The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-01-28
HORRIBLE STORY
Of Child WIFE
Sixteen Years of Age, Forced
to Lead a Life of
Shame.
FATHER TESTIFIES AS
TO AGE OF DAUGHTER
Attorney for the Defendant At
tempts to Secure Acquittal
on TechnicaIities.

When the case against Joseph Dye.
charged with having placed his wife In q
house of il-repute, came up before Judge
Diehl Friday afternoon. additional evi-
dencc OF a revolving nature was brought
out According to the confession of the
young woman's father. Thomas Christie
OF ogden, the girl was 16 years OF age
March 60 last. She was sent to the State
Industrial school because OF her relations
with Dye while she was but Is years OF
age, and Dye was sentenced to the city
jail. on January 3 she was allowed to
leave the institution, at which time Dyo
married her.
Came to Salt Lake.
The father further testified that on or
about the 10th day OF January Dye and
his girl wife came &c Salt Lake. the for
mer explaining that he was In the en-
as spotter and that he expected to return
In about two weeks, He next saw his
daughter In a house of ill-repute In the
rear OF 243 Main street, and understood
that Dye had placed her there
Edna Prescott, who is In charge OF the
house mentioned, again told her story Of
the affair She stated that Dye came to
her and represented himself as an officer,
displaying a detectives or deputy shcr-
ms badge. and saying that he wished to
place his wife In the house and receive
her earnings. Later he wrote TWO letters
to Miss Prescott upon the subject and
made a number OF trips to the place to
secure money.
Wifes Revolving Confession.
While striving by every manner OF
means to shield her husband, the girl
wife practically admitted that she was
placed In tho house Of ill-repute by her
was made between her husband and her
self. by which she was TO lead such a
life until such time as they could save
sufficient money with which to go into
the saloon business. Upon cross-exam-
ination by Attorney Hanson, the girl ad-
mitted that her husband had also teic-
deavoring to secure place for her there.
Mrs. DYE Is an attractive young woman.
She is said by the matron OF the State
Industrial school to have behaved her
SELF In ladylike manner while confined
there. Among other accomplishments,
she Is credited with having a remarkably
sweet voice, and there wasn't a man In
the courtroom who was not visibly i'm
pressed with the sad and revolving story,
Arguments Made.
When Attorney William Newton made
his argument before tho court he prac-
tlcally admitted that the story as told
was true but depended upon the wording
Of the complaint for an acqulttal He
argued that inasmuch as the complaint
charged that the girl wns taken away
from her lawful guardian. John Doe
Christie. at Ogden, the court had TO
Jurisdiction In the case in Salt Lake. no
matter what the offense was or what the
nature OF her downfall WAS. He further
argued that when tho girl became the
wife of Joseph Dye no one, except her
husband. had any right 10 claim guard
ia,aship over her and that, therefore, this
portion OF the complaint could not be
taken Into consideration by the court
Makes Strong Argument,
Attorney Hanson made a strong argu-
ment, In which he attempted to show
that the elimination of the offense took
place In Salt Lake, and that while Dyes 8
attorney might strive to secure his re-
lease upon a mere technicality, ne thought
the court would weigh we'll tho evidence
and hold the defendant to the District
court. The story wos revolving. he
said and so plainly a case in which the
defendant should be punished. that he
had no doubt but that verdict would
be returned In accordance with the evil
depce introduced and In accordance with
! the seriousness of the crime
Taken Under Amusement.
Both attorneys made exceedingly good
arguments before the court and after lis
tening to them the Judge took the matter
under adviscment until this morning,
when Dye will either be held to the Dis
trict court OF released. In case the latter
course Is taken, II seems positive that
steps will be taken to again arrest the
man, a5 the seriousness OF the otfense Is
too apparent TO allow Dye to go unpun-
ISh