Show DAVID WANTS HIS FEE 0 J b eresting Sequel to Senatorial Bribery Investigation 4 EVANS THREATENS SUIT CLAIMS JUDGE POWERS PROMISED PROM-ISED roM 1500 Q 4 cy Story Related By An Ogden ManJudge Powers Repudiates the Claim and Tells vans t1o Go Ahead and SucCand11at s Formed Form-ed a PooL I According to a story which comes fown from Ogden DavId Evans wIll shortly brIng suit against Judge O W Powers for 1500 as attorneys fees for his servIces In connection with the Law senatorial bribery investigation some months ao It wIll be remembered that along in February last Representative A Law of Cache county brouht charges against A W IcCune the leading candidate can-dIdate before the legislature for the c Ice of Pnited States senator These cnarges resulted In the defeat of Mr 1cCune when hIs election seemed assured as-sured despite the fact that a majority 01 the legIslative committee apPointed to investigate them found Mr McCune guiltless Davids Heroism During all the long drawnout investigatIon inves-tigatIon David Evans sat with Law as his counsei Ho prosecuted the case with vigor and posed dlring it all as the defender of the peoples honor against inc power of monehe laid great stress upon the fact that he and 11is client stood alone and without back jng in their fight And he received and swallowed without gulping all kinds of compliments and pattings on the back for his heroism and selfsacrifice in taking tak-ing upon himself so hard a task in opposing himselr to Mr IcCunes array ar-ray ot legal lights all without hope or remuneration For It was 6 well known and entirely undisputed fact that Mr SLow was 1 poor man and unable to pay for any legal assistance which he mIght secure So when Mr Evans appeared ap-peared for him and fought for him durIng dur-Ing the long weeks of the investigation the impression went abroadand Mr Evans made no effort to check itthat iie was serving in the case purely and solely because he was a lover of fair play The Secret Is Out But now the true Inwardness of the uttC1 comes to light It is stated ban b-an Ogden man who Is in a positIon to know whereof he speaks that Mr Ev nn4tsserts that he was promIsed 1500 by JUdge O W Powers himself a candidate can-didate for United States senator if he would serve in the capacity of counsel for Law in prosecuting the charges against Mr McCune It was further stated that Mr Evans has made a demand de-mand upon Judge Powers for a fulfil Xlent of his agreement but has received iii satisfaction Thereupon the Ogden ftah asserts Evans told the judge that lie should take the matter into the courts and that right soon Judge Powers Denial Judge Powers when questioned concerning con-cerning the matter denied that Evans bad made any demand for hIs fee or that he had employed Evan or owed him anything If he wants to sue saId the judge let him go ahead I understand that he has not had a case for some time and I will be glad to know that lie has one at last Mr Evans Is In Mammoth and could not be reached to verify the story Formed a Pool It is understood in other quarters that there were others interested in securing se-curing Evans servIces besides JUdge Powers The others mentioned in this onnection were asserted to be Judge r King FrankT Cannon Henry 1 Ran und others who were active In opposition opposi-tion of A W lfcCunes candidacy for c the Tnited States senate It Is alleged c that these gentlemen had pooled their interests and set aside theIr differences to unite In the one grand common obi ob-i joctto defeat lIr l1cCune and that they all agreed to share the expense of employing lIr Evans to appear for Law But it would appear from the attitude I assumed by lIr Evans now that he regards re-gards Jedge Powers alone as responsible responsi-ble for that glittering offer of 1100 for his senjres and that he proposes to make the judge shell out the cash in Ii payment of the alleged Indebtedness The outcome of the case will be watch d wIth much interest I |