The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-03-18
THE TIE Is SEVERED.
DR.. Bredemeyer and Wife are
Divorced.
ALEXANDER BURT IS GUILTY.
maynes and Eckhart Gonvicted-Two
Sentences OF One Year
Eacn-Etc.
THE BREDEMEYER CASE.

e:terday morning, Barlow ferguson,
attorney for Dr.. Bredemeyer, the de.
PENDANT in the divorce suit. appeared
n court, and stated that he had with
drawn from the case. Mr.. Dickson, at
torney for Mrs. Bredemeyer, asked
that the trial be set as early as possible,
and the Court set the case for 1.3O p M,
at which hour DR.. Bredemeyer, Mrs.
Bredemeyer and others interested in the
proceedings were present.
When the case was called. DR.. Brede-
meyer, who is looking very Well, arose
and addressing the Court, said that he
was innocent of the charge for which
he was sent to prison, be hoped that the
Court would not act harshly IN the mat
ter. and believed that if the proceed
ng, we're stayed for time, reconcilia-
ton might be effected. He asked for
! the mercy of the Court and Of the
plaintiff, and hoped that the suit might
be Withdrawn at the conclusion of ms
address, which was incoherent anu
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paint of Mrs. Bredemeyer, which sets
forth specific acts of cruelty on the par,
of her hush md wherein he st uck her
several blows WI h his clenched fist;
and alleges that on various occasions he
threatened to Kill her and the child, in
0ne instance hourlshing ii razor, in
another a poker, and in others pistol
| she says that during the past two years
he lived in daily fear OF her life, which
| has been rendered miserable by her
nust and.
Mrs. Penelope Bredemeyer was the
| first witness, She testified that she was
| married to tbs defendant on January
18th, 1885 the issue OF the marriage
being boy, who is 2 years old !;
! the defendant began to beat her cruelty
ABOUT eight months after the marriage.
and had continued it ever since, having
at various times, threatened to kill her;
on the 18th of February last, he was
CRYING and moaning in MS room, anu
witness vent up to try TO quiet him.
The acted like a deranged perso J.,
threatening to kill her, and SAID he
| would go down town and kill others.
From his conduct on this and other &C
casions, witness concluded that he must
be insane.
To the defendant, Mrs. Bredemeyer
denied having said that If the divorce
was granted, that she would remarry
him; on condition that he would stop
starving himself.
rhe record of the defendants plea of
guilty to the charge of battering bis
! wife, was offered in evidence.
MISS ANNIE HANSON, the next witness,
testified that she heard the defendant
threaten to shoot Mrs. BreGemeyer On
me occasion.
This closed the evidence, aud the
defendant asked that the case ne post
poneG, OR that divorce be not granted
until he had had sn opportunity to
prove that ne was changed man.
MR. DICKSON asked that a decree of
divorce be granted, and the
custody of the child awarded to the
plaintiff, and that if any
greement be made allowing the
defendant to visit the child, the visits
>hould be under such conditions as
would insure the safety Of both the
:hIld and the plaintiff.
The Court stated that the evidence
seemed to establish clearly the allega-
| lions made in the complaint, and the
| decree of divorce would be granted,
!
the child. The defendant might visit
| The child in the presence OF such per
sons as would secure its safety.
The parties then left the courtroom,
and after remaining a few minutes in
the clerks office with the child, Dr.
Bredemeyer was taken back to the
county Jail.
In the case of Eliza Widberg vs..
Adolph Widberg, before Judge Zane,
yesterday, a divorce was granted by
default of the defendant, on the grounds
of desertion and failure to provide. The
defendant was awarded the custody and
control of her children.
ONE YEAR IN THE PEN.
James Pattison, who says his real
name is Sailor, convicted of forgery,
was brought forward for sentence, and
given one year in the Pen.
WATSON, THE BURGLAR,
convicted the day previous, was the
next to step forward for his medicine
and was given the same dose as Mr.
Pattison. The case against Clifford,
| Watsons alleged partner in crime. and
1
larceny, will face the court again on
Saturday morning next at 10 o'clock.
THE BURT CASE.
Testimony in tie case against Alex
ander Burt, charged with unlawful CO.
habItation, was resumed yesterday
morning. Several witnesses were ex-
amined, and after being out couple of
hours, verdict of guilty was rendered.
! This case is a remarkable one, in that it
is the first trial for unlawful coha bita-
ton where "even numbers" were al
lowed seat in the jury box. He will
be sentenced March 31st.
MAYNEs AND EGKHART CONVICTED.
The case of Edward W. Maynes and
John Eckhart, indicted for having in
their possession counterfeit money,
was taken up. Frank Hoffman ap-
pesred for the defendants, while Messrs.
Peters AMI Clark conducted the prose-
cution.
EDWARD BuZEY was the first witness.