Show BEAVER EAVER PROBE POE REOPENS ROPEN 6 L Treasurer Had Big Investments in Oil Land Says Say Witness Secretary to commission omm er Testifies About Personal Papers EXPERT ENGAGED L. L A. A Man to Scan Keddington Ked ICed I 0 U tJ Max Beaver wu was extensively Interested In In- in land and oil company investments prior to his nis death by poison on March 5 5 according to testimony offered MondaY before a coroners coroner's inquest by Miss Stella Conner secretary to C Commissioner of Finance Charles N. N Fehr Miss 1 Conner personal papers of Mr Beaver er which whick he bad left in her possession at times upon the opening of the tho Inquest was started last week and continued In order to give moro more to check up upon upon on several possible leads In city treasury shortage case and death of the treasurer I She testified that among the paPers papers pa- pa pers were some of the MountaIn States Petroleum com company pan which disclosed the tact fact U that at R 11 N. N Young and Ernest Colvin also were interested inter inter- ested in the same company There were other papers to show the same three men were interested in some Wyoming oil lands she pile said John Rice county attorney ques ques- Miss Conner about h her r con oon- with Beaver Deaver on the Thursday before his death She said he came Into the office and she aho asked about his lIs health Worse orse he said You are looking better and look like you have gained some weight Miss Conner says sars she told him No 10 I am worried and cant can't sleep he was quoted as saying Have Havet yo oU used sleeping powders powders pow pow- ders ho was asked Yes but they dont don't do any good I have something on my mind which no one or nothing can help MIss Conner saId Beaver also was interested in Florida land investments invest invest- ments and that he owned some mining property In Nevada Ke which a man had turned over to him in payment for a loan lIe He at one onetime onetime time purchased shares in Bingham mining stock she Continued on page 5 Treas r Had Bi In Oil La Land d Says Witness Continued rom from page 1 declared and sold it at the same price he be paid about 1200 One other company he was Interested in was the tue Duchesne Land and Oil com company pan she declared Mrs Mario larie L L. Brown rown abstractor I li-i li 1 the the city treasurers treasurer's office was called to the stand after Miss Con Con- ncr ner She testified about handling the he tax redemption certificates and told about the copies One for the treasurer one for or the auditor audi audi- tor and one for the property owner Upon questioning from John Rice she said she receIved several telephone tele- tele phone calls for Colvin between 12 and 1 o'clock on March 5 the day Beaver was found dead Calvin Colvin was supposed to have been In the office at that time according to his own testimony Karl E. E Williams deputy county auditor was recalled to the stand and questioned about talking with Colvin in the corridors ot of the city and county building on March l 11 lIe said be had talked to Calvin Colvin one I day during the trial but could not recall which elate date lie He said he told Colvin then that he was ready to testify any time Colvin was vas ready for Cor him to Calvin Colvin told him he would bring his name Into It as sOOn as aI re he needed him Williams said Rico questioned Williams about being taken to the county attorneys attorney's office and about his refusal there to tell his story until threatened with arreSt arret Williams said he had refused refused re- re fused to tell the stor story but that he had done clone so because Mayor Bowman had askEd him not to repeat repeat re- re I peat it to anyone IIo io later said I however that 1 ho must have been I as S the mayor denied warning him to keep silent Upon direct questioning by John RIce Williams denied that he ever had the triplicate COl i of time the tax redemption certificates sent to the auditors auditor's office Reddington Keddington previously had stated that It was Williams Williams' duty to do that Work and had intimated that Williams was ovas tr trying ing to shUt shift the responsibility to Deputy Peterson Dont you ou think It would c be peculiar liar If n. n N. N Young recommend mend you for that Work rk Rice I asked Williams I dont don't think he eer ever did was was was' Williams Williams' re-pl re reply Well If I were to t tell li you Ou that he Wad had done so 50 wouldn't you OU think it was peculiar yes YeR I Harriet Calvin COhin the estranged wife of Ernest J. J Calvin Colvin was scheduled to take the witness stand Monday afternoon but although although- city detectives detec detec- tives tried for several hours to find her bel they report reported eel failure Chief ot of Detectives D. D II Clayton was called to the stand after Wll- Wll llama IIams had finished his testimony and refuted two statements made by bythe bythe the deputy audItor Williams had testified that he hoard heard Calvin Colvin telephone from his apartment on the morning of the death but did not know whom he called lIe He also said front from the stand that he did not know where a a. bottle of whisky and glasses sante-glasses some glasses In time the apartment were setting Clayton that Williams told him that Calvin Colvin telephoned one of the telegraph companies from the apartment and he said that Williams also told him that the 5 whisk d glasses gi ue e o ft a small end table the Inthe room room er Beaver was found dead Mayor John P. P Bowman his determination to keep City Auditor Auditor Au- Au 1 Alvin Keddington under fire until the I IOU 0 U question Is cleared d dup I up by announcing that Ulton Carlson Carl Carl- son Los Angeles handwriting expert ex- ex pert pert will be brought here to determine determine deter deter- mine the authenticity of Keddington's tons ton's pink slip which was found among ers Beavers personal papers papers pa pers Decision to employ the Los Angeles man was made wn following following fol- fol lowing a conference between t 11 the mayor maor and City Attorney Shirley Shirle P. P Jones EXPERT ENGAGED We Ve feel that the city commission commis- commis sion Sian the city auditor and the public pub pub- lie lic are entitled tb the best and most unbiased judgment in regard to the thc disputed I lOUs lOU's 0 Us U's Jones said after the conference and for this reason we have ha decided to employ time the ser ser- rices of at Mr Ir Carbon Carlson The mayor made tg no direct comment corn com ment on an Keddington's statement in which the city auditor charged the mayor with responsibility lot tOr the condition of the city treasury accounts accounts ac- ac counts because of lois hiR failure to demand a general audit in 1927 lIe He said however he would probably prepare a reply later In the day da in his statement defended defended de- de fended himself on the grounds that as cit city auditor he has no authority to take tal e over o the treasurers treasurer's office and make a general audit of the accounts |