The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-14

RICHFIELD, Oct. 12.-The district
=. court of Sewer county began its regu-
lar october term at II o'clock tnls
morning.
me first case on the record was that
OF the State VS.. W. G. HaaloWs' WIZ
was charged with adultery.
Miss Anna Sepulveda was the nrsl
- witness called. She admitted that she
"a .auoaIld soon. be a mother; the defendant
7F$T5Nuld be the father. She was Dut
little over 16 years of age. She TURNER
testified that she came from NeVaoa
a liftle over a year ago and went TO
live at her uncle's place IN buII s ,I@S
last April she went to live at Hal
!. lows home, and had been there but a
3 -feyy nights when, in the same bed
III with Hallows and his wife, and with
" the permission of Mrs. Halows, she
n had committed aduNery; mat some
FL four night after Mrs. tdailoWs nao
called her TO the bed and at the solicl-
+ation of the pair she had again
sinned. That some nights later she
was sleeping with Mrs. Hallows, When
the husband came home and the usuai
results followed.
When the defense took the case,
they attempted TO make the girl admit
fbaT She had been guilty Of the same
act with numerous other parties, but
she told a pretty straight story. Hal
lows had brought her medicine to
relieve her of her troubles. She had
a<ssaaxaNHe ying at the defendants since
Nh NJ he had rot made any ap-
q .s|<=S since then.
III Senulyeda. the girls mother,
! She had allowed her daughter to
l5za with her brother in Burrville.
- heard nothing of her daughter s
fyward conduct until she came back,
zen a letter from her brother reached
rcfrr
News she started for Burrville. Her
nephew accompanied her to a nearby
ranch, where she found her daughter
helping Hallows in the hay field. When
she saw her daughter, she accused her,
and asked who the gritty man was.
The girl told her, and she flew into
an awful rage. Hallows tried to pacify
her and said he would see that the girl
YVES cared for.
Ransford Teeples. a cousin to the
Maynard girl, said he had gone with
his aunt to Hallows' ranch for the
I. girl, and that Hallows had taken him
fS.a Sepulveda's brother aside and
u assa Mat he did not claim to be
the girls condition, but
not all to blame.
H Fl w. Mechanics made the
gnlenjf I.F,sey intended to
s. ~ ~ xacter while the defend
y against him had been made to
dGrend a lover who was actually the
guilty party.
The defendant now took the stand in
his own behalf Anna Sepulveda came
10 their home about the first of April.
She had not been able to agree with
aler uncle, and wanted home. There
were but two rooms on the ranch, and
the girl slept in the same room. He
deried the charges wgli.eh the girl had
"a made. The girl had said TO him that
[E% she had stayed one night at DAILY
grove below Koosharum and had there
M slept with Doll DAILY and Do4fs brother.
4 He admitted getting the medicine from
DR.. Schock for the girl. but said 1T was
because she was not we'll. He after
ward got some in Richfield at Dr.
Niell's for his wife, but Anna never
had any Of that
y Mrs. Eallows was now called to the
- stand She told of Anna Sepulveds
81 seeking a home with them. She denied
IA the charges the girl had made, but
told how Al Hancock had come to the
house and Anna sat up with him
After the husband and wife had been
in bed for some time the baby cried
for milk. She went to the kitchen
. some distance away and found the
light out, believing from what she
heard and saw that the couple were
$3.50 sssaxsksasr missing position.
= George b. Walters
- 49, - Fksssoed character OF the
3 defendant. Both had known him for
y many years.
Edgar Fillmore. the justice who ex-
anlined- Hallows. also testified to de-
PENDANTS good reputation up TO about
three months ago.
Additional evidence, proving that
Hallows disclaimed any knowledge OF
the drug he GO. in Richf1eld being al
hds house, when il was sought by an
officer. was introduced and the court
adjourned till 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning.