The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-01-22
THE BIGAMY CASE.

At the appointed hour, on Friday
morning, the examination of A. T.
GEeig, on a charge OF bigamy. was
continued before Commissioner
Isprague. Several witnesses were
called, who knew nothing about the
case, as others had the day previous.
The conduct Of the case has shown
no preparation or knowledge of it on
the part of the prosecution,
as is evidenced by the num-
Der Of witnesses forced to come
down here from Ogden who knew alb
solutely nothing about the case. The
witnesses who testified on Friday
morning we're Mrs. NJ. r. Snyder,
Mrs. Martha West, James B. Elder
and John Nj. Dee. Mr.. Dee testified
that be kept livery stable, and that
Belle Reder went to his stable for
buggies, which she sometimes paid
for and which Greig sometimes paid
for. He said entries were sometimes
made charging the bnggles to Greig
and sometimes to Mrs. Greig, mean.
ling Belle Reder.
II. ]. Steele testified: / know the
defendant; have lived in Ogden three
years; know the woman alleged 10 be
his plural vile by sight; L WAS one of
the 1orkmen who made the repairs
on the house on the bench; l sup
posed her to be his wife, and did not
know be bad sny other; ! understood
her to be his wife from persons there;
| understood it also from the defend
ant himself; he represented her to me
as his wife; l remember
particular occasion of his CAL
ling her his wife. He bought
some hooks 10 hang chandeliers on,
1 wanted to put them up, and he left
them, saying his wife would show me
where to put them, and the person
here called Belle Reder directed me
where to put them; defendant got his
dinner there aud went from there to
his WORK. l never saw him go there
at nights before | lett. He called her
his wife on another occasion; he came
there one day when was working IN
the back part of the house. He said
people were saying down town that
he WIS keeping bad house up here,
and he wanted to know if l had seen
any men up there; he said he did not
want to cay anything to the wife
about it. | don't know when his
wife from Australia arrived. These
conversations took place about Octo-
Der last; cannot give the dates. but
think it was the latter part OF the
month. The lady WAS called Mrs
Greig by every body about there. ex-
cept the girl, who called her Belle;
defendant was very little about the
house when was there, except at
meal times.
Hattie NJ. Haskins testified that
she lived at the house of Greig, with
Belle Reder; people called her Miss
Reder; to my knowledge she did not
live with him "a bis wife; l did not
call her Mrs. Greig myself; if did, it
was for politeness, because she was in
his house; for no other reason; Idon't
think she ever told me she was mar
ried; she was not called Mrs. Greg
generally in the house; very few peo'
pie came to the house while l was
there; don't know what relation she
claimed to be living with defendant;
she did not claim anything about it;
Mr.. Greig used to eat there some
times; was there to breakfast, dinner
and supper most Of tbs time for two
months; suppose he supported the
house, because he eat up there; l
don't know whether defendant and
Belle slept together; never saw them
in bed together; they slept in the
same room; have seen Greig come
out of the room in the morning when
Belle was in it; the bedroom opened
off the parlor, and l slept Oh lounge
in the pSrlor.
The examination, about II 30
O'Clock, was continued until 10o'clock
this morning, when the prosecution
will continue making its case. Che
adjournment was ia ken in order t
give the prosecution time to briug
down more witnesses from Ogden.