The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-05-25
TEL EGRAPHlC NEWS
fKE vs.. LILLE.
George Christiancy sfves his
SttpmOIher Alvey.
A Tale of Brazen immortality.

Some time tgo ClrcuiL OouTs Oommls-
sicner Flowers, OF this city, was sp-
pointed special examiner to take the de-
positions Of G. olge a. Z. and Victor ID.
| Chrlstiancy, to be used IN the elvorce
csse now pending IN Washington,
| wherein tx-Minister Isaac T: ChIlstlancV
| is complainant, and his wife, Lille +.
hr;stiancy, is defendant. The deposl-
ti,ns have been taken and forwarded to
Wssbingtor, George A. G. lestifes:
! Mr. Hsiptt and Mrs. Christiancy and
myself left Lima on Saturday, 9th of
A1ousi. 1879. for Chicla. The trip had
been arranged the evening that baight
called, the day be arrived back from the
| south. When we arranged to go, father
ssked Haight to accompany Mrs. Chris
tiancy and myself, as he was not certain
whether he uld go, as he was not we'll
At the time, ard did not know whether be
would be able to go on Saturday morn
ing; but he asked Haight to GO, up with
US at 81 events. aid he did not 60.
Father was not able 10 20, and Haight,
Mrs. Christiancy and myself went up
alone In this excursion, which lasted
some dsys, George witnessed great fsmil-
iarity between Hsight and his step
nj Their. On one occasion, he ssys she
sal in Heights lap and cOmbed his ha.r.
he adds: I did not think anything of
those THU gs st the time, IS l had such
| implicit faith II her, ara Rs she re-
marked, he seemed just like my brother
| Victor. We were in the habit Of walk
ing out great deal while we were there,
and they appeared very fsRd OF each
other. One afternoon while we were at
| Mstucuno, we all walked down the rail-
road about a mile and half from the
town. and we went into q field, where
there were quite number of bushes and
sat down. Mrs. Christiancy leaning
| agsinst the bushes, Hsight with his head
on her lap and leaning against him
After we we're there few minutes, Mrs:
Christiancy said she was hungry and
would like little lunch and bath. She
and Haight requested ne TO go back 70
the hotel ard bring q basket OF lunch
I went back and Wss gone half or three
quarters of an hour; brought back a
lunch, wine, ETC., and when l returned
they were still there and they appeared
to be very friendly They spoke in very
fond terms while we were there all the
afternoon. The secoGd night we were st
Chicls could not sleep. l got up and
went on the platform. l saw dalght
come out Of Mrs. Christiancy's room.
He stopped and then walked up to me
and said: II was just going after you.
have been in Lilies room and she has
a headache, and told me TO come IN after
you" When she saw me she seemed
! rather mashed, and Insight said: II have
Just been after George, and told him you
mad a headache and wanted to see him. "
She did not appear to be sick at all. Both
Mrs. Christialcy and Haight told me not
TO tel Of this occurrence. On the 2lst OF
August Haight ana Mrs. Christiancy
we're chatting in the psrlor. George
continues I went into fathers
bed room and father told me
ne had seen Mrs. Christiancy sitting on
Hsight's lap, and he did not like it. He
finally consented not to say anything
about it. At the time L thought 1t wa:
not anything at all. I had become sc
u-ed to seeing such things as that that
did not think about there being any i'm
prOpriety about it. My room at Lims
was next adjoining fathers and Mrs
ChTistiancy's. / could hear anything
that was said between the TWO rooms
On Sunday morning, the 24th, before
vas Up, l heard Mrs Christisncy. She
wished she had some sort Of ,. poultice OF
plaster, and fSther said he would get up
and get il for her, I heard him go Out
OF the room and shortly he returned and
then I heard him say from the sittin 2
room that some oRe was ringing the bell
and he looked out the door and saw
Haight. Then he came back into the
bedroom and I heard him say TO Mrs
Christisncy that Hsight was there snd
that ne asked what ne was doing there sc
early in the Morning. Mrs. Christisncy
said, "Oh, l invited him TO break fast.
l must get right up; take this poultlce
right off go th=t l can get up" AMI she
got up AMI dressed and when got W
she was in the parlor with Hsight and
father Wag in bed. All through that day
Haight and Mrs. CEristiancy were to.
gether, constantly, as my father was il
his room most of the time. He was IL
the legation a short time trying to work.
st length the presence Of Hsight became
obnoxious to Christiancy, and George
tells how violent Mrs. y. became when
his father talked to her about it. h
then tells Of Haight calling in the post.
master aid being brought up stairs by
Mrs. Christiancy, unknown to his father
They remained in the parlor until sftel
II o'clock. I r peatedly told Hsight tina
he ought not to stay there. He refused t.
go, and Mrs. ChriEtiancy asked him ne
to 90, and he did not 60. Abo1t II
O'Clock father came by one of the doors
which were open and saw Haight. h
hesitAted for moment, and then father
said: - think it is about time I should
know who controls this house. )
I | He said no more, but passed
on through the pSror and through
the dining room into back passage,
that leads 10 tie servants room anC
kitchen. He called Edwin, the steward
and told him to go down 10 the corner
and call up the guard and tell them tC
protect the house from sll intruders
While he Wss gone Haight told Mrs
Christiancy and myself that he though
{ it was about time he was going, and Mrs
G. said: "If you go l shall 60" She
tben turned to me and said that If she
| went 7 would have to go too, as il
would ruin her reputation for life if she
went out with Haigbt alone, I told hel
l would not go. She said would have
TO. Father came up. aud when he en-.
tered the parlor Hsight got up to go, and
he passed through the door. As he goI
up Mrs. Christiancy arose and said: II
you will 60 I will go with you" As he
passed out of the door, father, in a kind
voice. said: "Lillie, don't want you te
go" and she said ST am going, neveIthe-
less. am going with Haight." Then
father said: ''If you must go, can!