| Show WELCOME WALKER friends congratulate him upon the outcome of his trial tribune A mother rejoiced saturday evening in her home at 1109 first avenue because a jury of twelve men had given back her son fred C walker a freo man and exonerated him from all blame tor killing dr earl S baerg september 18 practically on christmas eve caroline walker stood in tho courtroom at ogden and anxiously listened to the reading or the verdict which meant freedom or imprisonment or even worie to her boy she returned with him from ogden saturday afternoon at 2 over the denver rid graude A number ot tr lends accompanied them and many more were at the station to welcome walker and extend their congratulations all day long friends bah bcd at the aldo of mother and son wishing them a happy christmas and expressing their approval ot the verdict lails is the best christmas present I 1 ever had said mrs walker saturday night as she sat at a table across from her soi the happiest woman in utah there was only one man on the jury that did not join right away with the rest and he as the only one that was not married inere ft are eleven married men and they understood 1 mr walker stated that the press both at ogdan and salt anke hd treated him with fairness that be deeply appreciated rie said the ordeal through which be had gone enabled him lo 10 distinguish bis true friends and that no in a single instance had one who represented friendship 18 disappointed him afterward my friends have stayed by me loy ally and I 1 shall never their faithfulness the confinement was furj to bear I 1 suffered more from thai than from uncertainty of tae trial it it had not been for the letters messages and visits of my friends I 1 would have found the confinement extremely hard to endure my brother will came from california at the opening of the trial and will leave tor hla home sunday mr also caune on the first day and stayed to the last my mother came up when the trial opened and has been with me ever since mrs walker la speaking of her experience peri ence in the courtroom eald she did not like to stay when tho prosecution was presenting its case 1 I always set nervous when the prosecution was questioning witness said the moth er whose years number 73 and 1 dlan t ilka to atay when the defense wae doing the questioning it was all right when asked if he felt any uncertainty as he stock facing the bar before the verdict was read mr walker said 1 I knew what the only just ver aka could b mr walker said he would continue with bis business just the same as he had before his arrest 1 I will ba found at my desk monday morning and it pleasure he felt in being able to return to his business again a tree man mr walker is vice president of the salt lake electric supply company WILL CLOSE FOR REPAIRS the camello public library board of ogden will close the library during the dull reading season tor the purpose of making to the carnegie building and fumigating fumi gating it judge hw ell who Is the secretary of the board says that during the holidays the booke are not used very much and use board thought it a to close th y and make such improvements prove ments and such cleaning as aro necessary the library according to what the secretary says will reopen immediately after the holidays during the closing period a new cement floor hlll be laid la the stock room and all the other floors ot the building will be thoroughly cleaned and oiled aside from this additional book cases will be installed so aa to furnish room for additional books and magazines that ara dally lating the library Is doing a great work among the students and reading public of the city one of tha cleab w mhd library raid to a representative ot the examiner she did not know what the high school students would do without the use of abe library books tharp are now volumes cf books there the average tise of the books heldt ISO each day all pt tho available reading desks are constantly occupied by readers both night and day |
