Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-10
THE DEFENSE RESTS.
LETTERS OF GRIFFIN TO HIS WIFE
Evidence Is Now An In-Testlmony at
Last Nights session-Today's
Proceedings.

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i"e uIii''h tliu' was resumed
Judge Hiles at $3.50 this morning y
number of letters We're introduced by
tho dafenaa tardirg "a prove TINT
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prl'''il h'u not lost an cohl'"ei'e
his wife up to October, 1873. Deposit
tons of n ,yitness vyae n,so road and
nnr,her ~ 'r,,,,assoa US a.a, ,,,G
VI "I,ile99ee eN"i'''i'N
LAST NIGHTS PROCEEDlNG9'
Last nights session was devoted
mainly To the -eadinp ot n number OF
-, -, -,
ueposi,ioi's anu we're lh''ouueeu ~
counsel for Mrs. Griffin to support the
charge of adultery against Griffin
,,.,,,, ,r,.a 60 =, ,..,.s. o.. ,,o
re
harmon DOCK IN october lSsO' anu
also to refute the charge of habitual
drunkenness sralust Mrs. Griffin.
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A"e MS uePoSl''oh rtau was w
MIS-. Minnie klummp, formerly
ohambermnid at the Harmon block.
NIrs I-t,,,,,,,,, -. ,..sia.,, IL, p,,,to
-. s, 49,"
lily NVmta anu ueposes that sne
Sew blIiiiIl' MiSb i9erkihtn anu Mrs.
Erickson eat az the same table On
pIe OCCASION sne saw Miss beTkilah
slttlnB On brlnihs zap with her arms
Touhd ms neck
Mrs hiuthInp was corfoporated py
MRS. Martina j: Thurston, who deposed
thai she hVed IN the Harmon block
during the period mentioned by the
last witness; Griffin. she said, was
slttlng on the SIDE OF the bed ana
MISS lierkinan was attired either in
a hlsnt ROBE or white Mother hup-
bard -.
Mrs. w. c, Payne, mother OF Mrs
SrlHlt' was theh called, ana salu tilit
~! H. ISL nnu Nisiseu ~
except one she was accompanied by
Harvey. Witness nlso said that she
vlsIted ber dnuVbter IN 1902 fur 1--WE
| mast summer She had never seen her
dnuphter under the influence of llauor
| or narcotics Mrs. Grimm might have
! taken an occasional toddy. MS pre-
| srribed for her bv DIR. PAYNE. but the
,,,itnees aoid sbe dtd NOT remember of
over seeing nor take one of these Mrs.
| PAYNE denied that she had falling out
Win nor daurhtcr and that she left
| tbe house in consequences
The denositions Of Mrs. Ellen j.
| yo,ing ana Miss MARY u. Young were
then read. Both denied the statement
made bv vitnesses for the plaintiff
| tbat Mrs. Griffin was drunk the night
| sha ,.st,,rned with Heating from Ii
| cast Third south street
| Ntrs Lena Campbell was then called
| 20 the stand and testified that she saw
| Griffin visit the house of Miss Berlt-
man when she lived on First street
| Mrs Mary Loofbourow said Ms:
| Rerlsman lived near her on FRS
street about a year ago. and that sh,
| had seen Griffin 20 there almost ever!
| dny. He would go in the evening anC
| leave in the morning.
Court here adjourned until thi
| ,norninr
u-rrrpc APE 1NJTpoDtTCED
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Proceedings began thls ilioliliiS ~, "
,he reAulhg OF the uspositi Iara "a ,, ~,
iNluuiils' MhSn ~ ,',,s a., ',,ida,,c,
duced a number OF letters IN e ,N,ilst,'s
the trst OF wh'cn MaS it in ~ a.
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naIiuon ntocN: 70 ia ,siiod,. No,
Paul, Minnesota, 10 the ianaiauy, NM
Perklhs' thy ptsiil..'s "a az s ;,iinn,s
portion Oh tne iet.et ieads 's ,Oi'o M
Now, my us.tf e,ta, ~ caS,fns
70 ask you Soile pI est SUI, ., .,,srart
was stuplu enough ~. W susps.e
NJ the uihe, W. wv ,,, ny ~ so 10
me about fop kcl ing ~ W. w.. va
she expressed u at Ihe tIue = ieity a
q put up Iop 70 get M N% 49, 81
them ana IN iact away rom i %
Lake. 1 peIeNeu hel ~ t"p I'M, 90
eou'u huI 81 n slsSd her and 20,
III az -, ,Sayrsctiy WILLING that
~ ,sr,ain tbere They always n,
s,pea me that they were,as they ooul
not live there II was not with then
, | and | believed them, OF course, put ;
many things that l nave heaTu SIN ~
{ ] left, mas made me see throusn II ~. a
n friend OF mine mere whom sHi 60
responds with, told me 81, she hsal
Doll was in the hospital, i'll with I!
phold pneumonia. ! told her l Won
ha aS, 10 near n,a,,,d ~ b , n IL os She
o before 4 Mou,u Iiar No ono heiie,,
a,,ar,,tbinr abe says or writes. bt
overiooIt IL ON account OF her
beoitb .
@ Here reference Is made to n delica
II onoration said To have been perform,
Wpon "noIi" and continuing Ii
u ,i!,,tar savst.
e ""And when think of how 81
n hoodw,inled that moor trusting m.
- IL ala averythinp for her that
10 ,,,nn could do for n woman. L feel
e i,,d,,nsnt and angry. / can scarce
st .in,tair n,vseIf and wonder now he
~ n,,ar ala when / realized she In
- turned Pom against me. If he on
~ t.neyy Il I was The hest friend he h
L. in that whole crowd.
- 81 wonder IL the baby(?) ever car
a. che had m" led him to exneet' :"
rs -. -, 80. .,,s,,.,., O., .,,
u me iettst M"s H. T,',s W III
" as part o. we teseiiilU'S' JUICY III
" ordering u stI'eMvn uu' q,
~ FROM POP 10 'DoIIS'
go This is from Griffin to Miss Der
~ man:
y, .ro NV dear Dotts from, her cousl