Show cutet EVENTS edmunds law prosecutions james A felshman Lei Lel ahman was arrested by deputy whetstone eon on the charge of of unlawful cohabitation at his residence on the evening of mar 7 HO he appeared ap eared before commissioner good wn wan an and d gave bonds to appear in court at ogden when wanted as an indictment is out against him james meikle who was arrested sometime some time ago on the charge of unlawful cohabitation was before commissioner goodwin on mar 8 for a continuance of his examination james T hammond appeared in his behalf the following witnesses were examined E D carpenter B R gilbert meikle isabella and kate KAS meikle the attorney showed that there was not evidence justifying the holding of the defendant the eom commissioner missioner however bound mr meikle over in the sum of 1000 to await the action of the grand jury logon logan journal on march 13 C C folkner of plain city was arrested on a charge of polygamy he was taken before district court clerk H S H henderson where he gave bonds in the sum of to appear in court next morning to ito plead his bondsmen were thos ashby and dr E B G williams proceedings before judge juddi judd at provo mar IS 13 the case of the united states vs charles hampshire was the solitary one of the day besides that of jerry et al charles hampshire came forward for sentence on a charge of unlawful cohabitation to which a plea of guilty was entered not wishing to make any state statement MOA the defendant was interrogated by the court he is 44 years of age married his last wife eight years ago and the first wife in 1869 he was living with them both when arrested has not lived with them thel a since is a clerk by occupation b his youngest child is three years old re he was sentenced to days imprisonment and 50 fine on mar 14 johna jorgensen and chris nielsen were placed in the penitentiary as united states prisoners they came up croul beaver where they had an an interview with judge Borea boreman mn As they were mormons cormons Mor mons and had been convicted of living with their wives boreman administered the severest penalty the law allows x months imprisonment and a fine ne of and costs in each case the following matters of legal legaj business iness came up in the provo prove branch of the first district court mar 14 united states vs martin crandall Cran daU to a charge of unlawful cohabitation the we defendant changed his plea to guilty and made a promise to obey the no law in consideration of which the court suspended sentence in the fie case of harriet crandall fornication a plea of not guilty was withdrawn and allea a plea of guilty entered the deafen defendant ant a promising to live ve within the law sentence was su speeded sp ended during good behavior united states vs thomas durkin the he defendant was charged with fornication to which he changed 1118 to plea to guilty he was sentenced to fifty days imprisonment and to pay a fine of 50 united states vs stephen mott unlawful oi awful cohabitation plea changed to 0 o guilty sentence set for march 21 united states vs va frans christen sell on the defendant changed his plea to w guilty he was sentenced to 75 bwy dais imprisonment and to pay the costs of the prosecution u mar 15 john groves of sugar blouse ward salt lake county was called led in the third district court fir sentence on a charge of living with more than one wife to which y 0 had bad pleaded guilty he had no cement to make to the court and as sentenced to imprisonment for seventy of 75 five days and to pay A fl fine ne proceedings at provo march 15 before afore jud judge judd united states vs andrew unlawful cohabitation a tea yea of guilty was entered and the eien dant was sentenced to fifty ay wa imprisonment and to pay the costs united states vs beulah C calp I 1 riall stythe tty the defendant was arral arraigned sed on Q a charge of af fornication an anden entered a plea of guilty As the urt was about to pass sence tence the prosecution reminded judge rge judd that the defendant is we supposed wife of bishop wm bromley romley at which the court ex cad bradd the wish that mr Brouil bromley oy stead 00 of the defendant were in hojda g and told defendant to go ca sentence was suspended toll united states vs rosina kosina single j continued for the term bulted united states vs hans nielson no was sentenced to days on a of adultery the deafen dant at niad fiade e application for a writ of acta tahe in corpus which was denied ni 8 0 C case ase will wil be taken to the supreme court of the united states cited C states vs alice hart for withdraw aljon a plea of not guilty was y drawn wn a plea of guilty entered sentence stence suspended j oa baar r 16 in the court at provo law 38 cauin efi charged arged with un ul LO cohabitation habitation changed his LIZ to fo guilty and will receive sen ano april ih 20 proceedings before judge judd at provo on monday mar 18 united states vs VB john C harper unlawful cohabitation this case was given to the jury on saturday day afternoon ter noon a verdict of guilty was rendered on monday morning proceedings before judge judd at provo march 20 united states vs pleasant S bradford and sylvester bradford the defendants were arraigned on a charge of unlawful cohabitation and plead not nob guilty trial set for the dinst united states vs john