Show HIGH CHURCH I OffiCIALS IN INI I A LAWSUIT Joseph F. F Smith Accused of Keeping Other Peoples People's Peoples People's Peo Peo- ples pies Money Mone I MUST TELL FEDERAL I COURT WHERE IT IS Dying Woman sted Thousands to Mormon i Executors Executor's H Keeping I I Joseph F. F Smith president of the tho to Mormon church and ad other oter high church officials must appear before Judge John Joh A. A A Marshall Marhal in i the te United States distrct district dis dis- let ti-let court cour within the next nox thirty thiry days to t answer to t a suit sut brought by Edward Williams of this city to to force fore an a accounting ac ac- Everard counting on tho the estate of Sarah Srah amounting to Joseph F. F Smith Joseph Joeph W. W McMurrin rin nfl and Henry H. H Blood Bloo were appointed executors rn x by bV Mrs Mr r Everard on her deathbed deathbed death deathbed bed and th the appointment was as sustained two years ago by the tha United States court Immediately notice was sent ent out according to law Ja- asking that all claims against the thE estate state be sent fent in It I is is al 31 alleged alleged al- al J ged that the caim claims amounted to only onty 1000 Tho The money mone was placed in the hands of Joseph Joeph r. r Smith and md the other I executors of the tho estate and according to the information submitted in tho the case caseby caseby by Mr Williams lothin nothing has been heard hearl of it Ince nce All AU efforts effort to collect coned it b by those to fort whom it was apportioned in the will wi of Mrs Irs Everard E have been futile he al nl- al- al leges It I is for that reason reason that the complaint was made out and tho matter matter mat mat- ter tom brought before the court court This morning morn in jag ing a demurrer was introduced into tho the case ease askin asking that that tho the action aton be dismissed dis nis dismissed missed because of some ome alleged e. e legal defects Jud Judge Jude e Marshall l arsh overruled tho the d demurrer demur demur- mur an and ana gave tho church officials thirty days to appear in court either in proxy proy or in person Will Wi Be Sensational It is a very peculiar case cas and one I I which will wl be very ory sensational when it I comes before a jury in the United States court Mrs Irs Everard was a faithful worker in the church and accumulated considerable considerable consid consid- erable wealth in property She died in London April Apri 14 1 1906 Before her death she sho made out a will wi bequeathing all an of her estate to friends and relatives relatives relatives rela rela- I tives except which she aha disposed of in her will wi in the following language I All AJ m my roy residue shall shaU go as an endowment endowment en en- for the tho Salt Satt Lako temple to toLe tobe tobe be Le expended in such manner as Joseph JosephF F F. Smith sh shall l determine She Sho appointed President Smith and McMurrin Ic and Blood Bood as tho the executors axe exe ex- ex of the estate and the property and money pas passed ed into their hands Those who had been bequeathed money and land in the will wn have hao from time to time demanded settlement it itis itis itis is said but no settlement has hns been made Roasts Roas the Church In the information filed in the case caM Mr r. r Williams asks that the spoken of as the residue for the temple templo be apportioned equally equal among those to whom the other part of tho the will is given OR ns there is no corporation person or individual in individual I known as 35 the the Salt C lt Lako Lake temple tern tem ter- ter pIe and no DO one ono who could properly re re- the money except th the building itself which would wout not bo ho under under under un un- un- un der law The complaint includes an attack attack at at- tack on the tho church saying in part that I Ithe the money would not go to charity or orto orto to the betterment of mankind mankin but to I promoting the interests interest of polygamy unlawful cohabitation and the violation of tho the laws of the land and of God The complaint alleges that all al the church officials who have hae charge of the temple are polygamists and that tho the giving of the to them would mean tin the promoting of the interests of infamy When When the tho ca ease case e comes up for trial it will mn bo be ono one of the tho most it is apparent in a n ton long time |