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Show SENSATIONAL' V , W1LL CASE. k fatlier.Charg:ed With Defrauding: His Daughter - ft3Y 'altering a deed to valu-, valu-, able property. ' ; .' .:" v The Instrument Kxccnted by a Dy-1 - injr Woman. ' " MRS. HURST SAYS MR.' BECKER ERASED A NAME , j . ' . And Then Innerted Hi Own, Thna . I llakinc Himself ' th Heir -Two Matrimonial Siisflt Adjasted by Jade Kane A Heavy Judgment Entered Acainst Colonel Shangh- Beasjr-Additional Jurors Orders by JTndse Bartch The Inquisitors -Xotes. 'A ' ' - . .. , S " ? o A somewhat sensational suit was bruoght n the Third district court today, and some tkifihly interesting developments are , expected ex-pected when the case comes to trial. The plaintiffs are Annie J. Hurst and H. W. TMint. hfir hnnhnd. nd Frederick W. iTfcck-er and William H. Dale are named as fthe defendants. The action Involves the ' title to a-valuable piece of land situated in lot 5, block 64, plat A, containing twenty- fve square rods. . Annie J. Hurst is the daughter of Fred-I Fred-I crick W. Becker, the real defendant, and she ' alleges that on October 8, 1890, her mother, Annie Becker, was ill and not expected to live for any considerable length of time. On that date Mrs. Becker executed a deed conveying" the property n.med to her daughter, daugh-ter, the plaintiff, who was then a minor, the defendant Becker being her natural puardian. The complalut sets np that tins-deed was delivered de-livered to the defendant Becer for his daughter, and that afterwards he wickedly and unlawfully altered and forgedThe deed by erasing the name of the plaintiff and- inserting in-serting hia own, and caused the deed to be Recorded on December 15, 1891j Mrs. Hurst had no knowledge of this fraud until last v Monday, wheu she discover that the deed l had been recorded, and that in addition .. y thereto her father bad mortgaged the prop-erty prop-erty to William s IL Dale trustee for the t Lombard Investment cipany, obtaining in- - - m . ypy'1 . si - .r- it - TT'he plaintiffs pray JudgmetS that th title of Annla J. Hurst to the property be quieted agaiaat all claims of the defendants, and that they be compelled to show what interest in-terest in the same they claim to have and that the aame be adjudged invalid and void. H. W. Smith the plaintiffs' attorney. Matrimonial Misfits. Judge Zane diapoaed of two divorce 'eases In short order this morning. The first waa that of Wm. I. Hart vs. Lil-tian Lil-tian Ilart. The defendant made no appearance appear-ance and it waa shown that the parties were . married here ia 1S00, and the wife abandoned her husband one year later. The pl&intiff j ras granted hia decree. ' , Tn the second case Fhebe J. Ellin was th plaintiS aad John H. Ellia th defendaat. These partiea were married in Bountiful in 870 and th plaintiff waa granted an abao-ute abao-ute divorce on the grounds of drunkenness, cruelty and failure to provide, the defendant telng ia default. The Inquisitor. Th grand jury resumed work again this morning, after a rest of tare days. It is lust plble that the inquisitors may complete com-plete thlr labors and make a final report late this aftarnoon. AddialoaalJuror. The following additional petit juror wre worn In this morning: Jamea W. Pitt, W. J. Birohatt, William Butoltcv, Thoma Hull, Grandavlll Gillatt aad C. L. Hlataan. 1 - ; l v Tomorrow's Settings. . - American Oak Leather Co. vs. Standard Gig & Leather Co. et aL Emma Smith va. Charles 8mlth. r Court NoUa. 1 WUSlam K. Gedge tr'dis briaga auit for ? YA1,"1 MJciety,Gedge. ing, in S.r V, thllton vs. Brown, do in IX Yrhidkttissed. nVjT sit of T. Ellis ! f ha been wlth- S fa wa entered in r S. Smith and sa . , "C ther j ound |