The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-01

Two very dignifed lawyers initiated
the stock brokers yesterday in a fight,
with bare fists as their only weapons.
Attorney Farley L. Williams and At
torney David Evans don't like each
other; in fact they admit that they
hate each other. They have had diff
ferences in the courts. Mr.. Williams is
trying to have Mr.. Evans and Lindsay
r. Rogers disbarred from practising
law
Attorneys Williams and Evans have
never met since Mr.. Williams filed in
the supreme court his petition asking
for the disbarment of Attorneys Evans
and Rogers. Though Salt Lake is a
small city, they have somehow failed
to be in the same spot at the same
time for the past two weeks.
But yesterday they met in front Of
Stock Broker POllock's Office on Second
South street. AS Mr.. Williams passed
Mr.. Evans he is said to have sneered
a sheer which riIed the former ogden
attorney greatly and mixup followed.
Mr.. Evans MAKE the following state
ment in regard to the fight.
Il had just come up town from hav-
ing filed my answer in court in the suit
brought against me by Mr.. Williams.
was smarting under the charges he had
preferred and had been thinking much
about the matter. OF course the feeling
between Mr.. Williams and myself is
Of long star ling.
Il met the gentleman on Second
South street and as l came up he
bowed and sneered in a very exasper-
ating way. I slapped him across the
face with the back Of my left hand and
then stepped away. Not a word was
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me striking at me with a magazine
that he held IN his hand. He hit me
in the face with this once and when I
made as if to protect myself he threw
the magazine down and came at me
with his fists.
Caught Him On Jaw. 81
"Then 1 hit him two or three times;
the last blow with my left fist caught
him on the jaw and he went down on
the sidewalk. and a number of men
ran in and pulled me away. This is ali
there is to the matter / presume that
/ viii be considered the aggressor in
the matter, hut I was smaTting under
what I consider persecution and had
reached the limit of human endurance"
But the account which Mr.. Williams
gives varies considerably with that of
Mr. Evans. He says; After / had
my ear. Tt stunned me somewhat. and
as I turned around I saw a crowd and
supposed that some people in playing
had thrown q cane which struck me.
But I saw Evans about fifteen feet
away, and it was evident that he had
delivered the blow from behind.
"I made a rush for him and struck
at him with my right which he warded
of. But I hit him with my left on the
chin and saw some blood on my hand.
He came at me again and tried to grab
me by the legs and L went down.
don't think that it was from the force
of a blow because was not conscious
of having been struck. felt that / had
slipped and a gentleman who grabbed
me afterwards said that I had not been
struck. Outsiders then separated US and
I went to my office
The brokers. who are sporty by ma
tuTe as well as profession, prepared to
form a ring and yelled for the fight to
go to a finish. but others more infuen-
tiaI persuaded the cOmbatants to leave
the spot of the. encounter.
Filed Their Answer.
It so happened that on the very day
Of this encounter an important legal
paper which bears on the case was filed
in the supreme court by Attorneys Ev-
ans and Rogers. 1t was their demurrer
and answer to Attorney Williams pc
tition for their disbarment.
But Attorneys Evans and Rogers do
not end with d simple demurrer. which
Is lcuahed in the usual formal terms.
they make answer 10 the petition. and
in it they say some very warm things
Gr. Williams.
They 6rst deny that they ever en-
tered into an unlawful or cham0ertods
contract with Thomas II Nelson. They
declare IN answer TO the afldavit or
Nelson, which was fled with the pc
-ition, that the action against them was
not brought at the insugation o. re-
quest Of Nelson, but on the contrary,
that said Farley L. Williams insti-
gated, requested and directed the said
Thomas Nelson to bring said action
against said respondents we'll knowing
1t the time that there were no merits
in the action" and for the
sole purpose of vexing. annoying and
TO humiliate the 9aid r.
spOndents. and to satisfy the u or d
I'd ill-will, spleen and haired Nalch
ne bore them.
They admit that they made a con
-ract with Nelson by which he was 10
receive One-thiTd of the proceeds in
,ase they won their suit against the
southern Pacific company, and in turn
ne was to furnish witnesses and ray
heir travelling expenses while attend
ng court. But they deny that he paid
5906.S5 or any sum whatever toward
.hese expenses. They also declare that
f ne did pay them the money, he had
been reimbursed BY the widow of
Charles \. Nelson, deceased.
Their Characterization of Mr. Will
Jams and his motives is quite severe.
they declare that the case agai st them
vas brought TO crafty the malice
With which he is possessed" They say
hat for a number of years they had
iuits against the Oregon Short Line
for which he is the attorney, !
md that this action is brought 80 stop
awyers from taking damage cases on
contingent fee where the plaintiff IL
)OOr and unable to pay the expenses Of }
litigation with a rich corporation.
They set up as illustrating the meth |
IDS Of Mr.. Williams that some time !
40 he and his agents went to Boise, i
IDAHO. where they had Bishop Gloria /
nd the Sisters of Charity try to per /
uade Mrs Margaret Kennedy from
ringing suit for the death of her hus- |
and, who was killed by the Short |
line.