The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-12
Court Order is Served Upon
the Runaways in City
of Seattle.
CONTEMPT IS CHARGE.
MADE AGAINST THEM
Alleged Removal Of Securities
Is Basis of the Action
Taken.

Mrs. Althca Walker. widow OF p. Il
Walker. WAS served i'll Seattle Friday
With an order TO appear before the United
States court In Salt Lake within ten
days To show cause why she should not
be adjudged In contempt OF court for
disreGardnS n restraining order issued by
that court
The citation was served upon Mrs.
Walker Immediately upon her arrival in
Seattle Friday. Mrs, Walker, accom-
panied bv her SON Clarence Walker. ond
Smoot. left Salt Lake on the night OF
October 81 in an automobile aud until
Friday successfully cluded the United
States officers who were seeking to serve
the citation Of the court on the party.
Ii is understood that the trio in tho
automobile reached Idaho or the night
they left Salt Lake and then proceeded
leisnrcly to Seattle. They secured an
equipped for long trip and they are
alleged to have taken with them SS64.-
0j7 worth of negotiable securities be-
longing TO the estate of the la d. Il.
WALKER, which is now i'm litigation.
Previous Order Served,
a Marshall was served on Mrs althea
Walker. restraining her from removing
or hypothccating any OF the securities
belonging 10 the estate pending dis
position Of the contest in the courts.
apparently diSrcsarding this order, Mrs.
Walker LETT the state with the securi-
tics Immediately after she had been
served with an order tn appear before
Judge Ritrhic in the state courts in con-
ncction with another phase OF the con-
test of the Will OF u. j.. Walker
Following the sudden departure ol
Mrs Walker. II. W. Walker. one of the
contcsting heirs. flied an affidavit with
Judge Marshall setting out that Mrs.
Walker had disregarded the order OF the
United States court and had removed
from the state nearly 100000 worth OF
T,i6p Marshall then issued
;he order Tor Mrs. Walker TO appear in
answer to the contempt charge. rhls or
der was the one served on her In SeattIc
on Friday Mrs Walker must return 10
Salt Lake To answer the charges OF con-
tempt or she will bc brought back by
the United States officers.
Reported to Be in Canada.
1t was rumored on Friday that the
Walkers had reached Canada without be-
ing apprchcndcd by the federal officers.
They passed through Walla Walla on
Monday last and were within go miles
of the Canadian line. Their failure 10
arrive in Seattle gave rise TO the gus
pIcion that they had gone 10 Cnnada:
III Thai case II might have been dltilcult
10 have brought them back to the United
States However. these fears were set
at rest by the information that they had
been served in Scattlc.
Another riImor that was current on
Friday WAS to the effect that ., {. Mel
son, attorney for Mrs Althea Walker,
had disappeared. Mr.. Nelson was not ~
luis office Friday. bat ii was explained
by Sorcn y. Christensen. who has been
Indirectly associated with Mr.: Nelson IN
the case. that MI Nelson had gone 10
San Francisco TO look up matters per-
tanning To tho case
Judge C. C. pey of counsel for the
contestants charged that Mrs NaiHGr
had left Salt Luke pursuant 10 the Ad :,
vice Of MI Nelson. Mr, Nelson ittcd
that he had known OF Mrs. Walkers de-
purturc. but that he bad entirely for
gotten that the court had issued an or.
rcr preventing her from tsleing any OF
the securities out of the state. In Judge
Dcy's opinion. MI. Nelson was in con,
tempt OF Tic court when he had advised
Mrs Walker 10 leave.