Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-28
THE ARGUMENTS.
Closing Scene 10 The Honorable
Irvine Divorce TfIgI
lie Is FOLLOWED by Attorney John ~.
z.nc On Behalf Of MIS-
Irvine.

tnfncy W. II. Dichton tl.n com.
mcnged hIs opening address 0n buhnl,
@, Mt. lrviuo, tho plaiutiI lie woe
la thc middle u his Argument when
the court adjourned for the day, and
.hs morning resumed hi remarks.
Counsel iusisloi that, taking the tcs,i.
m0ny 0f Nra. Irvine hcral, together
With the fact Of her Registering in q
fictitious name at the Grace hotel,
Chicago, there was most convincing
proof OF her guilt with Montgomery.
As 10 irviue's pf1miIcf Co take
his wife back, his reason Tor refusing
afterwards 10 10 20 was the discovery
upon his release from prison that She
hsi been guilty Of other act OF iuiis.
erection. Under thofc Circumstance.
he would have boon au lido. 10 be- hud
not changed his mind. The attention
VI the court was directed 80 the nrst
letter written by MIS-. Irvine 10 hUr
husband on "lhat fatal trip cast" and
the statements therein were branded
by counsel as false. She concealed
from her husband, he eaii, tho fact
that shu stopped AZ this O4f0rI hotel,
Denver, not only on the Que Ulghl but
every night she remained Boo the city.
lhe,c was not a wurii or a Whisper 10
That letter that she mot "a gentleman
Du tho train, illi HIH went o. Tho hotel
anu g. tho theatre with him, Now vie,
Ala Dickson observed, concealed from
uuf husband anything Ia bet conduct
DO sHu were NOT fearful Of revealing lL
l.lgls ihu SQUIRT found that There was
cIna.uauou OF Mu. ltvluu'a olrlsu
ty UgT huaurui dunng tho interviews
o. llr Mercer hotel, Omahu,i % magUrsd
no, how lrvluu obtained the colie'.
sion aud the ragets from his wife,
what bic conduct iherc wuB or what was
said ny him. There were many things
lu ltylue's conduct which r.uucl 90
c9u .uI extremely foolish, aud which
he would uYt undertake % UEplsiu,
further than 10 say the testimony
| seriously distressed ami disturbed. H.
Old not believe from the reading Ui
llviuo' luitcrs O. ms wife and child
that auy ono could listen 10 tbam aul
OfCuue fhH r1uc.uuuu thai tLu wrltefls
!
gungr ard SILK OF lunatlc In many
place., without suusu or meaning. In
the Killing OF Montgomery Dir. Dickson
asserted that Irvine did service 10
f0cItly. Such a man ought not 90 be-
permitted 20 liyc-Was not worthy 10
! 1--we. As ~ the much-inlktI.0f c1nius.
sion, Mt. Dickson did not blame
Airs. Irvine Tor steadily refusing at al
| times 10 give her husband any such
admission, even though his life stood
iu Jeopardy without II. She was
anxious, oi course, not 10 brand hcrfUIi
with shame nud leave u stain upon her
| little igl; anu rather than make such
a sacrifice she would have let her huf.
| band mount tho sCaiiuli. Tue hllcga,
| ton that Irvine wanted a confession tU
"duyu Mou'ggmefy'H ghost away"
! WAS characterized o. being simply
pieces OF manufactured testimony
| Would any Innocent woman, hu asked,
| falsely accuse herself gnd put such
| confession In the hands oi her hue.
| band 0u his mere promise 10 return u
| the very next tlnle he met her, simply
/ 10 comfort him Ia bis sorrow, aud,
| again, whom no did return, have failed
| 10 AK him for ~ Bhb knew
| that her husband was about
TO SEX divorce; aud yet,
according 10 her own testimony sne
"iid not think Ii made any difference
| whether he kept II or not" 10 deny
"a divorce 10 this man, 10 compel him
| 10 live with this woman, would DO
| crime ngainat society. lie also In.
uisted tRo court should not u md that the
| husbgud cOudtnod his Wilss ofienss
| without proof oil tbs fullest, oisaraBt,
| ana most sitisiactofy kind, Counsel
| next answered the charges OF cruelty,
| which u true, no said, would
chow Irvine 10 be "A mort
Unreasonable ami wicked man,
but through M the yoars Of their
married HE, ten or more, 10 had not
| been shown that Irvine ever struck
| or attempted 10 strike his wife. In
| conclusion MT Dickson AvouCdI that
| Ain. lrVine's lilo toward her hubbard
hal been full Of dupliolty anu deceit.
Attorney John N, Iaur began his
argument ON behalf uf Mrs. Irvine at
ten minutes % ! . O'Clock. lie started
| out by oharaCler1ug this "a one Of the
! most extraordinary cases ever uiod la
a court oflustcv, aud said the defense
| planted itself NOT upou any COndOna.
| ton, but stood there ami declared that
she was ~ innocent nv "lh0se unborn
children whom that man Irvine re-
morseleisly rltW." Council, In el0-
| queat aud iOrClDIe language, drew a
| graphic picture vi the early married
| iife Of ne parties, makinE q malt ut
| Lincoln, Neb. The occasion Of the
club reception there was infinitely
gone into by Mr. Zane, who made
| F.ms scaIniug remarks Ia regard 10
| lfyino,s conduct towards his
| vie. ON seoiug the dress she
wore he nktnej hur TO a
loose woman, Rud allowed her AT mid
niEut 70 strRggle home alone M best
size couli. Equally severe was oOun.
tel M his Remuneration Of Irvine NJ 90
the occasion Of 0us of Mo. HCgau's
| yisitg, when "lhls loving husbanGn
rushed In and directed his wife, calling
her by an obscene name, to PACK up
aud 20 home with her sistur lrvine's
rspentauce for VIVA. he then said ON
mere heTpsHy In reference ~ the
| gurths, aud his TetrHc,at0n ~ the eN-
| bfessi1n Woru also passed upOp. Re-
| fgrring 20 the dispositions OF Df. Beetn-
lev. introduced during the trial, Mr..
| Zane exclaimed, "luat Is tho sort Of
man they bring here In combination
with this remarkable alliance NJ the
urosiitute AMI tins Dricklayer 10 damage
Inc rsputati0n ofthis woman" Dealing
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