Show SHE OT ii A DIVORCE hagar singleton wins her case SHE GETS 35 ALIMONY ALIMON y andall and all the costs of oll suit testimony ot of nesses Argun arguments tents mrs hazar haar singleton was wae this thia after non granted a divorce from albert singleton in other words she ehe proved a common law marriage and mr singe ans t ns subsequent marriage is of course v id the judge sold said be r would eitner either nave to gb their relations after mr sim singleton leton was divorced from emily as leditia ate or brand both parties as being entirely bad plaintiff was also granted 05 35 per anth alimony attorneys fese fees and costs of court the arguments were heard this forenoon attorney zanea zabea closing wall wag a 8 most eloquent eion neat effort and brought tears tomaas to many eves MONDAY AFTERNOON on the resumption of the singleton 2 ise in the afternoon after mrs wm win startup testified that she is ie a daughter in law of plaintiff married a 1992 when first became acquaint ed with plaintiff knew knew her only sa mis alre singleton was at a party given ty by miss allas minnie both beta plaintiff and defendant deen dant were thure and understood to ko be husband and wife had visited he home of mrs singleton on several occasions before and since ner her and found mr bin fingleton gleton tiera there regarded him as the toun man of the douse the children called him papa and he spoke of them as his children mrs sine aeton has been the reputed wife of albert singleton cross examined know knew mrs singleton before 1 and heard baard of her as a plural wife have been to the house bouse several finses within the last tive live yeara vears they seemed to live together as man and wife the party was in june 1891 given bv br miss arinnie innie mrs minnie M clark said went to see mrs singleton on before I 1 was waa narried married and she said mod holladay this thia Is ia my husband no albert 11 in april 1893 1 moved away from provo sites since then than in IS 1894 I 1 returned and ana spent a weak with singletons BingIe tonE mr singleton stayed and slept at mrs singletons house he acted as the husband and the haa I of the family saw him whiz the children by way of correction he wa a always sociable Boci abla and when I 1 prepared to g gi away he wanted me to rein jiin lin another day cross examined I 1 live now at payson at that time my home was in san ban defendant was at plaintiffs every night I 1 was there during dunce a period of seven weeks this was between janavry and march 1894 mrs singleton was recalled after toe manifesto was given in 1890 1990 de 4 mandant was at ray my house more regular v bufore that he was not a 83 often mere cross crosa examined after the mani mai festo eslo he was there all the time he came and stayed altogether and lor for four years he be lived with us all the time he slept with we me all that time gioie except about tares taree weeks when singleton was arrested in and before the grand jury I 1 refused to answer one quenion oae que tion on aberts advice did not defuse on the he ground that I 1 claimed to ta ta his legal wife I 1 declined to testify because aa he said it would saya save him a oon non sand dollars in IM he was again again arreater arrea ted and I 1 hiduk hid up but was waa brought nto arito court on an attach attachment ment have not said he was waa arrested for fornication with me it was with may perry baes As a matter ol of fact don dont t you yon know kaow it was understood and elated ta iw atiat it be would only e age ge you as him hia wife the tha case would be dismissed ansi 1 dont know anything about it but anyway he went to the penitentiary redirect re direct I 1 bad deeded the property to mr singletons Bin gleton and he be after wards warda deeded it to me back again in the name of hazer hagar startup the same property wig afterwards ards deeded by me to my son soa W J startup and it was afterwards trad furred bick bark to me ma in t tha h naia of astar H singleton 87 ma R C bof bi uz beaufi jd that ehu eha ired fired in 1892 near to the sing latou horns home and saw defendant backwards and forwards lived there till october laft provo in dee dec 1892 mr single tons behavior towards the eb children ildren was such much as might bg be expected from a father was introduced to mr by mrs airs singleton who said eaid albert this thia is ia miss holladay miss hol hoi gadav this is my husband mr air singleton this was in 1892 heard him once eat ear to her corne come mrs singleton lets letb go and take a walk clogs examined this thin was before thanksgiving day I 1 W J startup am a son eon ot plaintiff was wag at mothers mo thera honie home wita mr singleton tons after the birth of the child in 1887 and after the divorce from emily remember defendant going to the penitentiary at his r quest I 1 bought a railway ticket for mother when lie he cams came nut ol of the pen he as acted perfectly jt it home when at the tha hones aej sent the children to school he called my mothers mother house his home borne she was wa a known in the community as mrs single singleton ton bills were made ont out in inthe the name of mrs Sini singleton deton when my mother came to buy goods at the tha coop co op store hi charge was made to M 11 this answer was stricken out mr singleton kept his hia horse and buggy at my mothers mo therla