Show A F greib ills before sprague wo mentioned the arrest of A F on a charge of bigamy and his removal to salt lake to have a hearing before corn sprague the herald has the following account of the proceed inga at the examination began there being a great many wilt nesses down from ogden but the only evidence of any importance was that of anna belle reder he girl arho is charged as being the second wife of greig georgiana bird mrs odell and hon lorin farr were also examined ho last named of whom knew nothing of the affairs of greig and the others only giving in forma lion as to the wife conceded to be the first and who was buived on wednesday judge van and zera snow esq appeared for the prosecution and judge and mr tanner represented the defendant the girl reder testified ly I live in oden ha c md m d there about four or cac months I live on the bench in mr firc iga house I do not recollect when went into the house it was some time during last fall about september I think it was an old house but it has beep so much repaired since that it liht as well be called a new house my mo thor mra belizi ann reder and my child live with me in it the child is my little girl going on years old named letilia belle called dottie for short no ono else occupies the house with mo I am not married have never been married I know alexander breig he has been at my bouse he has not been there often in the last month or so but was there often prior to that time could not soy how often as I havo never kept an account he provided for me has done BO since about four or five months ago since I went into that house the question as to ghether he furnished the house called up an objection from the defense who said the lady had stated she was not married and therefore these questions are irrelevant the testimony does not even tend in that direction and is therefore not legitimate and judge aoge moved that the question be stricken out judge sprague over i ruled the objection and allowed it to go in Q poes he or did lie take his meals there A lie did atone time for a short period for a little over a month I do not think it was any longer I suppose he quit because bis wife came from new zealand she came from there on the ath of no cembor and he did not take bis meals with me after that but detill continued conti Hued to provide for me he stopped at my house during the night at one time until his wife came I could not say how long jio kept up the practice of staying at my house at night it waa ai much as a month a little over a month and not as much as two he ims not stopped at m house on since his difo cime Q who did h sleep with A will not answer the question the defence here objected and asbeil tho court to instruct the wit neeli that she had a right to refuse to the question as in he would be subjecting herself and the to be punished under the ordinances of Ogden zile stated that together willi he the defendant he was convinced that he could prove there a marriage and if this held booi gooi it would apply to all poly gany cases in the territory A man so fur a the laws of the territory were concerned could bleed bleep with all the domn in the territory without her ing punished hed so that they could not be help criminally liable on that cora the deni of a second difo does not bar prosecution but he proposed proponed to follow it up by showing that greig lived and co habited with her and treated her as a wife and that they werft marii eJ it a plural marriage can be billed a marriaga marri ag told the lie ittai an question sli to answer the hesitate d for soma time and when asked if she refused said yes sir judge sprague said he could see no reasonable objection to answering the and would take the matter under advisement for the pre ent and ordered the examination to proceed Q did he sleep with any one A yes sir with a member of the occupants of the house one of those who occupied the house Q was it with your mother A no air Q did he dileep with the little girl A she wa in the houe Q did he bleed bleep with the little girl A no be did not Q than ho ilent with you A I did not say so and im not going to bay eo Q you were the only other occupant of the house A there waa cirl Q did lie bleed bleep with hei AI will not answer to judge who asked her reason for she eaid it wan because she did not think it was his right to ask judge sprague the law makes it my duty to decide that point not yours Witness Am biere to be proven a proa li lute the court said not and sho said she did not know whether he slept with the cervant girl or not edid be sleep with th s person you have spoken of during tha month or ix weeks he slept at the house ayea sir ho did not dileep every night with the slept separate over half the time the servant eirl was named minnie Josephj she is not a servant girl there now she has been hoino sick for sometime and was only with me for about one month I do not know a mr wat kins I do know a mrs wathon he baa been at my housa i I never heard any talk between her and the de enfant relative to his marriage rela tiona judge vanzile bald he was through for alio find the defense waived therefore their crois examination until the examination in abiel wa concluded judge vanzile still insisted on receiving an answer to his question and abo witness still said die wa un willing to answer judge sprague said he did not think sha waa justi bed in her refusal and he did not know but it was his duty to commit her for contempt af court but he had rather not do it to a woman she again objected and the subject was still farther held under advisement the defense then concluded to cross examine her and slie said she had sever been