The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-05
NELSON DENIES
EVEN ONE KISS
Saltair President Admits He
Told Plaintiffs Relatives
He Was Wilson"
PLAYS ROLE IN ORDER
70 OBTAIN TESTIMONY
DR.. Harvey Lynch Testifies That
He Did Not Perform
Operation.

That he might procure evidence which
he deemed important in the breach OF
promise suit brought against him Tor
$50 900 damages by Emily Eborn,
trained nurse, Joseph Nelson. president ot
the SaltaIr Beach company, admitted on
the witness stand in Judge c. w. Morse 3
division of the Third District court Thurs
day afternoon that he made numerous
false representations concerning MS
identity 10 relatives OF the woman IN
England. Nelson was witness IN ms
own behalf practically the whole day ana
o. w. Powers. OF the counsel for the
plaintiff had not completed cross exam
ina lion when the court adjourned Thurs
day night
On direct examination Nelson denied all
allegations made against him by Miss
Eborn. emphatically protesting that their
relations had been perfectly proper. ne
declared he never had made any
reference to marriage in her presence
and that TO his knowledge she had under
gone no surgical treatment. Most OF the
time Nelson made a good witness, but he
showed signs OF nervousness under the
volley OF interrogations hurled at him by
Attorney Powers.
Answering those questions, Nelson adj
mltted that he had gone to England and
represented himself to Miss Eborn's rela-
tives there as Mr.. Wilson," Il friend OF
Miss Eborn. In this guise and by the
further representation that he desired to
see the correspondence between Miss
Eborn and her relatives, for the purpose
nj protecting her in a suit which he In
sinCated had been brought against her
ny another man. Nelson admitted he Sc
cured tho deposition including letters.
which the defense introduced as evidence
Thursday morning Through this cor
respondence the defense sought to show
that Miss Eborn had told her relatives
in answer TO the question why she did
not marry the widower II she thought
so much OF his children" that 'it took
two To make a bargain.
Nelson was asked by Attorney Powers
Il he thought he had procured that evil
dence by honorable means, whereupon
Nelson answered that he thought so under
the circumstances.
Deposition of Miss Evans.
a deposition containing the testimony
OF Miss Edna Evans. who formerly taught
the. Nelson children music and who now
Is In Paris. France. studying music, also
was introduced. This deposition was
concerning a conversation she had with
Miss Eborn in which deDonent says Miss
Eborn announced her intention of leaving
the Nelson home as she feared that Mel
son would marry soon and that she could
not bear to see another woman In charge
Miss Evans and Miss Eborn Is alleged to
have taken place on street car while
Miss Eborn was living in the Nelson
household.
". ". Trimmer, formerly cashier at
the Utah National bank, was called by
the plaintiffs lawyers. His testimony re-
called the Utah National bank robbery.
Attorney Powers asked him II he remem-
hered some financial transaction at the
bank several years ago Attorneys King
and Snow for tie defense objected, but
when Attorney Powers explained that the
question merely was for the purpose OF
fixing n date, the court overruled the OBJ
lection and Mr.. Trimmer answered In the
affirmative.
Attorney Powers then asked the witness
II lie had talked with Nelson concerning
his financial affairs. and from this testi-
mony ~ was shown that Nelson was worth
about $3.50. 900
have performed the first operation on
Miss Eborn. was called and testified thet
when he entered the court room he saw
Miss Eborn for the first time. He alb
ton. Attorney Powers asked him ii he
was not aware OF the fact that II he
had testified In the affirmative he. him
self. would have been liable to prosecu-
derstanding.
That Is ALL said Attorney Powers
Not Even One Kiss.
Nelson testified on direct examination
that he gave Miss Eborn $500 with which
TO go 10 the coast. This, he said, was
done on the advice OF Attorney A 3
Irvine, whom he avcrrcd had represented
himself as Nelson's friend. Nelson testi-
fled that II was Attorney Irvine who first
informed him Of the charge which Miss
Eocrn was making against him and that
previous TO preferrlng these charges the
witness had never even spoken to Miss
Eoorn, concerning any matter involved IL
the allegations.
Neson also testified that Attorney IT.
vine had demanded $1,000 as a settlement.
$4,000 OF which witness understood was
for Irvine himself
Nelson emphatically declared that he
han never even kissed Miss Eborn. and
emphaucally denied the more serious ale.
gations.