house put pot up stable and barn on the tha promises premises my mother took the name of singleton after the divorce cr criss iss know that mr singleton s sat supplies to the house before the divorce mr singleton told me ma he got his divorce a dav dai 0 or r j tw after it was granted remember that in 1889 1389 1 I was summoned in a case of fornication against mr singleton think I 1 was on the witness stand I 1 at the house of mr aing cefous in oth ernext to the mr single lon ion boarded there this was about mrs matthews testified that she baa had h ad once been mr and mrs singleton out driving three or four years rears ago have callei at the house several times within the last six BIT or seven years yeara saw deafen dant there and he be appeared quite at home he generally called her haldar she fine was generally called in the com muni tyas mrs singleton hingleton by mr tharman Th nrman it is customary in this community is ia it not to call plural wives by the name of thair tasir husbands hua bands oba acted to austa sustained inel walter startup son ol of plaintiff testified to his bis mother finding a little waif on an the train his mother adopted it mr singleton told somebody that he be gave cave his hia wits wife 15 to co go on a pleasure trip and she ehe baht back a child on one occasion he had me KI around to the savings bank and draw out my de pm p beit m 30 and I 1 gave cave it to him lie he said to a friend brother Br tones jones this 1 IB ta alto boit 6 ot A o ow tv anu will 1 IA I st A you yon have 7 hundred u adred dollars when YOU want it defendant lived with my mv mother eating and aad sleeping elee pinc at the house bouie up to about two years ago his horse and were kept on tho the lot cross examined did not loan lim the money it was albert jones he s poke to he may have slept away one or two nights nighta no more george A startup am son eon of plain tiff was living at home between the time of the divorce and singleton going to the pen singleton came there same night he came from the pen he lived at the house bouse constantly and exercised control over me I 1 worked at the enquirer office saved 15 which be wanted and finally I 1 gave it up to hira bici my mother mo ther has been goinz going by the name of ure mrs singleton cross examined two years veara since this month singleton ceased living at inse times wits sir mr Sin gliton ou law points now he sid alberta wai boru be ba 1 fore tie she aha could not claim any of his property prop airty ant hizel hin bing b ing born bora since mi in author bum b um his hig levi leval wife she abe would inherit lt it I 1 that the I 1 ticker lacker law laar legaz legaj d bertas libertas Ai rights after the divora i he bu cimo inure openly artire more like a husband A few faw days daya after the divorce he be came to live at the house moving his bis things there it was about a month after Al albertas bortas birth remember the arrest and the trial was either iu in january or february he came h aada in auzat aua t from the pon pen and da lived at al most wholly with us samuel cornaby live lire in spanish fork visited the home of mrs mra ainie ton occasionally for sixteen years hiva ate dinner there when mr ar sin sinai ZI ton tn presided edat at tha table plaintiff wa known ins as hazar hagar ain sinz atou et ju miss minnie startup p rec recelle ile 1 ahm wh n the second child was wag bora Noren bd 1888 defendant was there aad tha dia tor the doctor said the child was exactly like singleton defense admitted the allegation as aa to intercourse with mama oark sing i leton married ons ona year ay to defend nut ant plaintiffs side rested albert singleton deleo dant stated slated emily singleton was wag my lawful wife up to and including nor nora IM am a member of the church of jesus jeans christ of latter estter day dav saints saintee la 1883 1 I mar ried as my plural cifa hazar startup it WAS two months after it occurred be fore I 1 learned of emiles divorce my wife emily went to england early in 1889 lived at my own hom with my mother and niece next to the store batore W J startup lived with us I 1 slept in the front room roo m the bed was made up by either my mother or zina smoot mv mr m r niece was not at startups house bouse on dec 12 1896 never have said eaid to hazar hagar that ble was the only wils I 1 haa baa before god and man she often told we mo that there has never been any understanding between us ei As to her ke becoming coming my wife after the divorce my home has baa been at MV m own homo borne all the time sleeping part of the time in the store and part of the time in the building next door my personal clothing or other effects were at my own home my washing has baa beart dous don at the lannary by mrs SU no ho change has been mple made in my habits of 0 living sometimes Bome timea hagar would bend send up for me when any of the children were sick eick did not go there 98 3 much alter the divorce as aa belore before never was at any party with her was at picnic where hagar was waa never introduced her as aa my wife to anybody that I 1 can re I 1 was arrested in march 1887 never told hagar to not testify told her she abe should testify never told her to go to the pen some lette letters came to 0 o try rry box in I 1 think sn an I 1 11 I 1 took them to td the postmaster and told lim him