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Show THE STAND TO FAMOUS CASE Often SawDvid Eccles at the Geddes Home, Where He Acted as Head of the Family, Saying Grace at Meals and Caressing Caress-ing Her Mother She Felt Depressed Over Her Mother's Testimony in the Smoot Case Night Sessions of Court. Testimony given in the Geddes-Ec-cles heirship case In Judge J. A Howell's How-ell's division of the district court this morning was brief. The testimony of Mrs. Margaret Head, daughter of Mrs Geddes. and half sister to Albert Geddes, the boy who claims a pnrt of the vast estate of the late David Eccles. was the most important. Other witnesses placed on the stand during the forenoon were Mr. Glbbs and Mr. Seflrt, recalled. Mrs. Agnes T Call, Frank D. Richardson, and Ileber Folkmau, all of whom, except Mr. Glbbs and Mr. Seflrt. testifying that they had seen Mr. Eccles at the home of Mrs. Geddes, both In Plain City and Salt Lake, Richardson and Folkman said that it was a late hour at night when they saw Mr. Eccles come out of the Geddes home at Plain City. The chief testimony was given by Mrs. Head, who stated that she was at the residence of her aunt, Mrs. Florn Nielsen, In Salt Lake, when David Da-vid Eccles called to see her mother and told members of the family that Albert was his son. She also said that Mr. Eccles visited her mother frequently and always treated her as a wife and Albert as a son. The witness said that Mr. Eccles presided at the table and said grace at meal time. Mr, Gibs, secretary to the first presidency of the Mormon church, who was on the witness stand yesterday, yester-day, produced the letter written to Bishop George W. Bramwell of Plain City by Presidents Lorenzo Snow and George Q. Cannon in 1900, respecting Ihe order of excommunication against Mrs. Geddes. The letter advised Bishop Bramwell to accept the confession con-fession of Mrs. Geddes and forgive her, and to take no further steps in the matter, and was as follows: Letter to Bishop. "May 17, 1900. "Bishop George W. Bramwell, Plain City, Dear Brother: "We have just had a conversation with Brother Grant Geddes In regard to your decision in the case of Sister Maggie Geddes and have decided that it would be right and proper in this case that you accept of her confession confes-sion and forgive her transgression without any further requirement. Your brothers, (Signed) "LORENZO SNOW, "GEORGE Q. CANNON." (Continued on Pago 7) DAUGHTER OF MRS. GEDDES ON THE STAND IN FAMOUS CASE . (Continued from Pago 1) At the beginning of the Geddes-Eccles Geddes-Eccles trial today, George F. Gibbs, secretary to the first presidency of the church, was recalled to give the names of tho apostles and the first presidency presi-dency of the church in the year 1900. He was askod for the information yesterday yes-terday but was unable to give it until ho reviewed the "roll book" of that time. He was also requested to produce pro-duce the letter sent to Bishop George ; -Bramwell of Plain City in 1900 respecting re-specting tho order of excommunication excommunica-tion of Mrs. Margaret Geddes. Mr Gibbs gave the names of the apostles of the church in 1900 as Francis M. Lyman, HeUer J. Grant, Brtgham Young, Jr.. John Henry bmitli, George Teasdale, John W. Taylor, Tay-lor, Marriner W. Merrill, Anthon H. Lund, Mathias Cowley, A. O. Woodruff, Wood-ruff, Rudger Clawson, Reed Smoot, and the first presidency Lorenzo fanow, George Q. Cannon and Joseph F. Smith. TTho ?nIy questions propounded to air. befirt were in relation to his un-?i?rsiandfn un-?i?rsiandfn of the testimony given at tne Reed Smoot Investigation in Wash- uTn' Hc sa,d that he was familiar with tho testimony but did not read any of it to David Eccles at the time Mr. Eccles was Insisting that the Tribune Tri-bune retract published statements that he was a new polygamist. Mrs. Agnes T. Call, a resident of bait Lake, Btated that she had known ?" Geddes and her son Albert since 1905 and that sho lived neighbors to them in Salt Lake about two rears. She said that she had seen Mr. Eccles at the Geddes home frequently and that he had taken Mrs. Geddes out riding In an automobile on a certain occasion. She said also that she saw Mr. Eccles kiss the boy Albert and love anrf not Viirv. I'ww ...ill On cross examination, Mrs. Call stated that she had seen other men make a fuss over Albert, as he was a pretty and an Interesting child. Frank D. Richardson of Ogden, former resident of Plain City, testified that, in the winter of 189S, he saw Mr. Eccles come from the Geddes home in Plain City at about 12 o'clock at night. He said there was snow on the ground and Mr. Eccles drove out to Plain City in a cutter. The horse was a little fractious, the witness said, and he held the animal while Mr. Eccles stepped into the cutter to come home. He said he remembered that Mr. Eccles said in substance, as he got into the cutter: "We must use wisdom in these things, and, the witness said, I do not think Mr. Eccles was talking about the horse. Heber Folkman, a barber of Ogden and former resident of Plain City, said that one morning, at aJbout daylight, ho saw Mr. Eccles come from the Geddes home in Plain City. Ho was accompanied by William Hunt, who also saw Mr Eccles leave the Geddes place. The witness could not fix the exact date, but said It was In the winter win-ter season and prior to the time he went on a mission in 1899. Mrs Margaret Head, daughter of Mrs. Margaret Geddes, testified that, when a little girl, about ten years of age, she remembered the visits of Mr. Eccjes to her mother's home, upon up-on which occasions he would place his arms around her mother and kiss her. She said that he treated her mother as a wife and that he acted toward Albert as a father. FPU. OTt t 4 win r. .