Show fJOORTS AT PROYO I II I iloH ei Casein Which J life Ver diet Was Not Guilty SOME VERY THIN EVIDENCE i Tho Question of Waterworks in the City CouncllOur Bull Boys Defeated Other Notes Pnovo Sept 19 1S90 Special correspondence corres-pondence of Tuc HEHLDIn the case of United States vsBeson Lewis the jury ieturned verdictof nofguilty verdicof notguit Martin Olsenwas arraign edcharged with unlawful cohabitation Pleaded not guilty Andrew Anderson pleaded not guilty to SL charge of unlawful cohabitation Jag 1 Stewart pleaded not guilty t the same charge > Sfeils H Burrison pleaded not guilty to the charge of unlawful cohabitation and on the indictment for adultery ho also pleaded not guilty Hiram Hardy unlawful cohabitation pleaded guilty sentence will bo given October Oc-tober 4th Mahonri Bishop came up to receive his sentence for unlawful cohabitation He stated that he had thiee cows one horse and wagon a wife and seven children most large enough to care for themselves He was sentenced to be confined six mouthsa and pay costs of tbo prosecution John Powell withdraw his plea of not I guilty of adultery and pleaded guilty His sentence will be given October glty I Win Southwick was arraigned on the charge of uulawful cohabitation plea not 1 guilty i Thos Featherstonps case was called I caled He was uotpreseut but was expected in I courtwithia a short time The case against Wm Southwick uu I lawful l cohabitation was called and cohabitaton caled u jury cinpanneled Martha 3ane Southwick was the first witness 1 live at Lehi Lived therefor seven yeurs My husbands name is Wui Southwick He lives in Lehi Ho was living therecin ISSo 1SSG and 1SS I To the JudtrerI am his lawful wife Sevina Southwick rAm wie Wm Southwick Bear his name Have four children and am living in Lehi Was thero in 188307 Am living in my own house lI was given to mo by Mr Houthwick Was given to me three or four years ago in either 1SSO or ISSi The children live with me Mr Southwick was living with his lving legal wife Lehi Ho ceased living with me eight years ago this fall Ho stopped coming there but did not disclaim me and 1 am still regarded as his wife He sti regarded wie never comes to my house except to call on the boys He comes about once a week Ho has called on different occasions during tho years 1SS51SSO and 18S7 He would come inside and call tho boys scarcely ever spoke to anyone except the beys Those are I the only reasons he came Helms not eaten in my house but once for eight years that was four years aeo on Thanksgiving day There was a family gathering there Ipre ferred to be alone He was doing some towards to-wards my support have eaten at his first wifes house occasionally when they have invited me Have done this during the years mentioned Thurman objected to the attorneys manner of examining the witnees He was allowed to go on He was Instructed how ever not to put words into the witness mouth My husband has partly supported myself and family Our houses are separated about half a block There is a fence between No barn on either place To ThurmanPrior to eight years ago I lived with Mr Southwick We mutually agreed to live apart after that time The law had nothing to do with our separation We made the agreement in the fall of 1882 My youngest child is nine years old I sup pose I am beyond the age of bearing chil dren He has not slept at my house since 1883 or taken me out publicly The boys are his children and work under his con trol He looks after their education There has been no divorce Mrs Southwick has invited mo to her house and I havo gone there These boys are all the help Mr Southwick has Mr Sjuthwick does not I recognize me his wire as wie Formerly it was different The understanding in the family thefamiy is that I am not his wife To ZanoHo quit taking me out publicly eight years ago and has not treated me as his wife since that time My husband does not work around my house has hot done so since 18S4 He has sent things to the house Rebecca SouthwickAm twentyone years old My father is William South wick mother Martha Jane Southwick I live in Lehi Father lives in Lehi Know Sevina Southwick She lives across the street from us She sometimes comes to our place when invited Remember the Thanksgiving dinner in 1S5 Was present myself To ThurmanOnly the family was present pres-ent Dill nnnnlft arc tho non nnr hhnrc My mother attends to fathers wants mending etc He eats sleeps etc at mothers house Sarah Ann Guerney Live in Lob Know Mrs Southwick No 1 and Lehi Southwick No 2 Know defendant Livo three blocks southeast of them Am on I friendly terms with the family Have seen 01 him in his first wifes house never in his second