Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-16
ATTORNEY MOVER
IS INDICATED.
Charges Against Him Act as
Boomerang to Men Who
Accused Him,
THEY MAY Be DISBARRtO.
AttE'Gen, Scores Men Who Brought
Case Into Court and SAYS Defendant
Has Right 10 Prosecute

The hearing Of the disbarmcnt pro-
coedings against Attorney Geo, W,
Meyer was concluded In the court OF
Referee II. J, Dinlnny this morning,
and a report will be made to the NJ.
prone court flndlng that the charges
have failod to be eubslantIatod, The
evidence went 20 show that q malicious
element entered into the Ming of them,
and n request was made by Attorney
G, :, Patterson, representing Meyer
that u clause be inserted IN the report
OF Referee Dinlnny stating that the
charges were malicious az well as
groundloes,
The only witness examined this
morning was Charles Van Dyke, who
has been badly wanted by the prose-
cutlon since The case began, ana who
has heretofore cvadod service Of the
rourtH subpoena, When placed on the
stand he failed completely 10 give the
evidence expected from him IN the llght
OF the allegations OF the charges flied
by A, w Peters, w, H. lnneb, and c.,
leonard
After tho taking OF this testimony
AUornoy'donor0l Breeder took Meyer
for u brief cross examination, In an.
HWor 10 questions II was developed mat
specification IN the charges 10 the Of.
feet that "A suit for SALARY due PAU
Smith and Mrs. Smith, brought by
Meyer, had never resulted IN the 10.
curing OF money and was malicious
was q misslatoment Meyer showed
that 5000 had been received IN payment
for salary due and sued for,
The charges made by lnnea and o,h'
ors In the case were submitted IN oyl.
dence of their malicious intent II
was shown that they were lllod on May
I, and that prior 20 that time they
had not been shown To any newspaper
reporter by court Official A copy
Of The Salt Lake Tribune Of Aprl 30
containing the substance OF the chOrg'
ca was also submitted and Innos was
made TO state that lac himself had car'
RED the chnrges 10 the paper, before
they were filed, with the request that
they be published, lie offered no oX.
PLANTATION OF this except that he wanted
the charges published M n matter Of
news,
Many points OF evidence showing
grave discrepancies In statements OF
tho allegations and Of the testimony
were mentioned, lines declared on
the stand that he himself had
drawn up the charges against Meyer
but when shown by Judge Powers
tina, this statement was impossible, he
altered II by saying that he had made
n pencil memorandum OF all the allie.
cations contained In them, and carried
II 20 lawyers olllco, Questioned aa
TO who wrote ont the charges he said
that the work was done IN fowlorB law
onlco, by the girl stonogrNpher, llo
left the Inference that Atty, Fowler had
drawn them up but when Atty Ben
Johnson was placed on the stand he
testified IN contradiction of lnnos that
lnnos had never written n word on pa.
per concerning the charges and that
he himself had written them out on tho
typewriter IN tho presence OF limos
who told him verbally what 10 Include
IN tho statement Of facts. Innes also
testified that he went with Johnson be.
fore Judge Morse and heard Judge
Morse tell Innos that Meyers actions
were surprising, and had deceived him,
on the stand Judge Morse denied ever
making such a statement, or ever be-
llevlng himself deceived,
At the conclusion ~ the testimony
Atty.Gcn, Breodon for the state, In
stend OF making an argument for con.
ylctIon, stated most emphatically that
the charges were groundless, and
shamefully false, urged that q report
10 this effect be made, In a private
conversation after court had adjourned
he referred 10 them 0s 20 an outrageous
proceeding which would give Atty,
Meyer ample cause 20 institute Grim.
inal proceedings against the makers OF
the charges,
When asked M 10 the probability of
dIsbarment proceedings against the law
Arm that drew IN the charges = legal
authority stated to tho News that
such result could happen should the
report OF Referee DlnInny Justify II IN
tho opinion Of the iudgos OF the eu'
promo court, The attorney further
stated that this was tho only case IN
his memory whore dlsb0rment proceed.
Ings had originated on the complaint
OF private parties In throo olhcr onses
which he recalled IN Utah ono orlglnNt'
cd ON the complaint Of an attorney an
other ON complaint of tho bnr nsHocln'
ton through committee APPOINTED 10
| investigate the case, and the maj ono
from tho complaint Of the judges of the
supromo court who took exception 10
| language used IN references 70 judge
pnrtch IN brief Med before thom'