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Show ft POLYG'S PLEA, A Misapprehension of the Laws of Church and State Leads to Six Honth3 in Prison. He Discards the First Wife and Unwisely Clings to the Sscond Choice. BIG MINING CONTROVERSY A Traction of Ground that is Producing a Small Fortune Every Day in the Yteek. TOO SICK TO COME OUT. Adulterer Howard's Physician Sends in an Affidavit that Excuses His Alsence Tha Court Kscord. The day in court w as an eventful one. Before Judge Zane it was ushered in with an unsuccessful cSort to reduce the penalty that had been imposed upon Folygamist Robert Bowman. Hon. F. S. Richards generated gen-erated the work, and in behalf of the venerable vener-able petitioner, stated that he had lieen persuaded per-suaded that the prisoner, in entering a plea of guilty, had made some fatal mistake; lead and I should say. without my books, about 45 ounces silver." The court ordered that the bond be increased in-creased to $100,000, whereupon plaintiffs asked a further order directing defendants to make an accounting, and adding that plaintiffs plain-tiffs were acting unfair and under cover of the court. Judge Marshall If they have a charge of fraud to prefer let them reduce it to writing. writ-ing. Judge Royle We insist that they have " acted" unfair and under the order of the court, the burden is upon them to show to the contrary. The court ordered that the accounting be filed December 10, and that the additional bond in the sum of 50,000 be tiled in five days. An Adulterer Knocked Out. The time having arrived for the court to award a new trial or impose sentence on John R. Howard, the masher who was recently re-cently convicted of adultery with Mrs. Eliza Everett, the victim of his wiles, Mr. Hamilton, Hamil-ton, counsel for the defendant, stated that his client was sick abed w ith pneumonia. In support of Lis statement, the afiidavits of Dr. Anderson w ere iutroduaed and the matter mat-ter was permitted to go over until Tucsday next. In the meantime Mr. Stephens demanded de-manded that the bond be increased, and the court ordered it fixed at $1500 to be tiled on or before 4 o'clock this afternoon. Court Notes. The bond of Charles Maupin. held for grand larceny, w as ordered Teduced to 500. An order for publication was made in the case of Cora Lockey vs. Robert G. Lockey, divorce, this morning. A warrant was ordered issued in the rase of the United States against Thomas Me-Bride, Me-Bride, charged w ith fornication. Effie Smith, a colored shrew charged with grand larceny, was arraigned this morning and entered a plea of not guilty. Effie is the sprite who seized a purse containing $0 in gold from William Burton w hile the latter was making an inventory of it on West Temple -.ircct. that what he meant to convey to the court was that when confining himself to either one of his plural wives he was living within with-in the requirements of the law and the laws of the church. The Court But he stated very plainly to me that he was living with his second wife. Mr. Richards True ; but he had cot lived with his first wife for more than a year. The Court He was living in adultery a gravwr offense even than unlawful cohabitation. cohabita-tion. Mr. Richards lam reminded by the first wife, who is now present iu the courtroom, that the onlj- reason he. came to he r bouse was because of the dangerous illness of her daughter a daughter who is jet dangerously danger-ously ill. The Court The prisoner may be heard. Bowman ambled up to the bench, whereupon where-upon Judge Zane continued: "You married two wives ?"' "Yes, sir." "Anymore?" "No, sir." "WhPn did you marry the first "About thirty years ago." "And the second'?" ''Six years ago." "And lived with her occupied the same bed with her up to the time of your arrest?" ar-rest?" "No, &ir; I was sitting up with my sick Before Judge Anderson. The following orders were made during the day before Judge Anderson: Fred Tilt et al vs. Nancy J. Ross; reset for Monday, Oct 26. Charles Nelson vs. J. W. Hamm etal; hearing on motion to quash w-rit of review, reset for Monday next. Wm. Eckersley ct al vs Erick Kjellstrom et al; evidence closed. Berrynian vs. Berryman; order to show cause for aiimonv, reset for Saturday, October Octo-ber 31. Mitchel Wing vs John E. Dooly; hearing on demurrer set for Saturday, October SI. Lind.