The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-14
STOCKS AND BONDS
FIGURE IN CASE
Securities Belonging to the
Walker Estate Were Taken
to San Francisco.
TESTIMONY OF RAYBoULD
Clarence Walker Questioned Closely
as to the Actions of Himself
and His Mother.

stocks and bonds. beloneing to the d.
p. walker estate. as well as the per-
sohal securities OF Mrs. Althea Walker.
were taken TO san Francisco on Sen
tember 10. 1910. by Attorney John p
eennett, according TO the testimony Of
D. O. kaybould one Of the three persons
called for examination i'm the CONTEMPT
proceedings before Charles Baldwin.
master IN chsncery. Yesterday after
noon.
NiaFence Walker was questioned
closely as 70 the movements of himself
! ahd his mother I'm San Francisco. after
.neir departure from Salt Lake. follow
an- Tue death OF Mr.. Walker o g Mel
sIpn. attorney FOR Mrs. Walker. testified
tuat under the strain Of communicating.
ne mad momentarilv forgotten the rule
81 tie federal court and had informed
e us walker that IL would be an right
10Y ler 70 leave the city.
clarence Walker occupied the stand
~ go ne morning session and through his
lestlmony IL developed that the voung
went 20 the Utah Savings q Trusf
1Ilipth4 anu TOOK out valise contain
I me -vcNs ana bonds. the personal
pLopertJ or Mrs. Walker. This proD-
80 ne SAID. was taken TO san Fran
,,p on Septen Der 10. At the after
, iDvu session walker testified thar the
pIopeftl was left I'm q safety deposit
poN at the Metropolitan bank Repiv-
.Hs 90 question bE Attorney q" q DO
NrtiN tildI no list OF the securities had
"ttn taken At this time
Co"id Not Remember.
Tie testified. however. that he accom-
tainted MS mother and sister 10 fbe
eils, Fargo a. Co.'S bank whore nror,
ert5 OF MS mother was placed In a safe
~ Vcposit box. At this time he said
list of the numbers and amounfs az
stocks and bonds was made Pact or
Sne nst- ne stated. was in his handwrit-
" ana part in tho handwriting OF
us sister No attempt. ne stated was
nlsgS 20 learn the amount Of tho So
i.,les LETT at the bank. Questioned
rs 70 the nature Of the eocurifies
aikcr stated that he could not rcmeun-
Der JUS what they were thousrh Le
Toine western Pacific bonds and some
tan Light and Railway stock amonr
nc securities. He could not remem-
Der how the securities were taken 10
the bank. but thought they were a., ,,i,,I
-l ms mothers hand bag. though me
Nas not certain. lie estimated the
siiilCunt 81 these securities at $500. 600.
s't"ush AFTER being questioned said that
ne could not tell whether thew would
amount TO 100000 or 100000.
The list OF these securities he said
had been mislaid. and that he had for-
Iotten IN whose possession the list had
oeen lett. He said that he was endear-
- l,liE 70 INA the list. and thought that
- uapS ~ might De in the possession
or bis sister at Seattle
through this II dcvcloncd that his
amer mad kept list of his securities
Tho list or securities. he said. had not
been checked with the list or his father.
nor could be remember what had he
come Of his fathers last.
Mysterious Trunk.
The whereabouts OF tho fnysfori,,rte
s'dicn trunk was also taken M Walker
ttstli wing that the trunk had been nm
sealed and unwired before % was taken
from the vault OF the Utah Savings q
lIust company. He believed that his
mother had opened the trunk which no
tnought had been shipped to California
WIN other boxes and barrels Of house
mold goods. These ne supposed had
peen shipped TO the caretaker OF their
", G. Raybould testified that the
100 shares OF Trinity Bonanza Gold
Mining stock. found i'm the safety de-
pvslt 9oN at walker Brothers bank be-
lonEed TO him personally. lie stated
tnat ne had given David r. Walker tho
money with which to buy 1000 shares
or stock. Walker was buvfng the Same
stock for himself at tile time and
bought u all in his own name. later
endorsing the 1000 shares over to Raw
nould. accounting for the appea rance Z
OF - =. walkers name on the cerfiff-
cate. Inc other 1000 came from n
move OF the company in which il was
said that the stock was doubled
Mr.. Raybouid stated that on Decer,-
Der y. at the Denver & Rio Grande de-
not. in this CITY. Attorney Bennett told
MIN that he was taking the securities
or the estate and those OF Mrs Walker
70 san Francisco. These were all in the
one satCheL which RavbOuld stated
hennett told him later were gpna rated |
and the securities belonging to the es- |
tate turned over to the special admin |
lstrator in California. Bennett he said /
did not enumerate the nronertv turned |
ovs~ to the administrator.