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Show EMILll'I'EllJT LM. A Oelebratod Witness Finally Run to th Wall by the Untiring Slenth. KATIE HOUSE IS CAFTUEED. After Eluding the Wary Deputies of the Marshal's O.'JlO foi Years, Katie House, the my-lerious witness f ir whom the uliiiiiitous sleuihs of the United States marshal's ollice have beeu hunting for years, was finally entrapped en-trapped this morning iu Salt Lake and taken iu custody. Word was promptly dispatched to Froto, where Nicholas ttfoesbeek, tho alleged polygamous polyg-amous husband to Miss House w as notified. 'The search for the tt it- ness has been one of the most thrilling and eventful in the annals of frontier detective work, and for three years the clever(st arliliees of the fly cap bate been thwarted. They were outwitted at every move upon the official chess board, and nothing noth-ing but phenomenal perseverance and eudiiianee would hate kept the search alive. Tluy haunted et cry dwelling almost in the territory ami sometimes found fresh tracks, but liku a llight of fancy she w as gone. To tho official world she was for some time dead for months, mid then another clew w as developed. Finally it w as reported that she had turned her number two's up to the daisies, but the ruse wouldn't work, ami tho search continued w ith unabated zeal. She was filially traced to her secluded moorings, however, and will now appear iu the role of a tt itness against his indicted lordship. Nicholas (iroesbeck, the alleged husband hus-band for whose prosecution the witness is wanted is one of the wealthiest Inhabitants In-habitants of Froto, having acquired riches that placed him among the foremost fore-most of frontier autocrats. The Indictment Indict-ment charges him wi'h adultery, the result of this unrighteous alliance making mak-ing itself manifest iu a single child. Mr. (iroesbeck has already al-ready served one term iu the penitentiary for unlawful cohabitation and the present rase against him will be waged with better zeal and aggros, iveiies. This afternoon Mr. (iroesbeck accompanied by his attorney Col. Ferguson Ferg-uson appeared iu behalf of the witness wit-ness who, was held under a re-eouniaiice re-eouniaiice for her appearance at the trial, which will now be act for an early hearing. The capture of the witness has created considerable ex ritenient among those who sympathise with the practices of polvgmay, while the sleuths aro congratulating themselves them-selves that, In the ollicial lexicon, "there's no sich word as fale." The Woman's appearance is quite prepossessing although constant dread of the minions of the marshals ollice has had its effect upon hot" features. She Is about M years of ago and Is re puled to have been tho favorite wife of the deleudatit. |