Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-10
WIDOW IS CALLED 1 ! 4
IN HER DEFENSE D /: N. /:
Answers Charge Of Contempt
Before U s. Commissioner
Baldwin.
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TnnK Mn sEclIRITIFS AWAY
TOOK NO SECURITIES AWAY
Says Automobile Trip to Northwest
On the Advice of Her Physician
After Mr.. Walkers Death.

Mrs. Althea Walker, widow Of the
late. D. F. Walker, appeared this morn
ing as the first witness before Charles
w Baldwin, master of chancery of the
United States district court, and was
examined in regard to her affidavit
filed In the contempt proceedings In
stituted against her, charging that she,
left the state of Utah carrying with
her stocks, bonds and securities valued
at sS90.000 belonging to her husbands
estate in violation of an Injunction.
DUNG her examination, she showed the
effects of the nervous strain which she
had been under for some time Her
son. Clarence, sat beside her. cllnsing
to her hand and she was compelled to
resort to the use of smelling salts a
number Of times to keep from faintins.
She was unable to remember the de-
tails of her flight to Seattle in an uu-
tomobile, but declared that she took
none of the securities with her as
charged in the citation for contempt OF
court.
Unable , to remember dates, Mrs.
Walkers memory was refreshed by
Atty. C. c. Dey, who cross-examined
Z her. He secured the story of the trip
from here to Seattle. Mrs. Walker de-
clared that she was not running away
from anybody, for she had planned the
trip following her husbands death at
the request of her physician. She told
of the preparation she had made to
leave the city. taking only enough
money out of the bank to pay the cx-
penses Of the trip Her daughter. Mrs.
Margaret Walker Smoot of Seattle
and her son, Clarence, accompanied
her. -
MR.. RAYBOULD fTEsTIFIES.
3. G. Raybould was the second Wit
ness cross-examined in regard to tho
affidavit he filed In the case. For
years, he said he was cashier OF the
Walker Bros. bank and that he had
handled q great deal of business for
d. +. Walker during the latter's life
4 time. Mr.. Raybould was in salt Lake
when Mr.. Walker died. He said that
shortly afterward, Mrs. Walker called
him to take charge OF some of her, per-
sonal property. 1t was deposited In
the Utah Savings G. Trust company's
vault and he secured an order from
her. before she left for Seattle. for
him to take possession OF tho property.
When he presented the order, he Sc
cured two notes, one for $4,000. made
by J. P. McGcath and another for $4,000
made by j. P. McGeath. He was to
take charge of the rropert.- and COL
.lect the interest and payments as they
became due. After securing the notes
he testified that lie deposited them in
his own safety deposit vault in Walk
or Bros. bank
Atty. G. G. Dey CROSS examined Mr..
Raybould In regard to the safety de-
post box at length. Mr.. Raybould had
never paid rent for the box and 1t was
IN d. F. Walkers name. In explaining
this. he said that he had used the same
box while in the bank and that he had
made use of 1t ever since, nobody else
but his daughter had access to it.
After obtaining possession of these
notes. Mr.. Raybould said that he went
to San Francisco to look after some OF
the property there belonging to the
estate. He denied that he handled any
other securities than the two notes,
mentioned In the list of H. w. Walker,
and that he had no knowledge of the
existence Of any of the other securities.
Before lie took charge of the two
notes. he declared that he knew them
to be the personal property OF Mrs.
Walker, for her husband had told him
so in his lifetime. For this reason he
said he felt safe In taking possession
of the property for Mrs. Walker de-
spite the injunction.