The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-04-29
THE DOCTORS STORY.
The Circumstances Under Which
He Married Mrs. West No. 1.
THE GRANDLARCENY CAsENOW ON
A COlored Porter Charged with Stealing
Sparkler-POlice and Probate Business
Yesterday.

Dr. Jacob j. West, the man Of many wives is
in peck of trouble. He was indicted a short
tlme ago for bigamy and adultery, and yester-
day he was brought down from the penitentiary
for examination on the charge of grand larceny,
1t being alleged that when he left Portland
Ogn., he took away with him lot of his wife's
| effects, some of which he afterwards bestowed
upon Mrs. West No. g
The investigation was held before Commits
sloner Greenman in the afternoon, the defendant
| being represented by Colonel Ferguson while
Mr.. McEnany conducted the prosecution and
| the examination was enlVened by constant
| spatS between them. At The request of
the prosecution all witnesses We're
required to leave the room, and after this rule
bad been enforced, Mr.. McEnany asked that
| the attorney for the defense be ordered NOT IN
| communicate with his witnesses.
| Colonel Ferguson-There is no law in that.
Mr.. McEnany-I just heard the defendant tell
Colonel Ferguson to communicate certain
| thlngS to one OF his witnesses and | want n
rule to stop il.
Colonel Ferguson want to say that that is
| an absolute falsehood and | want an order to
stop this mans lnsolence This is a court of
| JuSIce, Sir, and not a star chamber
InlngS We're Just getting interesting when the
| motion. s 'ii0
Mrs; Kate West the defendants first wife
was then called. She testified-I came here
from Portland, Ogn., on April 10. was married
|
| taking lot of articles belonging to me. of the
value OF $40. He told me he was going ont to
collect some accounts, and instead of that he
came on TO Salt Lake. leaving me there
10 Colonel Ferguson--I came to this country
| from ireland in 1886. / went to Tacoma and
| clerkeu lor year and then went to Portland
Where Kept house for Captain Mcmillan /
narleu Dr west three weeks after meeting
MN, ana we went to Albany Ogn for a week
Inc witness identified the articles found in
the defendants trunk as property belonging to
her. ~
Jane a. Everell, whom Dr. West married here
a snort time ago, stated that the watch identi-
neu by the last witness as one taken from her
Oy Ine DEFENDANT, was given to her by DR.. West
AFTER she married him. The doctor told her that
ne had been buying articles from time to time
Tor ms prospective wife, and the watch was one
of his purchases
Ut. D. j. west was called and testified met
the lady who calls herself Mrs West at Port
land in March, 1885, and married her about a
month later. | bought the watch and other ar
lcles claimed by her She never owned them.
l calculated to give them to her if she behaved
herself, but l afterwards found out that she
wasn't deserving of them and didn't give them
10 her. one or two of the articles found in the
trunk were put there by her. lived with this
woman Jour months. thinking she would make
a good wife. found she was not a good woman
ana came mere, expecting to establish myself
ana SEND Tor her. | wrote to her after ar
irving here but received no answer and after
wards heard that she was dead
10 Mr. McEnary-My wife used to drink keen
bad company and once threatened to burn down
the house. -" -
The examination will be resumed at 10 This
morning. " ~ ''ii'