Show BUTLERS TO SUE SUE- G C CUTLER Grocers Grocer's s 's Son to Ask for Damages a Divorce D I I Suit Suil Is Is' Started by the Wife Wife n Governor J John olm C. C Cutler of the state of Utah win will winT T within thin the next nest few fer days be the target for a civil action for redress for damages clone done to the person and feelings of his son law Thomas E. E Butler Under cov cover cover r of a smoke cloud o of pf f mystery emanating from the rival headquarters r the capitol building of the state and the little grocery r store on State street a fierce legal battle has been waged ever since since the Governor fired the first shot by T biffing huffing his son-in- son law lav in the nose and secluding his daughter from her husbands husband's husbands husband's hus hus- bands band's gaze The battle has been begun by the be service I hus-I of I summons and failure to file complaint in a divorce action brought in ill In n behalf of Mrs 1 Mabel i Blanche Cutler Outler Butler I Three weeks reeks ago ngo Governor Cutler procured procured pro pro- cured the service of summons for a di- di I action upon young youn Butler Under the law tun ton days das are nl owed nf r service service ser ser- vice vico of summons in which to file com- com P-J P plaint The ten ton days davs expired Built Both sides b by this timo time hail had engaged ed an elaborate clabo I Irato rato rate lc legal al staff stag Tho The chief of staff of the tho Cutler forces is Carl A. A Bad Badger Bader er of Booth Booth Leo Badger Auerbach building build build build- in ing K- K Attorney R R. R Van an Cott of Van Cott in in tho the Deseret bank building I was wa retained by y tho the Butlers I A mutual agreement was made b by I which ten moro morn days were given to file fie I Ithe the complaint Again no complaint i The Tho ten days as a's expired last Friday Mr Van Cott told TIlE THE TELEGRAM toda today I that he will not allow another renewal an and so tho summons has spent its legal Try for Annulment In tho the meantime as ammunition for the governors o forces it was su suggested that the marria marriage o might be annulled Nothing cano canto ot of this flank lank movement The Tho Mormon elder ehler who married tho the couple is is in in good standing Thousands of persons are arc married ever every year by Mormon elders Miss Cutler and aud Mr Butler arc are each 26 6 years ears of ago Como Come now tho the Butler forces marching I bravely to the tho attack John C C. C Cutler is well known to tho the people of Salt Lake C City ty Aside from those whom they serve with very good I I groceries and their few personal I friends the tho Butlers are arc not well known i I i I I They rum run n a little shop around the corner cornor cor cor- ner nor at 10 South State street John I cor-I M M. Butler the father is perhaps 50 years ears earsoM old oM Father Talks Hard I When he lie gets get ct worked up over what has hns been handed hande his son sou ho lie is il 50 years year young lie Ho was morn horn in in Derbyshire I 1 I and imd when ho lie gets ma mad his talk reverts I to the strong tron Saxon of Middle England II Ho Ile 0 tins has worked hard all his lifo life and shows it it He Ile and his two sons personally personally person person- i ally handle the business of tho the store storo I Cutler is rich famous an and at nt the tho head of tho the law of the tho state The Butlers I are arc hard working not well off an and of I no political status whatever But they ther wheeled into action just tho the same sante as if as Mr Butler put it this morning John John C. C Cutler was no moro more than any other man before the law In I fact Mr h. Butler had the thu temerity to I suggest that perhaps in in n a land o of of law lawand lawand lawand and freedom he lie was aa as good a l man maD as tho the governor Jo Butler Sr who does the talking and directs the tho fi fighting of tho the little HUlo store storo around the corner corners corner's t s arm army said today that their forces would never sound retreat ro re treat that his boy should have havo redress for his Jus wrongs should got at back tho the wife ho be loves lo an and that John C. C Cutler will have o to foot the b bill 11 for his hs actions in inthe inthe the tho case calc Planning Damage Suit Mr Butler said that n a dama damage c suit was in contemplation nn That heretofore tho thor they hall had been waiting to find out what tho the Cutler attorneys wore going oin to put into tho the divorce petition that action in offense will no now follow quickly Owing to their desire to develop the attack the Butlers have not yet et d decided on the details of the action which thc they will prefer a against Cutler or on the amount nt at which they the value a punch in the nose a forcible e ejectment a n wife and tho the lost honor a of being related to John C. C Cutler Only Civil Action Attorney Ray flay Van Cott says tha that thai while John C. C Cutler committed a misdemeanor misdemeanor mis mil demeanor when ho he committed assault and batter battery on his client Thomas E. E Continued on pago 7 i. I BUTLERS TO SUE Continued Continue from page e 1 Butler