The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-19
LOOKING FOR A FATHER
Question of the Paternity OF
Mile Days Child.
OSCAR PEARSON DENIES THAT 1T
is HIS.
But Millie Tells n Jury In Judge
HiIes' Court That Oscar Is Guilty

Oscar Pearson, charged with the
crime of fornication alleged to have
been committed with a young girl
named Mile Day in July, 1895, was
put on his trial before Judge Hiles and
jury yesterday forenoon with County
Attorney Whittemore and Assistant
County Attorney Eichnor prosecuting
and Attorneys J. H. Moyle and John
NJ. Zane defending.
The parties in the case reside at Lehi
and The girl is a pretty. pe'.H-e IL. re 81
IL, while the defendant is a gentle
manly appearing youth of 20. The in
discretion is alleged to have taken
place after a Fourth of July dance in
1885, and in due time baby made its
appearance on the scene and after that
event the present proceedings were in
stituted by the girl and her parents
with the view of forcing a marriage.
Parsons line of defense was that
another was the father of the child
whose paternity it was sought to fasten
upon him.
Mrs. Day, Miles mother was the
first witness called by the prosecution.
She testified that Pearson commenced
paying attention to her daughter in
April, 1895, and came to her house
three or four times a week. On July +.
y
at Union and she did not return till
or O'Clock the next morning. A child
was born to Mile on April Z, 1896.
Mile Day testified for the prosecu-
ton that she was II years old and I'M
married. Had kept company with
Oscar Pearson from April, 1895, and on
july 4 of that year left home in his
company about 8 o'clock in the evening
and went to a ball at Union, leaving
a a oh in no limo
for the. return home. The offense
charged was committed on the after
noon of the Fourth at the home of the
witness, there being no one there but
witness and Pearson.
Mr.. Zane cross-eXamined Miss Day
and she said the offense was never
committed again, but that the defend
ant made such proposals to her wher
he returned to Draper from this city
in the September following.
Charles w. Brown, a young student
at the University, was called and testi-
/ fed that he had a conversation with
! Pearson between Sept. % and the enc
of November in which the defendant
admitted his intimacy with Mile Day
at the same time saying she was q
loose character
A. c. Pearson, brother of the defend
! ant, testified that Oscar Pearson wa:
an unmarried man.
The prosecution rested and Miss Will
liams, stenographer to Justice Harvey's
court. called for the defense identified
certain testimony in the case taken al
the preliminary hearing of the defend
| ant.
John Barry testified to having heard
people make remarks to the effect that
Miss Day was a little bit loose in char
acter.
The defendant took the stand in his
own defense. He said he was 20 years
of age and denied that he had ever
said that Miss Day was a loose char
acter, and that he knew it because he
had been with her. He had, however
heard other people make sighting re-
marks about Mile. On the evening
of July 4, 1895, witness said he went
with Miss Day to a dance at Union
Fort. He positively denied having any
connection of a criminal nature with
her then or at any other time.
Other witnesses were examined with
view to showing that the girls repu-
tation for chastity was not good and
it was attempted to show that she had
been intimate with a young man named
Christensen.
The testimony was about all in when
court adjourned until this morning.