The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-01-21

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Odd he sleep with the little
gil? A.-No. be did not.
Q.-Then he slept with your A.
1 did not say 90, and I'm not going to
say so.
Q-You were the only other oc-
cupant of the house3 A.-There was
q servant girl.
Odd be sleep with heiT Al
will not answer.
To Judge Spragus, who ssked her
reason for refusing, che said 1t wss
because she did not think it was his
right to ask.
Judge Sprague-The law makes it
my duty to decide that point, not
yours.
Witness-Am I here to be proven a
prostitute?
The court said not, and she said she
did not know whether be slept with
the servant girl or not.
Odd be sleep with this person
you have spoken OF during the NOR tn
or six weeks be slept at the house?
A.-Yes, sir; be did not sleep every
night with the person; he slept seps
rate over half the time; the servant
girl was named Minnie Joseph: she is
not q servant girl there now; she has
been home sick for some time, and
was only with me for about one
months; | do not know a Mrs. Wat
kins; | do know q Mrs. Watson; she
has been at my house; never heard
any talk between her and the de-
tendant relative to his marriage rela-
tons.
Judge VanZile said he was through
for the present, and the defense
waived, therefore, their cross-exsmi-
patton until the examination in chief
was concluded.
Judge VarZils still insisted on re-
ceiving an answer to his question,
and the witness still said she was un-
willing to answer. Judge SprsRue
SAID he did not think she was justified |
in her refusal, and be did not know
but it was his duty to commit her
for contempt Of court, but he had
rather not do it to . woman. she
again objected, and thu subject was
still further held under Advisement. |
The defense then concluded TO |
cross examine her, and che said she |
never been married nor contracted 10
marry any one, nor to the defendant
in particular; never claimed to
have married him; parties have
called me Mrs. Greig, but l never
told them to; / never was and I |
never said | was Greig's wife; there |
never has been any ceremony be- |
tween me and the defendant, nor be- |
tween me and anybody else purport-
ing to be marriage ceremony.
Re-direct-Do you say you never
told anybody you were married to
Greig2 A.-Yes. sir. l do.
Q-Do you say 90 nowI A.-Yes.
sir. 1 do.
Q.-Have you ever admitted to any
pc son that you were Greig's Wifef
A.-No, sir.
Q.-Hsye you ever called yourself
Mrs. Greigi Ayes, sir.
Q-The wife of Whom7 Al just
called myself Mrs. GreIg; l did not
cay snybCdy's wife.
Q When? A.-On several 90.
cssions; don't know exactly when.
Q When did you commence it?
A.-After liyiI & upon the bench; l
was styled that there, so / took It
upon myself; not when l FIRST went
there; not till every one else did; not
until l bad lived there some time; it
was over a month; when I first called
myself that was when the house was
frat being fixed; the carpenters called
me Mrs. Greig, and / then did so;
they had reference to the Defendant |
Greig; 1 was not introduced by that |
name by Mr.. Greig; I was by party |
once on one occasion. by Mrs. Polly |
Joseph, who introduced me to her |
sister as Mrs. Greig; that was at my |
house, in the evening; no one Was |
there but her, her sister, my mother |
and myself; my sisters name is Min
ME Reder; she leaves in LeadVille,
and lived there while l was on the
bench; l went and lived on the hill at |
my own and Mr.. Greig's suggestion;
he suggested it when be first went to
Ogden TO take cara of the Ogden
Coop books; 1 don't know when it
was; he asked me il l did not want
to live in his house on the bench,
and 1 said | did, 80 and went ana
lived there; that was all that was said;
l was then living at Mrs. Turner'S;
l know Matte Gray, and hsved lived
with her. but not at the time | went
to Mr. Greig's; bad lived at Mrs.
Turner's about a month. and before
that time at Matte Gray's; Matte
Gray keeps house of prostitution.
Q Did you live on the bill with
Greig as his wife? A-No sir; did
not understand it so, and l do not
think Mr. Greig did; l did not hold
myself out to the community as his
wife, as they knew ! was not; Greig
scld my mother and Mrs. Watson that
| was not his wife; also little girl.
The examination Of this witness
being concluded for the present, an
adjournment was taken until 10
O'Clock this morning.