The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-09

SpitefuI Animus.

The arrest of young Mr.. Greenwich
on Wednesday evening was no particu-
lar surprise to those who have been
posted on the course of the grand jury
and Judge Powers since the recent
scandal was made public. AS matter
of fact Mr.. Greenwich told some per
sons that he saw the judge and Ger
tain young lady out riding together. or
rather that he saw them on the ground
near a carriage, some distance from the
city. That he was conscientious in the
belief that he saw the parties named,
| seems at least highly probable from the
subsequent Developments. Other per
sons saw the judge and the young lady
together on divers occasions and from
what was seen the scandal was
started. OF course no person
likes TO hear his character dis
paraged or to be spoken evil of;
but the better and surer way to kill
SANDER is to live Il down. This may be
hard TO do in some cases. but those
cases are usually instances where the
person accused has shown By his past
life that there is reasonable ground to
believe the story true.
Following is the Indictment:
Ambrose G. Greenwich is accused by
the Grand Jury of this court of the
crime of perjury committed as follows:
The said Ambrose c. Greenwell, on the
second day of July, 1886, in Weber
County, Utah Territory, before the
Grand Jury engaged in the investiga-
ton of whether certain libelous mat
ter had been published of and concern
ing o. W. Powers, Esq, and Sarah Her
rick, was called as a witness. He then
and there had administered TO him by
the foreman of the Grand Jury, W. J.
Wood, Esq, an oath to speak the truth,
the whole truth, and nothing but the
truth. in the matter under investigation.
1t was question and material fact TO
such matters whether a. G. Greenwich
had on or about April 18th, 1886, or at
any time seen said o. w, Powers and
Sarah Herrick, on a roadway between
the City of Ogden and the town OF
Kaysville, together and under circlm
stances of personal association and in
timacy. To this question of fact Am
brose G. Greenwich "then and there did
feloniously, willfully, wiekedly and cor
ruptly testify, depose and swear in sub
stance and effect as follows: | know
Judge o. w. Powers and Miss Sarah
Herrick, of Ogden City, Utah. 1 saw
them in company about three months
ago (meaning thereby on or about the
18th day of April, A. D., 1850 about 10
O'Clock in the evening. I was within
FIVE PAGES of them; they were on
the side of the road. They had q car
rage. He (meaning o w. Powers) was
holding the horses by the lines; she
(meaning the said Sarah Herrick) was
standing on the ground near by the
hind wheel of the carriage. / passed
on the side of the carriage where she
stood. am well acquainted with Sarah
Herrick." The Indictment then charges
THAT in truth and in fact the said
Ambrose Greenwich then and there well
knew that he did not, on or about. April
18th, nor at any time, see o. W. Powers.
Esq, and Miss Sarah Herrick in COM
pany together on said roadway or by
the side thereof or elsewhere, or said
Powers snd Herrick in company
together within or about carriage or
in company at any place or st any time
or at all.
Therefore the grand jurors do find
and present that said A. G. Greenwich
by his own consent and of his own
most wicked and corrupt mind in
manner and form aforesaid did commit
willful aud corrupt perjury, contrary to
the form OF the statutes OF said Terri
tory, etc., etc.
Greenwich took the statutory time in
which to plead. He was placed under
bonds of s. 900, which he gave and was
released.