| Show MEETING oli I 1 THE BAR tile lawyers discuss the hudson land jumping BB 19 RHODES BIKES MAIES I 1 comete STATE A to 10 and if fur for proper ba be it keport port to the court pursuant to call a large number of agdens fl attorneys assembled last night at the office of E evans vans and rogers to investigate the hudson land scheme jamea james 31 kimball waa was elected chairman airman cb the object of the meeting wag was stated by the chair L it 11 rogers rogera moved the appointment of a committee of five to investigate the matterand matter and team learn if there was any foundation for charges lor for conduct on the part of air hudson and rogers this created a great deal of discussion and developed some warmth nelson leonard gunnell allison evans Ji and others speaking some of them ron contested tested that there was nothing to investigate while others held that for the honor of D the bar and for the gentlemen t theme h e wee elvea I 1 vea it should be ini investigated that though the meeting should probably not have been called at all now that it was called some steps should betoken betaken be takeo taken during tho the discussion mr aft rhodes made in brief the tile following statement 1 I am not in fear of any six shooters let the people threaten what they may I 1 deny tho right of the meeting to investigate or call to nc ac caunt count my personal action not being organized into a bar association the company intending to buy this land r represent resent english money the american I 1 c eg solicitor mr pratt forwarded abstracts tor for confirmation of title I 1 could not pass them I 1 as there wag was a c cloud loud on the title I 1 learned the land had been peddled out by the lilythe Ci lythe deeds being signed leater lester J I 1 lotrick mayor 1 instead of ogden city bj by h him m I 1 told mr swan agent about the e m matter after and that there was one way of re rectifying rectify tidying ing it and that was by b a quitclaim quit claim from cun hirn whom we found at sit salt lake I 1 his waa was done paying tado for I 1 it t by this time mr hudson u adson had gone to kansas I 1 had no I 1 time t to 0 c confer with him but considered flubs it best 8 t to put it in his name as it if put in others they might become I 1 giddy gidd yand and attempt to make something out of it it was not procured to oust any one or for speculation when mr hudson came back be he waa was attacked by the press and property owners I 1 t say right here that if the mormon had treated dany any citizen aa as we have been boen treated since our arrival ai rival the united states would have sent out an army lindson became indignant and declared that if such was their mode of treatment bo be would stand pat and let the people bring suit in fact he lie would not settle for less than 1500 attorney feeg fees lie ile then referred to the meeting with the committee tho the calling of deputies marshal and continued the rate tor for quit claims was fixed at tg 0 per acre A gentleman from italy came up and seeing his big quit claim grabbed it aud and ran out afterwards lending fl 1 aa as payment another man engaged in belling stale beer paid hl his money for the privilege of talking g on making na us leave within 21 hours we hava received if ia is paid us that is boroi more we will quit claim the land to auy any gentleman no named med to hold it in trust and RIVO deeds to the proper per parties par lies ho lie exonerated mr af hamer a mer from any blame aa as that gentleman bad been connected wilh with it only eo so far as necessary to procure the abstract the discussion continued until 10 p m mr allison then moved to table the motion to app int a committee in speaking epe aking with others on this motion il mr rogers elated stated that the bar had on been scandalized and made a stink in the nostrils lj of the people it was a duty owing to mr rhodes and the bar and if ho be be found innocent proclaim that fact ct to the rabble 11 mr evang evans stated that the charges brought was that of jumping land for the purpose of speculation filching the pockets of tho the people in to raising the cloud from the title the motion to table was lost and the previous question called and carried mr kimball appointed as aa the committee committe eon on investigation ito rogers ors I 1 dey leonard ransford balth smith and gideon on motion of II 11 11 II the chair appointed aa as committee to prepare bylaws by laws for the organization of a eare bar ar association Itol aop evans and white on bootin motion the meeting adjourned to meet at ca call of investigating committee |
