Show THE INQUISITORS A Grand Jury Selected For the February Term ZANE DELIVERS TH CHARGE Three Mormons on the Grand Jury Venire Are Excused Captain Bishop Appointed I Foreman The Petit Jury The February term of the Third district court opened in earnest yesterday morning The first business to come up before Judge Zane was the selection of a grand jury and for the first time in some years several Mormons were called and their examination examina-tion by the court and prosecutor was listened lis-tened to with interest Quite a number of persons who bad been served failed to respond re-spond and several venires were issued before be-fore the jury was completed On the first venire the following gentlemen were called into the box for examination George Moore James Sharp T C Wright John Sharp W H Dodge W J Paine George Hall C E Wantland George E Wallace John Sharp jr John Sharp jr was first examined by Mr Critchlow He stated that he did not believe in polygamy under existing circumstances cir-cumstances l a man had gone into polygamy poly-gamy before there was any law against it it would be wrong for him to continue to live with his wives now on account of the law against i Ho did not know just what the doctrine of the church was In regard to polygamy He was an elder in the church Judge Zane What do you understand to be the effect of the recent manifesto Mr Sharp I dont know much about it but I believe would now be a violation of the creed of the church for a man to enter polygamy or to cohabit with more than one woman as his wife at the same time Judge Zane The question is as to whether polygamy is now wrong under the creed of the church 1 Mr Sharp That I cannot say James Sharp was next examined and he stated that he was a naturalized citizen He was a member of the Mormon cnurch and held the officer of elder He did not believe be-lieve it right for a man to have more than one wife He came to that conclusion after the law of 1SS2 Prior to October last polygamy poly-gamy was permissable under the creed of the church After October it was prohibited prohib-ited by the creed of the church He understood under-stood that the manifesto was the voice of the church suspending the practice and practicing of polygamy and unlawful cohabitation co-habitation Judge ZaneDo you believe it was wrong to practice polygamy and unlawful cohabitation cohab-itation prior t October Mr Sharp 1 believe it was wrong under the circumstances prior to the issu croumstances pror ance of the manifesto Whatever our church belief might have been it was legally wrong Judge Zane Was it morally wrong independent inde-pendent of the law Mr SharpI consider that is only wrong because there is a law against it Morally I do not believe it to be wrong Judge ZaneAs a juror wouldnt your belief inliuenceyou 1 Mr Sharp I should endeavor to discharge dis-charge my duty and I dont think my belief be-lief would warp my judgment Prior to the manifesto I do not think polygamy was wrong in and of itself Judge ZaneYou believe then that a man might have violated the law without being morally wrong Mr Sharp He would have been morally wrong in violating the law but not morally wrong in practicing poloygamy Judge Zane Well inasmuch as there may be cases brought before the jury in which the offence was committed before the issuance of the manifesto I dont think you would be qualified to act I think you would necessarily be somewhat lenient towards to-wards such a man and would not be impartial impar-tial You are excused Mr Critchlow then resumed his examination exam-ination of John Sharp by asking him i his belief differed from that of James Sharp and he replied that there was no material difference between them Judge ZaneYou may be excused James Wright stated that he was employed employ-ed as a guard at the penitentiary That he was not a tax payer satisfactorily C E Wantland answered all questions George E Wallace stated that he had resided re-sided in this city nil his life and was an elder in the church At one time he believed be-lieved i polygamy He had not followed in the practice since the passage of the law of 1882 Judge ZaneIs it wrong for a man to have living and undivorced more than one wile 1 Mr Wallace Yes sir I think it was wrong after the supreme court sustained the law of 1SS2 Judge Zano But for the law then you think polygamy would not be wrong or immoral im-moral Mr Wallace Yes sir I believe that it was morally right up t the time the > supreme su-preme court sustained the law of 18b2I dont think those who entered into the relation prior to the passage of that law acted immorally im-morally but i they continued that relation rela-tion they did act immorally Judge Zane Well you dont seem to be very clear in your views on this subject and I dont think you would act impartially You will be excused Mr Wantland was excused as he had arranged ar-ranged to go east on important business Tho other jurors were accepted and another an-other venire was issued and their examination examina-tion proceeded with T G Webber stated that he did not believe be-lieve it was right for a man to have living and undivorced more than one wife Prior to the passage of the laws against polygamy poly-gamy he did not think it was morally wrong to practice polygamy The practice now was strictly forbidden by the church Sinco the issuance of the manifesto it would be contrary to the creed of the church to practice polygamy Judge Zane Do you think that prior to October last would not have been morally wrong for a man to have gone into polygamy poly-gamy 1 Mr WebberI do not think it would Judge Zane you may be excused The other jurors called all possessed the necessary qualifications and as completed the jury is as follows F M Bishop George Arbogast T A Wickersham F A Hale E P Sears W J Paine J M Stout W H Dodge George Hall F C Wright David John 1 M Dietz George Moore E C Coffin G S Erb Judge Zane appointed Captain Bishop foreman and after they had been sworn Judge Zane charged them substantially as follows Gentlemen of the land jury Your duty as grand jurors will be to inquire in-quire diligently into all crimes committed in this district and present indictments against such persons as you find sufficient evidence against It is your duty to ascertain ascer-tain a nearly as you can the truth of any charge you may investigate You should consider only legitimate evidence You should act only on the testimony of witnesses wit-nesses before you and such documentary evidence as may be competent You may take into consideration anything which may affect the credibility of a witness Some witnesses may desire to gratify their revenge re-venge while others may be partial You should be actuated by no motive except a desiro to reach the truth I at any time you desire information you can consult with the district attorney or the court The most common crimes in this territory have been polygamy unlawful cohabitation and adultery In your investigations of these crimes you have no right to take into consideration con-sideration the fact that the people guilty of them may have or do believe them to be i ri ht Such crimes must be punished I pun-ished in order that the institution of marriage which Is one of the most important im-portant institutions that can exist in a civilized land may be protected Complaint is made of crimes against the United States Mall Service As a rule you have but one side of a case but i you can obtain evidence that will explain the whole case it will be your duty t hear it in order that no guihy man may escape and no in nocenfman be Indicted You will be very careful not t divulge jtaj transpired iQ I a the grand jury room otherwise the ends of justice might be defeated You will enquire en-quire into the condition of the public prisons and investigate the conduct of pub lie officers you are entitled to free access to all prisons and all public documents The jurors then returned to their room in charge of Bailiff Parsons THE PETIT JTJRT The following petit jurors passed the examination ex-amination satisfactorily Frank Jennings John Jimson Benj Winchester Hugh Anderson derson M S Aschiem J L Nebeker Daniel McDonald J A Heiss J A Good hue Erastus Sorenson J V Neff M J Cheeeman Peter Gordon J H Bowman August Olander A J Pendleton jr Carroll Car-roll S Hardy J F Lees and John G Mitchell Another venire was issued and made returnable re-turnable at 10 oclock this morning to which hour the court adjourned |