Show APOSTLE L LYMAN RES l CASE OF SENATOR SMOUT His T Regarded as Mo Moe e Damaging Than I f That of f Church President nl V Believed Hearing in Washington Will End This Week and B SubCommittee Come Com to G 9 t S I tO Th Herald T March end nd or of the Smoot Uial at this end erni of th Uie I In sIght Chairman Burrows at the close clo e of the bear 4 III today announced that who have were discharged and at t lIbert liberty to return home All Ai s everi moro more es only remain It Is that the examination t lre will be by the close of oC this week It t Js Is JO on or of the tor various causes of Im Imp p ees to In n Washington that the committee will d a to Utah to obtaIn the testimony and evidence the they would have given en The states t has its case tully fully and ab and such a visit by bv a Is not 4 rT but at the same time Ume It will m not M be opposed should Chairman 9 Burrows BulTOW propose tt It It III I generally conceded Ut the examination or of Lyman to day was tar far more to the cause ot of the Mormon church id d 4 to Senator Smoot although he wa 1 on the stand but a few hours than t the examination of oC Smith extending for Dr days The apo U In Iala e efforts orts to Mormon doctrine and explain his hI own line ot of action placed the In the tite moet light and for the time In IlL the examination put before the tending V to snake It appear that Smoot was re for the misdeeds ot of high 4 officials 4 Sentor Smoot his hh frIends oni breathed ot oC r relief er when to t 4 Lyman was ed from the t tl 1 1 t tt I p A March sen en vv ale on and to today a In the ot of the prote ta a against Senator Smoot moot of Utah out a v It If testimony or of which the th moot mo t sen 91 tio was Us that given by Francl M MI I Lynan n president of the Twelve apes t If 1 ih h Irmon church and iid the titan 1 to be the Of oC Smith mith II admissions were to those thOO ly mode made by Mr smIth pertaining to the church gus lie He Is 15 more free Cree of oC than nt of the church und and ith timon thou though h not 1 1111 tLc at l of oC the apos tr tics to tn hake hak their heads at till the fir fI the purpose of In qUIP ML lr I is 15 angularly built his hII r face 1 is covered with Uh a growth or bush red id hl kers net and hl h blunt bluni Fur were On n tho stand today Mn IN Kennedy her mother mothel Irs Matthews Charles Chari Merritt tb oIl on ot or Merrill and aud Mr lr Lyman EVIDENCE IN FULL Yo una oung M Thinks c Evaded the Law March Arch Mabel 1 c i j V rp tw 17 lii the 1 he a tor n case before betON th tho ou Ott On jet tor Ul tite d de or of orth th y inquired as to the reasons fut fot h r marriage being lIt lul t 7 M xico l or of at the f or of DIaz where she nhe livI fie saId al l she be kite knew or of 10 reason un hall hal no iio reg an l It to ha have e the ceremony per She said Mid she did didt p t ten tell anone that the man to whom h was wu to to be married had another wife ife atti so eo far as she knew those I 0 the ceremony did not kno knoth knoP thc th marriage was to be a plural on one Later Iter tr Worthington asked Mrs 11 1 hennedy lebe if she did not know that ap P IIA OR had been male made to Apostle and that he had refused to or to authorize authorise the plural m mar r t did he be say ay asked Mr tr Wor Worb Or Ort b t iZe Be It could not be done AS a aU all 1 fiat i at had been done away with said Id Mrs 1 Kennedy Witness Got Tangled Mv 11 attention to tot the t he of the md h b asked why she had sid she lid did to no know a request bad Iad been made 1 to perform the ceremony J I know how I happened to ii Y t tl ha t said MaId the wit imig hr said with some Mine emotion It w TH Thit t for or me to think of oC tho and I tried to put then 1 11 T I tried to forget all ull I 1 eoula coula lOUt about jl j In him I f to further questions front from Nr Ir Ta Tayler kr the said her ber moth mother rr er I ili her of tile the request of et p de der r a I and that she had no other kno flo of th the to Ret et hint him to tc