The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-24
INSPECTION TOUR 1
SCHEDULED T0DA|
City Engineer, Board of Work
and Engineering Commit
tee Included.
SIDEWALK EXTENSION
10S TO BE EXAMTNR|
Charges Against Knox an
TURNKEY, and Work Itself,
to Be PrObed.

Following closely upon the suspensio
by the board Of public works Of Jsmo
j. Knox, one of its inspectors on sid
walk extension los, for alleged collf
sion with Harry Turnkey, one of ~
forcmen for the contractor. James Ker'
ncdy, in giving short measure in "a
ment, the members Of the board, III
city engineer and the engineering con
mittee of the city council will nav
visit of inspection 10 tho improvement
at 10 o o'clock this morning.
The purpose of the trip is twofo]t
The party will 60 over the entire con
Plctcd part of the Improvement, viii
view of ascertainiug the poor wor
preparatory To condcmning it. that
may be taken MP and properly replace
as tho contractor readily agreed TO a
at the first, and will also look int
the charges against Knox and Turnle,
The engineering committee will con
ccrn irseif mainly with the work tha
should be condemned and replaced an.
may make n report on its trip hack q
the council tonight. while the hoard
visit may largely determine Knox
fate. This will most likely be "a
termined at the meeting Of the boar
next Friday evening.
Trouble With Wife.
Knox was tentatively discharec|
from the board last summer followin.
the institution by his wife-Lconora /
b. knox-of divorce proceedings agains
hm on the ground Of extreme cruelfx
Just how he got back on the board q
inspectors appears in Il sense to hav
been slightly irregular. The board Il
sclt-at least, not ali Of its members
apparently had little or no knowlcdo
of his re.employment.
Mrs. Knox S divorce complaint, file.
May 22 last, was sensational in the ex
treme. Cruelty from the date of thei
marriage -. l900--was alleoe,
Specifying. Mrs. Knox charged Kno:
with threatening 10 shoot her with
double-barrcI shotgun early in Decen
Der Of 1907. with trying TO knock he
head off with whisky bottle Decembc
%, following. and with striking he
with his fist March "a. preceding. iO'
March 4, 1908. he assaulted her twic<
Mrs. Knox charged, and between Mari:
ID and April 80 of the same year, h
drew revolver on her and agar
threatened her life. she alleged
Divorce Is Granted.
On these practically undisputed a'
legations, Mrs, Knox on June 10, 1901
was granted divorce. the custody d
the children, Ella r., I,years old. an
Margaret, 3, the household furnifure
$50 month alimony for the first si
months and $25 month thereafter, "a.
lowing which, it is said, Knox left IN
state, presumably to escape paying Oh
almony.
Turnkey, the contractors foremar
who is under a cloud. was formerly al
employee of the city, working as a
inspector on public improvements U
held this position for something 1ik
two years, quittinp some time last sun
mer TO take a job with Kennedy. Turn
ley's integrity has never been que
toned, but his competence as an IN
spector was frequently questioned b
the city engineer S office.
In connection with Knox's suspen
sion, the report that he has engaged il
or is about 10 engage IN the cement con
tracing business himself, with one q
two others associated, is exciting SOM
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