| Show 1 I r RSI MilTON TESTiFIES I She WasMarried to Park for I Time and Eternity j JSHE i ASKED FOR A DIVORCE I l I I I Wanted Divorco Because He Ceased to Visit Her and People Were Say t jug Unpleasant ThingsNever Lived Together and Dr Park She Said Told Hgr There Was an Obstacle Ob-stacle in the Way of Their Doing i Deposition of Mrs Wells Is l SoDG1ositOl S S I I I The trial of the Park will case In which Mrs Hilton claims onethird interest In-terest In the estate of the late Dr John R Park on the ground thatshe Is his widow was resumed before Judge Hall In tho District court yesterday morning After examining the plaintiff Irs Pillion Pill-ion inregard to her marriage to Park and reading the deposition oC Mrs Hannah C Wells the plaintiffs case 4J 5 J 1 4rJr4 ii 1 i f I 5 f 11 1 S S Mrs Hilton in the witness chair was rested and late in the afternoon the defense opened A number of witnesses wit-nesses were briefly examined and further I fur-ther hearing was continued until Monday Mon-day morning 1 1 SHE TELLS OF THE MARRIAGE Irs Hilton resuming her testimony I told of her meeting with Dr Park at I Liverpool and of their crossing the Atlantic At-lantic together During the voyage she said he paid her considerable attention i atten-tion Coming to the marriage ceremony cere-mony when she was ill and It was thought she would die she said the witnesses wit-nesses to It were Mrs Emmollne Free Young Mrs Hannah C Wells Mrs i Empey and Daniel H Wells who performed per-formed the ceremony Before the ceremony cere-mony Dr Park said ho would not tako any advantage of tho sick girl for If she were In health he might be the last man she would choose At the close cose of the ceremony Mr Wells said I now pronounce you husband and wife for time and all eternity She believed the I marriage was for time and eternity She said Dr Park visited her frequently for ten weeks after the marriage and then ceased to see her People said unpleasant things about his ceasing to visit her and she demanded a divorce and final he gave h6r the divorce a printed in yesterdays Tribune Mrs Hilton said she had no misgivings misgiv-ings about the validity of the divorce until she read of the Tufts case In which church divorces were declared invalid Dr Park she said warned her about conditions In Utah and spoke of polygamy po-lygamy being practiced here She told him she did not believe In polygamy Mid he told her he was very glad she did not CHOSE DR PARK FOR SEALING Q In that condition was thcro any sug Keailon of your being scaled A Mrs Young suggested It Q Sho suggested that you might dlo and 1 would bo well for you to be sealed to some gbo < 1man before your death A Yea sir Q And you believed dirt you not that you were going to diet A No sir Q And Mrs Young told you that in that condition you should bo sealed to some cno for tho hereafter A She saId to J0 sealed to a good man Q Did she give you any reason A Asa As-a religious duty Q For your futuro welfare A Yes all that ft would bo better for mo that was her belIef Q And you had a very limited acquaint nnco In Salt Lake and Dr Park had been en kind to you on the voyage and you selected se-lected him as thc person to whom you desired to a sealed J you should die A Yes sir Q To whom did you announce your choice A Mrs Young Q How Ions was this before the ceremony cere-mony was performed that you had this conversation with r Young A I may havo been one or two hours Q And so under thoso circumstances Dr Park came there A Yes sir Q Dr Park and yourself never lived together to-gether as husband and wife A No sir I MISGIVINGS ABOUT DIVORCE Judge Howat then questioned witness about tho validity of tho divorce as sho looked upon It and asked her if 1 when aho married Mr Hilton three yema after her marriage with Dr Park sho beloved she was legally divorced to which sho replied that aha did Then Judge Howat said I Q Now at that tlmo you had misgivings I misgiv-ings about your own divorce A Yc air WISHED MARRIAGE FORGOTTEN Q But you said nothing about it because be-cause you hoped that this matter about Dr Park had been forgotten entirely A Yes nlr Q And you hoped so A Yes sir Q Dr Pork did not tile for some time afterward A No sir Q You did not tako any steps meanwhile mean-while looking to any change In your rela ilona until Dr Parks death A No air Q You youraulC were the one to resurrect resur-rect this story about your relation to Dr I Park A No sir tho story was repeated In my presence and told in a very unpleasant un-pleasant way which humiliated mo thereby there-by I felt that 1 had been wronged wronged by Dr Park In giving mOL bo I pus divorce and If I had any rights I wanted to know It On redirect examination it developed by questioning that Mrs Hilton had al I ways thought that marriage and scaling vert one nnd tho sumo ceremony and she understood tho ceremony between 1 I herself and Dr Park was for time and fortornlty DR PARKS DISABILITY On rocroH3cxamlnatlon Mrs Hilton mild Dr Park told her Micro was an ob staclo In the way to their living together He did not stale what the obstacle was but said that it was of such a nature that ho could not explain It to a young girl Sho aCtervnrd learned from Mrs Young and Mrs Wells that It waB a phYsical phy-sical