The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-17
THE KELSEY DIVORCE.
The Plaintiffs Side of the Case
Concluded,
CONTINUE ED FOR A WEEK.
ATTEMPT TO SHOW THAT SHE HAD
OTHER LOVERS,
Kelsey Pins His Faith to a Bundle
of Letters Which He Guards Like
the Ark of the COvenant-He
Laughs While His Wife Weeps.


The hearing on Mrs. Sadies M. Kel-
sey's motion for temporary alimony
in her suit for divorce from Lewis +.
Kelsey. was resumed yesterday morn
ing before Chief Justice Merritt.
The cross-examination of the PLAIN
tiff by Judge Ellis was continued.
The line of questioning adopted on
Saturday with view of showing that
the plaintiff had oaher lovers was
continued.
She was asked if she had known j.
NJ. Nelson in this city in 1892, and II
she had gone out riding with him.
She said she knew him but did not
go out with him. She knew Alex Mil
Ter, of Denver, having met him at his
sweetheart's house. She had never
correspondent with him. Had got a
note from him once. He never ad-
dressed her in endearing terms. She
showed the note to Mr.. Kelsey. 1t
was enclosed in a letter from Mr. Mil
ler's sweetheart, who was dear
friend Of the plaintiff. She never
knew a Mr. Teccomb, lawyer She
received a pistol as a present from
Mr.. See1ey. Mr. SeeIey said if she
would shoot and hit a certain mark
she could have the pistol She fired and
hit the mark, and received the pistol
therefor She never correspondent with
Mr.. Seeley. When in this city She left
the Walker house for a cheaper board
ing house, because she did not have
money to stay there, and Mr.. KEEL
sey said he could not pay her bills
at the Walker, as they were too high.
The plaintiff was shown letter to
Mr.. Kelsey, which she said she did
not think she wrote. She said she never
knew the Windsor hotel, named in
the letter. She did not believe the let
ter was hers. She sent two or three
notes to Mr. Kelsey while she was at
the Walker. She may have told him
in one that she was going to move.
She never consulted Mr. Rogers or
any other lawyer in Denver about her
case. She had consulted Mr.. Baldwin,
in Salt Lake, in 1892. She was in Salt
Lake in 1890, 1892 and 1894. In 1892 and
1898 she received many letters from de-
PENDANT. Could not say whether he adj
dressed her as his wife. She wrote to
him as her husband signing herself
sometimes Your loving wife, Sadies."
He had sent her kilograms as Mrs.
Kelsey. She had only retained the one
produced in court.
She Wept and He Laughed.
Several letters were handed to the
plaintiff, with the inquiry as to
whether she wrote them. Some she
remembered having written, but some
she did not remember.
Witness, continuing, said she had no
doubt but she was Kelsey's wife until
he told her in Denver that she was
not his wife. She did not remember
the date when Mr.. Kelsey so told her.
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and wept copiously. After a time the
severe cross-examination was contin-
ued, more letters being shown to her,
which she said she did not remember
writing, but did not deny She said
she might have written them. She
wrote him many letters
During this proceeding, when the
plaintiff was weeping and looking over
letters, the defendant was looking az
other letters and laughing about their
contents as he was conVersing
Witness said she sent Mr.. KELSEY
many kilograms and signed them with
her maiden name. This was because
of the request of Mr.. Kelsey to keen
the marriage a secret. He sent drafts
to her in her maiden name When she
lived with him in Manitou she could
not realize she was not his wife. al
though when she sat down and
thought of it, after what he had said.
she had doubts Of it, From July. 1890
once or twice a week. She had writ
ten and telegraphed to him for money
and he sent 1t to her Returning to
another branch of the subject. wiz
ness said her sister had adopted the
name of Madame Lavine as business
name. 1t was not her real name. Her
husband, from whom she was separ-
ated, was named Peterson
Redirect Examination.
On redirect examination the pain
tiff said oil she did from 1888 until
Kelsey left her was under kelsey's
wishes. and instructions. She did as
he desired her up to the time of the
separation.
After the plaintiff was excused, Mr.
Varian stated that he had an aproInt-
ment to so 10 Wyoming, and mad ar
ranged to so with the other counsel.
But now Kelsey objected. Mr.. Var;an
had received q call for him to Gene to
Wyoming. lie therefore asked a con-
tfnuance of the case till next Monday.
If Mr.. Varian mad gone Yesterday the
case would have been continued.
Colonel Ellis, Of counsel for defenG-
ant, said he had no personal objection,
but his client raised a serious objec-
ton to the further prolongati ton of the
case. There was involved a vast
amount of property rights, which
caused a feeling of unrest. Mr.. Kelsey
was therefore placed at a disadvant-
age in a business sense, and wanted
the case to go on.
MIR. Varian said that so far as the
property interests were concerned. that
was not affected by this hearing. Nor
would it be by postponement, for when
the state was instituted, the question
Of dover rights would be settled and
dover done away with. In any event,
this postponement could not affect Mr..
Kelsey's property. 1t was merely a
matter of convenience and courtesy to
himself as an attorney He was en-
gagged in a criminal case and would
not have accepted the engagement but
for the consent given that he could go.
Judge Merritt said he did not think
Mr. Variants request was unreasonable
and granted it, the case going over till
Monday next. The parties then left
the court room, the defendant carry
ing a big bundle of papers, the letters
received by hiaa from the plaintiff