Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-12-01
FIRST DISTRICT COURT.
The bergen CaSe-mrs. Parry's Sem
concentration JOttIngs.

Before George Chandler was arraigned,
the Court overruled a demurrer inter
posed by j. n. Kimball, Esq, and
Chandler pleaded guilty to the first count
in the indictment for unlawful cohabita-
ton and not guilty to the three other
cases. Sentence will be pronounced on
Tuesday next at 2 p IN.
H. b. Civilians was called to plead to
charge of unlawful eohabitation, but
failed to materialize, and the Bergen case
was continued.
Annie Black took the witness stand.
Lived at Salt Lake with defendant;
didn't know but what she was his wife :"
was married in April, 1880; lived at the
same place where Maria Madsen lived f;
knew that Maria and Matilda had started
to Logan together with defendant. De-
scribed the departure OF Bergen with
Maria and Matilda from "the shop" to
| Logan. Rawlns objected to further tes-
| timony of this witness, but was over
ruled. Bergen had, on the Saturday
evening OF the return from Logan, gone
away after the family meeting, with Ma
tilda, "to take her things up" but wit
ness did not know where Matilda now
was. Probably on the underground
Thought she would not forget it if her
husband had told her he was going to
marry Matilda. Could not remember
anything she had done or said in the
Grand Jury room. The witness appeared
to have neglected the study OF memo
technics.
The disappearance OF the absent woman
Matilda had some light shed upon it
when Ann testified Matilda had not
told her Though on mutually friendly
footing) whittier she was going, because
she "did not want to be bothered by any
more dirty lies"
Maria Bergen, recalled, retracted her
testimony of yesterday as to the transac-
tons in the Temple at Logan. The three
had not always been together in the
sanctuary.
Deputy Marshals Franks and Smith
testified as to the arrest OF Bergen, and
related the circumstances OF the occur
renee, which presented the usual features
OF such captures, with which the general
reader is sufficiently conversant. More
testimony was given. The defense intro
duced Henry G. Bywater, who testified
he had in 1871 and in New York married
defendant to one Annie Burgess. Recess
till 2 p. IN.
AT the opening OF the afternoon session,
the Grand Jury filed into court, Foreman
Farrell in advance, and presented one
indictment, the nature of which will
appear hereafter The charge against
George w. Thatcher was reported as
ignored. Defendant was discharged and
the bonds exonerated.
Susan Parry appeared to receive her
sentence for perjury, as the large
audience seemed to be expecting; but on
motion Of her counsel, j. n. Kimball
Esq, the day OF sentence was set for the
first Monday OF January next. In a
speech both firm and mild, the Court
held that the crime had been perpetrated
by the procurement and prompting Of
others, and intimated that sentence
would be suspended if the costs (approxi-
mated at $l25) be paid to the Govern.
ment, and if the man whom to screen
she had perjured herself would return
from his hidingplace and give himself up
for trial on the charge under which he
has been and still is lying. Judge Hen
derson pointed out the gravity and helm
BUSINESS Of the crime, though tempering
justice with mercy.
Thomas Evans, having given satsfac-
tory evidence as to his patriotic disposi-
ton, was admitted to citizenship.
The Bergen case was resumed. Au-
gusta was recalled by the defense to shed
some additional darkness into the laby-
rinth of defendants family arrangements,
which it takes more than Ariadne' s
thread for the average Theseus to get out
OF unscathed. The evidence being all in,
Ogden Hiles, Esq, opened for the prose-
cution. The evidence was to large
extent circumstantial, although there was
some strongly direct. He showed the
consistency and the Cogency of all the
circumstances elected in the trial, all OF
which, put together in an unbroken chain,
he claimed showed guilt. He was fol-
lowed by j. l.. Rawlins, Esq, for the
defense, who made some legal points as
to the principal question, Who was the
legal wife?
Mr.. Rawlins then addressed the Jury,
trying to riddle the arguments OF Mr..
lliles and to break the chain of circum-
stantial and other evidence which the
prosecution had woven around the de-
PENDANTS neck. F. S. Richards supported
the plea of his associate counsel, restrict
ing the question at issue to the simple
thing, "Did defendant marry Matilda
Lundsted?" The District Attorney being
compelled to leave for Salt Lake City,
the case was adjourned till 10 o'clock
Wednesday morning.
The U. =. is receiving great amounts
OF freight daily. Of especial interest is
the fact that more rock than ever is be-
ing brought in from the company's quar-
ries at Stout, Colorado, to be used in
the building OF the new Union Depot,
where large force of workmen were put
on this morning. Then they had the
last day or two one car load each OF soap
and beer for f. j. Kiesel & Co., one
each OF furniture for Boyle & Co. and an
other local firm, one of stoves for James
Thompson, and still one more for j.
Scowcroft Il Sons of soap. Indeed,
Ogden is doing large, yea, stupen-
dous business.
There is considerable guessing as to
the ultimate purpose OF the purchase of
the old Herrick corner, diagonally oppo.
site the Broom Hotel which eligible
property has been bought by Messrs. o.
E. Hill, OF the Commercial National
| Bank, and 7. T.. Whalen, OF the c.. p.
Many are inclined to the belief that
new opera house will be established there.
Monday night a drunken fellow raised
a rumpus at j. Morley's boarding house
on Fifth street. greatly soaring the
female inmates. 1t took the police to
give him a lodgment in the city iail.
Alderman Dee inflicted the usual charge.
1t was too, too funny the way the
Church attorneys in the Bergen case
Al l,A ttntF fl1,,N los, l.,r L.