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Show SaLT Lake City, Utah, U. A , iuvc-mbr4ih, 1378. , Tj the K-IUur uf the Unit LaU Herald: ' Dear Sir: In tho intro-ts of ju ticcj I trust you will allow ih'j folio wirg cuta- rmiuiciUori a i pice in tfm e luniLSui your wi.lopiri'l Bud va uablo puper. f'-ve a! artk-lct tiave apuenred in t'i6 Tribune htMy, in whicL X urn accuswl of flsyi'H uiid J jM g thing ihnL my fuh aa & Lot-lui-day culm would neither allow mo tj say nor d-. . loan article which appeaiud ia that pper some fow daj'B eg bead -d "Sat c-litied c-litied Rape," I am tci;ued o! having said "I was a very poor Mormon befor L entered en-tered Uiit pmce, (refrrii;g lo tut; Endowment Endow-ment bouse.) bui. alter g-tiru tbroiij-h Ihf-indooi'Dt Ihf-indooi'Dt muuimwriea jf Adam and Eva 1 found that ull alo'in-jniein bad ltjt't me." I'urmit a deeply slmiuured w man to deny most emph tlically evor bvii g uttered ut-tered such BBtitimcnti. It whs also Bttutd ibat 1 whs dfBgg-iU bck to Mr. Cannn'i on the evening of ilia reception at hH huiieo. ri mit m to deny tuat aUu. I w-s rcpiect'id to return and 1 did to. In ar.oUmr arliclo in tbe eaino pnpor liuadyd 'J1ailis ar.d Jns'.ico," it was ctutut that i had been decoded from my liomo in Londou, brought bora, ruabeJ ihroutfh an unnatural ceremony wnh two other women, tukun to thw bousa or Au-ga5 Au-ga5 M- Caunon, and tbero crutjlly ou1.-i ou1.-i K0'i in ibo nam i of r.-liion. permit uio to deny thao statements also as Dcing totally untruo. The facli of tho case are briofiy thoie: In tbe umrciso of my Bgoncy and of my own frue will and cluice 1 joi'ied tho Church of Jesut Curst . f jMtt-r day dainta in the autumn of !$"(; cainn hr-re jvm-; fw weeki g , because 1 b-lieveu in iha divimiy of what tho world call Mormoniim, and on Tnurcday, Uc obo 24tlu 1 waa married iu the Endowmaul bouse to the defendant in tho "Miles pjly amy ease." before being married. I wna a?ked tbe q'JOtion wbetnr 1 to, k part in tho cromony of my owo fre will and choice, to winch I gtvu tuy unquii-tlud unquii-tlud assent. In justice, to Mr. Cannon, it-wnose it-wnose b use 1 huvo -tayed, aud also to my ou-band, it is incumbont upon me U-s U-s aie that nekliei ol them, although Lhey have been accused of doing bo, nave at ai,y time ri-sirniut d mu of my liberty, or treated me iu any other way Iban i shou.d bo trcaicd as a responeible beu g Public opinion having manifested itself in a most marked manner Bga.rjsl mo, I would like, in order that 1 may ezplnin myself to my re il friends, to dny uuder' oath trat during tbe whole cour e ot tu. trial I bavo ever spokou doriaiuxly of ihe acred ordinance! of the holy home ol (jod. 1 have been tempted to do to, lo renounce my fiiih, to leuvu my hueband, and to sny and do things wbib 1 haw never had either inclination or intention to do. Come of the pi opo.-als which hv been made to me Bi-ce I left my buaband iru unlit to dutail to tho public, and had 1 iubmi kd to them, would have piuced nie noi ou y beyoua tue paiu of loigiveaes from tho autr.0; i.iea of tho church t which 1 belong and from my husband, hut tney would aiso have, piuced me iu -uch u poiilion tbnt I eh uld hive de-spuirtd de-spuirtd of receiving forgivenes-s from Almighty Oud. Iu juslieo lo tho United ckaLo? Uarshal, .VI r. abaiiKh escy, and (lis wife, wilti whom I staged f r a f jays, I muaL ttme ilm'- shey treated m. Very kindly" and respecifully. Injustice to the authonlies of the church, and lo my husband, permit mu to sLte that no cuerciou of uny kind, bus at any liin betu brouuht to buar up.m mo, but on tbe unntraiy, i nave been trended by them, with the utmost kindnoas and consider lion. My motives for acting ns I have done, are these: Wbi e in England I wns mai'o ai.quainted by niy husband with the nature of tho eornp.ics.uona wbicn bad arisen iu hi pnvnio atiuirs, and 1 was always afraid that to wou'd at so mo tuturo lime take unotQer wifj. Seeing ill two MiEaoB Cponcer at Mr Cannon's liousoon the evening of my mrriMgo, 1 as afraid during liiedny be had m rriod them, and I eaid aud did tniug which 1 nm ni w sorry fort aLd which waro misconstrued mis-construed (by pretended friend.', whoae nanif s 1 will furnish