The evening world., 1913-01-18
WOMAN DEMANDS
jl8,0OOFR0MS SON
' OF mormon CHIEF.
Sues John w. Young to Re-
cover Judgment Granted IS
Years Ago III England.
HE'S HAD VARIED CAREER
Lost Fortune in Shipbuilding
Trust Smash After Living
in Lavish Style.
HE'S HAD VARIED CAREER

ohusuh mystery Ia made by the law
yen OF an action brought In the su.
prsns Court BY Miss Mercedes Es,elle
Woodford against John Willard Young,
son o. Brigham Young. the Mormon
e'esr. to recover a judgment o, Sis,Co
Obtained In an English court fifteen
years ago. Miss Woodford, who Is said
70 % . niece Of the late "oom Paul.
Kruger. one time President OF tho
Trahsvaa! Republic. IL an English girl
AAd the daush;er Of Nine. suzanne
Helena Woodford, VINO owned much
property IN South Africa before the
Beer war.
siss Woodford, through her counsel,
risns n. Brown. has applied to Justice
orsenoaum for an order directing Mr..
Hsuns 10 siN certain testimony given
I've ysars Aso and also for an order
mex an open commission ensus TO take
the testimony o: four London lawyers
VINO appeared In the original suit when
u WAS tried In the High Court Of Jus
Ne. Queens Bench Division.
Neither Mr.. Brown nor Alfred j. Jop-
haG. Mr.. Young's lawyer, protested to
know for what reason the iud sment
was rendered against MIR. Young. MIR.
Jepling intimAted that Miss woodford' 8
mother vas the original complainant
against him and that the mother had
assigned the claim to the daughter. who
10 now travelling in the United States.
Mr.. Brown said the judgment was sen,
To him from a correspondent abroad for
collection here.
MORMON LIVED IN LAVISH
... STYLE IN LONDON.
The London solicitors who may be
examined are George Twynan. who rep.
resented Mr.. Young, and Horace a
HAYWOOD. Walter 9. Huders and Robert
Z. witt. who appeared for the plaintiff.
It was learned that In 1897. when the
suit was tried. Str. Youns's daughter
and Miss Woodford we're attendins
school IN Brussels. When the two
9irls returned to London, where the
Mormon was then stopping. calls were
exchanged and In this manner the
Ysungs ana Woodfords became inti-
rnatsIy acquainted. Mr.. Young At this
tine was living In expensive style ana
entertaining iavishiy. Mrs. woodford
had a. elaborate suite IN . London
hStsl.
Ths only hint a. to what IL back Of
ths sun came from the once o, one
Of ths lawyers In tho case. to the effect
that Mrs. woodford had been persuaded
BY Nr. Young to invest IN certain Amer.
lean securities. the latter dee.a-.ne shat
the investment was for stock in q COM
pauy Of which he was only an on :or;
that he never shared In Mrs Wood
ford's purchase o. stock, and THAI nc
was never served while in London in
any action similar TO the one brought
IN the New York Supreme Court. II Is
to question the lawyers on the service
that the commission 10 now sought.
HAD VARIED FINANCIAL CA
kgGR SINCE LEAVING UTAH.
Nr. Young has had a varied hnanc. al
c,Sreer since he Abandoned III. native
Ctah. There. II IL alleged, he praet.sed
the tsnets o. Morinonism. When the son
of tile Prophet came to New York he
Lecams tdenttael with the rhipbuldlny
trust and promoted Its project abroad.
In his hnancia! operations he met Lillian
Judge, an heiress Although he was
many years her senior, II was reported
they were engaged TO wed. bat Mss
Judge soon married young English
man.
About this t!me he was involved In the
collapse OF the shipbu!ld!nz trust and
lost many thousands OF dollars. Sine
that time Mr.. Young, who now lives IN
New York. has been interested In many
enterprises. from the financing OF Broad
way shows TO the deve,SpmeSt Of rail-
roads and mines In Mexico and the
West.