Show UNCLE JESSE IS DEFENDANT IN SUIT HIT FOR SLANDER Candidate Knight Is II Asked Through Courts to Pay for Libelous Refer Reference Reference Reference ence to Provo City Attorney UTTERANCE MADE AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION Criticism of Robert Carried Harsh and fled fied Word and Complaint Recalling Expression Is Filed WORDS USED TO INJURE with the utterance of If C false lII a and defamatory word aud a JJ ai 1 of being It a slanderer Uncle Vuel Jr Jesee de ao Knight was waN made wade the defendant in a damage suit milt filed tiled IB in B the tile Third district court eurt yesterday In I b Robert Andersen city t n library if of t 1100 the lbs defendants home 10 III e Uncle Jesses voluble and ant free i of words criticisms and one of his bis bi runaway ta tt turned loose at the Veil Dem u ittU j a tit tie K L convention at dt ProM Proy S pu I t nl n r i when be he combined hIs bis aru n for p V with ith a scathing attak i his bis opponents opponent it is tl ai ao a r the tile suit just filed by b Alton Ami Amion on son During the political ad ire s given tv is to Mr Knight on un the date aate i referred to the city tty f Pr Ir IrJa J Ja uncomplimentary and lid bl HI If 17 l u using mg the word The complaint as a filed ami lilli In m wn damages damage is I sought Bought is s in fu tul ful tulas i as follows Text lext of Complaint In the district court In n and for Sat Lake county state stata of ot Utah Robert Anderson plaintiff vs vu Jesa J 5 s Knight defendant ant Comes now the plaintiff al for tor s j cause of ot action against t Ii ih II charges and alleges the ing 1 That the plaintiff was boi born n a aFountain aFountain aFountain Fountain Green Oret Utah etah and anti is I of ot t i tage I age Of 39 9 years year that he was t i l lIn in the B It Y V university of ot Provo and is III a graduate of ot th the law la w school Ann Anti Arbor state of ot and rv M since the but day of I ln 1 has hac been and is a member of ot tie the bar barthe barthe barthe the supreme court of ot the state stitt of It Vt t actually actually engaged in the e of f t profession 2 That at tie time of 01 the slander e ethe the plaintiff b by the defendant as 11 hf hr plaintiff was the oJ 1 elected qualified and acting city ity pro outing aHorner of Provo City I l t t t county state of Utah 3 That plaintiff has ha always alwa B borne borno T I good reputation imputation for and la law abiding and up to the time of or the speaking aini aiti aih uttering ottering ott of re le ta i Malicious ami ti i amui V I words word b by defendant as all hereinafter a had lud gained pined and enjoyed the I l esteem and good will of all ail Ins Ida nei nel bore bors and divers diver other good ph n ii Ht t tonly tonly only of this state but of or th shoie hoi ii country countryMan Man ao of ef Great Wealth rall 4 That during all tiie til th t ini i h i n mentioned the defendant ant Wit v n and anti i iman iman t man of extreme wealth aid aini of v great influence financially political J j jand and morally throughout the west it Continued on Page Sine Nine I UNCLE JESSE IS MADE DEFENDANT Continued from Page rase One states and especially especIal no so In the state of Utah having been nominated no as can for governor of ot the tit state of Utah By ti the Democratic st convention at Ogden in 1 1908 1108 08 and ur ait he time and place of the uttering of or the false and an slanderous words of and concerning the plaintiff as hereinafter alleged having also announced himself as such auca candidate to be voted for at the state election to b be held in 1912 5 That the said defendant well knowing the premises did at Provo City Utah county count state of Utah on the loth day da of ot September 1910 UIO in the presence and hearing of about six hundred delegates then and md there attending the Democratic state convention then and there assembled and in the presence and hearing of numerous other persons there assembled in a public speech in said state convention did speak and utter and in a loud voice proclaim and maliciously malicious falsely false and wickedly say sa of ot and ana concerning the time plaintiff the tot fol following lowing false slanderous and defamatory defamatory atory words to wit I want to tell teU you OU something about officers they elected which in my Judgment would always be the class whenever they the had a chance to elect I have no rio doubt some of you ou have read in the time papers about the time scandalous re reports reports reports ports of or the prosecuting attorney attorn e that they elected They The knew his reputation reputation tion well wail before they elected him and everybody knew he was the worst kind of a man that could possibly have been elected He was an adulterer and they the knew kne it 6 The Tue said defendant wickedly In Intending Intending Intending tending then and there to maliciously Injure the plaintiff in his feelings his hl good name reputation and in his pro profession profession profession 7 o That by b reason of which the plain plaintiff plaintiff tiff has been beau brought into public scan scandal scandal dal dat and disgrace and greatly injured In his feelings good name and reputation and in his profession as an attorney and counselor at law to the damage of ot the plaintiff in the sum sum of ot Wherefore plaintiff demands Judg Judgment meat ment against the time defendant in the sum of or I together with costs coats of or the thes suit s L J Jesse se Speech I I IcO The Tb speech which Is the basis for the complaint cO was delivered by b Uncle Jesse Tesse Knight from the first balcony of I tIm tile opera house during durin the Democratic state convention at nt Provo Prove The dele dee delegates gates were in the heat of or a discussion over a statewide prohibition plank in inthe Inthe Inthe the platform and one ono delegate was n the tue midst of a speech against I Ithe the plank when he related some in incidents of time election of ot an Independent dent ticket in Provo this ticket run running j ning against prohibition And who did you ou elect shouted Uncle Jesse Jeue Then Th n he mentioned the word to which Mr Anderson objects applying it to the city attorney The utterance caused a sensation in the hall and time the speech of Uncle Jesse was terminated as soon as he discovered his Imis indiscretion |