hostler the defendant on trial for unlawful cohabitation was found not guilty by the jury united states vs axel bulgreen Tul green unlawful cohabitation after the opening of the trial the defendants counsel moved for a continuance which was granted until the next term released from prison richard bichard thorne of three mile creek box elder county was released from prison mar fg 12 he served a four months term for unlawful cohabitation and paid a fine of and costs albert hawes of provo was released from the penitentiary mar 14 having served the term of 95 days to which he was sentenced for unlawful cohabitation the fine was 50 and costs with the alternative of an additional 30 days imprisonment which was served he ele appeared before commissioner norrell the same day and gave a bond of 1500 to answer a charge of adultery with his second wife lor for which an indictment has been found on mar 15 george davis of box rider elder county was before commissioner norrell who granted the application for a release from custody bro davis was convicted of living avi with his wives and was sentenced gentene IM to three months im imprisonment rison ment and to pay the costs of te the prosecution amounting to for this amount he be was detained in jall jail 30 days on mar 19 we had the pleasure of meeting bishop thomas R cutler who emerged from the penitentiary the same day at 7 am having served a term of six mouths months for unlawful cohabitation he also paid a fine of three hundred dollars and costs his liberation will be a source of gratification amon among the host comprising his friends there here will be special rejo rejoicing leing in lehi where he resides and is held in universal versa respect his health is moderately good on mar march ch 20 sidney R carter of sevier county was released from the penitentiary where he h had ad served a six months term for living with his wives judge boreman sentenced him to the full fan term of imprisonment and to pay the costs which he did the costs bill the territorial supreme court met on march 16 pt at p m the time of the session was taken up in reading the minutes and the court adjourned to april ath the itemized bill of the costs charged to the church in the proceedings proceeding edin against the receiver was not filed fil T it is understood that claims exceeding were asked but these were cut down to the estimate formerly published something over hosea stout in reference notice which appeared recently in the WEEKLY concerning the late ROWS hosea stout his brother writes informing us that the deceased was born in mercer county ky and moved to clinton county ohio when eight years old and further that he never resided in new york pardons received marshal dyer has in his office the official pardons granted by president cleveland of joseph H evans and john Squire sand desires those gentlemen to call and get the papers granted amnesty the president of the united states has granted amnesty to jacob heicklen He ickle riggs biggs and bicey 1 D jones of the territory of utah tah these persons applied for the amnesty having stated that they had been guilty of bigamy or polygamy and unlawful cohabitation but that they had abandoned these practices and no longer countenance or give support thereto the papers 0 rs are 10 now W n the hands of M marshal a rs aff ad dyer y e r W who h 0 desires the persons for whom they are intended to furnish their addresses that he may forward the documents to them site selected Sele eted A of the chamber of commerce was held march 13 the principal business being the settlement of a site upon which to erect the pro proposed poLed new building for the chamber there had been six offers one of a piece of property on the corner of third boutt south and first east streets one at the corner comer of second south and first west went streets a third on west temple street opposite grant brothers livery stable the fourth on first south street a short distance west of the merald herald corner and the remaining two on second secona south street one near the corner of west temple and the other just west of the former residence of A miner esq the principal issue was between the first south street location and the last named on second south street the total valuation of the twelve central blocks six on each side of main street and south of south temple street is the north tier of blocks is the central tier the south tier 1 running a line through h the central tier dividing the w whole fole district in the centre the valuation is north half south half excess in favor of south half dividing north and south on main street the valuations are tor for the west six blocks north half south half excess in favor of south half on the basis of rents the south half of the six blocks west of main street also has the advantage paying payin as against for me the north half these figures showing that the tendency of business for the last ten years has been in a southwesterly gars direction from the former center of business had its effect on the chamber which decided to accept the second n south ut street tr location oca which is seven rods east of the cornero corner and Second South streets facing south the size of the property pro property Werty accepted is feet 5 the gift being made by groesbeck Br brothers boomers omers fatal