| Show john cottam bound over this morning de deputies aties vandercook and franks arrested arrested arr esteX john cottam of the sixteenth ward on a charge of unlawful cohabitation B e was taken before commissioner mckay and desired to waive examination out this thi was objected to by the district attorney tori aey mrs annie johnson cottam was the arst witness she answered the questions with great reluctance testifying lying that she was married to the defendant def e adana nine years ago and lived with him a portion of the time his first wife had teen been divorced about six years ago mrs mary reed testified that she was the wife of def defendant bendan t and lived in the same house she hao haa occupied separate apartments for live or six years deputy franks testified that the defendant had un bosomed himself to him when arrested and ad had admitted living in the same house with his two wives he had remarked to the deputy that ke was glad the matter had come to an aa issue as one of his wives had bad suffered erect greatly the idea conveyed being that the suffering was owing to the prosecutions under the edmunds law the defendant was placed u under 1500 bonds to await the grand erand jurys jur s investigation and the witnesses were required to give ball bail |
