Salt Lake Herald | 1894-09-19 | Page 1 | The Bemis Case

TIE BEJIIS CASE He Misappropriated Funds IJoP Kel lys Commonwealern Omaha Neb Sept l8The impeachment impeach-ment proceedings against Mayor Bemis Be-mis was the drawing card in the court todaY and the room of Judges Hope well Ferguson and Walton was crowded crowd-ed with lawyers and spectators During Dur-ing the morning session nothing was done in the way of introducing test mony the entire time being consumed In arguing the one proposition of the two councilman to strike out portions of the mayors answer on the ground that they were redundant irrelevant scandalous and Immaterial > Councilmen Hazell and Wheeler gave their testimony In the afternoon along the line tending to show the misappropriation monwealers misappro-priation of funds for the Kelly com