The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-04-21
LOGAN.
THURSDAY,
April 81, 1892
DIR. 0RMsBY's CASE.
A Purely Professional Visit Tortured Into a
Crims-Miscellaneo Matters

A Purely Professional Visit Tortured Into
Miscellaneous Matters.
One of the most outrageous proceedings
ever heard of in this city occurred yester-
day afternoon in United States Commits
sioner Fletcher's court. DIR. O. c. Ormsby
was up for 8 preliminary examination on
the charge of adultery. The doctor wa
arrested on the 9th inst. by Deputy Corey.
The first witness for the prosecution was
son of Fletcher's, who claims to have seen
DR.. and Mrs. Ray Ormsby walking together
on the evening in question on Main street,
between 10 and II o'clock.
Not only did the defendant and Mrs.
Ormsby fatty contradict this story, but q
young man by the name of Chambers,
boarding at Mrs. Ormsby's, swore that he
saw the lady at brief intervals and that it
was impossible for her to have left the
house without his knowledge He was GER
tain Mrs. Ormsby had not left the house in
the evening
stand that between ii and II o'clock p. m
he went to the residence of Mrs Ray
Ornsby and Knocked at the door; that 8
female voice answered his call; that he
liopened the door, which was not locked.
and walled in. He could see q light burn
ing and the doctor came toward him and as
lar IS his observations went the doctor
was in full dress and with his overcoat on
Inc doctor informed him he was about to
take his departure anyway, and would ac-
company him and did so.
DR.. Ormsby took the stand and testified
one OF his children had been very sick for a
week prior to his arrest His visit to the
house where Deputy Corey found him was
purely professional. The child was suffer
| liberated throat. He had been in the
house once before during the evening,
stayed few minutes and left about 10 As,
to get some medicine. He was gone prob
ABLY thirty minutes. Returning, he ad-
mlnistered one dose of the medicine to the
little one, had removed only his hat and
gloves; was taking his departure when the
rap came to the door and Mr.. Corey en-
tered. The doctor went forward to meet
him (here corroborating the testimony of
Mr. Corey. He emphatically stated that
he was attired in street dress.
MIR. happen, of Ritter Bros. drug store,
testified he had put up a prescription on the
evening in question for 9 sick child of Mrs.
Ray Ormsby, and had done so several times
prior TO that evening.
j.. M. Dalton, another clerk from the
same store, testified he had been awakened
about 10 As by DR.. Ormsby, for whom he
| put up some medicine for o sick child
Mrs. Ray Ormsby, the plural wife, was
next called. She testified her youngest
Child had been very sick for some time, and
that on the evening OF the arrest she called
on the doctor about o'clock, and told him
to go up as soon as possible. She then
went 10 the bedside of her child and
awaited the DOCTORS coming. He came
about 1915, stayed about twenty or twenty
i've minutes, and went after medicine.
She offered to send some one but the
doctor refused. He returned in about
thirty minutes. At her request the doctor
administered the medicine, said ''good
night" and was about to take MS depart
urs when knock came to the door, which
she answered. She stated positively the
doctor had not removed his evercoat dur
ing the visit, and that MIR. Chambers had
been in the same room with them all the
evening.
MIR. a. B. Chambers testified that the
doctor went to the house about 10 30 He
corroborated the evidence given by the
! previous witnesses.
That he was about TO retire and was on
his way upstairs as the doctor was leaving,
and that he was called back to the room
when the officer came.
| The defense was represented by MessrS.
Hammond and Maughan-the prosecution
by the court. In summing up the testi-
mony, the court stated the evidence of the
defense was very conclusive, while the Of
tjcer was not positive as to many things.
The court thought the doctor "inGiscreet,"
however, in not calling an officer to accom-
pany him to the bedside of his child So
he felt it his duty to bind the defendant
over in the sum of 81, 900 TO await the &C
ton of the grand jury, and Mrs. Ormsby in
the sum of $500.
MISCELLANY.
Ludwig Ernstrom, of Ogden, aged TWEEN.
ty-two, and Augusta Anderson, of Salt
Lake, aged thirty-seven; Jacob Bosshard
aged twenty-seven, and Sophia Spring
aged twenty-seven, both of Providence
were licensed to wed.
The following real estate transfers was
made yesterday: Joseph w. Thatcher tt
William Calder, twenty acres in towns hir
y, section II, $3.50.
The Union Pacific filed bonds in the ap.
peal case of Joseph Tarbet VS.. Unior
Pacific railway
Thomas Muir was up in Commissioner
Goodwin's court for misdemeanor, anG
30.
The young, irrepressible Brooks, who
decanped with StilIman's horse, was VI
before Justice Smith to-day He was
held to answer the charge of grand LARCENY
in the district court with recommendation
to be sent to the reform school,
night was the best political meeting ever
held in Smithfeld The house was crowded
and many turned away. Messrs Young
and Norrell, of Salt Lake, expounded tht
principles of Jeffersonian Democracy
Messrs. Hart, Hansen, Barber and Full
mer, of Logan, were among the visitors.
The latest from La Plata is that vein o.
solid galena between four and five fee
wide had been unearthed in the Sunrise
Mnch rppref ia pynreeenI that tba ,
Plata was temporarily closed while await
ing the decision Of the eastern syndicate
which concentrates its purchase.
Blacksmith Hughes was on the ram
page again last night and after laying il
the cooler all night he deposited So will
Justice Braugham.
The board Of trade adopted constItu
ton. A number of our leading citizens ar,
now identified with this organization
DR.. Karl @. Maeser is in the Temple city