Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-02

| me, was drifun's reply.
| Continuing, witness said, he did not
remember OF his wife comp aiming Of
the r ON in the MiIIari hotel, In
Omabs, beoAuse the CRATE smoked.
/ His ouse In q naha was not near the
| stables. Mrs. Grim had told him ne
| G ulun't drivt; hu did not remember
her telling him he was the best driver
she ever raw. He never prepared any
whisky for bis wife to drI r, because
| che always dram. out OF q bottle. He
had complained OF the dieparaging
terms Mrs. Or fir had oiton spoke Of
his family; not because they were
| farmers, but on accouu Mt OF their ignor.
| auce. HiB iaiher visited them twice
after their marriage, his mother once.
| Ae far 40 he knew Mre. Grill o had
treated them kindly.
| Attorney u ne nete handed witness
n letter, winch he recognized as writ.
| ten IN his wife's handwriting and
which he received May 7sb. 1890.
He objected to his wife giving a card
| party once, because when he askej
VINO was going to bs pressnt, shs told
him 1t was none Of his business.
"DJn't you know the law OF the
h use alw ave- istuss nvitatio nt?"a
Attorney Zane.
Il Eli nOt tuuCb pSutou Oh boCibt
| rules" answere Griffin.
"I thou gut not" Mr.. Fave.
His wife accused MIN o. alulterous
| relations win Ms. Stahl ami also said
1t was common talk both here and in
Onahs.
"Did she not tell you that she didn't
believe you gullIs?" asked Attorney
Zius.
''She did not" was Grifd as reply.
Containing the witness said he
had roomed with Mrs. Snelgrove, in
the Harmon block, the eanitari um
building and at No. IL east
Third South street. AT the latter
place Miss Berkmau was one OF the
isiies who rented the rooms. He was
sick ffJm the tune he went there until
he was taken to the hospital. w tue,s
denie having told the landIady of
the Harmon block that she had better
be out Of tue way when this trial
came on. Denied having told Miss
Berkman that she'd better koow
nothing.
Gfifilu was hsro shown another let.
| ter, and after some hesitation ac.
knowledged he was the author.
The letter is written from the street
| supervisors department. Ii Is not
| dated, but Is written on . "Wednesday,
me time In 1893. II is addressed to
Mrs. Grim n in California and starts
out with the endeariug terms, "De,r
! ones"
The tortlon Of the 10 ter the dsfeuss
| W II make use OF reacs as follows:
"Hne council alloweI my bill Tor
s., $40 last night. but GA not get the
| money for some little time. b skin il
| in Washington city anu Loofoorou 10
| Mayor, so there VIII be no veto,"
Continuing GT I'll sslJ that he frs
| met Miss Bsrkman In Call o.nis In
| 1895; admitted havlug taken her twice
| out Ia is, back riding In Los A ugeies.
Griffin was still on the stand when
| court adjourned at 2 O'Clock.
CALLED HER DoLLIE.
Griffi u WAS put on the sand again
this n rnson and questioned about
his congestion with Miss Bsrkm All.
He admitted that she sometimes called
| uim "Pauuie" AMI eOmstimes "PJp,''
anu that he referred to her occ,iion-
| ally as "Doliis" anu I'D =" Hs WAS
| still under DISCRIMINATION when
the NEWS report closed.
| COmstsck saloon Trouble.
| Ida ]. Taylor Is suing Clarles w.
Taylor and Hiram Barstow, IN the
Third distric court, to obtain posses.
sion and declared the owner OF the
fixtures anu appurtenAnces OF the
| Comstock saloon, on Wet Second
south street, and also asking that q
restraiuing order be issued to prevent
the encumbering Of the property.
| Mrs. Taylor alleges tuat she has
been the owner OF the saloon fix ures
anu stock since the Stu OF June las
and that It 10 valued at $4,000. Shs
I Okla bill Of asle from her husband,
| CHARLES w. Taylor, some time later,
aud since the 18th Of last month he has
been ia possession.
TITS then alleged that Taylor anu
| the purpose OF defrauding her of the
property. Taylor, It Ia then alleged,
| trans erred to Barslow the whole OF the
property without any consideration
| whztever.
tits further alleged that both defe.
dants are impecunl1us, irresponsible
| aud iusolvent, anu thst Taylor has
ADscoDued anu put himself beyond the
| Jurisdiction of t1e court. 1t IL iuT.
thsr alleged that Bsrstow has threat.
ened, ana even attempted, to dispose
OF the property.
Judge Hiits granted o temporary
| restraining order made returnabls
| Saturday, September 18th. Rcharos
q Richards are Mrs. rsyIor's attor.
neys.