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Show -i-iii i L 1 1 said to you when he taught you polygamy?" "No sir ; I won't toll you anything he aid; I decline to answer that question." JOSEPH'S WIDOW'S PROVE TO BE ALMOST AS NUMEROUS AS THOSE OF THE LATE SOLOMON Another of Them Tells of How tlie Prophet i ,te:;ii the Young Virgins tile Doctrine Doc-trine of riural Marriage Iteforo Ooil hut Mot liefore Men. The taking of testimony in the case involving in-volving the title to the temple block at Independence, Inde-pendence, .Mo., was resumed this morning with Mrs. l.uey W. Kimball of Logan on the stand. She testified that she resided at Nauvoo until 140. "Tell what you know of plural marriage as taught by Joseph Smith." "We looked upon Joseph Smith as a prophet of (lod, and the Lord commanded him to take other wives to himself." "Tell whether or not that doctrine was ever taught to you personally." "Ves; I was married to the prophet." "Who performed the eeremouy V" "Hitler William Clayton. I accepted It as a special command from Cod." "When were you married V" "May 1. I!." "State if there was any one present and who they were." ".Miss Elisa I'atridge was tho only witness." wit-ness." "State when you first hoard the plural marriage doctrine taught." "In 1842." "Who taught you that principal in 1842?" "Joseph Smith." "Can you state the circumstances?" "I accepted it as a command of Cod?" "Did you live with Joseph Smith as his wife?" "lie was my husband, sir." "What difference is thero between the doctrine of plural marriage as (Might by Joseph Smith and that taught in Utah?" "None." "Cross-examination "Where were you born ?" "In Vermont." "When did you become a member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and wherej' "When 1 was '. years old, in Ogdensburg, New York." "When did you lirst see Joseph Smith?" "In the tpring of 1 S41 " "TOU never saw the revelation in regard to plural marriage':" "Yes, sir." "What year was that?" "in 1K4M." "Who d'ul you room with al the time you were living in the Temple house?" "With my oldest sister, Catherine Walker." "You both stayed there until the prophet's death?" "1 staved there until my brother was married mar-ried in ls4;i." "Who beside yourself, your sister aud brother and the prophet's family lived there?" "Two of Bishop Partridge's daughters were there and the Lawrence sisters." "Did Joseph keep an hotel ?" "Yes.. air." .-i-v 'Then you were there as a servant irirl?" "No, sir; they kept help." "Was it there at the Mansion house that he taught you the doctrine of polygamy?" "No, sir; he taught that before." "The Partridge girls were married to hlmf "Yes, sir." "When were you married to him?" "In 1M&" "Did you ever occupy the same bed and room with Joseph Smith in 1843?" "I will not answer that queslion!" "Did he ever introduce you to auy one as his wife?" "Yes, sir; to Urighain Young ami Ilcbcr C. Kimball." "Can you name a single living man w ho was introduced to you by Joseph Smith as his wile?" "No. sir." "Did you attend tho funeral as his wifo?" "I attended it with the family." "Do you know where he is buried?" "I decline lo answer that question," "You are willing to swear before find that you attended the luncral?" "Yes, sir." "Were you acknowledged as his wife?" "No, sir; I was not at that time acknowledged acknowl-edged to be his wife." "What name did you go by?" " H tny maiden name, Lucy Walker." "When were you known as Lucy Walker Smith?" "After I came here to Salt Lake.". "How many children did you haveon account ac-count of your marriage to Joseph Smith?" "1 decline lo answer that question." "You believe in polygamy as strong as ever?'' "i do." "Who were you married to afterward, Where and by whom ?" "To Holier C. Kimball; in Nauvoo, In 1840, by Urighain Young." "Who whs Kimball ?" "lie was one of the Twelve apostles." "Who did you marry before you married Kimball aud after the death of Smith?" "No one." 4 "How many wives did Kimball havp at the time he married you?" "I didn't know and didn't care." "You were just anxious enough to got married not to care how many wIvcb he had?" "Yes sir, that is it. The day will come w hen you will take otf your hats to the plural plu-ral wives. 1 am proud of my associations in that nay." "How is It Hint the church has gone back on that doctrine here?" "They will apologise for that some day." "How many children del you have by Kimball?" "I had nine." "Wlnt did Joseph Smith say to you at the time he mentioned plural wives?" "I won't tell you; that is my private affair. We plural wives have lived pure lives and have tried to establish a true principal. I onlv wish I had twenty sons as g I as Joeopfa Smith. " "So you cau't statu a thing that Josoph 1 |