| Show THE CHURCH SUITS 0 the inquire as aa to compensation for the receiver and attorneys THEY TEMY WANT IT TO BE A PAYING JOB the attorneys ask ten dollars each for their advice the inquiry as to the compensation ot of receiver F P H dyer and attorneys P L williams and G S peters la in the suits of the united states vs the church was resumed last evening before referee sprague Spra sue it will be remembered that at toe the first session of the examination john H groesbeck was the ely only witness examined his idea as TO the compensation of the Re receiver celver being that he be should receive five per cent of et the value of the prop erty handled bandied last evening marshal iyer dyer was called and testified in effect I 1 am the receiver in the case of the kf cited states vs the late corporation lot the church of jesus christ of latter day uinta saints was appointed to such office on the ath dw of novem november ter 1887 and qualified within a few days thereafter was required to rive give a bond in there were eleven or twelve men on the bond I 1 believe it was approved some sometime time in november I 1 had bad intended out a detailed statement of all my WORK AS hEC EIVER but having havins been away from home some time and having reached here bere only this morning mornine my statement will not ahne he as full as it otherwise would hare beren been soon after my appointment I 1 went on with my duties and found certain persons iu in possession of the temple block gardo house and tithing office I 1 made a demand for these properties and in a few days they were surrendered the tithing office gardo house and historians Historia nm office I 1 atter alter wards warda leased to mr winder and others othera the temple block was also leased ato to ahem them pending the outcome of the suit for the nominal sum of 1 I 1 this was dove done by the advice of my attorney who had thi the e idea that it would even dually RO go back to the church under the saving clause my mv busin business pas was done only with mr winder preston and burton not belue found in december I 1 went to the presidents office and took char charge e of 0 all the property I 1 found there re the seizing of these books proved valuable to us because they afforded a clue to the ownership ownership of the church farm arm and were the connecting link with the ownership of considerable property that we afterwards discovered beloid belonged belon Ked to the church three suits were established in ogden and seven in salt lake the result of these suits and the evidence brou brought ht out before the examiner enabled us to get at the evidence of fraudulent transfers of nearly all the property held oy by the church people who held beld this property in trust contradicted TH and faced placed themselves in such a II 11 baht lit that they after afterwards deemed it better bette to give up ap the pro property held in trust by bj them notably there here was the gas stock which it was alleged had bad been transferred to james jack on the ad of march but it subsequently developed that the transfer was made after that time I 1 then made a personal demand on mr jack for the stock and soon afterwards I 1 obtained it mr jack acknowledging that lie be had bad merely held it in trust for the the par value of the stock to is per share but it is hardly I 1 w worth orth as much as that I 1 believe ifer e this block of stock recovered from the church is worth between and 7 later I 1 the of the street car stock which mr armstrong claimed be had bad purchased for and the result was that the stock was turned over to me the amount being I 1 believe about another suit was brought against john 0 cutler to recover as the property of the church several shares in the provo woolen mills suit was also brought against Z C M I 1 to recover a like amount of 0 shares in the same company these SUITS WERE DISMISSED on the payment of the money in settlement lie he then went on to relate tale recovery of the real estate estat known as the wells corner amounting to about ab out the constitution building and grounds worth about the property known as the ciurca firm farm which he now holds without any opponent and continued there was a pie piece c e of ground east of the NEWS corner worth I 1 also found that angus al cannon held in trust for the church certain pieces of property near Co coalville alville these were surrendered to me as receiver and I 1 now hold them they are valued at about there were also vast numbers of sheep feri eted out as near as I 1 could get at it about head I 1 received orders for the delivery of these sheep to me and found that they were scattered in small bunches throughout the entire length of th territory from kanab in the south couth to a point beyond lost creek in the northeastern part ot of utah indeed some were as faraway far away as hilliard wyom wyoming tug I 1 kept from one to seven men steadily engaged in the field gathering in these sheep which were found in fifty seven different lots I 1 save gave this matter mailer my personal attention and it occupied the greater portion of the time between august cothand Sot hand and october ato I 1 leased dutto to different at different rates the major part of them however WEXT WENT TO W L PICKARD of this city for 20 cents iper head bead per abr annum he a agreeing breein to return in me as good a lot ot of sheep at the end ead of the year as he received from me tais would amount to about ten per cent of their value I 1 also found that there had been scattered throughout the territory about