Show SPRINGS STORY AFTER HEARING Rev N E Clemenson of Logan Ac b uses ses Senator S Smoot oot of Hay Irav Haying ing Several Wives NAMES OF PLURALS GIVEN I NEW NEVI YARN GIVEN START IN NEW YORK tr 11 Special to The Herald New York March ments tonight the rumors long longI I afloat that United States Senator Smoot Is a polygamist To date three wives are i put to his account The names cf two of i the tho women to whom he has been joIned b by the rites of the Mormon church are I given by the Rev N E Clemenson of oC Logan Utah who Is In this city arrangIng ing an itinerary for the Presbyterian I board of missions Mrs Irs Smoot No 2 W was 8 known before her marriage to the senator and is known In Utah as Rose Hamilton 1 Mrs Irs Smoot No 2 is known as Lottie Greenwood throughout Southern Utah t The story of the senators second mar marriage marriage Is understood to contain the facts upon which an affIdavit charging Mr Smoot with po polygamy gam was based during the senate committees hearing of the j charges desIgned to oust him from his seat in the senate Rose Hamilton Story This affidavit was sworn to by Dr 1 L J superintendent of Methodist mis In Utah It contained however only the general allegation that Smoot I had more than one wife The story of I IRose Rose Hamilton comes from her own lIps j She was born bom In Milwaukee Wis in April 1884 Three years ago while stop stopping I Iping ping in a hotel hatel In Omaha Neb she met I Ithe the apostle Reed Smoot and wife No I I Acquaintance ripened into friendship and j the outcome was that Miss Hamilton was converted to Mormonism MIss Hamilton was not in robust health and Mr Smoot i recommended the climatic advantage of i Utah for her and induced the girt girl to g go gothere I there He had her also that If she went through the Mormon nt ceremony remony she would be made wen well and strong In time what Is known as the celestial marriage was performed In the Mormon temple on Dec 25 1900 Gave Birth to Son SonIn SonIn In February 1904 1901 Mrs Smoot Xo No 2 ga gave birth to a son in Fresno Cal At this time Mr Ir Smoot was in Washington pre pra preparing paring his defense of the seat seal in th United States senate from which power powerful powerful ful forces were allied to te oust him It was necess necessarY to the seas sena senators tors case that the fact of this second wife should be kept secret United states Marshal Heywood had been scouring the state with subpoenas for persons wanted in Washington to shed light on the tho r rela Ja lions ot of Mr Smoot with the Mormon church Mrs Smoot No 2 was Rent Oft oa the move to avoid being round found by th the marshal although trust officer had no knowledge ot of her existence Wanderings of No 2 From California Mrs Irs Smoot No 2 ao ae cording to her own story to the Rev Mr Clemenson took up her abode InIda In ida idaho ho Thence she journeyed to Colorado do I shifting her abo from point to 1 directed by agents of Senator Smoot In April 1 she returned to Logan re renaming I naming there until Tune June when she fled through Blacksmiths canyon into a cabin La In the Bear Lake country She stayed In th the cabin until It was deemed safe for her ber to go out again in Inthe i ithe the open Ken Her next place of abode was vas Cheyenne Wyo From there she went to San Juan Mexico where from the advices site she Is living HYing Disowned by Girl The mother mothr of Pos Hamilton Smoot lives Fives In Springfield do Her name Is Ida Hungerford When the fact of ofner her ner daughters marriage reached her ears she he disowned her About wife No 3 Lot Lottie Lotte tie te Greenwood details of the mar marriage inge are not yet made known but the Rev Mr Clemen on and others who are collecting evidence agaInst the senator vIll be In a position they say before long longto longo to o give her st as completely as the they theyan can an of Rose Hamilton |