dlaablllty under which tho doctor labored In reply to n question by Attorney Jones the witness said that Dr Park told her prior to hw nunHugo to him Ihnl I he wns eiiRiiRed to a young lady In Ohio and that It had been hiM Intention to go back there and marry her but that It was so long ISO that ho thought she would havo marred some one else by that tlmu tnw This closed Mrs Hiltons testimony DEPOSITION OF MRS WELLS Tho next witness called for waa Hannah Han-nah C Wells but she was not present owing lo lllncHH a fact which was attested n InNtH owIng < bv II doctors certificate Hor absence ab-sence being unavoidable her depositions loRen on January 3rd and 1th last beforo Attorney H A Smith weru road by Judge Powers A report of tho dcpoHi lions wero published ut tho time In stibHtumo Mi s Wells deposed that she was unwilling to be mixed up In the case and would not Imo tiallflccl at all If sno could have avoided IL Moreover her memory WHS very poor She was not acquainted ac-quainted with Dr Park only know him fltlntcd wih by 1 Might MIss I Annltngo In 3STJ lived with tho deponents sister Emmollne Freo Young where the scaling or alleged miir YounJ and Dr Park vine took place of Miss Armltago Ir Iarl WITNESSED THE CEREMONY Deponent called at her sisters at Iho time and waa present during the ceremony cere-mony which was performed by D Ji Wells She could not remember the details de-tails but knew that Dr Park held Miss Arraltagos hand during the service Could not say whether or not it wns tho usual marriage ceremony ot tho Mormon church Sho Just happened in when tho I ceremony was being performed and snot s-not expecting anything of the kind and took no particular note of tho details Sho understood thero was ono ceremony ccremony of tho Mormon church for eternity and another for time and eternity but she could not say which was employed In tho case of Dr Park and Miss Armilagc Armlnge She understood however that tho core I mony between them was for I I Miss Armllngo was near death eternity t time and on that account dcponeilt thought tho marriage would bo for eter nity I nityReplying to questions as to whether any influence had been brought on her not to testify In the cns6 or to look un friendly on Mrs Hiltons suit doponent positively denied that such was tho case NOT PROUD OF HIS BRIDE A laugh was raised Jn tho court over the portion oc the deposition detailing n conversation between Dr Park and Mrs Wells after tho marriage ceremony Mrs Wells told Dr Park that she would not b surprised It Annlo got well I thought ho was annoyed by Jl sold the witness and I remarked that Dr Park was not Very proud of his bride The deposition also related to a statement of D II WcUo to tho effect that Dr Park II wanted uio marriage to stand If Miss Armitnpo died but would repudiate It If I sho lived At the conclusion of tho reading of tho deposition Judgo Pofrcra announced tTTat the complainants side announce It facie case and tho court took a recess for twenty minutes 0 DEFENSE OPENS Tho dofotreo recalled Judge Stewart executor of tho Park estate and ques tioned him regarding tho marriage and separation certificates which he found among Dr Parks papers Judge Stewart said he had not shown them or told of them to anyone prior to tho commencement lco ment of Mrs Hiltons suIt Mrs Roylance was called and stated that she had lived with Dr Park for sixteen years and had obtained tho deed to the property from tho executor Judge Stewart SHE WAS 1G I Emmellno Wells daughter of D H Wells remembered tho Illness of Annlo Armitage and the circumstances of her I having been brought to the Wolls home Mr Jones asked Miss Wells About how old were you nt that time I thats fair sho replied about 16 years George F Glbbs private secretary to tho First Proficiency testified that ho was on the steamer when Mlos Armllace and Dr Park crossed from Liverpool Tho LIverpol girl ins ulono and Dr Park took an interest in-terest In hor on that naccount Miss Eleanor Brown said she was also a passenger ardt that Dr Park paid Miss Armltngo no moro attention than he did to somo other I le on board On cross examination tho witness tcfulilcd that Dr Park might havo paId attentions to Miss ArmlUifTO which sho did not observe lrE EllzaTiowbrldcQ know Miss Arml tngo In England Sho was at Mrs Youngs when Miss Armltngc was Hick Sho was sent for Dr Park at noon on the day In question found him and took him to Mr Wollss ONLY SEALED ArerMIff Armltago got well tho witness wit-ness used she Hays to gasS with her about tho ceremony and tmyg that ls Armltago sold she was only scale and was free to marry again If she wanted to This was quite 0 while before her mar I hue to Hilton Mr Van Cott then proponed to offer deeds allowing that Dr Park claimed himself him-self tobo unmarried and that Mrs Hilton Hil-ton signed herself as the wife of William Hilton Judge Powors objected to tIm uhowlnb declarlilg that tho representa reresenn tion of the parties aCer a mnrrlngo was performed did not disprove tho marriage He argued that tho point at issue was whether not there had been n marriage and that the marriage or sealing for eternity and not for this world was not recognized by tho law Thu deeds were introducod and tho point will bo iiTKUctl later |