worth of hay bay grain cattle horses etc I 1 but as most of this had been cona consumed med at the time I 1 was appointed I 1 compromised with the church for 75 1 also found that considerable of the the stock ol of the chedes dus BRET NEWS company had bad been trans ferretto the salt lake library and scientific association and was held by it this amounted to about oooo and in consideration of the block being allowed to remain where it was the church paid me this amount I 1 also received 4 7 32 shares of the deseret telegraph company stock which was held bythe various stakes throughout the territory the actual value rf of this stock is from to it cost a great deal more than thip thic however the line ine i extends generally throughout the territory also into N and idaho I 1 also spent some tinte in the northern part of 01 the territory taking with me my attorneys clerk shorthand reporter and others the charen farm has been estimated by competent per sons to be worth from to per acre or upwards in all since my appointment appoint meat as aa receiver until the I 1 present time the office has claimed I 1 the greater part of my attention and II 11 I 1 have made one visit to washington where I 1 consulted with the attorney general on the matter THE AGGREGATE VALUE of the properties now held by me is about deducting worth of property which was farned over to 10 me there is a balance of which wo obtained through my efforts assisted I 1 of coerse by my attorneys whose advice I 1 have always followed in the matter I 1 forgot to state that the salt lake theatre was also one of the properties owned by the church aud and this stock him been transferred to certain parties part par las some of it on notes due dae in march bofto these notes are silt gilt edged and can be collected when due parley L williams was my principal attorney in the cAse but hading there was a great deal more bus business iDess than he be could attend to I 1 also employed george S peters it is due mr peters to say that when I 1 first approached him he be said be could not act without the consent of the attorney gen eral mr air peters being district att ator orney here I 1 wrote the attorney geal eral asking it if mere was wao any reason why mr peters could not let act and received a reply that I 1 might light employ him mr peters then accepted the offer I 1 made him later on I 1 also aleu employed marshall royle boyle to briny the suits in the mauer matter of the wella corner real estate and when tho thi money was waa paid over to we me for this property Dro perty they rendered me a bill for T 0 O which I 1 paid I 1 also employed one or two other attorneys in small matters I 1 felt always that the case was a veay important one and so as it was a new thine I 1 uever never made a move that I 1 did not 0 go o to my attorneys for lad advice vice always belne being pure fure that we agreed before I 1 did anything these consultations we were very frequent not very every t day but at least once odee a week I 1 have had them employed almost continually as I 1 look at t it I 1 to look after my interests as re receiver celVer it having come to my knowledge that there WAS considerable OPP opposition in salt lake to the employment of mr peters I 1 again called upon the at general and stated the case cane to him his hie reply way was you did exactly right mr dyer in employing mr peters tia 77 P L williams was the next witness and in substance be testified 1 I was employed by the receiver as his hie attorney soon after afier ne received rewired his appointment and worked j in tile the church cases since that time the tae work lione done was equally shadrea by myself oni mr peters ut of the bill of marshall royle for services in the wells corner suit mr williams thought was a deiy reasonable flo floure figure ure that 1000 would not have been to tou u much when asked ked concerning what amount was fairly due to the counsel of the receiver mr williams thought flU each or in all was about the right thin thing lie he though it a less figure chaa haa wo would iad be demanded by attorneys had bad they done similar work for private carlies and were allowed to fix their own fees feea ten thousand dollars each was a very moderate compensation I 1 at this point an ad adjournment 3 ourn ment was taken till this morning morn inc AT SESSION bir air hawins said the testimony had bad been last night without any notice to the attorneys for the defense and they had no opportunity to cross crosa evadine or object As the defense bad been deprived ot of their rights in this matter they moved that the testimony thus ahns taken should be stricken out ont judge sprague 1 I had bad the theonder understanding st that last evening was agreed upon mr williams I 1 am surprised sed that there has been a misunderstanding mr peters As the at attorneys orneys fur for I 1 he defense were not present last laai night we agreed that any objections tat y might have to the testimony could be I 1 entered mr rawlins wel we give notice to move to te strike out oui mr air williams 1 I move that we so go over last issi nights ground again mr air bislis it we can bave our rients with the testimony taken we are content but bat ive eve do not desire to te be of any rights in the premi ses mr young said that he had no idea that marshal dyer was to be a witness some further farther discussion ensued and it was decided to take a recess till 2 this afternoon the testimony ts t stand subject to objection lection ob by the defense as though tho u gh the attorneys bad been present |