perform the ceremony k Young Morrills Wives F Merrill a sum of A was then to theland the stand 4 f tid irl h hr Wa the Ule son IOn of oC b his fathers Cather third plural wife and is a himself a aOl Ol In to ng hi his own Mr saId ald he was married lint first in M to t a wife that had died In 1 and that tuat he married his hiB legal wife 1 hIoe Hendricks In ml and had by her H He married another wife ife In the cemon ceremony being per f In the Logan temple b by M C He has haa had four children by bv that wile the oldest ot of which Ia 18 ant old find Ond the yO et 2 years Their mothers name wee U Anna B marriage e to my legal wife In 1 91 aid tid Mr Merrill wae solemnized b by nJ rather father Wre living with Anna ADlla B 13 when you marrIed Ute the wo we wenan nan whom horn you can call your our legal wife as d l I wa va alt although site be had bad no house bouse h he 11 d at die home of oC hoc her father I IlInd lInd nd hr mother find and I lived Hed with my m I moth mothr r a answered ered the I His Legal Wife In HI er to questIons from Chair I Burrows Mr MerrilL said aId he be has lIaS t to o wies vives and Is cohabiting with Ur I Foraker asked the witness is ff mit Iho woman you ou married In you ou I gal I Xu sir 11 Mi explained that wh b h hc In 1888 lie hAd a wit 11 1 lag find alid that thit he understood that under the Ii hint hat ln WalS was not and that his marriage In after Ih the death or of hi Imis wife 1 in int t ii made his last marriage ft a lc legal l lr The Thep r p SenatOr Of asked for tor a E S lion cf r t the h marriage ceremony ftc muo In 18 nd th wUn a dr dare that he could t remember bo bov it was as performed that he went to tile In I Logan It awl It J there In i I P to to a qUEStion b Senator Du Dubole bole boi Mt JT said ther was no nonar nar r j ag pr i t is issued u d no record or n nF r an kind fa for r i Its AI i 1 kr tI n l S n nI J t I p fc no Dr yer and no that h he could remember There as nothIng but the tho mar tinge ceremony he said Id with ompha ala 1 A Weak Memory Well teli tell us about that several members ot of the committee J cannot re repeat at 11 It said the ness 1 Do you uan oan to H say that you at d I not 1010 ordinary marriage cero moy In your our church hurch asked H Hoar 81 i Yes 1 i kno that answered U uw w And nd was pot that what was asked ho was WalK aked Th The witness said Mid It was was Hc ii was told to give of It ItI Tf I Rh 1 his wife Ue up Uit anti him hus Then th thy mAde you promise some they lher not Inquired II HOar nr Yes sir you have havo forgotten what it wu vas the Senator with a Oh no DO I have hav not forgotten said ald Ir Merrill H He then said that he had promised ed to love Jove cherish and rt the nd did you lo ie fth her after aCter you m married the th w worna maw call your legal logal wife UIe n s1 P fOnt tOn th U d The he m i b t wives but they had different at Richmond about a amile mn mile apArt You say JOU ou were flying hinS with IUt your ou mother other when yoi 01 were married the time tima Where was vas your father Apostle Merrill at that time lime wu wag asked ked I He wa was on en the underground most or of the tI time said time the larl What do you mean by the un 7 asked Lr fI ie was In hiding hy was wa he in hiding 1 aked the n Because about th that t time there were pro going on for Jk polygamy Mr Ir Merrill answered He mUd that I oftentimes he would not see sea I S for ft a month n Mr Merrill said Mid that he had taken his wife to his mothers home occa occasionally but that she se had De ver er stayed all th there r and that n faras far as he kne knew him hiD father did not know that he had a wife dJ when h he s 8 mat flint ned by bJ hl er to the woman he his Ie iCe Big Bunch Bun h of Merrills Mr Ir Merrill said his hili Sa Ia still living and ls 18 sun nn an of the church but t that at he Is very ery f feeble ble In 1 regard to his family Mr Ir Merrill ald he had bad a fath With fix Lx wi wives anti and that Ito had twenty and n sl