The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-27

he said believe it was between 10 and IL
when he came into my room. He had inter
course with me in his house. and also when
/ was travelling with him. / had never been
improperly intimate with any man or boy
before Wright came to my bed. ! knew
that Mrs. Wright was sleeping in the
adjoining rooms Wright awakened me
and asked me if he could go to bed with
me. ] objected and struggled, but to no
purpose. He remained with me about an
hour. Mrs. Wright is very hard of hear
[ ing, and / do not know whether she heard
US or not. Wright begged me not to say
anything about it, and l told him /
wouldn't if he didn't attempt to repeat it.
shut the door that night, but did not lock
it, He came to me again the next night.
He was there about an hour that time.
was too badly frightened to think of awak-
ening the little girl. He had intercourse
with me that night. / spoke to Wright the
next day about what he had done. never
spoke to anyone else about 1t Tor a long
time Ny baby was born at Mrs. Wesley's
in the Third ward. Father was there
when the child was born. | did not tell
them who was the father of my child. |
told them it was some other man, and did
this because Wright wanted me to
shield him - had asked me to say
nothing about it. / was at Mrs. Wesley's
three weeks after the birth OF the child,
when went home and have since remained
there The child was ten months old be
fore / told father and mother the facts in
the case. Father always thought the child
looked like Wright, and from the moment
he saw it he insisted that it was Wright's
child. / think that it resembles Wright
good deal more than it does me. l went to
Mrs. Wesley's in October and remained
there until February. Wright did not call
at our house so much after the child was
born as before Father was not so friendly
to him after that. | heard father accuse
Wright of being the father OF my child, but
he denied it. About two months after that
| told father that Wright was the author of
my ruin. Father did not threaten to Kill
me if / did not lay il on 10 Wright. Inever
told ANYBODY that he. had threatened me.
To Mr.. Hiles-I had intercourse with the
defendant one day when | was out riding
with him, about three weeks after the sec
Ond night he came to my room. | went to
Mrs. Wesleys at the instigatiOn of Wright,
who paid my expenses while ] was there.
| received four or five letters from Wright
while ne was in Cache valley. did not
tell my folks that Wright was the father OF
my child because Wright begged me not to
disgrace him. ! was with defendant when
he rented the rooms from Mrs Wesley and
paid her for them. The defendant. at one
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stopped near a grove Of trees, lifted me-
out of his buggy, and we went into the
grove where the act was again accom-
plished. He drove OFF the main road, say
ing he had a man 10 see there on business.
This was the reason he assigned to
me for going away from the
travelled road. The defendant also paid
money to Mrs. Taylor. the midwife, who
attended me- He also gave me $50 at the
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the money to buy clothes that | actually
needed.
PRESTON LEWIS
was recalIed-AIy daughter is now in her
eighteenth wear. Her child was born in
February, 1885 | first discovered that she
was in delicate condition about a month
before the child was born. At that time
she was at Mrs. Wesley's. in the Third
Ward. Sarah was never married, TO my
knowledge. / have known the defendant
for thirty-tive years. | had a conversation
with the defendant concerning the pa
ternity of the child. 1t was about TWO
months after the child was born. Sarah
was not present. We were on the outside
of the house, and Sarah ON the inside. I
told him that | thought the chi
looked more like him than anybody
knew of, and that believed
he was father of it. He denied it. On an
other occasion | also charged him with 1t,
and he said he thought / was mistaken.
Still later on. again charged him with it,
and told himI wanted him TO do something
to support the child. ! met him at Goddess
drug store by appointment. We then
walked as far as the Eighth ward square,
and when we reached the square, l invited
him to step in Il few feet; he did so, and
then told him that he must do something.
| told him that knew. his house 1yas mort
gagged and that he could not do much. He
asked what he should turn out, and | told
him [ would take Il horse and buggy that
he had. He replied al right and l walked
down to his house, when ne hitched up the
horse. gave the outfit to me and [ drove off
with it. Later, he had it replevined.
The case Will be continued this morning.