if exiled up nj, hit a wi h on my part lo bo alienated troui my brethren andcis orsaud my nusbiid I have Mnco cmno to tho 'conclusion ih'it iudi iduila who strive to nparte a wcmiii from hirliod, bor rolijiion, her It u: band and her t-ue friends aro anemic of tho worst kind, viy huabnid hni novor informed mo lint ho his aio her vvitW and ouUido my own sufpicion, 1 have no knuwledgo that he ha- one I have hoard him most emphatically dnn that ho married the girls of whom I was jealous. In an account of an interview that id raid to have laaon placo a day or two (i);o, I a n made to state things that I n-ver eiiid, and which are entirely untiu ; and the f-iw ileus which 1 did furnish in answer to incessant importunities from d ll'eront people tit diUerm t times and placvs, and also the facta from my own evidence in tbe case, have been eo mixed op w'uh base- false' oads that it is impos-si impos-si b o for uny onw b.it mysnlf t disliu guih between truth on the ono band and r-Osonood o.i the oihor. It is as i qual y imoOisible fr anyone but mvEe'f to dia-li-guish bnlwoon iiema that I furnished myefi f, or highly sea:oned and eiiecialiy (ircpared pura raphs, the result i f the too ferule btbtn of the veraciuud (7) r. p irter wbo eaid to have interviewed mo. 1 was rcquuated lo writo n history of my lifo and to lumish iho editor ut thu Tribune Tri-bune with the facts of the case, (I presume pre-sume for senskti .nal puipoieJ Feeli g sorry for tho unenviable notariety thMi the case had created tor my huband and myself. I refused to do as I was askod. I was then worried for days by seveial pej-p!o, pej-p!o, and I was linalty thrcatCQed that if I did not furn.sh these facts and items ihiy ould pubiifh a statement for mo, which was fioany done axainBt my consent, con-sent, and with my morethaa unqualified disapproval. It is also stated in Sunday morning's is uc of the sumo paper thai. I had be n kidnapped ou Saturday, to prevent my appearing beforo tho grand jury. The facts arc, I cid not kLow the whetoabouU . f my hu-sbind, and, believii.g ho wa in American Fork, I went ihere to lojk f it hi in, rcturoii,g with him on Sunday morning. I am deeply sorry tbnt my suspicions should have induced ma to have taken a course whereby 1 have brought upon my bre'.hren aod listers, my DU'band and myself unmerittd odium, and my only desiro iu writing ibis is to acquaint tbe pub ic with the facts of the care and leave them to judge for themselves concerning tho asue. In closing this communication it would bo well for ma to EUte that it was my own proposal to write thia and hivo i. pub.i hed, and that nop-rson, directly or indirect, ban either coaxed, threatened or influenced me to do so. Apoligizing fjr this lengthy communi-c communi-c it ion, u iid trubtii g. as I aaid bofure, that, ia the inleresls of jusliee, you will iuicrt thi-f, believn me to remai", Yours, most retpcclfully, UaKuusE Owen Milks, The abovo statornent was sworn to and iubscribwd by Caro ice Uwen Miles bo-forenio bo-forenio this 4-h day of November, 1ST, at my otBce, Silt Lako City, U T. L'u iB. VV. staynkr, skal Notary Public, Salt Lake Cou-ty, U. T, C. TV. STAY.S'ER Waa then sworn: On November 4lb, 1878, 1 was uotsry public. (Mr Stayner identified h:s aigoatnre on the corn ujiiuio.it ion ot Miss Owen.) There are two signatures; one of them was in pensil, which I put my pan through and told her to write her name in mk wnero now it appears. Sue asked me to read the documeut and asked me if I would use my influence in getting it published in the Herald. I did eo and the tditors of that paper aeeeutei to iti publication. Crose-examiuation Miles was with the lady. He introduced her as bis wile, aud sid she had a document aho wanted me to Bee. He said she wished me to have aomelhiug lOdo wiih it and referred me 10 her. tine asked me to ee about it- Djn't think he said anything about it. He id he had a document and Bhi-wished Bhi-wished me to look at it. My impression ia that she alone spoke about swearing to it. Am not positive that he did not aay something abcut it. She asked me to use my ktlaence to get it published. q Are you in pnlygomy? X) sir. Am a Mormon. (Ooiccttd to by the delense. Sustained. J