of man who pa
rades his innate goodness, wraps the
cloak of piety around him, and, as the
plant tool of merciless corporations,
would take the rights from the widows
and the orphans.
fba dpbafa errpW moro and mora
animated, the epithets grew more and
more scorching, and were uttered with
more abruptneSs by the attorneys. The
battle lasted about an hour. While on
the subject of coercion in the matter
of contracts, Mr.. Evans put his op-
ponent on the stand to have him tes-
tify as to certain settlement which
the railroad company had tried to eff
feet with Mrs. Kennedy, wherein the
services of Bishop GlorieuX of the
Catholic church had been enlisted. Mr..
Williams admitted the influence, but
denied the enlistment, saying the serv-
ices of the bishop were proffered.
AT the adjournment before the noon
recess, the court warned the attorneys
that further personalities must cease.
In the afternoon the defense took a
hand, ard then put Mr.. Evans on the
stand to prove the nature of the con-
tracts had with his clients. The. plain
tiffs resisted the introduction of the
testimony, and after some legal spar
ring the court ruled in their favor.
| ThereupOn the plaintiffs voluntarily in
troduced the testimony.
THE BISHOPS LETTERS.
Mrs. Kennedy, a good, simple soul,
was in the court room all day with a
number of her children. She has a num-
Der of letters from Bishop Glorieux
which she shows freely TO all.
The first letter was written on Nov
IS, 1897, and advised Mrs. Kennedy to
take her damage case out of the hands
of her attorneys and endeavor to Sc
cure a compromise with the railroad
company, expressing the opinion that
the latter was not to blame for the ac-
cident.
Dec, the bishop again wrote con-
corning the matter as he had received
no answer. He said he was not in the
least personally interested, but that his
advice came as from a bishop and one
friendly disposed toward her. He urged
an answer, nOrmatter how brief. Dec.
6 he wrote again. thanking her for her
answer and advising her that in his
judgment and that of her pastor in
Kansas City her best course was to dis
miss her attorneys ana endeavor to set
tie the claim with the company annie
ably and out of the courts
Dec. q the bishop again assured Mrs
Kennedy that he was not in the least
interested personally and offered to
help her IN efiecting a reasonable COM
promise
Dec. % the bishop wrote, thanking
Mrs. Kennedy for another letter and
stating that settlement with her law
yers would be easy: probably the rail-
road company would fix it. She was
advised that 81, 1000 would be probably
as much as she could claim in case OF
trial and that the lawyers would
swallow half of that. In conclusion, he
wished her a merry Christmas and
happy new year.
Dec. q Bishop Glorieux proposed to
propose to the railroad company that
they split the difference and give the
widow $4,000.
Jan. 3 he sent pass and advised the
lady to come to Boise. having previous
ly written inviting her to come to Boise,
be his guest and meet a railroad official
who would probably be there to treat
with her.