Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-10-14
HOW FOXY JOE CLEANED UP
$4,000.

bune. 1t was this way: Before Joe
took charge of the paper he had an
iron-clad contract with ex-senator
Kearns, the terms of which were that
Lippman take full charge of the paper
for one year at salary of $4,000; that
he buy from Kearns and pay for in
cash one-eighth of the capital stock OF
the Tribune for $4,000, and it was
further provided that if within one
year Lippman desired it, Kearns would
take back the one-eighth stock at the
purchase price and in addition pay
Lippman $4,000 bonus and Lippman
if he elected to part with his stock
and received the 100000, was to give
Kearns notice before the expiration OF
the year. Seeing that the Tribune was
losing subscribers and going down
generally and that new daily paper
which would be competitor of the
Tribune was likely to be started, and
that Kearns was arranging to give up
Salt Lake as his home and might sell
a controlling interest in the paper, Joe
decided to get out, let Kearns have his
stock back in exchange for the $4,000
it cost and draw down the $4,000
bonus. When he came to this conclu-
sion Kearns was in New York and not
likely to return before the time would
expire when the notice should, accord
ing to the contract, be given, which
notice had to be served on Kearns per
sonally.
To overcome this difficulty during
the absence of Kearns Lipp-
man employed legal advis-
or, and this lawyer went to
New York and served the notice on
Kearns. The latter didn't like 1t the
least little bit, but he accepted the no
tice and acknowledged it's receipt in
writing, much against his will. Then
Kearns returned to Salt Lake and at
tempted to persuade Joe to reconsider
his decision, but in the meantime Joe's
trouble with the United States govern
ment on account of the scurrilous and
libelous articles he caused to be pub
lshed about United States Land Com
missioner Richards and other things
had arisen and Joe was obdurate and
refused to wave any of his rights under
the contract with .Kearns.
Matters hung fire for while, and
then it became necessary for Joe to
go to Washington to square himself
with the government in regard to the
Richards matter and the course OF the
Tribune generally. The attorney gen.
eral was the man Joe reported to when
he reached the capital. There were
three charges agaist Joe:
First-That he was devoting his
time to the Tribune when he should
be attending to his duties as United
States district attorney.
Second-That he had failed to prose
cute certain people in the matter of
the Utah coal land frauds.
Third-That he had caused the pub
LEGATION in the Tribune of lot of sour
rilous, untrue, libelous and scandalous
articles about Commissioner Richards
and his conduct of the opening of the
Uintah reservation, and that he as
manager of the Tribune was knitting
the Republican party under which he
held a remunerative Office.
The first charge was satisfactorily
explained by the fact that Joe had the
permission of the department to &C.
cept the management of the Tribune
while he was holding the Office OF
United States district attorney.
The second was disposed of by Joe
stating that the evidence in the coal
lands matter was not sufficient to con-
Vict