wifes house Never go to South wicks Samuel Southwick Am a son of William Wiliam Southwick and Martha Jane Live in Lehi I lived there in 1S83 and 1834 Know Se vina Southwick Sho claimed to be his wife Is supposed to be now In 1SS2 he Camo to mothers house to spend lSS his al time on account of the law being passed against polygamy Sometimes I go to Sevmas house Hive adjoining Sevinas place Never seen him in Sevinas house Have not seen him working around there To ThurmanHave been away from Lehi considerable Have heard father talk about the law prior to 1SS2 he liven with Sevina and ceased after that time William E Southwick Livo at Lehi son of William Southwick Dont Wiiam stay at home a great deal Am there occasionally He to live lv came at mothers place permanently perma-nently in 1SS2 did so on account of tho law He never goes to Sevinas place Dont work around her place Have never seen father at Sevinas placo since 1SS2 To King He staid at mothers house when in town in 188567 Never saw father in Sevinas house Attorney Zane did not think there was evidence to convict and the judge ordered I the jury to render a verdict not guilty as I charged in the indictment guit j I Thomas Featherstone sent a doctors certificate of illness and the witness in the case was discharged The case of the United States vs Peter K Lemmon was called Sarah Lemmon testified Live at Glen wood Sovier county Peter K Lemmon also lives there A acquainted with Phoebe Lemmon She has pone to Rab bit valley Am the legal gne Witness refused to testify Richard Zoofelt testified Lived at Glen1 j I I Gen wood Know Phoebe Lemon She ha been living with her father Dont know i she is defendants plural wife Dont know what the repute is about the case Dont know whose wife she is I was rumored that she was defendant wife It was understood that Sarah was his I I wie Have seen Lemon with Phoebe going to meeting three years ago accompanied by the first wife Saw them do this on different occasions Have seen Phoba at I Lemons house She was working there Crossexamined by King Lemon was off to work somewhere and Phocoe was attend I ing Sarah who was sick I think tho time > they were going to meeting was when she was at Lemons house Dont know what j the goneral opinion is about Lemon and Phoebe living together I King moved to strike out the testimony of this witness Not granted Exception i I taken Court adjourned until f 2 p mOThER j I I m-OTHER NOTES i The question or waterworks was debated I in the city council last evening There tl t were present Juflge Powers Witcher Jones and Mr Baker who took part in the discussion i dis-cussion I was proposed by the water 1 works company tofurnish100 hydrants atC 1 s 41 i f 11 hH f 4 r t o W < t 1Jt J > i e 75 each but the cjuucilmen were of the opinion that 67500 was moro than the city could bfford at present The committee on waterwork watehvor1 reporjod that they thought it would be advisable ad-visable for the mayor to 8in with the waterworks company fo > fiftyhydrants at fifyhydrants iUO each The matter will be decided at he next council meeting on Monday even ing i ingThe The ball at the opera house last evening was a very pleasant one A number of lawyers and judges werepresent The baseball party at the grove had a large attendance The Provo baseball team wrenched the honors of championship of thd territory from the Salt Lakers in a hotly contested gamo at Provo yesterday The scoco stood 1 to S on the first half of the ninth inning in favor of Provo Tho parade of the baseball teams headed by the band along Center street attracted a large crowd who followed to the west square The game was called at 4 pm witn the Salt Lakers to the bat They Uoad with a few good spanks at the ball by Crolly and McDonald and scored one run The Provos began by batting out of sight and up to the sixth inning built up a score of 8 to 2 Salt Lake took a spurt and ran their score up to 7 in the seventh inning and the wildest enthusiasm prevailed pre-vailed Greenbacks began to look as prc fuse as the leaves on the trees One more inning was to decide the battle and Mr McMahon the ironclad catneup to settle it driving a skyscraper over hit > left and Provo scored three runs The crowd cheered loud and long for Provo Crotty is a good twirler tho chief of coachers having a voice like a bass horn and is a kicker by profession He demanded that Osborne who was umpiring the game be fired or the game stop A change was made as Osbornewns incompetent though neither side suffered in particular Little Kate hopped oft tho track in pass ing the bank corner today on account of a rock accidentally gotten on the rails She is slightly damaged |