The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-11
'NPER|NG WITH
WITNESS ALLEGED
/ of Damage Suit Against
rio Grande Has Sensa-
A., tiOnal Feature.
> PANY'S ATTORNEY
" FIRES A BOMBSHELL
,,.'s'e Lewis. From His Bench,
slirects Newspaper Men
= Not to Print 1t.

: nations that a conspiracy exists
: mpt witnesses for the plaintiff Ill
1.is sit of Mrs. John Hayes VS.. the
Of isande Western Railroad company
az smade in open court Friday by
~, ~ ey Edward NJ, Allison, Jr, at
in for the railroad company. The
L. Is were made to Judge Lewis IN
u Sstrict court during the trial of
r.l Sc, in the absence of the jury,
iv Is trial was suspended temporarily
NNsJudge Lewis began an investiga-
y SSsh e the matter The charges, If
!, Jeflect upon Attorney Thomas c.
,a,Srth. attorney for the plaintiff.
- matter was not finished when
djourncd for the day, and Judge
,S S took occasion to warn newspaper
- rs, who were present and heard
~ ..Fas said, not TO make any publ
II Whatsoever concerning the mat
- ,r On penalty of being punished for
!, 80 h, pit of court. Lawyers, however,
~ ~ n the right of n court to forbid
:, III blica ton of matters developed
- an open session of the court.
Mrs. Hayes Embarrassed.
ssu Hayes, who is suing for $4,000
!. En-, death Of her husband, who, IT
% ;iz1ed, was killed by Rio Grande
oFr engine on June 2S, 1906, was
dy4 most severe cross-eXamining by
nsi isison. He interrogatod her sharp
%, to the nature of the contract
e6 fexists between herself and Mr..
nk s'th for attorney s fees. and elici,
in & IN her the information that she
6. 4. st signed the contract to give
usr ienty five per cent of the amount
frz ed, and that she had later signed
{ sirract to give him an additional
Erfr-five per cent,
by has this latter statement that Mr..
mn; seized upon. He demanded TO
~ nif Mr.. Ashworth had not told
,s At it would be necessary to use
IL uliwith certain witnesses, and par
h " one Lockwood, This question
rc.r ayes refused to answer at first,
d Hsthat she did not want TO answer
: a account of her children. The
otT1 was put to her repeatedly by
,,rt slison, but neither he nor the
tis 6uld elicit a direct answer from
NAM ghe admitted, in response to
~, rl put by Judge Lewis. that she
in VI willing TO tell all she knew
rs.h be matter.
is llzold Her Case Was Weak.
Sh Ys.Hayes did admit, however, dur
a. course of the examination. that
sn y rshworth had told her that, in
DE the fact that there were no
Q, Nv aesses 10 the accident, II would
: cIsI ssary for her to secure some tes-
! 'fs Mrs. HAYES efforts TO avoid
oN q, sng direct questions bearing up
!" y question of corrupting witnesses
nssD; almost painful at times,
en- Ashworth interrupted the exam
=. sAS SO frequently that Judge Lewis
iCl mage of the case lntimated that
1T become necessary 10 conduct
smination in the absence of the
II ua1tipg attorney. When Mr.. Ash
big. look his client in hand for ex-
on she then asserted, under his
Hng, that nothing had been said
rQps about spending money for evi-
sIVsF
&. AshWorth S Explanation.
" Lewis interrogated Mr.. Ash
Almself as TO why he had made
S~4tracts with Mrs Hayes for at
~ fees. Mr.. Ashworth was not
MAEunder oath. He told the court
lENfer making the first contract for
Nfcent be had learned that it was
Try in Salt Lake for attorneys
.-d Igact for 80 per cent. of the re
Wv an such cases. and that that was
exacted the second contract
Is Hayes
adjourned without taking any
IN the matter, and the trial Of
Will be resumed Tuesday morn.
GtfIlhen Judge Lewis saw the drift
iii Allison IS cross-examination of
lVwayes, he sent the jury out of
.,ng IN, and most Of the painful or
~ which fhe woman was sub iect-
fred in the absence of the iury.
:, according to the complaint in
@ was killed June 2S. 1906, BY
p engine where the Rio Ora nde
nfersect at Sixth West and Sec
rrn]Cl lth street, The claim is made
lUWs engineer gave no warning of
sToach Of the switch engine. eth
1s5nging bell or otherwise. HAYES
TX 2. bsidow and three children.