ho will prefer only a R civil ciril action action action ac ac- ac- ac tion that ho hI is retained by the Butlers Bullers to fight tho the divorce case i if any ever over finally comes his way and to redress the wrongs sustained by his client in being deprived of his wife and violent violently thrown out of the Cutler premises lie Ire refuses t tp state otate whether or not bethinks he be thinks criminal action rai might ht lie against tho the governor for detaining another man mans man's 8 le legal al wife In fact ho sidesteps sidesteps side side- steps tho the criminal proposition entirely Mr Van Cott was seen at his office in inthe inthe inthe the second floor of the Deseret bank building at 11 ii 0 o'clock clock this mornin morning Ho He seemed scorned at first surprised that news of the time proposed suit euit had reached THE TELEGRAM Ho He was guarded in many of his statements concerning the action but outspoken concerning the wrongs vron 8 suffered by bv his client chent In other words like a sk skillful general he refused to divulge his hiB hism plan llan of attack but was perfectly willin willing m to announce in no uncertain terms the tenor of his fi fighting spirit Will Fight to End Encl We are arc in the tho fi fight ht you mai may say declared There to the bitter end he ho are arc many phases of the tho case which I I. I naturally do n not t wish to talk about Mr Van but since said Cott you are aro hero I do not mind mimi informing you that some sarno three weeks n ago o a summons for a divorce was served on my client young youn Mr Butler by the attorneys for Mr Cutler Booth Leo BadgerS Badger Under our Utah law ten days das ma may elapse elapse- before before be be- fore the filing of a n complaint After the ten days dRYS had lapsed elapsed Mr Badger asked naked me mc to allow him ten days das more morn in in which to file tho the document u This This I granted ranted him The Tho ten days expired last Friday I shall not allow sHow him a further extension Tho The summons sum Bum mons mona which has been served has accordingly accordingly accord accord- in ly lost its le legal nl force Legally their divorce suit is is dead dead- Holds Marriage Valid It uIt is possible that they thoy have hayo or may take steps to annual the tho marriage The couple were married by Geor George e I D. D Folkman Folkman Folk- Folk man an elder eider in the tho Mormon church at Ogden who is in good lood standing in tho the 1 Mormon church Tho The couple are aro both over a age e. e My client is 26 6 years old and his wife is a few aw months older I understand At any rate they thoy are aro both bothwell bothwell bothwell well over the legal leal age ac Mr Van Cott here road tho the Utah marriage marriage mar mart law which is contained in the Revised Revised Re Re- statutes of Utah 1887 Many thousand people are married each ench year under this statute b by Mormon Mormon Mor Mor- mon men elders olden he ho said in exactly the tho thoI way way- in which 1 Mr r Butler married his wife Thero There is no doubt of the legality of the time marriage and I think the tho opposition tion must have como come to tho the same conclusion as there is nothing stirring i in that di redion at least so far as I know i J y Protect Civil Rights Eights v Now as ns to what further action I am employed to t take kc beyond fi fighting a possible pos poe sible divorce suit Buit w which has not material materialized mate mate- rial zed I am retained to protect this thi mans man's civil rights and to obtain for him redress for the tho injuries which which- he be has hag sustained at tho the hands of Governor 5 p Cutler t When asked as to the form of or redress redress' which would bo be taken Mr Van Cott intimated that there thero were two courses which the tho law nw might take One Oxe of them ho he admitted was a n suit for damages and the tho other a criminal n ac- ac j tion He took down the tho law book a again ain and read the Utah statute on and shook his head over ever it Even if there were a criminal statute stat stat- 1 uto ute under which action against the tho governor goT gov ov- ov ennor might lie He he said I I have havo nothing noth noth- in ing to do with it lit is not my duty duty duty- 2 I employment nor purpose to find or push 4 such euch an action I am to obtain redress for the won wrongs 9 of my ray client clent at nt civil law Says Governor Is Liable While it it is ig true truo that one of the the- won wrongs sustained by my client clent was an assault which was criminal in the sense sonso that assault and a 8 battery bater is a at misdemeanor it i would bo ho up to the thet J r authorities of the law to handle tho the cri criminal end of that that- I merely present an action acton in a civil court to obtain proper redress for this and other othor injuries in in- juries Junes uries such as a the expulsion of ofA my client clent from the Cutler Cuter house honse the undue un un- r. nn-r. duo due influence brou brought bt to bear on his his' wife to alienate her from rom him hint and theother the other injuries injures numerous enough h to be be sure which ho has ha sustained at the