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Show church trial . Slic WM followed also by' David and Mrs. Horsley and this aftcrnoou Luther Dalrymple, the defendant took the stand. The accused testified that he WM Married on the last day of October, 1889, when counsel coun-sel stated that he Was prepared to establish that Miss Mills was of loose character, that heV conduct was such as to invite undue at-ieniiott at-ieniiott from young men. The prosecution objected and WCI sustained. sus-tained. ! he witness testified that Miss Mills hud i. aiently deposited herself, unsolicited, in bis lap, ami denied ever bavin g any intercourse inter-course whatever with her. Cress-examined by District Attorney Varian witness stated that be had kept company with the prosecuting prosecu-ting witness for several years. Both of tliem had made advances. lie had once given her some beer at his house, lie denied de-nied the statements said to have been made before the counsel of the church, lie had taken hold of her foot on one occasion because be-cause she had supported it on the chair on which lie was seated. "This was four mouths after he was married." mar-ried." "Did she say she would tell her mother?" "No, sir." 'Did you say the disgrace would fail upon her?" "No, sir." "She was attached to you?" "She claimed to be." John W. Wooley and Bishop Porter of Centreville testified to the character of the defendant in the community and the afternoon after-noon report closed with Mclvin H. Randall on the stand. SCANDAL IN CO LET. VENTILATION OF A DECIDEDLY PUNGENT PUN-GENT AFFAIRE D'AMOUR. Charlotte Mills Beetle the Story of Her Downfall in Hie Presence of lier Betrayer Be-trayer iiml His Wife -Scalper Glffiard Arraigned. The opening day of the criminal calendar was characterized by the usual attendance. The bar was largely represented, witnesses were present iu squads, the petit juror was on hand, while the chamber aud lobbies were filled with that class who prefel the real play and romance of the court room to that of the stage. District Attorney Varian and his assistant Frank B. Stephen came in bright and early, the latter carrying the cloth bound "blotter" in which was stored the fate ot so many misguided lives. The usual struggle for a jury took place, the panel was finally secured aud the case of the Uttited States against Luther Dalrymple, Barged with adultery, was called before the foilow ingjury: Win. Hideout, W. F. Kramor, John Knapp, Peter Peterson, James Jennings, Jen-nings, Win. Fuller, James Forum, E. 0. Hoffman, ft. W. Olmstead, John Snell.JJohn E. Callistor and William Main. There was present, among others, Mrs. , Court Notes. The jury in the case of John J. Olsen against the Oregon Short line came into court at its opening this morning and delivered de-livered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $:r00. Olsen sued for 10,lKJu for damages sustained in beiug run down by a locomotive while crossing a track at Bingham Junction. Frank ii. Clifford Indicted for forgery in the changing of a date on a Union Pacific railway ticket was arraigned this morning aud took the statutory time in which to plead. Ho is held on two indictments. The people against John Doc Fisher, charged with grand larceny gave way to the Dalrymple case this morning. The Cass-liite murder trial was resumed at Provo this morning. George Hegney was today discharged from the penitentiary, his term having expired. ex-pired. Judge Powers attended divine worship in the city, and returned to Provo this morning, morn-ing, where he proceeds with the Cass 1 lite murder case. ( Luther Dalrymple, a voluptuous young woman with dark eyes, who carried a nursing babe, her mother whose frame trembled beneath the inroads of aire, Char-lotta Char-lotta Mills, the young woman who also carried car-ried a baby in her arms aud her mother. The contrast between the wife and the woman wo-man scorned was very marked the former a pronounced brunette, the latter a decided blonde w ith a teniiier. T1k) witnesses were excused and the curtain raised with Miss Charlotta ou tho stage her striking form clad in a blue dress stamped with sp.-ing buds, her head mounted by a deep red genring. "How old are you Charlotta?" asked Mr. Stephens who took up the examination. "Nineteen," lisped the witness beating a tattoo on the platform lth a native I'tah foot. "Where do you reside?" "At Centreville where I was born." "How long have you known Dalrymple?" "Ever since I can remember." "liave you a child?" "Yes, sir a year old the last day of Jau-uary." Jau-uary." -Who is its father?" "Luther Dalrymple," replied the witness ri ung her orbs on the defendant, a small men with a carefully cultivated moustache win-so eyes dropped beneath her gaze. "lie's married since?" "Yes, sir." "Did he pay his attention to you before niurriage ?" "Yes, sir." "When did he first take advantage of yon?" The witness then testified to the affairt T-anumr T-anumr from the moment it commenced until un-til her downfall. "Did he ever promise to mary you you?' continued Mr. Stephens. "No, Bir; ho never promised to marry me." Cross-examined by Mr. Putnam "You were very much in love with Dalrymple at the time ?" "Yes, sirs very much." "And was grieved when you heard be was to be married?'' "Yes. sir." ' You was at the wedding?" "Yes, sir," said the young mother, her eyes snapping llcrccly. , v)o you remember talking with his pres. cut wife before the ceremony?" "Ues, sir." "Kid you not say to her that she would never be happy with him that you would moke trouble, for him ?" A'... ,-:r.". "Tpu didn't want to he avenged then ?" "N'o, sir." "When did you say lie first took advantage of you?" "Coing to aunt Alice's." "In the middle of the road?" "No; on the sidewalk." "Where were you next seduced': " "In iny father's lot. 1 met Dalrymple at the bottom of the lot playing a mouth organ." or-gan." "What did he say to you?" "He coaxed and persuaded me " "For how long?" "Half at hour be led me round the lot and we got over the stone wall." "And then?" The reply was clad in a deep, scarlet blush, ami Mr. Putnam proceeded to catechise the witness as to the particulars of the third offense. "Where was it?" demanded counsel, "in my father's house." "What were you doing when he came?" "Washing the dinner dishes." "How long did he remain':" "Until about l o'clock." "Paid you quite a visit was there anv one there?" "My sister, Susie." "What happened?" "He seduced me!" shrieked the witness tra"ically. "And he is the father of ;ny child !" "Yes, where did this third seduction take place?" "In the kitchen." "Were there no purple chamber where lust usually holds its levees V No bed rooms?" "Yes, sir." "You had a church trial before the bishop over this case did you not?" "Yes, sir." "And told there it lirst occurred on the tenth of May?" "That was fixed iu the warrant." Tho witness was whirled through this torturous tor-turous until the court finally adjourned for lunch and the troop of witnesses took their departure for various eating places. It will probably occupy two days and In the mean time ail tjeutreTllle is awaiting the result. TIIK AFTKllNXOti.s SESSION. Bishop Porter corroborated the testimony of the prosecuting witness concerning the |