The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-11
MRS, WALKER IS
BRE Ak|NC DOWN
SW0Ons i'm Court While Giving
Testimony in Proceedings
Against Her.
DECLARES THAT AUTO TO
SEATTLE WAS FOR PLEASURE
Also That She Had No Idea or
Intention Of Running Away
From Law.

Having every appearance OF being on
the verge OF Il general physical collapse,
Mrs. Al;hca Walker appeared before
Charles Baldwin, Cnitcd States commits
sioner, Saturday morning ana gave testi-
mony in Tie hcavlns to determine whethcr
or not she is guilty OF contempt Of court
In removing securities to tho amount OF
about 81 900, ,00u belonging To tic estate oil
ihc late DavId +. Walker from tie state
after an Injunction against such action
had been issued by Tie federal court
MIS-. Walker is hTc3l;in; down unde:
tic strain to which she has recently
Eccn subjected. ana at saturdays hritr-
Ing she bySlciicahS charged David -
Walker .Ir., with having made
sr,uaccs" ut hcc at the time she was
going 10 get her trunk. and SRid laal 1t
Walkers children by his FIRST wife th"t
prompted her 10 leave this C:ty in an au-
tonobilc on Monday, October H. ana
IaVcl overland 10 Seattle. Attcr MIS-.
Walker DccaGrc more composed and had
recovered nom the swoon into waich she
lapsed. she announced i willingness TO
go or with tie examination. but the at
torncyS Thought Lcal II SlNc hci more
the testimony of B, @ ;ayDould had been
taken,
About Automobile Trip.
Mr=. Wall5cT stoutly maintained that
the automobile trip to Seattle was taken
mercy for pleasure ard that she had no
Idea or Intention OF running away from
the law. She told OF her preparations To
go To Seattle II live with her daughter
ard Of having her personal chaltcls sent
there ahead Of her. Mrs. Walkc~ said
That the first stop OF Tie automobile after
leaving Salt Lake City was at Ogden.
where, she said. she remained with her
daughter, Mrs. Margaret Walker Smoot.
while her. son. Clarence Walker, made
Ir'isf G'gnn
the party had the first night. she said.
was what they could get I'm tho machine
and they arrived at McCammon, Ida.
the next morning, and had breakfast
there.
AS to Securities Taken.
Regarding the money alleged to have
been taken. Mrs. Walker made a strong
denial OF everything. She declared that
she removed any securities belonging to
his estate. She declared that she took
certain of her property TO San Francisco
but denied that any OF II belonged to
the estate. Included In this were some
Western Pacific bonds and some stock
In the Utah Light & Power company. OF
all the other stocks and bonds alleged
by II. w Walker to be part of the
estate. Mrs. Walker declared she knows
nothing. When asked regarding her lax
methods In taking care OF her husband s
estate by not knowing what he had she
declared that she had been too Ill to
know really what she was doing.
Mr., Raybould Testifies.
B. c. Raybould was called to the
stand during Saturdays hearing and told
his story of the estate. He said he had
received two pronissory notes from Mrs.
Waller payable To Mr.. Walker by ],
P. McGeath; one for $4,000 and the other
for $4,000. He declared he had been In
formed by Mr. Walker before his death
that Mrs. Walker was the owner OF these
notes. Mr.. Raybould denied that he took
any OF the securities to California, de-
claring them both to he in his safety
deposit box In Salt Lake.
After the hearing had progressed from
10 o'clock until noon, an adjournment
was taken until Monday morning at 1920
o'clock. when Mrs. Walker Will again
take the stand