not to put pat that mail again in my tax it was waa not done any moe dont remember her intro dozing me as aa her bar husbard hns bus bard baLd have never been out riding with bernace her ber once oace she got into tte the buggy with the children and I 1 i drove drova to her home after coming from the penitentiary she asked me to marry her I 1 never dever had any conversation with her about acknowledging her as my wife did not go fr ti her house on the night diat I 1 came out oat of the pen I 1 put iua ica prove ments on the lot before and after the divorce cross examined by mr zice it was two or to three ree months after the divorce was got before I 1 knew of it emily was in ia the telephone office at the time it was sometime some time maybe a year vear I 1 came out of the pen that hagar haar wanted me to marry her it was waa at my store I 1 did not say anything except that I 1 did not want to marry her ber by the laws of the land the first night after coming out cut of the pen I 1 slept at my own home nobody was in the house honse that night I 1 went over to my divorced wi cifes fes house stayed there aber 9 some hours and then went over to my own home may be I 1 went over next night to fl habara Ha eara agars did not stay there she sent for me ma when I 1 next went I 1 heard from the officers cors she refused to testify and I 1 went to turners and told her to testify and say who the tather father of the child wae was waa present attebe at aba birth of the child dont remember the doctor saying baying it resembled me remember being sick eick and hagar waited on oa me when mrs cashing and mrs U dark ark wore were there dont remember any introduction redirect re direct hager hagar never did any washing or mending me think she made me garments gai ments once at ray my office she said I 1 was a fool to go to the pen when I 1 could marry her and save imprisonment and expense I 1 said no I 1 merely had her sealed to me for time she ebe being the wife of another she said aji Alj kij 1 jia and I 1 ought to do it but bat I 1 refused the first time I 1 ever know knew of bar claiming to be my mv legal wife was when I 1 saw 9 an n ad in the paper about a cow she had bad tor for sale and to apply to mrs hagar singleton judge Dusen dusenberry berty testified that he had known mr singleton and hagar startup several years the general repute was that mrs startup was waa 8 9 plural wife and there has been no change mrs zina smoot am mr singletons niece was living at his hia home he lived there them all the time in 1886 and slept there since 1888 1986 the general repute was that mrs startup was uncles plural wile wife mrs startup came to the store and spoke about mr singleton marrying may perry peny and said she wits was his bis wife according to the law of the church mrs singleton defendants mother corroborated other witnesses as aa to albert liying at har be r home hadason had a conversation verea tion aft after erthe the divorce with bazar sha said albert singleton has baa no wife now according to the lawi law i of the land and I 1 mean to make him marry me LY by the laws of the land I 1 made his bed when his bis niece did not and excepting when be was waff at the city the bed was always occupied by him adjourned till 7 45 p an M EVENING SESSION A 0 smoot testified for the defense haye Have been acquainted with plaintiff and defendant for seven or eight years and understood plaintiff to be ba a plural wife defendant De lived in a little c tg go adjoining the clothing store there ara social relations between witness and defendant ile he slept at the cottage saw the bed frequently made for him and his bis personal effects were kept there this was waa from december 1888 to 1894 1804 examined did not call every daywan day wa paying attention to present wife and merely called in the usual way the repute existed after the court ruled mrs mra startup was singletons lawful wife mrs mra emily pafford testified fiel witness said she ebe was defendants divorced wife on the eveking of his return from the penitentiary Ma ingleton gleton called on her bar considered hagar startup was defendants plural wife and continued so after witness got her divorce know th that 91 t defendant fe dant took his hia meals at his bis mothers cross examined it was nearly daylight alen defendant left my hauae the night be returned from rom the pen sa saw W him go to the store BC B 0 kirkwood Kirb wood am a class friend of defendant io ina repute ot of plaintiff B and defendants relations sines since 1836 was that Mrs singleton was do defendants fondant fen dant plural wife as an far ar as he had board beard she never bad any reputation of being his lawful wife cross went with him to plaintiffs house bouse usually sundy sunday evening judas dusenberry recalled said in 1695 was probate judge judee and in april married albert singleton and mom asme clark mr wedgwood did yon TOU in the month of march 1837 1987 hear bear defendant diase to either acknowledge lodge haar bazar startup as his big wife or to marry hazet startup objected to by the plain plaintiffs c counsel ansal i objection sustained mrs mama alamo Shi shingleton gleton wife of deford defend ant took tock the th a stand and eail am asen janta wife at the tims time of my mv mariage and 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