Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-01
LIKE A BABY FARM.
Mrs. Fenstsrmaker Tells Of the Chill.
dfel She Has Cared POE
CAROLISps RUNNING AWAY nABl,
The Allegations Of Cruelty Are Beuled
by the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
In Rtbuttal Today.


The defense in the Fenstermakef.
Tribune libol suit closed late yesterday
afternoon, aud this morning, when the
hearing was resumed, testimony wa
called IN rsbuttal.
The reputation Of the Fenstermakst
family WAS In evidence when the
News report closed yesterday after.
nom. As toon a. Mt. 5. =. Wouhiug.
ton, Of Gmntsville, had LETT the wines
stnud ex.Shcnn Andrew J. bur wns
called. He said that the reputation
Di the EonAtefmakur's was ba
His opinion was based on C0avtna.
lions with residents OF IoOglu county,
aud not upon tue fact that he hA
arrested Perry Fc atormnkcr suvera
tunes. He did not knuw tho Individual
reputation Of Amos Fenstermaker.
Police Ofiuer Burbidge also stated
thAtgthe reputation Or the teu-
stermaker iamily was bad. lie do
not know the reputation OF the plato.
IN, but that Of Me. kenstsImAkor Tor
cruelty ~ children, hV naid, was nOtori.
Gus.
John Ryialch, OF Grantsvlllp, lesti.
fIoa that tue goltral reputation VI tue
FcnsteTmAkcr family was bad. lie
knew uothiug against tue "oid man,
Deputy Marshal Bomsn Cannon toe.
tnui that tue tenstrrmaker family
was In bad repute, and their ranch wa.
taid 10 he the headquarters OF horse.
thieves aud n place for storing stolen
property.
John Hanson, Of the NEWS, stated
that he had lived iu TuOulo county
prior 10 1891, and knew the reputation
" the Fenststmakers 30 be- bAl. lie
had also heard that the reputation Of
tue plainun was not good.
JOhn q. Dslamare 6aii the Fensief-
maker reputation was bad, The same
testimony was given by w. Il. G,lles.
PIE, John Is. Gordon ana Cnarlos
Parkinson.
William g. Reynolds testified that
the reputation " a part Oi the family
was bal, anu that wurn the character
Ui the family ~ whole was men
uouod, II WAS represented as not good.
Fud ClUghorn said tue FousiefmaE-
err we're regarded o. good, bad anu
indifferent. He uiateu that hu hau
once met Amos FcualormaEer in a
uOuntorieitlng zen Ia Gtanaviic.
Counsel Tor tue defense offered the
dockol of the Justice OF the Ieacs for
Hrautsville pruuinot 10 show that hlfs
Caroline Fouslormakub vile Of the
I.aintif, hAd been tried on charge OF
cruelty ~ child named Ethel Crock
ct. The ouurt ruled out tue evidence
Mary l.. Grloe, l5.yCar.Oli girl,
was called TO testify thai auo uad livcu
d. "a INHU
tney turned nor out Ot their uUu-r,un To-
that sue had neen compelled 10 walk to
salt Lake CITY. Her testimony Wa
objected to M relating ~ occurrences
,ubssqurnt TO the publication OF Tue
article complained VI, Ihe objection
vas sustained,
The defense then rested and court
was adjourned until today.
Mrs. Caroline Fenslermtkor nrsl
went upon the stand thIe morning. la
answer 10 Attorney John N, n ,ue che
stated that she received tue chilli
Caroline Hansen from the kaduOu
family, at salt Lake, i've years ago.
The gif's iatheT-0uU log ttul Hansen
war now living IA this city, On Mar
van avenue. Her mother was IN
Denmark, and witngssuudofslOOd thai
little Caroline was au illogilimate
child. She considered her litlly
"querEh she was rather stupid NJ
tcn0Ol aud had very poor memory. /
was CAtOlinc's habit 10 run away Irom
the house, nud she had done 30 ice
quently. Witness spoke OF a number
Of occasions when 6he had uaue thh
without any cause NJ all aud she had
remained out all night Ga this pnr.iv'
ulur OCCASION she went away Witn0u
Cnuse, Witness had warned hyi
ugniusl sheephrrdsfs because che re-
pATdtu them a. "lhW otH men" Thi
Guild, Mrs. FonstermHkrr insisted, Wal
well clad aud we'll cared Tor wuile d.
her household. Her own cnildrer
had claimed that she WIS partial /,
Caroline"
In REORGANIZATION by Judge Pow
eta tue witness stated tnAt sue M,
been married tour times, She hau Ia,
three children. Lit was site wafdi
shown to De foul alto ielhrr 90 O 10 i0l
cut ~ the Box Eiuer ranch, aud All
mltted having been tried before justice
OF the Peace Williams ~ Gran sVill
on a charge VI abusing ono Of them
There we're lot OF drunken mol
around the court al that time, A.,
Mra. FeustuTmaker asserted thai lhl
Justice himself was also drunk, Sul
denied having whipped little Carolin'
with stove handle and other thing
because she did not wash tue milk can
Ruu dishes properly. She had no
struck neT as often ~ two an'
three times day. She also douiel
having ever driven little May Gro,
from tho house Ir useI proiaue Ian
guago 10 tho children. She took Caro-
line because -us (witness) was lonely
at the ranch, Ethel Crockett ~ a com
paniOn Tor Caroline, aud little DO!
named AionzO Hill ~ companion a.
the two giils. Elhul WAS taken iron
her place by force, TO 6Tantsvllle, ol
the complaint that she hai ubuset her
She had punished Caroline nc times
but only Ia tue same way that ell
would chasiso one OF her own chil
dteu. Shs had never told the child 1
40 away and not come back again
Neither the drlGo nor We Crockett gu
ever ran away rom hor houee. Sh
did not take either Of the children {
"raiae.n The little BOY AlOuz1 iii
che got from the Orphans Home.
"When did you hrst ltnrl the nam
OF Carolin1's iathor1" asked Juds
Powers.
"wnsn 1 first obt aimed her fror
him.
"Where was holiving?"
tttIa twaa inst nuiniuiuu lDta "a IL