The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-05

he had seen her at all on May 1 or ever
asked her to go TO the theatre with
him or to go to the Cullen hotel and TO
register as Miss Ray Of Heber.' Drove
( from the depot 10 town with M.
Keith, Miss Maggie Keith and Miss
/ Bailey; saw Mr.. Weber at the deDot. |
/ Witness rode with Mr.. Keith in the
carriage to the Walker; saw Mrs.
/ Kearls, Miss Kearn5, Miss Judge and
! Whtnes1' boy on the street somewhere
near the Gift House. Witness when
! the carriage stopped at the Walker
t House. walked back to meet his folks
and went with them to the Cullen no
! tel. Witness saw Mr. Weber at the
! Cullen and witness engaged ROOM
1 BE asked the ladies TO stay to dinner,
/ but they said they were expected to
! dinner at Mrs. Judges. He then asked
! them to go to the theatre and went ap
! to the theatre with them and bought
FIVE tickets; gave Mrs. Kearns four
and kent one. Put the ladies on the
! car to go TO Mrs. Judges and came
! back to the Cullen hotel himself, where
| he had dinner in company with Mr.
/ Weber. Witness and Weber after din
ner went uD to the theatre and met
| the ladies there.
! Did YOU on that evening or at any
other time see this plaintiff at room
| IS in the Cullen hotel and did you give
/ her a copy Of the evening paper and a
| ticket to the theatre?"
NO, did not"
Witness then went on to give the
| personnel of the theatre party. The
/ performance was over about II o'clock.
/ Witness put his folks on the street car
and then joined Mr.. Weber and went
with him to Hogle's saloon; remained
there about an hour and then went to
! the Cullen hotel with Weber and went
"a wit VXTahQr
( bed in a few minutes. Weber and wit
ness occupied the same bed and slept
! there all night. Witness did not go to
room SO and see plaintiff there that
night or any other night; didn't see
her the next morning or the next day at
all; had no conversation with her; got
up about 8 o'clock on the morning of
May and had breakfast at the Cullen
with Mr.. Weber, Then went to Mrs.
Judges and then to the hospital. then
back to Mrs. Judges, from where wit
ness and Mr.. Weber came down town
and lunched at Manca's restaurant;
finished lunch about 2 O'Clock. Witness
could not remember where he went
next but was pretty sure he had gone
10 the Cullen hotel again until the
evening. Met Mr.. Keith that afternoon
and also met Mrs. Kearns, Miss hearns
and Miss Judge: went to Mrs. Judges
house and took dinner there, and then
I ABOUT > . ClOth w esll 10 Tie C1QD 10
meet Mr.. Hanauer on a business mat
ter.
Did you ever give this plaintiff any
money!
mo. never at any time"
Did you see her in this city about
Aug. Is, 1896. and talk with her?''-'s.
Did you meet her at the Utah Cen
trail depot and give her 1902"
No"
Did you at any time, during the
present year meet her at Park Ctty?''--
NO"
Did you about March 4. 1887. meet
her near. the Dooly block in this city
and give her $9o?'i
mo"
Did you at Park City or elsewhere.
tell her you would give her $3.50 if she
would 90 to Butte?''
Did you on April ., 1897, Or any
other time meet her at the Oregon
Short Line depot and give her $150?"
Did you on July IA, meet Hobbs in
; this city,"
| NO SIR
! Did you ever offer him a job if he
! would marry Miss Wray or ask him to
! marry her at aN?"
Did you ever ask him to take the
girl to Colorado and agree to pay her
expenses and do the right thing by
him in consideration of his doing SOP
No
Did you ever receive any letters
! from Hobbs?"
: Eyes. I received two letters, one at
L the Cullen hotel on Aug. 20. 1896. and
: ! another at the Knutsford in April,
E 1897
These letters were put in evidence,
Z and so was another which Hobbs de-
: MED having written. 1t was dated
Aug Is, 1896, and was submitted to the
jury so that they might examine the
: writing and the signature and decide
0 il it was Hobbs writing or not.
y This letter demanded $50 from Kearns
e and threatened to expose him to Mrs
I, Kearns If he didn't send the money
y After receiving the letter of Aug. is
s the witness received a letter from tbs
$ plaintiff, Miss Wray, purporting to
e have been written in Colorado, when
r was the only letter ne had received
e from her.
! It vas dated Oct Il, 1885, and stated
h that she needed money and was going
d 10 have it and if he didn't send it he
g would find himself in the police court
and that his enemies Wol}d give her g
e small sum to expose him and further
d that if he didn't send it she would come
d to his house at Park City and that as
:, it was his place TO take care of hel
e she would just come to his house anC
o stay there.
The hotel cash blotter was shown tt
witness ard the place where Mis-:
d Ray had been changed to "MisS
It Wray'' pointed cut to him and WitneS:
e said he had never seen the writing Oh
o the erasure before. The hotel registel
o was also shown to witness and he saiC
Il he had never seen the erasure there IN
til the book was introduced in evidence
a few days ago.
DO you know Mrs. Kilpack?''
yes"
1 when did you first see her?"
le In salt Lake about April 20. 1897"
II Did you see Hobbs in Salt Lake IL
d July and did he then show you an or
-e der from Miss Wray for sS5 and asi
you to pay it?"
le NO, I never saw Hobbs in Salt LAX
le at ALL
7, from Mrs. Kilpack by telephone?'
:. What conversation did you hav
with Mrs. Kilpack when you saw her q
ID your house at Park City,"
She said she was in trouble an
N wanted to talk to me privately. l aske,
her to state her case then, but sh
would not and I then said I would Sc
N her in the street the next day and Wen
with her to the Silver King Office. Sh
then told me She was IN trouble. ina
her daughter had told her was tn
ae father Of her child and that she wante
to know the truth. ] asked her If sh
in was a hlackmailer too and she said sh
was not, but that she had lot O