The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-29
Witnesses for Defense in Case
Against Belle London on
Stand.
DECLARE COMPLAINANT
WOULD NOT GO HOME
Was Allowed to Leave House,
and Returned of Her Own
Free Will.

Witnesses for the defense in the pre-
liminary hearing of Mrs. Dora b. Top
HON, also known as Belle London,
charged with pandering, it being al
legged that by means Of promises and
threats and by divers devices and
schemes she caused and encouraged
Mrs, Dogney Gray to remain an IN
mate Of house in the west side stock
ade, testified yesterday morning and
afternoon in the court of l.. w. Har-
ris, justice of the peace, Fourteenth
South and State streets. e. a. Rogers,
attorney for the defense, said yester'
day that the hearing would come to an
end Monday, when those of his wit
nesses who have not testified will take
the stand.
The first witness yesterday morning
was Ollvine Lamar, a resident of the
district She testified that on two
occasions she had seen Dogney Gray,
who called herself Nellie White at that
time. leave house No. 140. She said
that the first time the girl went away
in taxicab aud that the second time
she walked away unaccompanied and
that when she had left tbe Moore
woman remained in the house.
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She testified that the girl had often
repeated TO her the statement that
she would not go back home because
her mother entertained All undesirable
clement in the hotel of which she was
the proprietor and also for the rea-
son that her mother treated her cruel.
Is. The Lamar woman testified that
one night Dogney Gray had seen her
nrother-in-law, a musician, and that she
had said "Don Z let him see me- be-
cause he is a relation of mine.
The next witness was W. Y. Kim, a
Korean. Dogney Gray had previously
testified that during the time she had
been in the house n man had been sta
toned at the door who forbade her
to go out of the house. Kim testi
fled that he had been in the house
during the time the girl was there and
her or prevented her from leaving the
house, He said that the girl had left
the house a number of times.
Says Mother Made Threats.
Rose Bartlett, a resident of the dis
trict, testified that she had entered
Belle London S office while Mrs. Lof.
and that she had heard Mrs. Lofstrom
say to her daughter: tWhen I get you
home IN beat you to death" The
Bartlett woman testified that she had
been the bearer of the summons to Dog
ney Gray telling her that her mother
wished to see her and that after re-
ceiving the summons the grl had
eaten her supper before going TO see
her mother.
Rose Bartlett testified that she
had been in the office with Belle Lon
don when the latter first saw Dogney
Gray and that the girl had told Belle
London that she was 10 years old and
hat she was in her twentieth year The
witness testified that the girl had
told her the same thing on a number
IF occasions and also that the girl had
told her that she had made money Hup
town. and with it had purchased fin.
,ries.
\. S. Matthews, piano player. tes.
.lfied that Mrs. Helen Lofstrom had |
old him last Tuesday that the county |
lttornev and the sheriff had told her |
{ she did not do her best to get Belle |
London they would make trouble for |
Ter rooming house.. The piano PLAYER
llso testified that on Saturday. Mav13 |
Mrs. Lofstrom had told him that Belle
.ondon had telephoned to her to come
md get her daughter.
The hearing will be continued at 10
clock Monday morning.