- nntA 4Vini- ..Hl1 11. ic niuiuoa oxiu Liicit, Ulllll Hie death of her father, William Geddes, she was known as "Lovio Williams," she being a plural child and her mother moth-er not taking the name of Geddes until un-til about the time of Mr. Geddes' death. She said that she was born In 1887 and was married first to Earl Hawkes, who died. She afterwards married W. E. Head. She had lived with her mother practically all the time until her marriage in 1907, and she remembered the frequent visits of Mr. Eccles to the Geddes home, both in Plain City and Salt Lake. Mrs. Head stated that Mr. Eccles visited her mother at all times of day and night, sometimes remaining all night and presiding at the home when be was there. She said that he would say grace at the table, or call on other members of the family to do so, and that he furnished money for tho home. She stated that he talked a great deal about Albert and had said that ho desired de-sired him to get a good education so he could work in a bank or something like that, as he did not appear to be a very strong boy. It was said by the witness that Mr. Eccles was a good father to Albert and bought him all kinds of toys and things that boys like for pastime. Tho witness said that sho was at the Neilson home shortly after the birth of Albert when Mr. Eccles came and enquired for her mother She said that he went into the front room where her mother was and remained there about 30 minutes. When ho returned, re-turned, her mother was with him and she had the bab in her arms Mr. Eccles had his arm partly around Mrs. Geddes, the witness said, and, addressing addres-sing Mr. Nellsen said: "Davis, how are you? This is my son. I am tho father of Maggie's baby." Upon one occasion, tne witness said, just after her mother's return from Washington to testify in the Senator Reed Smoot case, her mother was quite ill and she was caring for her. Mr. Eccles entered the bed room and, . seating himself on the edge of the bod, kissed Mrs. Geddes and asked her i how she wwr getting along. Mrs. Head said that she was then about ; 17 years old and that she was fee!- i ing badly over the testimony that her mother had given in Washington. She ?aid that she told Mr. Eccles that l she did not like the way her mother had testified, because she knew she was a good, virtuous woman and she i could nat bring herself to the belief that sho was justified in saying she was not a married woman when she had a small child. To this, tho witness said, Mr. Ec- clCP told her not to worry about the testimony, as it was given for a good cause. Ho further told her that she knew that her mothor was a married woman and that he was the father of Albert Afternoon Session. At tho resumption of tho trial this afternoon, Mrs. Head was called to ' tho witness stand for continued cross i .examination, Attorney C. A. Boyd be- coming the questioner on account of the indisposition of Attorney Gustln who started out with the cross examination exam-ination just before the mid-day adjournment. ad-journment. Tho questioning by Mr. Boyd was largely in relation to conditions around Mrs. Geddes' home, In so far as furnishings were concerned. The witness said that, while they were living liv-ing in tho Constitution building In Salt Lake, they occupied two rooms which wore supplied with the necessary neces-sary furniture to make them comfortable comfort-able living rooms. Mrs. Head said that her mother never discussed family affairs with hpr and that the first injunction of secrecy by Mr. Eccles respecting his rr-Iatlonshlp with Mrs. Geddes, was given just after the Roed Smoot Investigation. In-vestigation. To hasten the course of the trial, Judge Howell will hold a session of court this evening and, it is said by the attorneys that the judge has Indicated In-dicated that he will hold night sessions ses-sions noxt week. Yesterday Afternoon. Cross examination of George F. Gibbs yesterday afternoon elicited nothing new and he was unshaken in his testimony given on direct examination. examina-tion. He stoutly maintained that Mr. Eccles had acknowledged to him that he was the father of Albert Geddes. The next witness on the stand for tho plaintiff was Frank Scfrlt, former for-mer general manager of tho Salt Lake Tribune, who testified to an interview with David Eccles In thev summer of 1910, when the Tribune wns prosecuting prosecut-ing a campaign against those whom the managers of the paper suspected of violating the manifesto of President Wilford Woodruff declaring