K-r-iii-ect U bea yru came back and told her you could it priuttd what did she do Sdo ciasped her j hands together and said "I'm eo i thanttful; and thanked me several timc-a. (The regular trial was here inter i rupted by tbe contempt case of i General WelU, tbe parlit-ulara of ) which we publish elsewhere ) JOHN CONNELLY j Waa tbe next witness sworn: Am a ' : brother to Ktite Connelly. Know i Carrie Owen. Knew her during the examination of Milea. She came to i my house during the examination, li was a day or so previous to my i sister being subpoenaed. She spoke to me during the visit, and auked me if I knew whe-ber she waa Ihe firnt or ! second wife. I told her I knew nothing ! aboul it. She said she was very i anxious to know. I was present at i an interview at my houss about a week before the reception at Cannon'. Hoard nothing in relation to toe marriage mar-riage except that Owen eaid ehe was going to be married and invited us to tbe wedding. Miles went to sleep during tbe conversation. Oje part of the evening he wa putting his arm around ber ur.ilbhe saiu: "Gel away you brute or I'll strikH you " He persisted and she said: "I'll poison you. I'll murder you. I'll marry you 6rst and have my revenge." re-venge." She btruck uiin a bard blow. He went out and coming in a few minutes later he looked as though he nad been crying. Nothing said about piuMl marridgea. Went to the reception re-ception with my sifter. Met Milea and others. I was introduced lo rimily Spencer by Miles He introduced intro-duced her as 8 ater Emily Spencer. Did not hear her introduced as hie wife. We nil lelt together about 11 St). My siater ws introduced but do not remembered the namfs. WaB at the supper table. Think I heard CaunOti make a remark. Said he would like to see every one comfort ble and they should enjoy the Bup per, as he was glad when he had u wedding Bupuer. Did not bear any-trung any-trung else. I 6at near the end, next my Bioter, perhaps twelve or fourteen feet from me head. Cross examination Huvo lived here about nine years This is not my sister's borne. Sbe had only been at my house a few months. She lorraerly lived east. Had not seen her for about eight years. Think I heard all that took place at my house. Emily Spencer waa not spoken of, John Taylor's name was not men 'tiontd. Nothing wi'B snid about counsel from the church. I never beard of any other marriages except Irom Miss 0en arid my Bit-ter Waa surprised when I heard that there was cnore than one marriace. Heard of Oweu'd marriage. Did not hoar any other marriage spoken ol at tbe supper. Sw Emily Spencer on the stool. Heard Owen wish tome person per-son expelled because ehe hud not been iuviled. Did not hear anything said by Miles or Owen about having other wives. I have not taken a great deal of interest in (bia case. Have taken snme interest. Am specially interested as a friend. Have not tried to influence Katie Connelly. Don't think that I told her she need 1 not come back it she lentilied in the case. Told her she need not come bck if fibe lied. She went away ol wer own free will. I think she lied before Commis ioner Spracue and in this court. I supposed ehe would lio because she bad expressed herself very bitterly about .Miles. She Baid had she been Carrie ehe would kill Mile?. I don't tnink my interest in thia matter warp my testimony. I don't remember telling Katie not to kuow muoii about tbe case. I don't remember of doing so. I did not tell her so, nor in substance. I told her to tell the truth. I did not undertake to shape her tealimony( nud she d d uot aay, " But I mu6i tell tbe truth ' She m.iy have Baid she would be under oath and would have to teil the truth. Don't know ol ever having been introduced intro-duced to any Becond or third wile. It is always customary to call them by the buaband 'a name Re-direct. Miss Owen came to my house and commenced cryiDg. Sue said Mr. VunZile and a Joseph its dad urged her ou to do this thine;; that lhey bad urged her on, and Bhe was under surveillance, but wanted me to see Milea and tell him ehe wanted to come back to him; that she aa very a rry. " For God's sake, Brother Connelly, see John and do ihe best you ciu." Re-crose-exarninjiLuu I