sisters teno He was asked I how man many n nephews Mild and nieces nie he had I and aDd said Id Itt he did not know knot but thought f there were mo more than t ly Iy lives thu with bia brat wife I and aud coo to the home of oC my mother probably n not t more than I I be y father Is 18 a bUB busy mar the witness I Mr Merrill thought th three of W broth I dzis plural wives Ies and Ut that i 1 his had married to Jt I f fi i I Mrs Matthews Ia es esI I The Thern MaIled called to thi stand I I Mr Matthews I cf f il Je I r ot Mrs I Clara Mabel a be Ken ned nedy Mrs 1 wB sai said she Mite had bad beel a of a Mormon family for Cot years ealS and Is If a Mormon h herself SIte She Ms been a but I 1 not nou no Mrs Irs Kennedy Kenned Is the child ot of Mrs Irs Matthews hU husband band and aid 1 was born bor Mrs Matthewa w J I a Mormon Mrs Matthews sid said Mrs KennedY Is or 2 7 years ear old and had 8 go g a to flea with her parents sixteen I rw r ago i 0 Mra Matthews SAid that white living Jiving at Diu I I lad had known Mr Johnson for two O to his hla to her daughter and that had no objection to her daughter becoming h his ral wife She well ell t the marriage of Johnson to I I end fixed the d date te de In 1 Be just ju me If I was willing 1 be should marry m my daUghter and I std said yea said the witness She I wanted to wait waft until she was It 1 but I I he wee not She saw both Mr Ir IrAnd And Mrs 1118 Joh son th wits wit when they and tu the daughter who to be Ci the tho wife len left for tor Juarez Didot Did Tot See the Ceremony You Tou knew kret Ut they were going to Jua r z t zY Y s Did you know kAow your our daughter ann to 10 b be married to J I dId not J r Vb ere dId you OU suppo she was as go ing In 7 J I did not know I Then you Ou did not s see c her married I I 1 did net I v van aasI aas an she ev r told yoU that slit h nas c married to JoJin then Site has v t I never asked her These were put by Mr Tayler When h hI he concluded Ur Mr q Ington asked ached a number r of by o i which tat tact n at brought out that Apa r I rI 1 J C Ct t l Y ASE OF SENAtOR SMOOT Continued Prom From Page 1 1 i I had a her against her daughter to become a 8 plu 11 r wife on the ground that it was J CL the Iw or of the church Mr lr Matthew also gave me facts 4 her own history In r response t questions by members ot of the corn com She is a ot of England r while living n a wIdow In that f f t had become converted to Mormon 1 rn m about 18 by George Barber mis Emary of oC the Mormon church She aft vard r came to Utah and married Bar hr 1 becomIng his third wife She had rID paid embraced Mormonism know I t that hat it tod polygamy but she became a plural plumI wife she was wast 7 t told that polygamy was t the law or of the land Merrill Recalled Mr U Merrill lIB waa temporarily recalled 1 nd questioned by Senator Dubois Dubols who J il Mr Merrill ao tb you uphold the Ii ih trine of polygamy N sir WU WM the reply Hut But you it I 1 tin do How Hv do you reconcile the two state one or of the committee e asked The did not reply but n a aI I or the committee by saying aing lus he was waa like Uke the tho man who was tor br but the en ent t of oC it Lyman Defiant F a member ot of the first jr r id ncy of the Monon a a at t r ot of Mr Smith or of the church hurch was the theT ther T r He Be was born sl sr jr ago and ana became an n apostle In II r you a polygamist ml tZ Mr Taylor Tayler Taylora n a t j d and the replied frankly He said that lIe he had bad had three l V 1 M and that ot of them two are arc still stillS S In InH lI H Fy 11 i t end oDI wIre wife to Jle be Was wasn r n x hii In lie he JI had live children the 9 1 orn lit In 1000 Mr r l j ht he had b enone sIgners S t 11 pray t fer t I 1 11 lf to sit all that U It cont ned He nil S r however hower just what it did S dain vi 11 read portions ot of the I Jill you h he asked interpret that you vou abstain m I 1 oila I 1 Interpreted It to mean toot I Ido IS s l I do d all that was rIght I ii you think It