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Show MUCH IJUCHTER WHEN WOMAN TESTIFIES IN GEDDES CASE To expedite the trial of the Geddes-Eccles Geddes-Eccles case, Judge J. A. Howell concluded con-cluded Saturday to hold night sessions, and the first since the beginning of vT?,i trlal two weeks previous, was nJr1( that evening. In the late hours or the hearing, Saturday afternoon, much time was taken in the cross examination ex-amination of Mrs. Margaret Head, daughter of Mrs. Margarot Geddes, the attorneys for the defendants undertaking undertak-ing to break her down in her testi- a& ?n dIrect examination. fane" had a number of tilts with the lhfr5 She was not VGr' certain ,?!? es and 8he Calmed that she S!!rf rein?mber only those things that Z most J'lvidly impressed on her mind as a girl. i nvS"s Saturday afternoon, and tho SJmSf CfWlon' ten Besses weio yff'w the plaintiff, a number f i? -e,Us 0a the stanl at the "JSipiS n?nlu The most Important witness of the afternoon was Mrs. r -wv - H Head. Among those who were eam-inod eam-inod were William Hunt, Mrs. Emma Merrill, Mrs. Clara Singleton and Mrs Laura Grieve, all of whom testified to Mr. Eccles' frequent visits to Mrs. Geddes. The witness Hunt Is a resident of Plain City and he said that he was with Heber Folkman on a cold winter's wint-er's morning, at about daylight, when Mr. Eccles left the Geddes home In Plain City. He could not very well fix the time of the Incident, but said that it was prior to 1899, when Mr Folkman went on a mission He said that it might have been as early as 1896 The occasion for himself and Folkman being near the Geddes home at so early an hour In the morning was, the witness said, the playing of a little poker during the night. Mr. Hunt was on the stand after Mrs. Margaret Head, In the afternoon. The first witness for the plaintiff of the evening session was Mrs. Emma .-Jerrill of Salt Lake, a neighbor of Mrs. Geddes She said that she had seen Mr. Eccles make frequent visits to the Geddes home and had heard him address Albert as his son many times. She also said that he was very affectionate with Mrs. Geddes and many times placed his arms around her and kissed her. The witness wit-ness also stated that she had been at the Geddes home when Mr. Eccles was there and that he presided. Mrs. Geddes had told her that Mr. Eccles was the father of Albert Mrs. Clara Singleton of Plain City testified to numerous visits of Mr. Eccles to the Geddes home in Plain City, and said that he was very affectionate af-fectionate and attentive to Mrs Ged-des Ged-des and the lad. She said thatvshe had seen Mr. Eccles play with the boy on the floor of the Geddes home and kiss and carress him. Mrs Laura Grieve of Plain City created considerable laughter when she told of her anxiety to watch Mr. Eccles on a certain occasion when he visited .Mrs Geddes In tho village. She said that she and Mrs. Geddes were very great friends and that they rath- ei) T?tch of each other 1" courtship court-ship matters, as men were rather WMB1 H J scarce. Speaking of the particular in- cldeut, Mrs. Grieve said. "Well, I was going past Maggie's and I noticed a horse attached to an old buggy hitched outside. As there were few men in Plain City, I thought ' maybe it was a book agent, so I went H In. I nevir knocked at Maggie's H house, we were such great friends. I Jfl just walked in. As I entered the back jH door I saw a man come In the front H door. It was David Eccles He took H Maggie in his arms and kissed her H and he said to Albert, 'Come here to B papa' and the boy ran to him. I did not know whetheV they saw me, so I :H kind of coughed and they turned H around. I saw, of course, that I was fl not wanted there, so I left real quick ; "When he was gone, I returned to J Maggie's house, at about midnight, I M guess. I had made it a point to see m just how long he had stayed and I jH made three or four trips to the Ged- M des home for that purpose. As he M left he said to Maggie- "Here is a H 'five,' put it with the rest1" H "I entered the house at about 12 o'clock and I saw three $20 gold pieces M on the sideboard. I picked them up and kind of fumbled them In mv hand H and asked Maggie where she got all H the money. She said that David Ec- M cles had given it to her." , jH The laughter was brought about ' through the manner in which Mrs. rH Grieve told of her anxiety to watch H Mrs. Geddes and Mr. Eccles. When H she told of the many trips to see H whether Eccles had left, she spoke al- H most In a whisper, as though she con- H sidered that she had done a very ef- H fectual piece of detective work. H Cross examination of the witnesses H took up considerable time but no ma- terial changes were made in the main fM testimony. jH |