Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-20
.THE IRVINE SUIT.
Continuation OF the CrO.3ImmiIa.
ton Of The Husband.
4 noRNISG DEVOTED 10 LETTERS.
The ncfeuse seeks Thcr,bJ 10 Estab.
iish Con donation On Iryiut's Fart.
-"Raj" In jail.


-"RaJ" In jail.
W. II. Ifvlur, the plaintiff In the
irvine divorce tuii, remained under
on the wltuca-staud 10
Chiet Justice Hiuo's diyBilu OF tho
Third district court yesicfiay after
noon until the hour Of adjournment
had arrived. a portion OF hls tesi'
mony, mp o. the time of the News
going 10 press, was reported la these
columns.
Tue witness related in detail the
meeting wl.l his wife at the yelling
ton hotel, Chicago, Of the limo Of hos
alleged admib.ions TO him concerning
Col. Montgomery, aud slii hu never
really doubted hcr fidelity until he
heard 10 from her own iirs. la cf5sa.
examination by Judgu MarsuullItyi
stated that be was not conscious Of
having prr,if,outly Refused, early in
their married liiU, o. take her
uut 10 places, aud he did not know IL
wa5 matter Of general comment
Sue had conn planned, however while
thuy lived IA Salt LAX, that ne
neglected her iu order 90 E1 DO hiHcluui
hut hu Old not remember huVinEsWuTu
nt hcf. Hu nuvlr threw anything ut
hrf HE vile never admitted ~ min,
"in woTls," having been CrmiuulIy
intimate with Montgomery but she
did 10Y implication.n Ho never asked
hcr 10 give him confession. He
wrote quite oigeu 10 her while Ia jail
ni Lincoln, bot always addressed the
letters 20 Fl1stir. Asked why, Irvine
au wuru.i "Bu'au.u was iu trying
situation anu JHg't want tue world
10 know that / w1s wuung to my
WIFE,"
The cr05s.cKaminatl5n 1i W. II. ir.
/ vine by Judge Marshall was fttumod
! upon thuupeulng cd thouguil this morn
! ing aud a number OF letters written by
/ Irvine, oatOudbly 10 his wife (lut tho
envelopes addressed 10 ulH little duush.
| tor FlUssitl, PRIOR TO bis Trial At Liu-
| coin Tor The killing OF Montgomery,
! were introduced aud she witavia
] questioned upon them. la QUO If
/ these occurred the phrase! 81 SOME
! times think OF u little home on New
| England nim, away from the naunts
VI men, Ur little place in France Oh
lIuly." Again, "rhoy could trust me-.
was never charged vita iutiucoflty
or lacE Of ialIh."
Judge Mamhall askod the witness q
explain what be- inrant by this.
| ifyiuu .usWorrl that while ho dit
not remember having written thai
letter, ne could tull what wng thou
| passlug IN hIs mind. cat lhir time, u
ho rent on, 81 think the only inter
prelalion is the imprtssion which hat
bsou on my mind aud which VA
probably iu my mind whom l wrote 10
aud that was tho fact that alter iuy
trial would take my vile and daugh
ter and 70 10 some foreign country
where We c4uld live q quiet life, whor
tuis thing would not DO thrust on M
wife aud daughter and could slauJ
by th0m against the world"
Judge MauhaIl-NOu Intended 4
expires that 10 your wiie2
b Wituoss-l cannot say positively
. but | had that Ia my mind. II ] hal
been aszed should have said 10. Il
not geo any Othor Interpretation.
Attorney Dickson objected TO lhi
line ui cTuFa.u1 animation VI, ~ he pre-
, sumfd, the object Of counsel was /
! show oondonsu0n. II such were tn
. case, it was not proper crOsf-uAamlna
lion. These lettrrB were " be- uiufe
: Mr.. Dickson had understood, Tor IN
! sole purpose o! tending " cOniudig
, the witness when he said hir vile had
] in fact. confessed 10 the act uf ndulIgf
e while ia Chicago,
! Judge Marshall-Wo insist thu
! there has been cOndOuatiOn, aud OXpOc
= 10 use the letter f0r both purposes.
4 JUDGE Zane ruled that tho letter WI
. admissible, but not for tho purpose {
. establishing conformation.
. Irvine shed lsars very freely durin
the reading OF the letters, tho comp,
y silion ut most OF which was far abOv
4 the average anu bTeRtheu throughOu
o words Of love and tenderness ior bot
y wife and daughter. Some OF then
u again, we're rather inOOheTenll
o phrEsld aud almost went ~ show q
mind diseased"
WIs Is not true, Mr.. Irvine" ARk6
Judge Marshall, "lhat you wanted
confession from your wife, ami brgge
!. Tor iI2n
q Witness answered that II was not.
Judge Mauhall-All Of those lelte
begging for something had no Teit
10 enco TO confgtsion-ia that ttuo2
/. Witness SgSin replied Ia tue neg
d tive. ,.
In another Of the letters were u
words, 81 want strong, startling tniol
y Sacrifice pride aud everything, for IA
~ life IN your"
10 The leot OF this was not, tho W
u nsss sAid 10 the same ondi lac admitlu
l. however, that the letter was intendS
for his wife,
10 In another spis.le tho writer sal
y WYou know how important II IL, NJ
x YOU won't delay. IL IL everything;
p us work and have everything square
ID Irvine. after listening for some TIA
10 10 the reading Of other lstterA Ia u
a same strain saili "While d. not se
OF 10 DENY the writing Of Biugle lett,
VI would like them W us Interpret
imam the condition that "A man won
bs in under such o.roumstauc,
TPbe witness was ia jail awaiting !
=, mai at tho time.l was very We
~ then, No man can tell the ceiling u
no lees lac has pAsHud through ~ l cam
Nd desoribe 1t; but IN Justice 10 myself
IA. would like all thu lettuIs read"
IA Judge Marshall presently asked
Were not all these Letters written IL
"a covert and iunnuAting way fatl
,d than saying Anything direci2
"a. Wltnes--lrhe reason tnJse lett
"a Vers written IN that way was becat
ma not desire tue world To know II
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