would Guld be right to ii U from S Will Not LAw LAwT T 1 s was not answered w directly at attiX 4 tirS Several questions by mem 1 ls S fI f the followed In rapid and Mr lr Lyman Admitted 1 to them that lIe knew that 2 v hn polygamous cohabitation Wa l both th law of the SI I d the rule or bl 1115 church He HeL L I Raid Maid In reply to one of the ques that t he be was wai not only noW living 4 but that I to continue so to live Uve lr Hoar then took the witness in iI I brought out u at succinct state L i from him which was or of a charac t t interest t all pre present ent I to the rule of which you spoken Mr Ir Ho Hoar said you Un tand the rule or of the church to be bethE bett thE tt law or God do you OU not Ir Lyman th t such INch was his you are tre living sad lid intend to tOS 1 S 11 t mr of the law ot of God and andI I J tf nd said Mr Lyman F C wiTla a to elaborate more TI 11 lit In il haa done to be true to the theS S f i my to say my OcHI Go and to and with m my and I have never done Clone a thing I my did not approve Excuse Offered f mt he proceeded dropping Into lulo lone ot of Yo oce to make malee n a tUon It if you will permit permitS S i S is different from that ot of most t jI men I wa 5 born in 1540 and I when m my rath lather r rt I t a He was a friend 1 ot f Prophet Joseph Smith Si 1 as taught b him the Si 1 th truth of oC tIle the principles principle of poly polyn n ny He accepted the tb r i 4 into int practice marrying six in Iii th years ears 1845 and 1844 So 4 S 1 I earliest recollection embraces i I r 1 or of polygamy I remember all allY I Y as 81 I do my own awl and I lived In a family thus thua thuat t J mill I grew up and became i or of a family of my own Con Conf f 5 I h e known nothing dee elle Si J I have It that it WAS I 1 I always lit ih JIt Uty soul and heart heartS S IT J Wad 55 correct I married first Ant In 7 again aRain in 1869 and once more In Ini i 4 Tb situation has been very ery pain InC and I have been greatly T d to o ad myself In opposition to toS S law of the country Md and of oC the Bu Bot I bad made covenant I wives to love respect ct and en enI I I 1 ir T t them hem and aDd I could not lIot nd Ad It In hart urt to from them so 0 long 5 ny were ere true to Me Duty of a Polygamist nr r you an apostle of I S ir hu huth expecting to Mr 11 h in the pre presidency and in that t S to receive divine revelations confess that you are DO now Uv liv t nt to continue to live liTe In IniS l iS henc to the laws or of the t n law of r year church and an the laW laWr lawI r I J JT T ih replied with Ith a S t He In reply to a que t from f that le Ite con conS S re his to live with JId ead pro I hi his 1 r Lyman saW he became an aD apostle apostleS S tOO MO said faid Mr Md had never 1 FV r 4 hi him m for tor Ing In r rI I s r in or 01 J hi apostolic I ir 1 r I am thought worth worthy I will sue to tU presidency C of the Mormon if I President Smith s i Mi I Lyman in answer to a quee que S S S Mr Lyman saId aleJ that he Is th lung ot of the Twelve apo apostles S 1 name ct r Jhn J hit Henry Smith a polY ner ginn as 5 the second mm mern S f the apostles and that of 11 g Tt Tee iI a polygamist as the 31 Heber fl br J Grant a h ni l fourth John V Taylor a poly t I 11 j t fifth Mr 1 Merrill a poly polygamist t th making five apo apostles Ua who wio are p r red t t he h Smoot Attends Meetings Zator attended the ther r 7 of f the apostles said Mr MrS S I I mail inan and has part I In at the weekly meet The Th he be had cl never neer Ill tny of Hf his hie I to Mr Mi Mry MiS y ot S me tinge of the apostles are held heldt J thE lid t said ald Mi Lyman He Hei i I S ft lIP t difference between t the theS S hou and the temple tempie and 5 1 tho hf temporary Ui for sacred purposes N al a completed Burrows asked or of the na nal naI I l of the marriage service known as ng through the endowment house I fin objection was wag made by Mr Wor ington on the ground that It did not notS 6 S that Mr Smoot had bad aJl knowl p |