that plural plu-ral marriage should not be countenanced counten-anced in the Mormon church. Mr. Sefrit stated that at that time he was managing the affairs of the Tribune and that Colonel Nelson was tho managing editor. Hc said that the paper had a list of names of persons per-sons whom they susplcioned as being violators of the Woodruff manifesto, and that the name of David Eccles was there. The paper had accused Mr. Eccles of being the husband of 7iargaret Geddes in polygamous marriage, and charged that her son Albert was his cnlld lie said that Mr. Eccles had taken exceptions and called at the Tribune, office seeking a retraction. He was said by the witness to have declared that the publications were damaging to him in a financial way, as well as making his position embarrassing embar-rassing at home with his family. The witness said that Colonel Nelson told Mr. Eccles that he had proof quite positive that he had married Margaret Marga-ret Geddes as his plural wife and that Albert was his son, explaining to him that it was known that he was visiting visit-ing her frequently, at night, and at other times, and that it was known that hn had embraced her when he came to her place of residence and was furnishing means for her support. To this Mr. Ecoles replied that all of his attentions to Mrs Geddes were mere friendly advancements and nothing noth-ing more. He said that Mrs Geddes was a good woman so far as he knew, and that he was very certain that she was worthy of the kindest consideration. considera-tion. The witness said that Mr Eccles Ec-cles was asked if he did not have some suspicions of Mrs. Geddes because she had a child that was alleged to have been born out of wedlock, except that it was born of a plural marriage. The witness said that Mr Eccles replied re-plied that he considered Mrs Geddes a virtuous, respectable woman. The witness said that Mr Eccles advised the Tribune management that he had not entered the practice of po lygamy since the manifesto and that a great Injustice was done him when the paper published his name in a list of violators of the Woodruff manifesto. mani-festo. He gave the managers of the papor, tho witness said, his word of honor that he was not the husband of the Geddes woman and desired the paper pa-per to retract what it had said, otherwise other-wise a suit for damages would be instituted. Mr. Sefrit said that Mr. Eccles was told that if he would make a sworn statement that hc was not living in plural marriage relationship with Mrs. Geddes and that Albert was not his son, the Tribune would make a retraction retrac-tion and strike his name from the polygamous po-lygamous list. The witness said that Mr. Eccles said he would do so, but that when Colonel Nelson dictated the statement to a stenographer Mr Eccles Ec-cles said ho would not sign it. as it would place him In an awkward position. posi-tion. Mr. Sefrit said that Mr. Eccles was told that if he would leave such an affidavit with the paper as a matter mat-ter of protection to the company, it would not be published and yet a retraction re-traction would be made of what had been written of him respecting a plural plu-ral marriage relationship with the Geddes woman, but that he refused to do that. Further testifying, the witness said that, while Mr. Eccles threatened libel li-bel proceedings, and had said that he had consulted a lawyer respecting the matter, no suit was ever commenced and that the Tribune had never retracted. re-tracted. In response to a question propounded by J. H DcVinc. attorney for tho defendants, on cross examination, examina-tion, he said he came from Belllng-ham, Belllng-ham, Wash., as a voluntary witness In the case, the understanding being that his expenses would be paid by Judge King. The plaintiff then placed on the stand Joseph E. Sceill, a construction worker of Salt Lake, who said that lie had occasion to do sidewalk work aear the Mrs. Geddes' home in Salt Lake when Mr. Eccles called. The witness said that tho time of the call by Mr. Eccles was in October, 1912. As Mr. Eccles came to the Geddes' home, the witness said, Albert, Mrs. Geddes' boy, was standing on the porch, and when he saw Mr. Eccles ae exclaimed: "Oh, mamma, see who is hero!" He said that Mr. Eccles took the 3oy in his arms and, kissing him, said, 'How are you, my son?" The witness said that, soon after, Mr. Eccles and Mrs. Geddes came out of the house and ,Mr. Eccles began .o question him about property lines md asked whether a proposed line-fence line-fence was to bo built at a certain lace. He said that Mr, Eccles and himself measured the width of the property with a tape line and that Mr. IScclca told Mrs. Geddes that "we are getting full measurement on the property.'' prop-erty.'' ' Ho said that Mr. Eccles then requested re-quested him to cut away tne limb or tree that was lying upon the roof of the houso and was damaging the shingles. Mr. Eccles told, the witness that ' Maggie" would pay mm when the work was done. Sceili said that as Mr. Eccles loft the place he placed 'a bunch of money" In Mrs. Geddes' hand and then had to run aaout 100 feet to catch a car. |