The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-15

! Mrs. Kelsey had been to Salt Lake
each summer from 1890 to 1892 at Mr..
1 Kelsey's expense MIR. Kelsey wanted
/ the marriage kept secret for his moth
/ er's sake. He made every promise 10
] take care Of witness daughter, MIS-
| Kelsey They had gone to Denver on
! the advice of Salt Lake doctor The
/ letters and kilograms were addressed
4 TO Sadie Berglund. because Of Mr.. KEEL
/ sev's REQUEST to keep the marriage
/ secret. Witness had never sent Kelsey
/ q telegram, or asked him for money
/ Witness did not ask Mr.. Kelsey to
marry her daughter, for she under
/ stood they were already married before
! January, 1889. Kelsey never told wit
ness he could not or would not marry
her daughter; he said he was married
to her and wanted the marriage kept
secret.
Mrs. Mary r. Powers.
Mrs. Mary f. Powers testified that
she kept the house at 20 East First
South street. She spent the summer
at Manitou Springs four years ago;
saw Mrs. Kelsey there and also MI
Kelsey. Mrs Berglund and the baby
were there Rooms were engaged from
the witness. Kelsey boarded there
about three days Mrs. Kelsey engag-
ed an extra room for her husband, and
Mr. and Mrs. Kelsey occupied the
room. They acted as husband and wife,
and he was very attentive TO the
child and its mother. Witness had
spoken to Kelsey of coming to Salt
Lake, and he discouraged her. He said
he intended taking his wife to Pitts
burg. He used either the words my
wife" or Mrs. Kelsey" one or the
other, she was sure. Mrs. Powers gave
no
at Manitou at the same time as the
Kelseys. Witness has seen kilograms
from Mr. Kelsey. Plaintiffs were known
at her place as Mr.. and Mrs. Kelsey.
Mrs. Kelsey was in witness debt, and
10 satisfy witness the bill would be
paid when her husband came; showed
her a telegram from Mir. Kelsey. The
telegram was addressed to Mrs. S. NJ.
Kelsey.
Ethel Powers.
Miss Ethel Powers, IA years of age,
daughter of the preceding witness,
tod of meeting Mr.. and Mrs. Kelsey
room. Mr. Kelsey was kind to Mrs.
Kelsey and the baby. The plaintiff
and defendant were known as Mr.. and
Mrs. Kelsey at Manitou.
Mrs. Kelsey on the Stand.
Mrs. Kelsey, in reply to Mr. Varian,
said she was % years of age, came to
| this country about fifteen years ago
from Sweden. Her maiden name was
Sadies Berglund. Her father was dead.
She became acquainted with Mr.. KEEL
sey when she was not quite sixteen
years of ge. She then lived on Fourth
South street in this city. He became
a regular visitor at her mothers house
and continued to be such until witness
left Salt Lake. He paid her a good
deal of attention and made her pres
ents. She went out with him a good
deal. He proposed marriage to her
few months prior to October Is, 1883,
and she accepted him. She had be-
come very much attached to him and
he appeared to be very fond of her.
The marriage took place on October 16,
1888. On the evening of that day she
and Mr.. Kelsey had supper together
and he pressed her to take some
champagne. She drank about half a
| together. He urged her to marry him
that night and she went with him to
his office. He went out and brought in
two men, who were strangers to wit
ness. One of them he represented to
be a justice OF the peace and she, be-
fore the justice, went through the
episcopal form of marriage service
with Mr.. Kelsey. Witness did not
know either of the men. They drove
to her house in a carriage afterwards,
but witness did not tell her mother or
sister Of the marriage because he
asked her to keep IL secret, and gave
as reason that he had promised his
mother not to marry again. Since"
as witness said, ''he had been com
PEELED to marry Jennie Young, he had
promised his mother not to marry
again"
1t was three months after the mar
riage when her mother learned of the
marriage. During that time she had
sustained the relation of a wife to him.
He used to come and stay at her
mothers house with her till q o'clock
in the morning. He admitted to her
mother that they We're married.
The marriage relations began at Mr.
Kelsey's office on the night of the mar
riage. She left with him for Denver
before the boy was born. 1t was while
she was in Denver that Kelsey first
denied that she was his wife He al
most convinced her that she was not
his wife and she wrote him letters. but
did not remember exactly what she
said as she was greatly troubled about
the turn affairs had taken. She
thought she asked him to marry her
in some of her letters.
He afterwards went back on his de-
NAL and admitted that she was his
wife. They lived as man and wife in
Colorado and introduced each other
to their friends as husband and wife.
They lived at the Rookery in Manitou
Springs for a long time When the
boy was born Mr.. Kelsey was there.
She received a dispatch while at Man
itou. sent by MIR. Kelsey from Salt
Lake, as follows: ITO Sadie S. Kelsey.
care Rookery. Manitou Springs Leave
here Wednesday, perhaps tomorrow.
LEWIS P. KELSEY"
In the original telegram there was
a slight erasure in the name Sadie S.
Kelsey, making it look as if it had
been originally written "Kesley."
Witness said following up the tele-
gram Mr.. Kelsey came. A doctors
bill was made out in the name of
Mrs L. P. Kelsey. The bill was put
in evidence.
Witness said that in accordance with
the agreement as TO keeping the mar
riage a secret, Mr.. Kelsey sometimes
addressed her as Sadie Berglund in
his correspondence
When the child was born Mr.. Kelsey
appeared very fond of it, caressed it
and played with it. He was very af-
after that ne went away, ceased sup
porting her and denied the marriage.
Witness was now without means
and was depending on her sister for
support She needed SIS a month for
the support of herself and little boy.
She could, however, probably get along