New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-13
BOOKS COST. S47.65O
Salt Lake Widow Sues anglo
American" House for Money.
EDITION De LUXE METHODS
Lawyer and Witness Quarrel
Over Tale of Dead" Buyer
Works of Wilde and T. R..


High finance in de luxe editions.
sprinkled with some novel tricks, was
laid bare again to jury yesterday in the
United States District Court through the
action OF Mrs. Emma Bird. a wealthy
widow of Salt Lake City, VINO is trying TO
recover s47 $50 from James ]. Farmer.
Glen Farmer and the Anglo-American
Authors Association, of No. 225 Fifth
avenue.
The complaint Of Mrs. Bird, who Is said
to be prominent in Utah, alleged that she
had been defrauded through false repre-
sensations made to her by the defendants.
Glen Farmer, she testified, was introduced
TO her by former Governor OF Utah, and
this fact had kept all suspicion from
her until II was too late.
After selling a set Of valuable de luxe
editions to her, including the works or
Theodore Roosevelt and Oscar Wilde,
Glen Farmer induced her to buy the So
called rare editions, Mrs. Bird said. on
the representation that a millionaire client
OF his had ordered the Anglo-American
Authors Association TO purchase those
works for him as soon as they appeared
on the market
How much the prospect Of reselling
those books attracted her, Mrs. Bird did
not say. But she told of how her sus-
picions were finally reused after having
paid all Of the $3.50, and how she found
out through consultation with book ex-
perts that she had been defrauded.
Irving a. Nevirove, a young man who
had been employed In the office OF James
J. Farmer. father OF Glen Farmer. was
then called by Clifford Baer counsel for
Mrs. Bird. TO tell OF what he knew about
the manner in which business was done
by the Farmers.
The young mans testimony led TO a
lively encounter between him and Isaac
Wen. Of counsel for the defendants. Mr..
We'll attacked Nevirove's motives and
veracity. and the young man responded
with an offer 10 punch the lawyers face.
Judge Hunt had to threaten the witness
with punishment for contempt Of court
and the lawyer with exclusion from CON
Quoting the examination, before the legal
proceeding COuiu EO on.
on direct examination Nevlrove said
that in many Of the sales made by the
Farmers the trick Of inducing a purchase
on the prospect of a resale to some other
rich book lover had been worked. There
was a fictitious millionaire in Minneapolis
and another in New Haven. ne said, who
served as the decoy.
Farmer told his father that client I'm
Pennsylvania who had bought an expen-
sive set was clamoring for the prom
ised purchaser.
well. you must kill the purchaser. %
Farmer senior advised, according 20 the
witness
Several days later Glen Farmer re
turned from Pennsylvania. Nevirove re-
lated. and told his father that the trick
had been done successfully. Glen said
he had bandaged his head and his hands
and had gone TO the client with tale
that he and the prospective purchaser
had been IN an automobile and had been
wrecked.
THE purchaser was killed" said Glen
Farmer 10 his client according to Nevi-
rove.
Nevirove also testified that he had been
coerced by Mr.. Well into signing an afIl-
davlt TO the effect that he knew nothing
about the sale OF books 10 Mrs Bird.
lie declared that Mr.. We'll had held out
as inducement 81 coo. and when he refused
10 comply had threatened TO queer" HIS
brother when he appeared before the
Bar Association for admission 20 legal
practice Because OF that threat, New
rove said, he did sign the paper without
being asked 10 swear TO IL
When the affidavit was produced Ncvi-
rove repudiated the paper, saying the
affidavit he had signed had consisted Of
two pages only. while the one presented
by MIR Well had TOUR pages.
The trial will go on this morning.