Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-12
STORMY SCENE
IN COURT ROOM.
Attorneys Collide Over a Sen.
sationaI Article in the Salt
Lake Tribune.
Jury WAS THEN EXCUSED,
Question ~ 10 Who Gave Information
To RcpOrtcr--Thc Accused Lawyer
Exoneratod and Matter Dropped.

There was stormy scene in Judge
Ritchies court today over newspaper
article which appeared In the Tribune
This morning In regard to the case Of
Hllma Malmstrom against the Rio
Grandc Western Railway company.
which Is on trial in that court. Attor-
ney Allison, In behalf OF the defendant,
took exceptions 70 the story and lntl-
mated that Attorney james lngebretsen
OF counsel for plaintiff gave the lnfor-
nation npon which the article was bas-
cd to he reporter Mr.. lngebretsen
holly denied that be had talked with
the reporter about the case. and de-
nourced Mr.. Alilson's action In the
matter as being The "basest and most
grove.ing act which ever occurred In
court"
The story complained OF stated that
A. j. Duel an engineer in the employ
q defendant. changed his testimony in
the case because he feared he
would lose his Job II he tes-
tihed' against It. When court opened
MI Alison called the courts attention
20 the article and stated that 1t was
biased ana was inteAd u to prejudice the
rignt OF the railroad company. He then
said that he had heard that Attorney
lngebretsen, who, with Zane and
Stringleii0w represent plaintiff, was
talking TO the reporter yesterday after.
noon and intlmated that he had given
cut the Information from which the re-
porter wrote the article. At this point
the court excused the jury while 1.-THE
matter was Investigated.
The attorney for defendant then fur
Their stated that some one had evident
msinformed the reporter and that
the article was incorrect IN that 1t did
not stae all OF the testimony in re-
gard to the incident and hence preJu-
diced the minds Of those who read II
and II the Jurors had read It they would
probably be prejudioed also. He con-
tended that the witness stated that he
was afraid he would lose his job u he
made any mls-statement against the
defendant. The attorney sugg sted that
the court should instruct the attorneys
for plaintiff that they should not try
their case In the newspapers.
Mr. fngebretsea then stated that such
ineinuatons as were cast against him
by MIR. Allison would not be noticed
by him except for the fact that he had
a number OF friends In the court room
and he did not propose to pass them.
He stated that the newspaper men
we're his friends and admitted that he
had talked TO tho reporter yesterday
afternoon but denied most emphatically
that he had said a word To him about
the case.
MIR, Allison" he continued, casts
aspersions upon my character By insin-
uating that | was responsible for that
article and yet he admits here that he
did not see me talking to the reporter
hut merely heard that | had talked tn
him. He had 10 foundation for the
statement whatever. Further than that
the reporter was Ia the court room
yesterday and heard the witness state
that he changed his testimony because
he was afraid Of losing his Job. The
records here SHOW that that was the
testimony of the witness and | will
leave II to the court to decide. The
action Of Mr.. Allison is the basest and
most groveling that ever occurred In
court
Mr.. Allison then said that the attor-
ney admitted that he was friendly with
ana associated with the newspaper men.
~ NHu hlh IIOuu uI III,
marked Mr.. lngebretsen In loud
voice.
Continuing. Mr., Allison said that men
usually associate with newspaper men
for the purpose of getting something
IN the paper to their benefit. IL the
reporter HAD published the whole truth
and not Just half OF the truth. he said
there would have been no trouble
Judge Zane then MADE a statement
In regard to the matter, after which
the court recalled the fury. and then
stated they should not pay any atten-
tion to the newspapers report Of the
testimony In the case, and that the re-
porter evidently did not intend to pre-
sent the matters connected with the
case In an unfair light. He also stated
10 the jury that Mr. Ingebretsen had
nothing to do with giving the article 10
the reporter With that the matter
was dropped and the case was proceed
ed with.