Show ARRESTED ARRE SIrED AND discharged FORGE T F GIBBS ARRESTED ON A CHARGE OF UNLAWFUL cohabitation AND about 9 a in to day deputy marshal arthur A pratt arrested george F gibbs counselor to bishop bassett Basa ett of the twentieth ward on a charge of unlawful cohabitation ile be was taken before commissioner mckay and pleaded not polity guilty to the complaint to by byaw D W rench bench and charging him with having lived from nov 1 1880 to oct 1 1886 with mrs ida gibbs and em emily i 1 worthing as his wives the wit witnesses nemes subpoenaed were mra ida gibbs mrs J J daynes anti mrs rebecca daynes mr moyle appeared as coun sel ael tor the defendant defend aut mr varian conducting the prosecution mrs ida gibbs was thu the first witness called ical ld she bhe said I 1 am the defendants wife NW moyle we object to her testifying r en that kiat ground mckay she may destt testily witness winess to mr varlan varian I 1 reside in the twentieth ward with my husband I 1 hove two children there is a young you na lady ates s drall stopping there taking tousle music lessons she is not a member ot lot the family T f know miss emily worthing have known her four years she lived with me one winter over throe years ago she came arm an m mis ju daynes Dayn cs she left three years yeam ago last april I 1 have not seen her sine she was I 1 going to school I 1 asked her to come to ray my house my sister lived there at the same time I 1 have seen ates worthing once since she left my house bouse that was two or three years ago I 1 do not know her sister nave have heard of her when emily worthing went away I 1 think she went honie home and afterward moved butof out of the city she only came to my house to stay during the th winter while she was attending school to ol 01 I 1 did not refuse to permit her to remain longer witness am I 1 compelled to answer these questions I 1 would rather not commissioner you must answer mr varian was it not reputed in your yourl family amily that emily worthing was married to your husband witness no sir it was not I 1 have talked with my husband about her I 1 asked him concerning her had not heard anything about them talked of her because I 1 wanted to varian did you ascertain anything from him mr moyle we object to any private communication from the husband to the wife your honor has ruled 0 against me but judge zane ruled the appo opposite the commissioner insisted that judge zane had bad ruled that a wife was a I 1 competent witness against her husband in all respects in this class of cases and overruled the objection witness he told me nothing definite I 1 asked him if he had married herdis her his reply did not satisfy me the matter resulted in an estrangement between us which still exists this was over three years ago there is no other cause of estrangement I 1 between us I 1 riad had seen n nothing but just asked him the question on the impulse of the moment I 1 did not think then he be had or was any attention to her but when I 1 asked him about her be did not fully satisfy my curiosity I 1 have not lived with him since I 1 I 1 have never heard that she was his bis wile wife or that she has a child mention may have been made by somebody of such a relationship but I 1 dont know who I 1 suspected something and my suspicions were strength strengthened eDed by his evasive answer so I 1 separated from him I 1 just thought something had bad happened and tasked him I 1 also asked her but bat obtained no information my husband did not dot say he was married to her or that he was riot not I 1 do not remember reme moer his words but his answer was indefinite I 1 asked him direct whether he was married I 1 did not think he was for I 1 did not believe he would do such a thing without my knowledge what he said caused me to suspect that he intended to marry her there was some heated discussion over it I 1 h ave not told margaret sharp that ray my husband said he henad had another wife he be has lived in the same house with me since our estrangement he be takes his mean meak and sleeps in the house he has never been away except on business miss worthing was not in the house when I 1 spoke to defendant she was about to leave at the time of the occurrence i it did not accelerates accelerate her departure depart ure which was a few days alter after we were never luti intimate mate she wanted a place where she could stay during winter and attend school and having heard of this I 1 proposed to her to come to my house we were acquainted before that time she was not considered as a member of the family she kept her position po sitton my house bouse is ia one story and has six rooms to mr moyle there was no nothing bothin thin unusual in her sitting at the table witt with us there was no estrangement between us ua before then she left three years ago last april to mr varian miss worthing occupied a bedroom with my sister laila lail a snow she was rather a nice girl I 1 am on speaking terms with my husband mrs rebecca daynes te testified stifled miss Wort worthing ting left my house three or U four our years vears ago and went to live with I 1 th mrs 8 gibbs she was then about I 1 19 9 1 I employed her she did not go to se school hool then I 1 am not related to mr M r 0 or r mrs rs gibbs live in the next house visit them occasionally last saw miss worthing when she lext left mrs gi gibbs bbs I 1 have never seen defendant with her I 1 do not know her sister mrs gibbs to mr varian there was no trouble between the defendant and I 1 about miss emily worthingt Wor things sister mrs jos J daynes te testified stifled I 1 live in the twentieth ward about a block from defendants I 1 have sean seen miss worthing am acquainted with her she has been at my house I 1 have visited mrs gibbs saw miss worthing there three or four years ago have seen her at the tabernacle but not during the past three years I 1 am sot not related to mr or mrs gibbs I 1 might nave heard that emily was married to mr gibbs it was not so reputed when she left I 1 did not know it cau cause 8 e of an estra estrange meat I 1 never saw the defendant and emily together away from his home she does not bear lus his name she has no children chil dren that I 1 know of I 1 never heard of any never heard h her er spoken of by mir mil gibbs since she left to mr moyle I 1 saw miss worthing at defendants house the winter she was li vine livine there do donot not know who it was that told me she was married john daynes tes testified titled I 1 lived next door to mr gibbs some time ago I 1 am a music dealer be is a clerk at the I residents presidents office we are on good terms I 1 recollect when miss worthing lu went to his bis house bouse but did not ku know ow she was living there she lived at my house before then never spoke to defendant codefendant about her never heard that she was married to him aim mrs gibbs to mr varian my bus baud band prior to the conversation never absented himself from home there was nothing in his conduct that made me ask if they were married tha I 1 can remember now there must have been something but it was not his staying away I 1 never saw anything t tc indicate they were married or about to be or ought to be at was only suspicion on my part we were never estranged before mr moyle asked that the defendant be released as there was no evidence on which to hold him As mr varian made no objection the Commissi commissioner discharged mr gibbs from custody |