Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-02
GRIFFIN TESIIFIES.
Gives His Early EXPERIENCES Of Mar
risd Life.
CROSS EXAMINED by MIR. ZANE.
Trouble In the CONS Oek Saloon-More
Arraignm II s-COurt
Notes.

bou Oi tue tAhuluhLlUn VI . IL o'h-
IN, the plaintiff, by Attorney Rich-
ards, and severe cross.t xhmin nation
by Attorney u ne In his direct 'esti.
moDy, yesterday afternoon, q III o
told OF his early experiences OF mar.
rIed life; the first Enlargement occur.
ring within an hour or 20 after the
performance Of the marriage ceremony.
He also said that she soon took to
drinking aud three times during their
welded career, she slapped him 10
the fnos. Once he pushed her down
on the lounge and warned her never
TO be guilty Of such conduct again.
Attorney Il chards asked Mr.. Grit
I'm this morning II he remembered
msh and womau (whose names were
given bat afterwaris ordered stricken
on ),comipg TO his house.
Toe witneB, said:
"Yee, one evening they came to my
house and Mrs. Griffin gave them u
room. 1 protested tlai 1t was not fair
TO the womaD's husbsni, when Mrs.
Gnffin told me to mind my own busi-
ness. They came out together In
closed carriage and occupied room
gether. The woman WINS an init
mate friend OF Mrs. Gifiin."
Mrr. CIR fl a had told witness that II
ne Thought sne was going TO give up
her gentleman irienus because they
were married, he was a fool for think
log so. She always bOasted OF having
pis of sweeth-atts, one VI whom was
octor H. Omshn.
"5he would II me that all OF my
I'VE, thesrrs went bsck on me, but that
al Of hers stage with her,"
at l uUjec,ed ner seeing any OF
her oil slime sweetbearts, she would
simply tell me to mi my own bust
uess. When toll Mrs. Or I'll that
had written to her father, DR.. Payne,
70 cUme out here, and what was 20
ing to tell him, she said thai DIR. Payne
would take q club to me or anyone
T else who would say u word about her
T character"
Witness knew John Stahl. Before
he entered his M ploy he came out at
mis- wiie'. Invitation and toUk dinner
with them Sundsys and week day..
He he'd known OF aer buying StahI q
hat, th,it, collars, cuffs and ties, to.
baecI ana cigars. Tneir friendship
continued up until July, 1898, sine,
then they had MT been on good term.
"Mrs. GrIfhl gave as reason
Tor marrying me that II
was because OF my money;
thst sho hal no respect for man wh
couluh'. make money. She gave mt
no creoit Tor making money under tue
| 'crcums ances,' because she said any
iooi could make money with the
| cha ncts had.
Mr.. r charJs asked witness what
Mrs. Gufii q meat by "circum.
stances.', Objected to and sustaided.
Witness ,nid he was worth from
| $50, 900 to 100000 when he got married
| ".jne once .Jni e lady irisnd tbHt
walked down Town rs though owned
hall the town, Tut che would soon TAKE
that out of me alter our marriage.
| Wines, said that he had been
I'll cteJ with cataTrh for fifteen years
aud on the slightest cold his nearing
| would bs atiecteI. When suffering o
Mis-. Griffin would talk in low tone
Of voice, and when he would ask her
to talk a nltle louder. she would
scream.
Mrs. Or FL always treated his
friends the vsry opposite OF hers. HIS
| irisnus were never maize weic me.
He had TO give up his friends to oeIlge
ner. She gave as o reason that they
were beneath heI; they were no,
society people nno wasn't "siyllsh"
,nougn. At his wife's reques., he
sent saddle horse to California,
which was turned over to Mr.. VJre.
She told witness that she could sell
the horse Tor 81, 900. He sent the AMI.
mai to tue "Tzily no stables" in Los
Angles. mrs. Griffi n had told witnes,
what a nice gentlemau Mr.. Vors wa;
that he had bought her q dinner nj
Los Angeles AMI all It had cost her
was So.
Up until a year ago Mrs. Griffin
visited his place OF business two and
three times day aud always inteI-
fered with his tffiirs, even TO the
ouatermanding O. ordeI's given his
men,
Mrs. Griffin called him one time,
before their little boy, a "ssl0oD bum, -
and also said that a prominent * light
remplsr had toll her that his saloon
bill at Mulvey's alone, amounted TO
over Sl00a month.
Mrs. Griffin look poison once be.
cause she didn't want him TO attend
| iHo Wy SuuuCii thc lhBht tuo WIS ioi
itreet sprinkling were opened. She
hold bottle up before witness, put II
IL her lips, turned to him and said, 81
have crank enough lauianum tv Kill
half dO2sn persons"
Mrs. Badler took the b7ttle from her
DR.. Plummer anu MIR. Ffapken came
down and attended her. This act on
mis- wift's part haa caused him gresl
distIe g. AT his request the uaily
papers suppressed the matter He hsC
uprsided her many times Tor drinking
and Em king.
He hsd known his wife to visit the
Chinese tstote adj lining the st. Flint
three and four times week.
BY MIR. ZANE.
He was first informed OF his wifs'a
dnnking habits a year ago last win
ter. MI. anu Mrs. Stahl were tn,
drst to acqualnt HIM OF the fac. ii,
brought neI three or four bottles o
vine from California. Had never sen
u wife n cssk OF wine. Her habit
anu actions caused him great anguish
nj disttts, ofmind, but he continued
to 1--we her until DR.. Payne srrived
year ago lsbt Juge. Witness left hi
nome he day stier his arrival. Ii
couldn't tell thu day or the hour whel
10 erased to love his wi e. His sfiec
lou ( her hau not ceased when h
left home. The day they were mar
led Mrs. Cir iii snatcueu his bs
Dd his hsal beiure about twenty PEG
| aIp aavinu that ha hunniliata.t he,