married nor contracted to marry any one nor to tho defendant in particular never claimed to have married him partite have called me mrs greig but never told ahm to I naver was and I never said I was greegs greigs wife thare dover has beau any ceremony between mend the defendant nor between me bud anybody else purport bof to be a marriage ceremony redirect re direct do you say you never told anybody you were married to greig A yea air I do Q do you say so now A ye air I do Q imayo you ever admitted to any peron that you were gregga wile A no sir Q have you over called yourself mrs greig A yee sir Q the wife of whom A just called myself mrs greig did not say wife Q when A on several oc I dont know exactly when Q vohen did you commence it after living upon the bench I was style that there to I took it upon myself not when I first went there not till every one else did not until had lived there nonie time it was over a month when hirst called myself that ww alii n the house was first beina fixed the called mo mrs greig and I then did go they had reference to the defendant greig I ans not introduced by that name by mr greig I was by H party once on one occasion by mrs polly joseph who introduced me to her sister as mrs greig that was at my house in the evening no one was there but her her sister my mother and meef my sisters name is minnie reder tha lives in leadville an lived there while I visas on tho bench I went and lived on the hill at my own and tion he suggested it alien he first went to ogden to take care of the co op books I dont know when it was he asked me if I did not want to livo in hii house on the bench and I said I did so went and lived there that was all that wa said I was then living at mrs turners I know mattie gray and caved haved lived witcher wit lher but not at the time I went to mr Greig shad lived at mrs Turner about ft month and before that time at aaltio grays mattio gray keeps a houte of prostitution ution Q did you live on alie hill with greig as his wife A no sir I did not understand it BO and I dj not Ir Greig did I did not hold myself out to the community as his wife as they knew I arai i ol 01 greig told my molher and mr wathon that was not liis wife also a little girl t the examination of this witness being concluded fur the present an adjournment was taken until 10 this morning proceedings friday jan 21 the trial of A F greig before commissioner sprague at salt lake city on a charge of bigamy is aguia as uia ing greater yesterday at ha appointed hour the examination was continued before commissioner sprague the herald gires the following summary of the proceedings ce which were partly touching the indelicate rather closely knew nothing about were the case ns others had the day previous the conduct of the cise giai shown no preparation ot knowledge of k on the part of the 01 u evidenced by the number of witnesses forced to come down here from ogden who knew absolutely nothing about alie case the wit nesses who testified on friday morning were MM M II 11 snyder mra martha james B elder and john M dee mr apa testified tant bet opt a livery stable and belle reder went to hij stable for buggies which she sometimes paid for and which greig sometimes pai I for lie eaid entries were sometimes made charging the buggies to grei and Rone times to MM greig mean ins belle aeder H J cleela testified I know th defendant have lived in oden three year know the woman alleged to be his plural wife by tight I wai ODO ol 01 the workmen who made the rus on the house on the bench I sup plied her to be hia wife and did noi know he had any other understood her tote hu wile from persons I understood it anso fro n the defendant himself he presented her to me an hia wife remember a particular ochion ol 01 hn culling her bai wife lie brought some cooka to hang chandeliers on I wanted to pui them up and h left then saying his wife would show me where to put tarm defendant got his dinner cherf and went from to his work never saw him go here at nights be fore I loft lie calle her his wife on another ha came there one day when I was in ahe back part of the houe lie mid were ay ing down town eliat he was keeping a bit bouse up here and he wanted to know if I hail seen any men up there he said he did not want to eay anything to the wife about it I dont know when hi wife from australia arrived these conversation took place about october last cannot E IVO tho dadea but think it was the latter part of the month the lady waa called mrs greig by everybody about there ex capt the girl who called hr belle defendant was very little about the housa when idaa there except at meal times blattie M nations testified that she lived at the house of greig with belle keder people called her hiis to my slie did not live with him ai his wife I did not call her MM greig myself if I did it MM tor politeness the was in hia house for no other reason I dont think the ever told me married she was not called mrs grieg generally in the house very few people camo to the house whilo I was there I dont know lion she claimed to bo nith did not claim anything about it mr greig used to eat there some timea was there to breakfast dinner and cupper most of the time for two months ho up ported tha house bee there dont ant and bello slept together never saw them in bed in the same room have teen greig come out tho room in the morning when belle was in ii the bedroom opened off tho parlor and I slept on a lounge in the parlor the about 1230 was continued until 10 this mornine when tho prosecution se will continue making its caso the adjournment was taken in order to give the proe culion time to bring down moro witnesses from ogden |