saw John. MRS. EAR A II M GANNON Whs sworn I know Owen and Miles, Carrie Owen ttnid at my house ti e ot :bt ol the marrtHRe. I live about naif a block Irom the place where the reception toon place. In going to the room where Bbe staid you pasB through tbe mom in which I slept. She lelt tbe party with me. When we got to my house, I showed lior to her room. She eaid: " Beautiful 1 lovely !" (The defense here desired to prove that MUs Owen sent for Miles as her usband, which was objected to, aud objection sustained.) A. M. CANNON. A Eupper was given at my house in October iaet. It waa given for Milts and Owen, as they were to be married. mar-ried. Q It has been Baid at the supper table that you desired to designate thu ladies preeeut by different named, there being eo many Mrs. Milea there. Did you say anything ol that kind? I did not tbat I remember. Heard the Speucet girla introduced as Miss Emily and Julia Spencer. Cross-examiLatton I introduced :hem. Did not bear anyone else bo introduce them, JUDGE TILFOED Was then sworn Heard Carrie Owen testify that I had instructed her not to testily before the grand jury. She Cdrne to my oflice and asked if she could avoid it. I told her tbe law provided that a wile could not testify agaiuat her husband, and that unless rtbe took that ground she would be obliged to answer. She showed me the documeut presented here. I otfered one suggestion which was that she speak respectiully and kiudly of Marshal SbauKbntsjy aud lady fur their kind treatment to her, which the Udy cheerlully and readily ac cep ed. Cross-examination There may have been other suggedti ms. I don't think J made other buggettious. 1 find mat several oiher ulleratious have beu made, but not at my tuggestion, ibat I know of. I wa ihtn counsel for tbe dulendant. Was aware- that me prosecution was peudiug. Tuat an indictment would be Icuud. Tnat I would Utfeud Miles. That Caroline had been a witness fur the prosecution. Milea was present during tbe conversation. conver-sation. He did not introduce the subject any more than Bhe. He took a second flddle part in tbe matter. If I icould believe the lady's sworn etate-ment, etate-ment, I wo'jid think she wsj the bVet wife. Tue deleuse here rested their caec. J? EByiTAL. CRKI OiVEa Again took the stand I made the eiaument published antl reud here because I lovul bicj eo much that I dedirtd to go back to him, ucd he told me I won'd have to niakt a public aciiijQwitdiiuieui of the matter. I Uwore toll brtcUtH Milea said it could bH ot po vtwua unn-sa I evore to ii-Mdts ii-Mdts dictated every word of it. It was written in Cannon's koue audi eubuiitted; lo him for his approval, which it received. We then took it to Judge Tilford who suggested Eooie alterations, which were made. KATE CONNELLY. I Was at my brother's house. His name is John. I remember the time nl the examination before Judge uprague. He Bpoke to me about the mailer. Tbeso questions were objected to and objection overruled. Witness He came in and told me Carrie had bad Miles arrested and be probably should have two years in tho penitentiary. He said I should not know anything about it. I told him be knew Miles bad called Emily Spencer his wile. 1 got angry and left the room. When 1 came in he teld me tuat if I teal i lit d in this case l.ia home was no longer mine. (The deienae movtd to strike thiB out. Overruled.) I recnllei:t the conversation at my brother's. I did not say tl at I wonld kill John Miles if I were Carrie Oweu. I said I would not do anything ol the kind. Never made any tuch remarks as have been testified lo by my brother. I did not aay I would kill liim, poison bim or cut bis throat. Made uu such expression at all. MAKSUAL KHADQUNESdY Took the stand Am United States marshal. Know Milea aud Owen. Heaid a convtrsutiou between these persous about publishing a card in ihe paper. They called at my otlice, and be said that be lure she could go back tj him alio vn'uid have to re tract, Croaa-examiuaiion Hd did not state what sho would nave to retract. KATE CONNELLY Was rtcallrd Did not hear Owen atate that Bhe would kill Miles, at the conversation at my brother's. ! Both Bides rested. The arguments will not bo taken up till Muuday. |
