Show THE PROVEN an ordered by chief ju custica zino ano and malo maio some timo time iio alwo trim THE JOUR JOURNAL 1141 made out a strong indictment against commis ioner C CC C goodwin anti and f filed the ilia same with nith chief justice zane of 01 the llie tori supreme court about ono one week later a petition wrap WAR sen imbt to the department of justice and it embodied tile the folio following ing charges commissioner goodwill liia has been in the hibit of charging a livo live dollar per biern where there he ha wo was only entitled to three goodwin log has charged his per diem in default cases contrary to law lie he has I 1 tor for rolo moneys that lie aft afterward emard rendered judgment ajr r thus to pay their accounts twice lie ile has baa given persons sued in liis his court to understand that no action would be taken against them anil and when they chev failed to appear by reason leaion of this representation lie lias has rendered judgment against them by default ile has bats made exorbitant charges in in almost every case that brought belbie hm him lie has failed to keep keel liis his locket docket straight or his hii lee ice bills itemized accordia according to law these the charges charges were made in the petition tion sent to the Sup soprenio renio court of utah arid and this petition was signed by every at attorney terney in lonan loga n except R kapp ap P I 1 I 1 1 I all ban arid Ila nimond attorney rapp kapp may bo be excuse excused it from froin si gnit ri because e ca use it was nas never presented r to liim hial on oil account of ins his connection with Commies commissioner ioner goodwin goodin put lint why aby AV V AV maufhan or james T Ilam ll ammond nond should reluse refuse to a ask ak for ini an iril investigation eftig aaion of nn an official against eliom they have heard so touch much COL plaint and of whose arbit ar iary way of costs they must know something is past our comprehension we e are loth to believe that they would do anything to shield such an all ns as this commissioner is proven to be nor can call wo ne think then ignorant of his conduct they are the oldest attorn attorneys evs of the county FOlint yand and should have beet been forc foremost in in the split lit yet it must be a matter alost of baliff alion to tile newer nemer members of the bir bar that they alone took this matter to the courts arid and waged this war w aga dinst or we trust there is ia pome mistake under tv which I 1 ell thebe t IHO 0 attorneys old reci residents dents of cache county who might naturally baa lae e its welfare elfare i and that of its people more at heart were laboring and alid we c hope to hear some explanation from them of the course they have bave seen fit to tale take however IIo that petition signed by W II if ane snelling I 1 ling C 11 II hart 11 II C C rich J E hart alart geo Q rich kich U D A reavill Ke avill noble warrum jr and J 0 walters NV 1 I 1 te r 8 was sent to judge zine art an order no as mediately made and signed by three justices of the die cupi erne eme court appointing jos fos 1 I bache clerk of the supreme court as a committee of one to investigate the conduct arid and records of C C goodwin in rol following loning is a I 1 copy of tho the order as it appears on tile docket of the highest tri tribunal burial in this thia territory WHEREAS certain charges having been bac n brought to the attention of this court against C 0 goodwin goodwill of logan city ibis territory a united I 1 cited tates states coal commissioner missioner niss ioner heretofore appointed appoint ed by this thia court it is ordered that joseph 1 bache tile the clerk of this cobit be appointed to t examine into the slid said charges cli arges and andt to hear an any yandall and all testimony that may be offered by all parties interested relating to said charges arid and to bi bis a fitness for tile office of united states com iniss mission ioner crt and that he be shall eliell report to the court in writing with all convenient emeld liia his findings in the premise i ILIP this was waa signed by judges i zane zalle blackburn and miner mr cach bach accordingly came cacao to log losan an conday evening and as it was late tile the investigation ait a ton was postponed till ill alo e follow ing in after spending the forenoon lo looking over ever the coin in ers dockets mr lache bache and witnesses called in the af after ter iron david evans cf the law airro of evans it rogers was waa on hand hall of to earn a fee from tile the commissioner Commis ioner in looking after his tide side of the cas case 0 the first call called 01 ol was as henry griffiths from denson ward ile ho lied that lie was notified in A annl pill of 1891 to call arid and settle an account left in goodwins Goo dwina hands bands for collection ile he did so eo and took goodwins receipt for ane same in tile alio foien rOll month lie has as sued this same account and noti notified fled to appear ile iio p paid ai no attention to the summons as al be had Good goodwins ins receipt for the full mount amount judgment was vias then rendered against ili him m by default and one of his hoites taken and told sold by order of the court tile the amount N was as thus collected twice hy bv tile the fco bo called court once with costs and all the surplus arising from the sale poL etee by tile the as griffiths never heard beard a word about it when this testimony monr was questioned by attorney evans mr griffiths produced all tile the papers in the case including tile ilio receipt subsequent rub sequent summons and execution to the utter amazement of the attorney for the defense mr john asli ash tile gun gunsmith sinith was called and he ties testified tidied that com cent goodwill in offered to dismiss a charge pending against him of unlawful cohabitation provided ash would moult I 