-ay vs. Lindsay ; hearing on order to show cause for alimony, set for Saturday, Oct. 31. Tufts vs. Tufts; same order. Wall vs. FrauLlin: order to show cause why injunction should not issue, reset for Saturday, October 31. In its application for an injunction against the city. "The Mountain Ice A: Coid Storage (Jo. sets up that it has the right to the mi-. mi-. interrupted flow of water from Parley's canon and asks that a perpetual injunction issue upon the hearing of the cause, restraining restrain-ing the city and watermaetcr from diverting said waters; from erecting a dam across said creek, aud from obstructing the flow of said w aters during the months of January, February, March, October, November and December. The temporary restraining order wa granted by Judge Anderson on the filing of a bond in the sum of $100rt and the defendants are ordered to show cause on j Saturday next why aa induction as prayed should not issue. daughter at that time; she w as a daughter of my first wife." "How many children by your second?" "Two." ,. "And-tie youaseit ?"...,.... . . "'Three years of age." "Didn't you know it was wrong under the law?" ... 'T thought it was all right if you only bved w ith one wife." "You knew many were being punished for unlawful cohabitation." "I read it in the papers.'' "And adultery ?" . ''Yes sir." "Then why didn't you quit. You continued con-tinued it even after the church had changed its doctrines upon the matter of polygamy you understand that it has changed it don't you?" 'T understand now better than I did ; that it compels me to live with my first w ife." "What are your intentions for the future?" fu-ture?" "To obey the law ." "And live with your first wife, not with the second?" "Yes sir." "And never to live w ith her as your wife again V" "No sir." "Of course," continued the court, "you ; have a right to see your second w ife, pro- ! vide for her if it becomes necessary, support and educate your children whether they are illegitimate or legitimate but the law denies you any further association." "It's a clear case this time." said Mr. Stephens to whom Judge Zaue had referred for the character of the oifeme. "Well, then I think the court, will let your sentence stand, and if you want to apply to the president for prrdou in such cases you may pursue the usual course." The prisoner staggered back again into the embrace of a deputy marshal and w ent on his way to the penitentiary. The North Pole in Court. The bitter fight between Era Thompson ct al. and L'avid Keith et al., for title to a fraction of groand on the Mayflower claim at Park City and li'u h is now productive of a small fortune each month was revived before be-fore Judge Zane during the day upon the application of counsel for plaintiffs for an order to have the working bond increased. In support of his motion Mr. Thomas Marshall stated that according to the last report re-port made by defendants they had taken out $37,000, that they were now taking out $1000 worth of ore a day and that w hile claiming they had only about tcKOOO in hand plaintiffs were prepared to show that the amount was nearer iS),000. Judge Dickson iu reply, stated that the defendants had already furnished a baud in the sum of 550,000. and were willing to give an additional $25,000 bonds, but "thought counsel for plaintiffs mistaken as to the amount in defendants hands it was not so muc h as had been stated. Mr. Marshall rati over Ihe column again. "You admitted." said he, "that you had $37,000 the first of the month; you have been taking out ore aud adding $1000 a day to this, which would make. $24.-(KK) $24.-(KK) for the; twenty-four days, and with forty elays more ahead of you before Ihe trial the amount would be easily raised to nearly $100,000." Judge Dicksoo. signified the willingness of his clients to increase the bond to $75,000, and Mr. Marshall insisted that it be plac ed at $100,000. Judge J. A. Marshall for the defense de-fense stated that the difference was not as to the amount of ore extracted but the cost of extraction, which had been considerably increased by dead work : that the old ore body bad been exhausted. To determine the amount of ore being prodtH-ed, Sampler Mcintosh was put on the witness stand and testified that he had placel about $100,000 to the credit of Mr. Keith manager; it might be more or go under that. Mr. Marshall Does the production cot average about 50 tons of ore a day ? The witness I think about forty. "Then the gross product is about $2000 a day?" "Yes sir; I think so." ; "What value per ton :" I "It yaries it got about oS to 40 per ccat J |