Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-09
SEEKS TO RECOVER SI25, 600.
Complaint includes Five Causes Of
Action Based on Deianatoy Ar.
tlcles in Tribune.
MANAGER AND REPORTER IN IT.
Sequel to a Vicious Campaign Comes
In the Third District Court
This Morning.

luls Morning,
The nre which the Tribune failed TO
draw forth from Superintendent W. r.
Jones Of the Salt Lake county lnhrmary
during the long continued attack on him
as part Of the recent campaign, made
Itself manifest today, when damage
suit Tor libel was fled against the Salt
Lake Tribune company. Joseph Lips
man, ia manager, and Frank l. sefrit,
a reporter and author Of the ilbelous
paragraphs The suit includes five
causes Of action, based on FIVE dlftet-
ent articles appearing In the Salt Lake
Tribune, for which plaintiff asks $4,000
damages on each. or O total OF $4,000.
as compensation for being the target
during three months OF the Tribunes
political machine guns.
The suit was filed today In the district
court II alleges first that the Tribune
Publishing company IL corporation or
ganized under the laws Of the state Of
West Virginia. that Joseph Hppman
was and is its manager, and responsible
for what Is printed In IT, that Frank 1.
sefrlt was and is a uews-satherer for
said paper, and as such employe did
write up and prepare the several libel
Gus articles set forth in the cause Of
action.
FIRST ARTICLE,
The first article objected to appeared
Sunday Nov 90 1904, and Is as follows;
ANOTHER GRAFT FOR sUPT
JONES'
MORE PADDING, MORE PERU
RY.'
Got Twenty Dollars on False State
ment, and Anderson Helped
''Taxpayers DO Not Mind II Because
Jones is Apostle Penrose's
SOn-in-L Law"
superintendent william r. Jones is
not a new offender against the tax
payers Of Salt Lake county. Nor have
all OF his offenses been uncovered
new case has Just been stumbled onto.
In fact, Il Is very difficult TO look into
anything which Superintendent Jones,
as an official, does. without finding It
shady.
"He perjured himself for SlS35 on the
9th OF last September at the same time
padding the lnArmary pay rolls and
helping to euchre the county out OF
money that was not earned and which
was Illegal
ION the 3lst OF August, last year,
with the assistance Of Commits
sloner james II. Anderson, he eX-
tracted $40 from the treasury
for services he did not and could
not have performed. The perjury
and the particulars viii be found In the
files for Sept, 1908, I'm the auditors
Office. The amount was extorted from
the county on warrant No 1915. In
order TO secure this warrant Superin-
tcndent Jones made q false affidavit
before p. o, Perkins, deputy auditor
It's correctness was certified to by
James n. Anderson president Of tho
board Of commissioners.
In the same month Superintendent
Jones padded the intlrmary payrolls
S67. 90 and swOre TO and also certified
To the correctness and the legality OF
the same. The amounts paid out were
on warrants Nos. 1915 and $780, in
elusive.
NO service was performed for the
$1,000, II was q clean-cut steal.
"But Jones Is a son-in-law to Apos-
he Penrose and there Is no one who
will dare prosecute him FOR perjury.
for extortion OF for payroll padding.
Besides. he knows too much about
the way Salt Lake countys affairs arc
being conducted.
and some one might tell who got
that wagon-load OF potatoes and the
carrots and the porkers and the other
livestock.
AS a son -in-law Of one OF Gods SER
wants on earth though he swore to
false claims, fed rotten mutton 10 IN
mates Of the inArmary, padded the
payrolls and did other things that
have landed many a man behind
the bars OF the states prison, Super
inteudent Jones is immune,
Suppose tho taxpayers do groan I'M
der the burden Suppose the public
funds are used to support the super
intendcnt OF the innmory isn't he a
son-iu-law to the editor OF the Deseret
News and 10 ApostlA Penrosel IL
there an officer who will raise his
hand against Jones and In protection
Of the publlcT
The plaintiff alleges that the article
accuses him Of having committed wllful
and corrupt perjury, aud that said a.
tlcle Is false. llbelous and detlmatory.
and injurious to his reputation 70 tho
extent OF $4,000
SECOND CAUSE.
The second cause Of action moor
porates the article used as the first
cause, and IN addition the following,
published on the 7th day Of November,
1904
wv r.. Jones was not defended"
"By silence guilt Is admitted
"Hs record as periurer and payroll
padder daZes Deseret News Il had not
courage 10 defend him. though he IL
son-ln-law 20 Apostle Editor"
DAY after day the Tribune asked n
w, r. Jones, Jr, had not perjued him.
self for SlS35, We pointed out the
specific instance--voucher IN September
nlea-but the News did not answer ~
has admitted the perjury by its contln-
ued silence.
"A representative Of the News ok.
amined the voucher and examined the
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