1 give him good in a eliot gun ash refused and tile the matter vaa as dropped goodwin then attempted attempt ed to explain the bv that t n it lie offered to take the pun gun bit but I 1 lit in order to lo make a case of bribery armins lie alil M man inan ile ho said that ahai ash had first coffele i him a piece of ground lit the lit heal eat field but bill lie refund it sir mr snelling yn ellins as asked cd him why ile ho take the laud land if beuan hen aired eato to make out a case r of if bribery as he mould then have ash on oil record hut but the commissioner vouchsafed vouch no explanation ex pin nut ion mr ash also testified that goodwin wanted tile the finest gun made sin an english gun gnu and was not to bo be satisfied with mith anything else the attorney 3 suggested thatis that a cheap gun would woul I have ans suied vied just na as well vell in milking a cas I 1 ish ash but bill tile the conjio ioner could coul I 1 not lot 1 by a better gun would mould make at better carnor cas nor could lie he tell why lie wanted two tio guns one for the deputy and one for himself mr asli ash ilso also testified that it at tile the time in question lie he had no land in tile west field or elsewhere to offer lr the lie clinnin lioner anti and that it nothing thing at all M is as said s iid about land dr PAs kineon testified ild that lie hid had placed thirteen accounts in tile the hanis hands of mr rapp for collection had not ordered suit still they wc ie all sued upon belore before good goodkin nin in parkinson knew ins about it although he lived in he saine paine blok ciolk this court was as located lit in lr dr snow and or lit shy m were ere called but their testimony was immaterial mr G 1 I reader testified that lie had left accounts with s ith goodwin goodwill A katon eaton KAI eai Attorn attorneys evs at law I 1 ibey hey were sued saied on 1 by eaton before goodwin goodwill and when mien reeder asked for the goodwill told him that eaton tail stolen it and that it lie u refused to pay 1 ay i 0 over v er mr burton the baker testified that lie he had bee been it sued before goodwill upon an all account lie ile did not owe that lie be on vinced the court of this thin fact and the court to tile lie case cage later on good in ran a bit bill at bakery when asked to pay it boodin Oo odin refused saing sa ving that lie nou would ld credit it on that case it was afterwards discovered disco ered that the dose cose hid had never been dismissed but that it judgement jud gement tail been rendered by default goodwin goodwill denied everything about the dismissal di missal of the lie suit put but deputy sheriff crockett crocket t edlore SH ore that lie he had applied to goodwin for or his hia fees fee in so and that goodwin goodwill bail said the ease had been dismissed goudin goodwin on cross S examination said that tie lie hd run the bread bill on purpose pur to get these custa A german front from providence by bv the name of I 1 II lad adderly derly sore that Go goodwill edwill asker asked hini for fifty dollars to dismiss it ii charge of u unlawful cohabitation coli abit tion zi against 1 dinst his son ron but the old ld nun re refusal ruzell to consider cop consider sider tile proposition athi M 1 bitted the conver conversa sitson flon but add that lie asked for fifty dollars to get the old gentleman lit an attorney was recalled and denied fie hearing it ring anything at all said about an attorn attorney ev city cit recorder lie corder anderson leave gave pome ouie very damage dama geins ing evidence against the commissioner notes left with willi liim him lor for collect collection on mr davis of the depot store teti testified fied to similar conduct in making for him arid and after goodair good H in being sharply questioned oncil by attorney hart on his hie docket the prosecution rested attorney evans introduced mr rapp happ who ho said that lie had brought about cases cafeo lit in good goodwins ins court anti and that only in t or three had lie been I 1 lequir ed to advance the costs lie also said that in it a elsewhere c ASO v he re G in had been bbown to have charged two per dieas diems in tile hame battle case on oil the same day it had bad been at his cation attorney AV V W maughan Mau glian tho ri nent ent on the stand ui tu testify for the ile he thought goodwin ic ie in hi hia 8 charges but had never examined into the matter closely nor tried is as man many cases cages before him as had most of the ot others ers attorn attorneys evs C C goodwill 1 was as put upon HIP sta stand nil and only boniv askell ask j his name I 1 his hia age and liow how long he had lived in cache county then evans made a very pod good speech worth say about a I 1 I 1 undred hundred I 1 I 1 dollars arid and when lie lat sat dom down it snelling Su elling v wiped aped the floor with bint the investigator took look liis his notes to salt lake ake l with him and by tile next bitting bil tins of the tha supreme court his report will be on oil lile file then too look for something to drop in view of the tact fact that eliat complaints hae been made time arid and agin again to the supreme court concerning tile the conduct of this commissioner it is ia very aruba blo that lie he will ivill go ile HP lias has been asked to I 1 besign before but it is said that governor thomas interceded intercedes inter ceded for him little libbril Li beril is now out of tile rin ains arid and nothing stands in the way of a prompt dismissal although the wily commie lioner has baa made his hii boasts sinco his liefl ease has been taken tip lip that lie ile would neer resign it is safe cafe to say that lio lie will ill DC removed with ea opt op 0 ilicin it I 1 is ia evident that lie mould clep dioio down if and out unless of course he feels t that lat lie is leaving leavin too ant at a thial iliin g |