The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-24

in the May following their departure
from this city. He visited her house
the day he arrived in Denver, after
registering at the st. James hotel. He
there gave her $3.50. He remained in
Denver from the morning of May L to
the evening of May 2. He did not
stay at plaintiffs and was not intro
duced as her husband, nor did he in
troduce her as his wife. He had bust
ness in Denver in Aust, 1889, which
he did not remember; called ON the
plaintiff; always called on the plain
tiff when in Denver, and gave her
money. In August, 1889, he had been
told of the birth of the child, and went
to Denver after receipt Of the news;
gave plaintiff $500 then; was next
in Denver in April, $780, on his
way to Chicago; stopped there again
on his return from Chicago. Denied
being introduced as the plaintiff
husband on either of these occasions.
He next saw the plaintiff in Colorado
i'll August, 1891, at Manitou Springs.
He registered at the Barker house, and
made inquiries for the Rookery, as he
wished to see the plaintiff. He found
her and gave her money. Then he se-
cured a room at the Rookery and stayed
there. He next went to Colorado
Springs, and then to Denver. Did not
occupy the room at the ROokery with
the plaintiff as his wife. He went to
Manitou Springs to see the plaintiff,
knowing she was there. He had sent
telegram to her, addressing her as
Mrs. Sadie Kasley, at her request,
made in letter to him from her.
The letter was identified. as were
1T
him TO address her as Mrs. S. Kesley.
Kelsey stated that he knew the plain
tiff'S sigma ture, as he had seen it about
300 times. He had two or three hun
dred letters from her
Continuing, DIR. Kelsey said he went
to Manitou August IA or Is, and left
Denver on the goth or 21st. He denied
living with the plaintiff then. He did
not see her in Denver again until 1893.
This was the last time he saw her
there. He went to raise money for the
new boulevard. Then he went to Colo
RADIO Sprins and to Rico. Called on
the plaintiff and gave her money. They
did not live together as husband and
wife.
at the Walker House.
In Salt Lake City he met the plain
Denver. She stopped at the Walker
house, but he did not know that she
| registered as Mrs. Kelsey. He never
spent a night there; saw her in this
city again in 1892, at the Walker;
never knew she registered anywhere
as Mrs. Kelsey; had never authorized
her to do SO; had never introduced her
! to anybody.
The $500 certificate of deposit and a
lot of drafts, showing money given to
the plaintiff. were identified and placed
! in evidence.
Mr.. Kelsey fuSther testified that he
never saw DR.. Cooke, of Denver, and
| was not introduced to him. He knew
Mrs. Powers and her daughter. Re
membered having seen Mrs. Powers al
| Manitou. and also a little girl but
could not say it was the same one who
testified here. He denied having been
! introduced to her at Manitou as the
| husband of the plaintiff. She had in
! troduced him to Mrs. Rogers there
! The last money Kelsey gave the plain
! tiff was on June 20. 1898. He ceased
| giving her money because he had
! learned that in 1892 she had visited At
| torney Baldwin, in this city, for the
| purpose of planting a suit against him,
! and he had been told by John D. Kin
ney that IAN old man had said my
wife"-here the defendant caught him.
self-"that Mrs. Kelsey was going to
she for divorce. thought it was
| about time to quit as these things
might further complicate me-"
| Kelsey said this was the first time he
| knew plaintiff was claiming to be his
wife. He never gave her authority to
use his name. a letter addressed MY
! Dear Lewis" from the plaintiff, was
read. in which she told of getting
! cheaper hotel than the Walker, and
saving that while he did not wish to
come and see her he might do so with
/ out it being known to others. Kelsey
! then said he had a conversation in 1895
with Mr.. Hansen, reporter of the
! News, regarding an article published IN
! a Denver paper. To the reporter MI
Kelsey had stated the story was 6
base fabrication, and if the News pub
! lished it. witness would institute sui
for libel The witness then went to
see the editor-in-chief. Mr.. Kelsey de
MED saving to Mr.. Hansen that the
plaintiff mad been his wife, but was not
| now. Mr.. ]. K. Gillespie heard the
! converse ton and took part in it. The
witness also denied having told The
plaintiff she was not his wife; never
/ conversed with her on the subject, anG
never told her mother they We're mar
ried: nor did he say to the mother thai
if he married anybody it would be hel
daughter Sadies-
Pleading Piteous Letters.
Other letters of the plaintiff to the
defendant were offered in evidence
They were of a pleading, pitiful char
acter, telling the almost breaking OF
a. Young mothers heart because, as
she said, the father of her child mac
changed, and had ceased to love her
In one letter the plaintiff pleaded fol
the defendant to give proper care &c
! her child or she should die.
on cross-examination Mr.. kelsey
said he had lived in Salt Lake only
sixteen years. He was 81 years OF
age. and was not married man. Hac
| been married His wife was not dead
He married Virginia Young, and was
! divorced from her. Had a child by
that marriage. Did not know when i
was born. only it was in 1881 He
never lived with his wife, nor did he
cohabit with her after the marriage
She said he did not know, when he
met Miss Berglund. that she was only
| a girl less than IT, She was intro
duced 10 him by Emma Shaw, ant
asked him to call. The second timt
she met him she asked for buggy
ride. and he took her. This was II
1887. After that he called seVera
times. but not often, because he un
derstood she had a sweetheart, anc
he was not lover. Her having {
sweetheart did not stop his calling
She sent him notes. She had told MN
she was engaged to be married III
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