The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-26
Deserted Bride of 16 Years on
Stand in Case Against
Belle London.
SAYS SHE WAS DRUGGED
BY WOMAN COMPANION
Was Detained in County Jail
for Months in Alleged ViO-
IatiOn of Law.

The preliminary hearing OF Mrs. Dora
Topham better known as Belle London
was begun before Justice OF the Peace
IL w Harris on Fourteenth South ana
state streets, Yesterday afternoon MIS-
Topham Is charged With pandcrins In
that she Is alleged TO have induced 4
young girl named Dogney Lofstrom, TO
remain in n house against her VIII. After
leaving the house. which Is in the stock
adc the girl married man named j.
W. Gray. who Immediately deserted her
The complainant In the case against the
London woman is Mrs. Helen Lofstrom.
mother OF Mrs Gray. The case was In
stItuted In Justice II. NJ. Bishops court
but was taken before Justice Harris on
Ia change OF venue.
The only witness examined at yester"
days hearing was Mrs. Gray. She tes-
titled that a woman named Moore had
asked her out to supper and that upon
aseep.nS the inv1iot9n 10 a she TbTG me' sout
street. She testified that something
was put into her coffee which caused her
to lose control of her faculties. and that
she was taken 10 the stockude by me
Moore woman. She said, however. That
on the way to the west side she had
heard the Moore woman say TO passing
friend We are going To tho stockade.
Girl Knew Defendant.
Mrs, Gray said that she had known
Belle London In Ogden, and that the
.ng her father and motsser. She confessed
that she was prejudiced against Belle
London,
from home previous to going into the
stockadc. and that her mother had found
her and taken her back to her home,
and that she would have lived with her her
Lorraine hotel had she not preferred to
live at other roomlng houses and hotels.
| She testified that while she was In
London to telephone TO her mother and
that Belle London had answered her that
as soon as her parent returned from
ouest. She said that shortly after this
she WIS sent for by Belle London, and
when she answered the summons, she
found her mother with Belle London
other things which she. could recall, tina,
she should be ashamed of herself.
Husband Deserts Her.
She declared that the day after she
Ileft the stocl:ade, May 3. 1911, she was
married to ]. w, Gray, who shortly after
marriage left her. She said that follow
perial and Elk Following this, she sait
she was arrested a charge OF va
grancy by Deputy Sheriff Sperry, anc
she was placed In the county jail where
she had been imprisoned for two months
She said she had discussed her case
with Sheriff Sharp and Deputy Sheriff
Sperry and was told that she would b'
released as soon as she had given hel
testimony.
! The girl said that she had been de-
taincd In tho county jail for two months
and that during that time she had beer
given no hearing by magistrate. but
however that she had been given hear
ling by certain OF the Juvenile court Off
| cialS.
However, married woman, no matter
what her age. does not fan under The
Jurisdiction Of thc Juvenile court ac
cording to Attorney e. A. Rogers for tn
defense, and thus she had been unlaw
fully detained for two months on IL charge
OF yagranoy,
| When the testimony OF Mrs, Gray wa:
completed. the court adjourned until thi
afternoon at 2;30 o'clock, when the pre-
lliminary hearing will be continued,