Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-11-03
4 STRANGE ENHANCEMENT.
George f. Gibbs Arrested For tn-
InwTui CohnbItation - MOI
Enough Evidence 20
Hold Him.

mon Church office, was arrested this
morning by Deputy Pratt, and four wit
nesses in the case were subpTnaed by
Deputy Cannon.
The parties were taken before Judge
Mckay, and the testimony OF Mrs. Gibbs |
brings to light strange state oil affairs .
that exist only in Mormondom. Coupled |
with the statements of Mrs. Gibbs, take |
the fact that she and her husband sat |
close together conversng in the pleas
ATTEST manner during the examination,
and the reader must sec that the
"estrangement" spoken OF is very
curious affair.
The first witness called was Mrs. Ida
Gibbs, who said; | am the vile oil Mr.
George Gibbs ! live in Salt Lake City
i'm the Twentieth ward with my husband
[ have two children; there is a young
lady stopping there; she is taking music
lessons: she is not q member OF the
family; know Miss Emily Worthen; |
have known her four years; she lived at
our house one winter; | think 1t
was three years ago; she came from Mrs.
John Daynes' | haven't seen her since
she left she worked for her board and
went to school; my sister was there at
! the same time have seen Miss Worthen
once since she LETT; it was q short time
after she left | don't know her sister,
have heard that she has one; when MISS
Worthen left our house she went home
for awhile, and then | think she left the
city.
Q.-Was it not reputed in the family
that Miss Worthcn was your husbands
wife?
A.-No.
Q.-You never conversed with your
husband about it?
Ayes; had not seen or heard any
thing that would lead me to believe it,
but Just wanted to ask it.
Odd you ascertain whether or not
he was married to her?
This was objected to by the defense,
and the objection was overruled.
Al received nothing definite in re-
ply.
Odd you ask him the question?
A.--Yes, but he gave no definite reply
his reply did not satisfy me and it re-
suited in an estrangement between us; 1t
still exists; there is no other cause Tor it
this occurred about three years ago; |
, had not seen nor heard anything to make
! me suspect they were married; | didn't
! think he had married the girl, but l just
y asked him, and his answer did not satisfy
me; have not lived with him since that
: time; | have heard il mentioned that She
was his wife.
Q.-Now, Mrs Gibbs, you have a rea-
son for yourself, in taking the course you
/. have2
g Ayes, | have; | think my reasons
. were fortified by what l heard remarked
3 | really don't know what it was that lee
me to believe it, asked her, and Will
e | all my information failed to be satisfied
e | didn't think he was married to her, but
: | felt there was something wrong; ther,
D was rather heated discussion upon Tho
y subject; | haven't stated to my friends
o that he admitted to me that he haC
# married her; he has lived in the same
+. house with me ever since and taken hi
It meals with me.
$ To defense; There was nothing unusual
y about this gll's sitting ut the table will
u us the estrangement did not exist pre-
viously to the time | had the talk will
- my husband.
i, To prosecution: This girl occupied ;
Is room with my sister, Lena Snow; ! an
j. on speaking terms with my husband
l. Excused.
MIS-, JOlll llCS W Nulltt anu Sil'i
,, know Eliza Worthen; she went iron
e my house to Mrs. Gibbs; have neve
;, seen her with Mr.. Gibbs. Excused.
It Mrs. Joseph Daynes was then called
:. Mrs. Gibbs lives block from our house
1t know Miss Worthen; | used to go t
/ Mrs. Gibbs when she was there; ! las
ID saw the young lady month or two afte
!. she left their house; it was rumore
~ around that she was married to MI
=. Gibbs
To defense: | saw Miss Worthen &
Mr.. Gibbs only during the winter sh
lived there. Excused.
John Daynes was then called: | liv
Y. near to Mr.. Gibbs; have seen the gil
when she was at Mr.. Gibbs; didn
u know what she was there for nevt
heard that the girl was married TO NJ
m Gibbs.
Mrs. Gibbs recalled: Q.---Had you
IL and your husband been at all estrange
prior to the talk you had with him?
m A.-No.
d Odd you ever see anything tn,
would indicate that if they were NJ
married they were about to be or ougl
to be?
A.-No, sir.
The supply of witnesses having bee
exhausted, Judge Mckay said that thel
was nothing in the evidence that Shove
), probable cause for holding the delendal
y and he therefore ordered him ii
~ charged.