Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-07-09 | Page 4 | Attorney for Beebe is Rebuked by Court

and he told that during seven years operation in Salt Lake . as a lock expert, ex-pert, he had opened 300 safety deposit boxes in Salt Lake banks. He testified his work was always done on the bank's order without question and that the opening of a box took about thirty minutes to drill . the lock and provide new keys. The hearing will be resumed re-sumed this morning. MIEY FBR BELIE IS REBUMf COURT D. N. Straup Requested to Exercise Restraint in His Language. Protesting he did not feel he had committed contempt, Attorney D. H. Thomas, who with Attorney Ashby 8 now was cited for contempt to appear before Judge Harold M. Stephens, offered of-fered "humble apology" yesterday in the event that the court should hold with leniency his disregard shown the order for opening of a safety deposit box rented at t he Zion 's Savings Bank and Trust company by Lorenzo -N Snow. During the argument on behalf of the cited men, Attorney D. .'. Straup provoked the court to make a request that he be more temperate iu his language lan-guage and to comment that the court had previously been irritated by the manner of his associate counsel for the defense, Attorney James Ingebretsen. Attorney Srraup protested his emphatic em-phatic language was to be credited to zeal in behalf of his client rather than charges to disregard for the dignity I of the court. j Hearing of the ease of O. C. Becbe. cashier of the Zion V Savings Bank and I Trust company, ami Attorneys Thomas : and Snow to show cause why they '.should not be judged in contempt pro-j pro-j grossed yesterday through taking of j the testimony of' Mr. Thomas, j On the witness stand Attorney .Tlionias testified that his action iu I connection with 1 1 1 e matter o t' the court's order on his client, Mr. Becbe, was t a ken with no a ppreciat'mn that j he was risking contempt of court. He I said in a convorsat ion by t deplume, j had with Attorney Jensen of counsel j for the "Won (.'ache Sugar company, lie j had gained the impression t he order j would not be pressed, until lie should I have time to appear in court and offer ' a motion to quash the order. ; W. K. Schoppe. chief deputy of the '. sheriff's office, had previously tesri-'. tesri-'. f ied tha t when he wa s ret u-'vj. access ; to the box of Mr. Stohl by Mr. Bobe and thr two attorneys, tin protest hud been offered that the box could not be opened except w::h dynainitL, in the . absence of Mr. Stnhi's key. j Previous, t h-1 t estim my of Jack flower.' a lucksuii'h. had been taken,