The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-03
MRS. SCHETTLER
GOES ON STAND
Mary Morgan, Bankers First Wife,
Makes Denials In Court.
WITNESSES ARE EXCLUDED
REMARKABLE TRANSACTION or
BOY OF IN STOCK DEAL.
WITNESSES ARE EXCLUDED

The examination into the affairs of
/ Ex-Banker b. II Schettler yesterday
/ before. Referee in Bankruptcy Charles
/ Baldwin was characterized by several
/ interesting incidents, the principal of
/ which was the appearance on the stand
] of Mrs Mary Morgan Schettler, the
first wife Of the bankrupt, and the ex-
! cluSiOn from time to time from the room
/ Of witnesses who may be called to tes-
/ Lify as TO their various dealings with
I SChettIer-
/ II was few minutes after o'clock
3 when &. b. Stewart. of counsel for the
/ creditors, called Mrs. SChettleT to the
stand She testified that she was mar
F, Tied to 3. II. SchettIeT Aug. :, 1871, and
/ that he had no other wife living at that
/ time She was not familiar with his
/ business affairs for the reason that he
/ kept his affairs 10 himself.
Did you not state to Peter Hansen
/ and others who were with him at the
/ particular time l refer to- queTied Mr..
/ Satwart, that you hated to. let the
/ Brigham street property gO2 I refer TO
/ the conversation held just after the
/ banks effects and your husbands
/ property were turned over to the re-
! Ceiver'
! Attorney w w. Ray OF RawIins &
Ray, counsel for SchettIer. objected to
4 the question, but his objection was
. overruled and Mrs Schettler replied
1 with considera BILE asperity:
q never made any such statement to
/ Peter Hansen or to any one else
/ Didn't YOU tell Peter Hansen that if
you sold any property you would guar
antee him before others of the depos
| itorS2"
L did not. Peter Hansen called on
me at my house and said something Of
| that kind, but 7 told him fatty that 7
/ would not consent to anything of the
/ kind. When 7 refused. he jumped i'm
/ the air and called me all sorts Of
/ names" The witness attempted to re-
/ late The words but was prevented by
| counsel
Witnesses Are Excluded.
At this point Mr.. Ray called the at
/ tention Of the referee TO the fact that
/ r r Anderson was in the room, and
suggested that under the rule he should
] be excluded from the hearing until il
( was time To call him to the stand. He
! was excused until > o'clock Friday aft
| eTnOOn. He had barely departed when
ii was also discovered that Peter Han
sen was an interested spectator, and he
also was asked To leave but he re-
turned a little later and remained
/ through TO the end, no one making any
! objection The examination of Mrs.
SchettleT was resumed and she was
/ asked as 10 an alleged conversation
( held Jan. >. 1905. In reply. she said:
! 4 never told anyone that Mr.. SChett-
( Ter had been offered $4,000 for the Brig
/ ham street property before he left the
/ lions Savings bank. And it is untrue
! that I ever said that I went on my
t knees to Mr.. Schettler and begged of
him 10 sell that property"
Another interruption followed at this
| point. Mr. Ray discovering Andrew
/ GrundfOr in the ante-Toom Of the court,
( where he could overhear all that was
/ said. BY request of Mr.. Baldwin, Mr.
[ Grundfor Joined the group In the hall
! way ResuminC her testimony Mrs
ScheJtler said that she never told Mr..
F.. GrUudfOr or anyone else that I'VE made
I mistake in not selling the Brigham
/ street homestead to save the bank"
Mrs, schettIer Tells of Deeds.
( The question Of deeds was then taken
! up, and the witness testified that years
/ ago she held as many as twenty-eight
/ deeds FOR various pieces Of property
+ but that at the request of her husband
she had transferred all of them to him
/ with the exception of two These were
/ for the homestead and for a plot of 5X10
. rods in 4 street.
What did you pay for those pieces Of
/ land she was asked.
Il did not buy them" she replied.
I They We're given TO me by my husband
7 enough by my hard labor during the
/ years following my marriage
We're those deeds ever deposited in
the bank"
No, sir never. kept them at home
I'm a drawer of my bureau in my own
/ bedchamber."
Where arc they uow2'
Il save them to Mt. Ray. Mr. Schett-
Ter never gave me any other property.
! Whatever ] got from him / earned. and
/ think ! deserved it Nv boys. espe-
/ Cially Lester. have contributed to my
/ support through all these latter years.
Lester went 10 work at Is and he has
practically given me everything since
in the way of clothing Nj. SchettIer
! has never contributed more than $40 q
month for the ndSt year for the sup
port of the house. and for eight OF nine
years prior to that time he never had
contributed more than that sum each
month to help us out"
Your sons are working. are they
uot2"
Yes. sir; they are working. but they
do not earn much"
Have your sons ever speculated or
gambled2'
NO SlG- eIlpndJltdiN no.
Now. Mrs. SchettIer, YOU went to
Europe, did you not2"
Il did. three years ago. and I think I
was entitled to it after working as hard
as ] did for thirty-four years. Ny sons
paid for the trip.
Says It Is HuniIiatins.
! This evidence was ordered stricken
from the records. but not until the
witness had said that she did not
know what the trip cost 4 would not
want to say she said. 1t is too
Illuminating" Further examination
along this line was declared out of
order by the referee and Mrs. SchettIer
was excused for the day
q. Herman Schettler was then called
to the stand to tell about the prom
erty which he had transferred to his
brother Ernest r. Schettler He said
that he bought the property for $500 in
r9G0 or 1901. the exact date not being
fresh in his memory. However. he
said the deed would show. and he
/ promised to produce it when next
( called to the stand
/ Have you ever speCUlated or
/ gaIhbled2' asked Mr.. Stewart
Never. Whatever money I have had
! I obtained by hard work out of my
earnings I have paid 50 q month to nv
/ mother since I returned from Europe
/