Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-09-30

lily distinguished themselves when before
the Commissioner for their straightfor-
ward and honest testimony.
The jurors were called, and after a
| couple Of them had gone down under
challenge, the jury stood as follows:
| Edward Berry, j. L. Osborne,
Bowman Cannon Charles Shields,
Alfred Thompson, $. +. Underhill
w. II. Roy, SC. Pancake,
James Winchester Joseph Foster
j. b. Wilson, X. p. Martin
The first witness called was
MARTHA NEFF,
Who said: My fathers name is Amos
Neff know Catherine Neff; know Eliza
Neff; Catherine owns the house where
she lives; | have lived in this city quar-
ter part OF the time during the past three
years; have visited home every few
weeks; Catherine has number of chill
dren; have seen father twice or three
times year during the past three years;
he sometimes takes meals there; he usu-
ally takes dinner there have visited
Eliza during the past three years have
seen father there; he makes his home
there; GATHERINGS children call him
father.
To deiense-There is a street between
the two houses he went to GATHERINGS
when sent for him; it is understood in
the family that she is no longer my
fathers wife. Excused.
AT this point the court adjourned until
p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
AT the afternoon session Isaac Young
was the first witness called. He said
Have visited GATHERINGS house; | have
visited there two or three times a year
her children call the defendant father
have seen him eat there Nef acted as
host at the table.
To defense: Have not been to Cathe-
rine's to eat since last June; was there
an hour in the afternoon; took dinner
there Amanda called me to dinner; de-
tendant and Catherine were there /; |
GATHERINGS children were there; l had |
been there before in April and in May; |
| remember the occasion of Mr.. Neffs |
it was in May; l remember q
party being given there year ago last
May; Nef was there when | arrived at
about 10 q. m. did not get up the sur
prise party on Neff.
Mr.. Sheeks-You are not on very good |
terms with Mr.. Neff?
Witness-I don't think we are; | have
no ill will toward him, but he has toward
me; in purely business sense / don't |
feel the best toward him, but | have no
political or religious feeling against him;
we generally 90 out on some holiday or
on his birthday; was there on the oath |
OF July, 1875 was there on the 4th of |
July, 1885; think | was there last |
Thanksgiving; always find Catherine at |
home when go out.
Re-direct-Last June when / went out |
l spoke to him and he wouldn't talk with |
me; this is the first 1 knew of the ill |
feeling; one cause to which l assign the |
trouble was some difficulty about the |
land another cause was his accusing me |
OF giving him away to the Marshal.
CATHERINE NEFF
Was then called and said: | was mar |
ried to defendant when / was sixteen |
years old he had wife named Martha |
when he married me- she died in 1862
he married Eliza about seven wears ago |
have five children living; Mr. Neff visits
at my house about three or four times a
year, and he eats meals there; | don't
always sit at the table with him sit at
he table with him when am not busy;
he was last there six or seven months ago;
lie last took a meal there about ten
months ago; don't know Henry Carri-
gan; don't think was ever introduced
o him in April or May 1882; | might
nave seen him at the mill with his
mother.
To defense: have five children living
N my house with me- the girls invite
defendant over to my house; when we
first found out that the Edmunds bill had
passed we made an agreement to live
apart, and we have done so ever since
know Isaac Young; he and his wife have
come to my house twice or three times
Turing the past three years.
To prosecution: go to Eliza's house
sometimes; go once or twice year;
nave seen my husband there; was last
here about ten months ago; have met
my husband there at meals. Excused.
The examination of witnesses was still
going on when our report closed.
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