governors governor's hands When asked point blank if the suit suit for redress would woud take tako tko the form of a damage damaso suit expressed in definite f fig fie ures urea of money and if so how much 4 would oud be asked Mr r. r Van Tan Cott Cot smiled and shook his head J I Father Fater Sees Clearly John Butler Buter the father of the boy when seen at the little shop around around the corner was not sq reticent He was r careful in his disclosures and undoubtedly undoubtedly edly intended to bo be moro more eo so eo but he is the k d of a R man to whom ri right ht and wrong are very clear things and won wrong makes him mad mad mad especially especially when it is dono done to his bis son He is not overawed by the fact that hi his opponent is the goventer governor gov gov- ov- ov enter of Utah and ad is not afraid to say that ho he is not lie Te spoke with deep feeling in the tho matter mater I tho the form m the Exactly fon damage suit snit will wi take I do not care earo to discuss Yen can see why that is he ho said We WB t dont don't want to give gie away our ton tion end But fight 1 I We Wo will wi f fight ht to tho the Ire Ho lo spoke in much the tho same manner man man- ner ncr and as determinedly as had the at at- torney torny John Cutler Cuter is not different before I Ithe the law from any an- another other man He ha has i taken my sons son's wife wie away from him lie Ho le attacked my son without Tovo t n- n tion ton smashed him in the tho faco face and threw I him out ant of tho the house Governor Govero as B a a Boy II Cutler is no better beter th thin than n any one else cIso When he was my boys boy's a ace e he ha had not reached any higher plane of finance than has Thomas He was a n j Lancashire man and aud I am from Derby Derby- shire He le was wh what t wo we call caU over thc there e a stocking that is a man nina who works or I in in 1 a woolen factory The Tho wa wanes ca are aro t 1 low and tho the social position is ni nil His wife was a dau daughter of the Bishop Taylor Tay- Tay J lor br who was thrown out of tho the Mormon ormon church for practices not fit ft to ment mention n. n I II I I. do not think the girls girl's irl s 's lineage o compares com com- pares parcs let lot us say more than favorably with wih my boys My ry v boy bop has bas always been a good boyHe boy boy- Ho He and nna Mabel Cutler went to together Joo ether for three years We nono none of us knew the elopement was coming off of He had gone fone freely to the Cutler Cuter house and when it it- it did come off of and the marriage was wa solemnized d and the tho governor objected to tho the marriage marrage I was wag greatly reaty surprised Not First Time Either Mabel abel Cutler was no child There Thore had ha been another serious serious affair almost of this kind kund and she went east for a year Sho She was old enough h to know her own mind and m my son to know hisle his He le loves his wife wie sir sir and they have bave taken her away from hi mand prejudiced diced her against him by underhand and foul means Does Mabel Cutler Cuter Butler Buter love love your son sont I Mr Butler was asked After the fight which wasn't a fight at nil all but a cowardly attack atack unon my myson myson son by y tho the governor Mabels Mabel's last words r t 5 wore were She Loves Both Bot II I love them both and oh how bow Twant T I Twant t want to obey them both What hat was the tho nature of the attack and was wag Mrs Butler Mrs Irs Butler Butor was not present at ai all aU of the tho interview intervieW as I understand it I replied her father in one me De governor got gov sov called caled b bj- bj son Bon every overy foul na name c he f could lay Iny his ton tongue ue on Ho no struck him repeatedly My Mv son Bon did not strike back so l said the tho father proudly p. p He had too much respect for the tho girl To Got Get Gt Wife Vio Back Bak J Both Mr r. r Butler Buter and IIi his attorney were were more ore or r less les no non non committal comitta on oct the he ul sub sub- of getting Mrs Mra Mabel label Cutler Cuter but Hut LV ler Jer back to her ber husband Mr Mr Butler I says saya that his son bon lon loves his wife vile and that they will wi exhaust c every means and otherwise otherwise inferring of course cours persuasion per per per- suasion suasion to bring tho couple together As to legal means Mr Van Cott refused re reo fused to state what stops steps if any ho bo t would take Sho was wa clearly held b by coercion coercion I Inn an nn mind was wrought ht upon by undue undue un due duo influence He was asked if it a court cout order a 11 writ wrt of mandamus could be obtained to restore restore re ro- re- re store tho the woman to hor her husband He HeA le said Eaic A habeas corpus mi might ht aud and that was all Mr M. M nIl Butler Sr also emphasized time the influences time the governor oror co md hi-md hn brou brought h to bear to separate the tho couple and to turn the mind miu of tho the girl irl against ho o bo boyThe boyThe boy The fact fat that ho was not a rich man and that she was or would be bt a s rich woman oman was waa tho the worst they could do ho bo said |