The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-14
REMOVED
/ IN HAND GRIP
bic Part of Property in Utah
Taken Away Soon After
Walkers Death.
OF GRIP LISTED,
"a BUT LIST MAY BE LOST
'Oung Walker Unable to Give
Any Further Light on
Missing Trunk.

.,het he and j. l.. Bennett, attorney for
|his father. removed assets valued at from
s1o0. 600 10 s5oO.oo0 belonging TO his
|ather.s estate In Utah 10 San Francisco
4nd placed them in a deposit box in a
'Ruk there.
Young Walker asserted. however. that
his property was removed from the state
|<oon after his fathers death and before
<ourt proceedings mad been Instituted by
Lis sIster-in law Mrs. Sarah Il. Paul, To
Ircak the will of his father bcqueathins
rractcaly all the Walker estate 10 his
nother The assets removed, Walker
hid were taken from z box in the Utah
awnings & Trust coEpany's place of busi-
ness.
The strange trunk. which already has
uroluced young volume OF testimony in
BE hearing Of the contempt case caused
mother round OF inquiry Tuesday, but the
<r1ink is still missing.
Tith the compIetlon-of, Tuesdays hear
ms most OF the testimony IS complete
1pd IL is said that with today's hear
ing the case VIII be ready to submit to
Jujge John a. Marshall in the United
<isres district court. who will determine
Ehcther Mrs Walker disobcycd an In
junctlon against the removal OF property
teIongIng 10 the estate of the late David
f Walker and should be punished for
<ontcmpt- With the determining of this
1uestion the trial OF the real issues will
3 begun and probably will occupy many
lays OF time. either before Judge Mar
hall or the examiner of court.
Son Again on Stand.
Young Walker. in relating the re-
npyaI OF u part OF the Walker estate
% San Francisco and the placing OF il
h deposit box in a bank there. said
'hat either a day or two days after
d.arh Of his father hc and j. II,
4ennctl, his fathers attorney. obtained
NE key to the box in the Utah Savings
Trust company's safety deposit depart
ment and took out the box. Retiring 10
counting room they removed the con-
|ents, placed them in a satchel and went
With them To the Walker homo at 1865
[ast South Temple street, Mrs. Walker
np the key and Mr. Bennett took
'hnrge OF the satchel Il was an ordi-
AZ satchc which could be opened by
posi- any suit case or satchcl key. II
5as not scaled
scon atter that Mr. Bennett, Clar-
re Walker. Mrs. Margaret Walker
moot and Mrs. Althca Walker left
.er San Francisco. In all this time
4r Bennett had charge Of the satchcl.
md IN san francisco took ii TO his home
ONE time later Mr., Bennett and Clar-
nee Walker went TO bank in san
Ffancisco and placed the contents of the
ticnel In a safety deposit box. At the
|me OF removing the papers from the
"a In Salt Lake young Walker did not
nake a list OF The contents and did not
'now what WIS placed in the satchel ex-
'tpt That there were some papers which
p thought, looked like bonds and stock
erihcates, he testified.
List Is Made.
Later III san Francisco, Mrs Althea
walker, Mrs. Margaret Walker Smoot
'na Clarence went To the deposit box
'pa made list of the contents. This
tst s lost unless Mrs. Margaret Walker
moot has IL in Seattle. If she has. II
.ll pe learned today, a telegram having
zen forwarded there Tuesday night ask
pg ior the information. II Mrs. Smoot
'qes not have IL, the list has been lost.
% copy of the list was placed in the
'sn Francisco box. Attorney Bennett has
Z s|ae Key and also has access 10 the box
pere, young Walker SAYS.
Ndiher, tuesday, had refreshed his
nemory regarding the mysterious trunk
ra remembered having taken IT TO his
spne on South Temple street, There the
pntehts were gone over and more put III
pe trunk. and Il was era ted and that is
ue last seen of It,
toung Walker claims that IL contained
4'iny stuo check books. receipts. paid
H,ls and personal letters belonging To- his
ather. He says there was nothing In il
any value and he took no particular
ne OF II after he completed putting bills
va receipts in Ii and wired and rcsealcd
Value 100000 at Least.
~ 0h IDeing questioned by Judge G. G.
d'' Na!bcr said hc could moi remember
~ contents OF the box us enumerated
.na listed In San Francisco. He said.
that IL memory served him cor
10y. thrre Was about $300. 900 worth OF
''"psrly In u. There might have been
M, ,h1ciI @ AS 100000. however. He said
nrr,.i ,r, inI, confidence was placed In At
%Sihsy ,Siay Bennett and the care oil the vaiu-
,,P'es between Salt Lake and San Fran
''sco vas left to him
.nVPlhef trunk came into light in the
'IhIpfnlng H. ing session. This trunk first was at
&s,h "oHle S OF B. q, Raybuuld. IL West
E,r,ssS ,sS moved 10 the homo OF Rose Ray
eeSs'uo oel South West Temple street,
Isr ~ which an order was given q trans
mah 10 take # 10 the depot The
|ooL q. man went up back alley and
|Vln |Vhn me trunk out IN a roundabout way.
~men asked why this trunk was sur
III |ha"oed with mystery. Clarence said that
M Ielectives had been lowering over
'slIn "ousc ou for days and he wanted to
slsbonp pnc over on them" fc said he
|<ra's sso phly 10 fool them. He said the
80 am contained only his own clothes and
SaS',phdi eHects, He says the trunk was
rernan,tIo 10 MS home in California, IL he
,pne'noers correctly
he .., N"y houiu resumed the stand in
"a a,ierhoon session. He said that he
a iba .iG owner Of the shares OF stock
AM, trinity Bonanza Gold Mining com
5oS ., ,"nlch were found in the deposit
|nnk nr' Walker at Walker Brothers
nan,, 1ie said he lad received the stock
had ~ ySars ago from Mr.. Walker and
\ W. pain 5000 for IT. He said he thought
IA, Memorandum Book,
|ntmoEa Eayoould also said that there is
Ifrx Wn1um book in the possession OF
II u~nn,ker In which ,he belongings Of
.hlv IsHsr nsnH are enumerated This prob
IA. pa, ne produced at tohays hearing
Fhai AZ puuid saws he knew pretty well
<oiirn. .' Waller had. Ia this Inc he
Elici S S"o some Of the things value of
d bc nv u. dld not know. but lie believed
oo1< III al least $l5.0O0 He promised TO
&Itf " r. ho,ne other matters in connection
.O' %I walkers property.
Xrr u, nelson. associate attorney for
<iand "dkcr, next was called TO the
|ad pc., re Testified To the fact that me
|uest sne M WITH Mrs. Walke: ut her re-
Idnv,, W lhe Utah Savings & Trust COM
"a tbo o.nce To look up some securities
1sains, Nne there wae an Injunction
he hnd ,helr removal and Nelson claimed
|slctl mil sn'ten that the Injunction cx-
ID eivn m the banking company refused
feys had up inc papers untr their attor-
avg h' hn peen consulted, Then, Nelson
|old NJ r,GIneDlhered the injunction and
he naYo, walker that she dare not take
he loca, MT Nelson said that he was
ma ihs, pres"ntatjve nj j. Il. Bennett