Show NOVEL i fOR THE COURT IS I Was Vas Mrs Mis Hilton Sealed f for r rT T pr Eternity E I WIDOW OF 01 DH P D II H WELLS YELLS GIVES TESTIMONY t I Questioned Question l Concerning the th Mor lL MOrS r ro o S 4 I Whether the Mormon celestial cel mar marriage marrI marriage rI e ceremony known as sealing for eternity constitutes a mar marriage marriage marriage under the law and gives the woman a dower interest in the estate of the man to whom she is sealed is isa a 8 question that the district di court may maybe maybe maybe be called upon to determine in the case of Mrs Hilton Hil ron against the heirs of or the late Dr Park Par This was developed while the deposition of ot Mrs Hannah C Wells VeIls was as being taken yesterday The p point int wa was suggested te by b a ques question question question tion as to whet whether le the marriage cere ceremonies cere ceremonies ceremonies monies for the living hiring and an dead did not both bolh contain the language lan age for time lime and eternity or whether there was a ceremony for fo time and another for eternity The answer to the tho question seemed to be considered of great eat im importance by b the attorneys for the de defense defense and a discrepancy between betre n the reports of It by the official and two other stenographers stenographer resulted in the postponement of the matter until today at 2 p m to get et another official ten sten stenographer The taking of Mrs Wells Yells depositions commenced before Attorney H A ASmith ASmith ASmith Smith in his office yesterday afternoon at 2 In the presence of the rep rel representatives res of all those interested in inthe inthe inthe the matter Attorney N V Y Jones for forthe forthe forthe the plaintiff took the witness for di direct direct direct examination and spent spen t a good portion of the time attempting to show that she was prejudiced against the plaintiff She Sh said that she was 71 years year old pd had been here since 1848 The attorney questioned her as a to lo whether hether she had bad said that she would not testify unless compelled whether she soo had been interviewed on the sub subject subject of the marriage m and am whether she had advised Mrs Hilton to withdraw her case but ut the witness said sakI that she could not remember of having done so no soShe soShe She said she knew Dr Park in his life lifetime lifetime time but not Intimately and had known Mrs lr Hilton as Miss Armitage since the early seventies Her hus bus husband band Daniel H Wells Veils was a member of the first presidency and performed the marriage ceremony between Dr Park and Miss lU s Armitage at the homo of her sister Mrs Emily Young but she did nor HOC RO remember the date of the event except pl ih th i t it was wu in hI the seven tf tt B Miss Armitage was supposed to tobe tobe tobe be on her death bed when the ceremony was performed Ceremony of Sealing The witness volunteered the state statement statement ment that she thought the ceremony was a II sealing because the Ithe girl was wa supposed to be m se her bel death bed To this Attorney Jones objected ed a as being simply a voluntary opinion In reply to a question as aB to whether she could speak authoritatively as to the tle mar marriage marriage ceremonies re of th the Mormon church she said that she think she could but Mid aid id that as a she b understood it there ww was was a ceremony for or time and another for eternity She wild saM that as she understood un understood understood It the th sealing aea ig ceremony did not seal for time and eternity but ut there then was as a sealing for tor eternity and another ceremony for time In reply to tu t a question as aa to whether the mar marriage marriage marriage ceremony and sealing were not I one a and d the same seme thing the witness replied that they were not uotI u Attorney Tone Ton then asked the ques question question question tion Do not no the marriage ceremonies I both for the living and aad the dead em employ emI employ I ploy the language for time and ft f fI fr I eternity ty I r dont think so replied the tho wit witness I ness flOSS I 1 am ut n t going to Ito say for certain thin tain but I r think there IB is a ceremony for time and rn se for eternity eternit That Is Ismy Ismy Ismy I my I suppose O ei volunteered the witness Mrs Mis Hilton w was wa s married for eternity because e she was supposed tto to be on her death 1 bed ed To this Jer Je er statement Attorney Jones Jonee objected but the ob oh objection was overruled and the witness was allowed to me make K t itIn In the reading of the question asked by Attorney Jones JonN relative to the time and anil eternity clause it was found tha the official stenographer hed the an answer answer answer of the witness as aa 9 I so while the other two stenographers ste o and others in the room had bad it No uNo I dont think so no The attorneys for the defense held that that was a grievous mistake on an important point and they desired to I get t another s Pher who could tike the evidence correctly The steno teno stenographer stenographer grapher said that he could not hear the witness very well wen and had probably made the mistake In that way y Consid Considerable erable argument followed was wes concluded by both sides aides agreeing to 10 postpone the hearing until today toda and secure another stenographer |