Show ATTY JONES ANSWERS The Charges Filed Against Him by D P Tarpey MAKES A GENERAL t DENIAL ALSO SPECIFICALLY DENIES EACH OF THE ALLEGATIONS Alleges That Tarpey Has Long Been His Enemy and Has Been a Witness Wit-ness I May Cases I Which the Respondent Was a Attorney Against Him and That the Char gsa Are the Result of Spite B H Jones the Brigham city attorney attor-ney for whose disbarment a petition accompanied by charges was filed by D P Tarpey filed a demurrer and answer an-swer with the clerk of the federal court yesterday in which he enters a general denial of Mr Tarpeys allegations allega-tions tons The matter was referred to AttorneyS Attorney-S H Lewis to inves ate and report to the court The answer in full is as follows Comes now B Howell Jones the person per-son charged in the above information under the name of B H Jones and B Howell Jones and demurring to the first charge in said complaint or petition tion says That the same is inspecific in this that it does not state the particular par-ticular perjuries mentioned and referred re-ferred to in said first charge Further answering said first charge of said petition pe-tition and not waiving his demurrer heretofore preferred said B H Jones denies that he in that certain case No 67 in the First judicial district court of the state of Utah committed any perjuries whatever or that said or any perjures will more particularly appear or that they or any of them are of rec ord in the said case or that they or any of them will appear by or be shown by the files of transcript of testimony tes-timony in said case or in any of them INDEFINITE AND UNCERTAIN 2 Said respondent further answering said case and in answer to the second matter set up in said information demurs I de-murs to the said second mater on the I ground first that it is indefinite uncertain un-certain and unspecific in this that it does not set forth when he withdrew the complaint therein referred to from the First judicial district court or I wherein he filed it on return or when he made the change therein in second matter alleged in the said complaint is I insufficient to disbar this respondent 3 Without waiving the matter aforesaid afore-said in said petition alleged the said B H Jones denies that he at any time returned to the said district court said complaint or any complaint with a slip of paper not included in the original orig-inal complaint or that said slip of paper I pa-per attempted to set up a cause of action tion upon a judgment had and obtained obtain-ed in the said Second judicial district court of the state of Utah or in any court which judgment was not obtained i ob-tained in the Second judicial district court of Utah until the month of July 1897 And he further denies that any or either of the matters set up in the sec eiher ond matter of said petition will appear on the files of any court for any cases set out in the said second matter or in I any other cases DENIES THE THIRD ALLEGATION 4 The said respondent B H Jones answering the third matter set up in the petition of D P Tarpey denies I I that he in case No 64 in the First ju I I i I dicial district court of the state of Utah entitled E A Box vs D P I Tarpey et aI or in any other case in any court whatever or as a basis of any action in said case or in any other I case inserted in his complaint or in any complaint a certain purported assignment as-signment from R K Wilson to E A Box 5 The said respondent further answering answer-ing the charge of the said D P Tar pey and in answer to the fourth charge in his petition contained denies that he ever at any time before the I department of the interior of the I United States or before any department depart-ment whatever issued stereotyped affidavits I af-fidavits setting out continuances of I cases in the cases mentioned in i the said fourth matter of the sal petition or in any other cases or that he ever at all in said department or elsewhere issued stereotyped affidavits and he denies that in the case mentioned in the said fourth matter in said petition contained he as notary public or as attorney in said cases or otherwise issued affidavits in blank attached to his jurat signature or seal or that he forwarded such affidavits to the United States land office in Salt Lake City Utah or elsewhere DID NOT ISSUE BLANK AFFIDAVITS AFFI-DAVITS And he denies that he ever at anytime any-time as notary public or attorney or otherwise issued blank affidavits in any case attached to his jurat signature sig-nature and seal or otherwise 6 The said B H Jones the respondent respon-dent in the above matter denies that he in the month of April 1897 or at any other time obtained from J P Holmgren any money or any other thing for obtaining an opinion in writing writ-ing or otherwise to be given to said Holmgren by the said B H Jones and Evans Rogers in relation to title alleged al-leged in said fifth matter or in relation rela-tion to any other matter 7 The said respondent B H Jones in answer to the sixth matter set out therein denies that he at any time I obtained from his clients or any of them in the case of Josephson vs Heed in the United States land office I at Salt Lake City Utah or elsewhere any money to be applied by him for entering of certain lands or any lands for the said Josephson 8 The said respondent B H Jones denies that he ever at any time received ceived from one Harry emmett any money whatever to he applied in sat sfaction of a certain judgment against thesaid Jemmett ALLEGES SPITE Further answering said charges the said respondent says That the party making those charges towlt D P Tarpey has been long an enemy of this respondent and has been party tc and a witness in many cases in whlcU this respondent was an attorney against the said D P Tarpey and he alleges that these charges have been brought about by the said D P Tar pey out of spite and for no other purpose pur-pose This respondent further answering he said charges says That he is a member of the bar of the supreme court of the United States that he has lever been admitted to this bar spec ally but has practiced at same by virtue of his admission at the bar of he supreme court of the United States That he has now and at all times has observed the utmost and strict good faith in all his relations with his clients cli-ents and court In all proceedings instituted in-stituted in this or any other court |