| Show THE SANDERSON CASE early on august ath four deputy marshals vandercook sp raim 0 cannon and franks made a roam raid into the first ward of this city their object was the arrest odmor mons accused of having two they aroused mr august dittman and placed him under arrest b bu being convinced that he was not one against whom there war trw a shadow of evidence he was rep leased on his own recognizance to 4 come when wanted the home of mr sanderson a man whose white hair and beard and tottering stem indicate his near approach to toe the sunset c J alf ik waho at alko vik jt aa mr sanderson arrested althem As them was a mrs andersen living in inq on i part of the house the accused taken before commissioner green il and pleaded not guilty to a charge of unlawful cohabitation with mrs sanderson and so bia andersen MRS SANDERSON was the first witness and testified that mrs anderson had loaned her husband money to build their house and lived in two rooms she Is i not married to my husband sometimes we are all in the same room conversing together my husband and I 1 occupy the same bed room he does not live with mrs anderson anderaon or in any way treat her as his wife for she is not I 1 know he has boother no other wife but me mrs A anderson andersen supports herself by her labor my husband does not provide for har in any way she has rent at the tate of 4 per month for the lute interest rest on the money we have borrowed mris SOPHIA ANDERSEN tomed testified I 1 am acquainted with mr ft sanderson Sande raon I 1 live in part of his house in the first ward my husband is dead I 1 was never married to mr sanderson never have been athe to the endowment house he never gave me any money to live jive on I 1 loaned him and receive the rent lent of two rooms in his house for the interest I 1 have loaned him money f ey before and he paid me when it was due I 1 i suppose he will this time my son works in the city and lives avee with me commissioner greenman severely U do you swear that you are temon ing the truth witness yes sir commissioner greenman do you ou know the punishment for tell tel I 1 bualle nu 1 alle l witness atness sir I 1 am telling you the truth commissioner greenman then yak loaned this man money without ukla any paper to show for it witness yes I 1 did he told me he would pay me back and I 1 think he will CommUs commissioner ioner greenman does thia man give you anything to eat witness no sir commissioner greenman does he overcome ever come into your part of the house ahouee witness yes sir and he sometimes brings something for me when he bo goes to town commissioner greenman are you yon in the habit of lending your money without taking a note witness I 1 have done so BO and awe been paid back I 1 have loaned haf sanderson money before and inda me all right I 1 think he so again tho witness was further subjected sub ejected to a long examination entirely finau to the subject matter hiaber investigation regarding her er keeping lug a crippled wom anand being paid by the church for so doing MR BERG I 1 live next door to the defendant know the two witnesses who have bave testified they live in the me house as him a crippled lady blives lives there have seen them all tv ue the same yard conversing mrs I 1 tents rents part of defendants house and attends to the crippled lady never heard anybody say mrs andersen was the defendants wife MRS ELIZA BERG testified I 1 live next door to mr sanderson never heard him claim more than one wife I 1 once heard him say his wife was jealous I 1 once called mrs andersen his second wile wife he came to me and said it was not the truth his wife said they were all at logan together and I 1 drew my conclusion from that I 1 posed they were both his wives because they lived in the same house MRS SANDERSON was recalled we were at logan about a year ago were there about a week reek vi mr sanderson was hired to go to logan to help the crippled woman the latter went to do some work for her dead relatives my husband had no other reason for going I 1 heard the agreement made mr sanderson has also taken other people to 10 logan I 1 dont think he has any other wife I 1 am ain sometimes jealous that IE is i just like the women folks I 1 never thought he was after another wife commissioner greenman he must be a gay old rooster witness he always acts properly and is a good man I 1 let him tare another wife I 1 dont believe in polygamy we are only acquaintances of mrs andersen MRS AN DERSEN recalled it is nearly two years since I 1 was at logan I 1 was there working for my dead mr sanderson was there at the same time I 1 had my dead aunt sealed to him I 1 am not sealed to mr sanderson but to my own husband who is dead I 1 have not been sealed to mr sanderson at any time he never stood for my husband he was not in the temple when I 1 was sealed to my husband that was a year before commissioner greenman I 1 think there is cause to hold you to the action of the grand jury I 1 will fix the bond at 1500 and hers at the proceedings in this case and the result are without precedent in the prosecutions under the edmunds law in this district the district attorney mr varian was not present at the examination nor was the defendant represented by counsel in the afternoon mr sanderson and mrs anderson were endeavoring to find ball bail that they might not be placed in the penitentiary |