accident on the morning of february 1889 brother riven biven T stevens of burville sevier county was crushed to death between a post in jacob jacobsons corral fence and the corner of his hayrack th through h his bis horses becoming unmanageable unman b e he had to make a short turn to get out of the corral when the orner corner of his hayrack came in such close proximity to the fence that it caught him against a post causing almost immediate death brother stevens was born in caldwell county missouri on the day of august 1838 he leaves a wife and family and numerous friends to mourn his loss his family were all at home with him at the time of his death he having two married daughters who had come home to see their father who was greatly beloved by all his family the whole town sympathizes with them in their bereavement E F accidental shooting A correspondent writing from paris idaho march 14 says last evening about 6 5 welock three young men thomas innis prank frank wilcox and thorna thomas sparks residents of this place were on the bottoms a few miles east of town on their way to a ranch for the night intending to hunt ducks early this morning they came to a slough when wi wilcox who was better shod than the others waded in first sparks followed with a loaded shotgun n in his hand and in jumping Q to cloar clear the water the hammer of the gun caught on his clothes raising it enough to discharge the gu gun n the contents striking wilcox under the right shoulder the unfortunate man throw threw his right hand behind his head fell on his bia face and almost immediately expired sparks as well as the wilcox family has the sympathy of the whole community wilcox was a young man unmarried setting the matter right we have received the following from frederick J Christ lansen of mayfield Mayfle ld county the error he calls attention to was waa doubtless less through a misunderstanding of our correspondent in your issue of the semiweekly dated march ath in re porting 1 1 arting the business of the first r court 0 urt appears a report of the case of the united states vs P F J ti ansen it is stated this way united states vs P F J unlawful cohabitation and adultery both cases were dismissed upon the promise of defendant to obey the law this is a mistake the facts are I 1 had just served out a term in the the pena for unlawful cohabitation and there was an indictment against me for adultery that was dismissed at the time but not on my promising to obey the law for I 1 was not asked that question I 1 presume the dismissal was for want of evidence 1 would like you to correct the statement as I 1 do not wish to be misrepresented I 1 suppose it was an error of the reporter PP from the northwestern states on march 18 elder F T gunn adamsville Adams ville beaver county returned from a mission to the northwestern states he left this city march 1887 and was assigned to the minnesota conference A few weeks later the iowa conference was organized and elder gunn was appointed to preside which position lie he occupied until released to come home most of his two years mission was spent in iowa where he baptized nine persons the general feeling is one of indifference to religious matters this feeling permeates all classes and very few axe are willing to hear the gospel since last fall elder gunns field of labor has been in eastern Kansas which with the state of nebraska is included in the iowa conference there he found a much better feeling and people were more willing to investigate the doctrines at st johns kansas there is a branch of the church organized and the people there treat the elders with great ki kindness n d ness thel their r hospitality pita lity being in marked contrast with that exhibited in some other parts of the conference in that place there is 18 a sect called bicker to the founder a mr bickerton united with the rig do donates in the year 1845 at that time he was in pennsylvania six years later he heard the elders preach reach and joined the church in 1857 lie he apostatized and in 1862 organized a church on his own account co in greenock pa he taught faith repentance baptism for the remission of sins and the laying on of hands for the gift of the holy ghost at one time his followers numbered about 2000 he attempted to organize a complete church patterning after the true order as nearly as he could from what he had known or could learn of the mormons cormons Mor mons but the farther he proceeded the greater were the contentions in his flock ock so he gave it u up about 15 5 years after he foundas founded the sect h he e advised those over whom he presided to move to the west saying that it was the will of heaven that they should go to st johns kansas then known as zion valley root most of the people followed min him there though a few remained in pennsylvania subsequently bickerton was excommunicated from his own church for some offense and william cadman chosen to succeed him he then formed another faction and now has a few followers bu but t the other side or Cadman ites are in the majority the more intelligent of those who had joined the Bickerton ites listened to the preachy preach ings of the elders and most of them have joined the church while a number of others othere are likely to follow that 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