The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-09
EXAMINATION IN
WALKER WILL CASE
Widow Concludes Her TeSti-
mOny Before Master in
Chancery {. NJ. Garrett.
EXTENT OF THE SECURITIES
Defendant Claims That Certain
Stocks and Bonds Belong to Her
and Not 70 the Estate.

with but little OF Importance learned
regarding the exact status OF the ~.
- walker estate. tho special oNasnina-
zion 81 Mrs Aithea Walker. defendant
in the fgmous viii contest was con-
cIudcd before Master i'm Chaucery r.
N Garncft yesterday afternoon. Tho
hearing began wednesday before
Judge N A.. Richie.
~ withdrawine repeatedly behind
convenient veil OK forcstfuincss. fho
wealthy widow succeeded fn cvadinr
she direct purpose Of the plaintiff. to
learn tho nature and extent Of tho
securities which make up fhc estate
only where DER answers tended tu
snow shat certain securities belonged
Co her independently OF fnr estate.
were thcy given freely and with luowi-
edge of The matter iu question.
THAT she holds -0.0o0 shares oft West
FERN Pacific stock af $50 "a share. maxi
iuE total of $1,000. goo in itself. was
drawn from the witness at the morn
fugs hearing. when the complicated re-
Laflous ~ the estate To- the Western
Pacific were taken up whore they were
dropped "wednesday.
Claims Own~r~hip.
Eut she claimed independent owner
ship ~ this saying that 10 mad been
decided over tu her hy her husband
70 the time OF fno failure OF certain
california trust companies in which The
millionaire was heavily interested. Tn
fact. throughout tine hearing. Mrs.
walker has testified that the greater
part 81 TIE estate she is supposed TO-
N1vc Inherited under trr VIII that is
being contested was Boo reality hers
Ions before the death OF her husband.
MANY of the securities were turned
over Co her. she said. with tho dcclar8-
lion hv her husband that she might
aE VOL have them at that time as after
DTS death. Also. Doc wished to escape
poss'nIe suits AGAINST him IN connee-
tiou with thc failure of Che California
.rrHcmee. and turned them over f0 her
Tor that reason. she minated
Mrs Walkers ability fo forgct the
affairs 0f high finance proved tO De
remarkably wei developed. To tho
majority az questions rropouudcd sl'
either claimed Ignorance orr had fur
gotten them
asked ne 90 the purchase OF o. large
amount 81 stock Don Che Los Angeles
Gas a. Electric LiEnfiuu company. She
said she did not know how many bonds
she had purchased nor what she paid
Tor them. tn0uEh sHc admitted having
bought directly from Rollins sons.
bond buyers
Again win regard Co the purchase
- central California traction stock
amount of the stock nor the price Hraid
Tor ir nor any niuE about o.
The walker Fortune.
She testified tLat Der husband save
her scveuty-rour $1,000 W esteru Pa
cific bonds several years aro. before
the road bad been built. and chat this
stock was now iu her own name. since
then she had acquired. either hv actual
Eiff from BIER husband or through bus
mess Transfers. additional stock In Che
road. brinEinE her totai interest up 20
an even $1,000. 600.
MuEf or the examination was nr-
voted fo attempts ON the part of The
plaintiff Co learn the details or uu-
nervous hueincTe frausactious through
which che estate had come tn it- pres
emit complicated status. ThrouEH DO Hi
Mrs. walker gave testimony truolU-
fp belitrio trc size OF tho estate itself
and Showing her own fortune to run
iutn thc millions. although She could
make no hazard as to just how much
she ie worth.
4 recess was taken zoo noon Neslor-
dav until . o'clock iu tIr afternoon.
when the examination concluded with
several minor question: Huf fu Mrs.
walker hr hrr attorney. cd. vs.. Pow
ers. fu reply fo these. eHr said that
fnr many wears prior fn his death Mr.
walker had teen. iittir Dos utlr. trans
frrrfuE rfr property fu |er.
The contempt proceeding AGAINST
THE widow and her two children. 'lar-
eucc Walker and Nar-Hrrt Walker
Suoot viii bc taken uu hy judge
Eifchie after Ho has read and passed
ON fnc testimony given hv Mrr. walker
fu the examination. This win probably
he early ueNt week